Payments & table ordering

Payments is how guests pay your restaurant — not how you pay for your Eighty-Six subscription. With Pay at Table, money goes to your bank via Stripe, guests order from a phone by scanning a QR at the table, and staff can settle, split, or refund from the CRM.

This is separate from Settings → Billing, which only manages your plan and invoices for the software.

Before you begin

You will find Payments (labelled Pay at Table in the app) in the left sidebar. You need the Manage payments permission (payments.manage). The feature is available on plans that include table payment (typically Operations / Growth and above). If your plan does not include it, the page shows an upsell instead of setup controls. As the restaurant owner you have every permission by default.

What you can do

Receive card payments

Connect a Stripe account so card charges land in your restaurant’s connected balance and pay out to your bank. The platform takes a small application fee; tips are not fee’d the same way.

Choose when guests pay

Pay per round — each QR order is paid before the kitchen sees it. Pay at end — the kitchen runs first; the table settles one bill (full, split, tip, or cash).

QR table ordering

Guests scan a code, browse your menu, add dishes, send rounds to the kitchen, and pay from the phone — without waiting for a waiter to bring the machine.

Staff control

From the live floor or order panel: settle offline (cash, external card, or comp), refund a paid order or whole bill, and accept prepaid order ahead / pickup orders when that feature is on.

How the pieces fit together

1. Your plan includes table payments → Payments appears in the sidebar.
2. You set up payouts with Stripe (about five minutes).
3. You pick a payment mode: pay per round (default) or pay at end of meal.
4. You turn on table ordering under Settings → General (when your plan includes it) and put a QR on each table (often via Dynamic Links).
5. Guests order and pay; stock, kitchen, and the floor map stay in sync with the money flow.

Tip

If you only want staff to take cash while guests still order from the phone, use pay at end and settle each table bill with cash (or external card) in the CRM. Card on the guest phone is optional once the bill is open — offline settle covers the rest.

Guides in this section

Set up payouts (Stripe)Connect Stripe, finish verification, and open the payouts dashboard.

When customers payPay per round vs pay at end — and when you can switch.

Table ordering (QR)Turn on QR menus, guest cart flow, and kitchen rounds.

Bills, splits & offline settleTable bills, full or split pay, tips, cash and comp.

RefundsCancel and refund a paid order or a whole table bill.

Order ahead & pickupPrepaid remote orders staff accept or reject from Incoming orders.

Related

• Billing & invoicing — your subscription to Eighty-Six (not guest payments)
• Ingredient stock — when money flow deducts stock
• Dynamic links — stable QR codes you can re-point
• Roles & permissions — who can manage payments