Menulyn Restaurant & hospitality operations

One operational platform from the counter to the kitchen, stock room and guest room

Menulyn brings POS sales, menus, measured and non-stock products, purchasing, inventory, recipes, kitchen workflows, approvals, staff accountability, collective tips, services, accommodation, payments, eTIMS and reporting into one connected system.

Menulyn restaurant and hospitality operations platform

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Features are grouped by the work your team is doing, so you can quickly see how sales, stock, staff and hospitality operations connect.

Sales & customer operations

Sell from every service channel

Handle counter sales, dine-in, takeaway, delivery, online orders and customer accounts without splitting daily operations across disconnected tools.

POS & Counter Sales

Create fast cashier sales with tables, customers, taxes, payment methods and receipt printing.

Dine-in, Takeaway & Delivery

Keep multiple service types in one sales workflow and track each order through fulfilment.

Tables, Parties & Reservations

Organize tables, parties and restaurant reservations for structured dine-in service.

Quotations & Corporate Orders

Prepare quotations for events, corporate customers and banquet-style requirements before processing the sale.

Customer Accounts & Dues

Track customers, outstanding balances, due collections and transaction history.

Discounts & Complimentary Items

Apply discounts and complimentary items with configurable approval controls when management authorization is required.

Payments & M-Pesa Workflows

Record cash and digital payments and support configured online/mobile-money collection workflows.

Receipts, Invoices & eTIMS

Generate sales documents and use eTIMS workflows where configured for the business.

QR, Web & Kiosk Ordering

Support direct customer ordering through QR menus, web ordering and kiosk/self-service workflows.

Menu & product management

Model what you actually sell

Menulyn separates stock behaviour from item nature so a restaurant can manage ordinary menu items, butcher-counter products, access charges and batch-produced products correctly.

Menus, Categories & Pricing

Build menus with categories, images, pricing, availability and tax configuration.

Variations, Modifiers & Combos

Offer sizes, extras, modifiers, option groups and combo-style selling without duplicating the base product.

Made-to-Order Products

Sell meals and drinks without finished-item stock while allowing linked recipe ingredients to be consumed.

Batch-Produced Products

Track finished stock for products produced in advance and consumed from available inventory when sold.

Measured Products

Sell by decimal weight, volume, length or a custom unit—useful for butcheries, meat counters and similar operations. Business package and above.

Non-stock Products

Sell pool access, pool-table use, corkage, cover charges, parking and similar items without stock or recipe consumption. Standard package and above.

VAT & Tax Configuration

Control taxes and VAT behaviour for products and sales documents.

Product Sales History

Trace item sales and operational activity for review and reporting.

Inventory, procurement & costing

Know what came in, what was used and what remains

Go beyond a basic stock number with purchasing, receiving, recipes, production, wastage, physical counts and stock movement controls.

Suppliers & Purchases

Maintain supplier records, purchases and purchasing history.

Purchase Orders

Create purchase orders before receiving stock and follow their operational status.

Goods Receiving

Receive goods against purchasing activity and create auditable stock movements.

Supplier Ledger & Payments

Track supplier balances, payments, references and transaction history.

Ingredients & Recipes

Define ingredients and recipes so made-to-order sales can consume the correct raw materials.

Recipe Costing

Calculate recipe cost and understand the cost basis behind menu pricing and profitability.

Production Batches

Produce batch-tracked finished items from ingredients and maintain stock movement history.

Stock Adjustments

Record controlled increases or decreases when operational stock needs correction.

Physical Stock Counts

Run physical stocktakes and reconcile counted quantities against system quantities.

Wastage Management

Record spoilage, breakage and other wastage so losses are visible rather than hidden in stock variance.

Stock Movement Ledger

Trace the movement history behind inventory increases, deductions and operational changes.

Banquet Ingredient Planning

Use quotation ingredient plans to estimate what a large event or banquet will require before fulfilment.

Kitchen & restaurant operations

Keep front of house and kitchen in sync

Coordinate tables, KOTs, kitchens, cash handling and shift continuity so service does not depend on verbal handovers.

Kitchen & KOT Workflow

Send kitchen order tickets into operational kitchen workflows and track order preparation.

Kitchen Stations

Organize kitchens and operational preparation areas for clearer routing and responsibility.

KOT Reporting

Review kitchen order activity and operational ticket history.

Cash Register

Control cashier sessions and cash-register activity with clearer responsibility for money handled.

Terminal Access

Control access to operational terminals and authorize restricted terminal actions where required.

Shift Handover

Record structured handovers so the incoming team can see what needs attention instead of relying on memory.

Walk-in & Customer Dues

Handle immediate sales while retaining the ability to follow balances that remain outstanding.

Operational Settings

Configure order types, payment types, cancellation reasons, reservation settings and other day-to-day rules.

Approvals, staff & accountability

Add control without slowing down service

Give staff the access they need while keeping discounts, complimentary items, sensitive actions and tip remittances auditable.

Roles & Permissions

Control module and action access by role across web and mobile operations.

Approval Controls

Define which operational actions require management authorization.

Discount Approvals

Require approval before restricted discounts are completed.

Complimentary Item Approvals

Approve free meals or items issued for service recovery, goodwill or other authorized reasons.

Audit Trail

Review recorded operational events and maintain better accountability around sensitive actions.

Staff Management

Maintain staff access and operational responsibility across the business.

Collective Tips

Pool eligible sale tips, confirm staff in service, allocate equally or by weight and preserve award records. Business package and above.

Tip Remittance History

Record partial or full staff payouts, payment method, reference and outstanding tip balances.

Services & bookings

Manage bookable services alongside restaurant operations

For hospitality businesses that also sell operational services, Menulyn includes a dedicated service workflow rather than forcing every service into the product catalogue.

Service Catalogue

Create dedicated services with their own pricing and operational details.

Service Categories

Organize services separately from ordinary menu and product categories.

Service Bookings

Capture and manage service bookings through a dedicated workflow.

Staff Assignment

Associate service delivery with the appropriate staff where required.

Service Resources

Manage resources used when delivering bookable services.

Service Commissions

Track commission structures associated with service delivery.

Booking History

Retain service-booking records for operational follow-up and reporting.

Business Package+

Services are a package-controlled capability available from the Business package upward.

Accommodation & guest operations

Run rooms and restaurant operations together

Premium hospitality businesses can manage guests, reservations, stays, folios, housekeeping and room maintenance from the same operational environment as food and beverage.

Rooms & Room Types

Configure accommodation inventory and room-type details.

Guests & Reservations

Maintain guest records and manage accommodation reservations.

Walk-in Stays

Create stays for walk-in guests without forcing a prior reservation.

Stay Folios

Maintain guest folios, charges, payments and printable stay documents.

Restaurant Charges to Folio

Post eligible restaurant charges to the guest stay for consolidated settlement.

Housekeeping Board

Coordinate room-cleaning work and room readiness across operational staff.

Clean / Dirty / Inspected

Track room housekeeping states so front desk can see whether a room is ready.

Room Maintenance

Record maintenance issues, history and operational reporting for rooms.

Accommodation Reports

Review accommodation activity and profitability-related operational reporting.

Premium Package+

Accommodation is package-controlled and available from Premium upward.

Reports, payments & communication

Turn operational activity into usable records

Menulyn connects sales, supplier, kitchen, stock, accommodation, approvals and staff activity to reporting and communication workflows.

Sales & Financial Reports

Review sales, payment, income, expense and transaction information from the business dashboard.

Inventory & Profitability Reports

Use stock, recipe and profitability data to understand operational performance.

Supplier Reports

Review supplier activity, ledgers and payment history.

Complimentary Reports

Track complimentary items and their approval history rather than letting free issues disappear from reporting.

Collective Tip Reports

See collected, unpooled, allocated, remitted and outstanding tip balances.

Accommodation Reports

Review room and stay activity alongside the rest of the business.

eTIMS Workflows

Use configured eTIMS functionality for applicable receipts, invoices and credit-note flows.

SMS & Notifications

Use configured communication tools for operational alerts and customer communication.

Mobile & Web Access

Operate through connected web and mobile interfaces with permission-aware access.

Feature deep dives

Explore the workflows behind the feature list

These focused guides explain how major Menulyn capabilities work, what records they connect, and where package-based access applies.

Restaurant POS

Menulyn connects counter sales, dine-in, takeaway, delivery, tables, parties, customers, payments and receipts in one operational sales flow.

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Inventory Management

Menulyn connects purchasing, receiving, ingredients, recipes, stock movement, physical counts and wastage so restaurant inventory can be traced from supplier to sale.

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Recipe Costing

Menulyn links recipes to ingredient quantities and operational stock so restaurants can understand menu cost and ingredient demand from actual recipes.

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Wastage Management

Menulyn records wastage as an explicit inventory event so food loss is visible alongside purchases, recipes, sales, counts and stock movements.

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Physical Stock Count

Menulyn physical stock counts help restaurants compare what the system expects with what staff actually count and investigate the difference using the surrounding inventory trail.

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Purchase Orders

Menulyn connects supplier purchase orders to goods receiving and inventory so restaurants can distinguish what they intended to buy from what actually arrived.

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eTIMS Integration

Menulyn keeps eTIMS workflows close to restaurant sales and invoicing so configured businesses can handle tax-document processes without separating them from operational billing.

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Approval Controls

Menulyn approval controls let restaurants require management authorization for sensitive actions such as discounts and complimentary items while preserving the operational audit trail.

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Collective Tips

Menulyn separates tip collection, staff allocation and actual remittance so pooled restaurant tips can be shared fairly while retaining a permanent award and payment ledger.

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Hotel Housekeeping

Menulyn links housekeeping work to rooms and stays so hotel teams can see what needs cleaning, who is assigned, what stage the room is in and when it is ready again.

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Accommodation & Folios

Menulyn combines rooms, guests, stays, folios, restaurant charges, housekeeping and maintenance with the restaurant operation so hospitality businesses can keep guest activity in one system.

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Services Management

Menulyn Services adds a bookable operational layer for hospitality activities that need duration, staff assignment, resources, pricing, commissions and booking history.

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Connected workflows

The value is in what happens between the modules

Menulyn is designed so operational records flow into the next step instead of being recreated manually.

Sale → Kitchen → Stock

A sale can drive kitchen preparation and the appropriate ingredient or finished-stock movement based on the product's stock handling.

Quotation → Banquet Plan

Prepare an event quotation, calculate ingredient requirements and plan purchasing or stock before fulfilment.

Tips → Awards → Remittance

Collect tips into a pool, confirm staff in service, allocate awards and retain a remittance ledger until every balance is settled.

Restaurant → Guest Folio

For accommodation businesses, eligible restaurant charges can follow the guest into the stay folio for consolidated settlement.

Package-based capabilities

Start with what you need and unlock specialist operations as you grow

Menulyn packages control specialist capabilities rather than presenting every business with the same feature set. Full package pricing and limits are listed on the Pricing page.

Business+

Measured Products, Services & Collective Tips

Support butcher-counter style measured selling, bookable services and pooled staff tip management.

Standard+

Non-stock Products

Sell access charges and other non-inventory products without recipe or finished-stock consumption.

Premium+

Accommodation

Add rooms, reservations, guests, stays, folios, housekeeping, room maintenance and accommodation reporting.

Menulyn web and mobile application
Web + mobile operations

Give each team member the tools their role needs

Use the web dashboard for administration and deeper operational management, while mobile access keeps day-to-day workflows available to authorized staff. Roles, permissions and package capabilities determine what each user can see and do.

Built for hospitality

One platform, different operating models

Configure Menulyn around the operation you run rather than forcing every hospitality business into the same workflow.

Operational guide

Read the restaurant shift-handover guide

See what the incoming team needs to know about open work, payment exceptions, customer issues, stock concerns and equipment status.

See how Menulyn fits your operation

Start with a trial or compare packages to choose the capabilities that match your restaurant or hospitality business.

Restaurant insights

Learn how better workflows improve service

Explore practical articles about ordering, kitchen coordination, table management and restaurant technology. More operational guides on inventory, approvals, eTIMS, tips and hospitality management are being added.

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Managing Delivery, Pickup and Dine-In Orders from One Dashboard

Centralize service channels so teams can coordinate daily order flow with less confusion.