SIDES Kitchen

Structure instead of paper clutter
– Stay on top of things with the kitchen monitor

The SIDES Kitchen Manager is a digital kitchen monitor (KDS/kitchen display). It transmits orders in real-time from the POS system to the kitchen, controls all preparation stations, and ensures your team knows what to do next – without paper, without ticket printers, without misunderstandings.

When your kitchen slows you down instead of supporting you

Paper clutter on the counter

Handwritten tickets, illegible orders, lost requests. Your team works against the clock instead of together.

Too much verbal communication

Half of all orders need clarification. The noise level rises, and so does the error rate.

Inefficient Preparation

Identical items are prepared individually multiple times instead of being batched. This creates duplicate work, wasting time and energy.

Incorrect Orders

Misunderstandings between front-of-house and kitchen lead to incorrect or incomplete dishes.

Inconsistent quality

Without stored recipes, staff prepare dishes inconsistently. This leads to customer complaints.

No coordination for deliveries

Orders for the same delivery route are processed separately. Drivers wait, food gets cold.

What the kitchen monitor delivers for your restaurant

From order acceptance to handover to drivers: The SIDES Kitchen Manager digitizes and automates every step in your kitchen. For less stress, fewer errors, & more output.

Transfer from POS system

Transfer from POS system. All orders are automatically consolidated in the kitchen monitor – whether from the POS, webshop, or delivery portal. Your team sees in real-time what needs to be done, which orders have priority, and where bottlenecks are forming. This reduces chaos and ensures clear processes, even during peak hours. Fewer queries, less stress, more focus on production.

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Transfer from POS system. All orders are automatically consolidated in the kitchen monitor – whether from the POS, webshop, or delivery portal. Your team sees in real-time what needs to be done, which orders have priority, and where bottlenecks are forming. This reduces chaos and ensures clear processes, even during peak hours. Fewer queries, less stress, more focus on production.

Order Overview

Order Overview. All active orders are displayed centrally and in real-time – including status and progress. Your team always knows when orders will be delivered and when drivers will arrive. Simultaneously, guests can track the status of their order live – via a customer display or digital interfaces. This reduces inquiries and ensures greater transparency throughout the entire process.

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Order Overview. All active orders are displayed centrally and in real-time – including status and progress. Your team always knows when orders will be delivered and when drivers will arrive. Simultaneously, guests can track the status of their order live – via a customer display or digital interfaces. This reduces inquiries and ensures greater transparency throughout the entire process.

Recipes
Define

Define Recipes. Set clear recipes for each item in the system so your team always works to the same standard. This reduces errors, ensures consistent quality, and minimizes food waste. New employees are trained faster, and processes become predictable. This keeps your kitchen consistently efficient, even with high order volumes.

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Define Recipes. Set clear recipes for each item in the system so your team always works to the same standard. This reduces errors, ensures consistent quality, and minimizes food waste. New employees are trained faster, and processes become predictable. This keeps your kitchen consistently efficient, even with high order volumes.

Order Grouping

Order Grouping. Orders are intelligently grouped and prioritized. Identical products are produced together instead of individually multiple times. This allows you to use your stations more efficiently, save time, and increase output – without additional staff.

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Order Grouping. Orders are intelligently grouped and prioritized. Identical products are produced together instead of individually multiple times. This allows you to use your stations more efficiently, save time, and increase output – without additional staff.

Optimized
Delivery

Optimized Delivery. Delivery orders are automatically bundled and optimally prepared for routes. Drivers receive structured handovers and clear routes. This significantly reduces waiting times and improves your delivery speed.

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Optimized Delivery. Delivery orders are automatically bundled and optimally prepared for routes. Drivers receive structured handovers and clear routes. This significantly reduces waiting times and improves your delivery speed.

Set up kitchen stations

Set up kitchen stations. Every order is automatically assigned to the correct stations. You define individual workflows per dish or station. This way, every staff member knows exactly what to do next – no shouting, no confusion. This ensures speed, reduces coordination effort, and prevents errors.

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Set up kitchen stations. Every order is automatically assigned to the correct stations. You define individual workflows per dish or station. This way, every staff member knows exactly what to do next – no shouting, no confusion. This ensures speed, reduces coordination effort, and prevents errors.

Sold Out-
Feature

Sold Out Feature. Mark individual items as sold out in real-time – directly from the kitchen. This prevents orders from being placed for unavailable products. Your team saves time on inquiries and improvisation. At the same time, your offerings remain up-to-date across all channels.

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Sold Out Feature. Mark individual items as sold out in real-time – directly from the kitchen. This prevents orders from being placed for unavailable products. Your team saves time on inquiries and improvisation. At the same time, your offerings remain up-to-date across all channels.

Packing Monitor

Packing Monitor. With the packing monitor, you ensure that every order goes out complete. All items are clearly displayed and processed step by step. Missing products or incorrect combinations are a thing of the past. This reduces complaints and ensures satisfied guests.

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Packing Monitor. With the packing monitor, you ensure that every order goes out complete. All items are clearly displayed and processed step by step. Missing products or incorrect combinations are a thing of the past. This reduces complaints and ensures satisfied guests.

Statistics

Analytics. The kitchen manager automatically records preparation times, bottlenecks, and workflows. You immediately see where processes are stalled or inefficient. This allows you to optimize staff planning and operations based on data, rather than intuition.

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Analytics. The kitchen manager automatically records preparation times, bottlenecks, and workflows. You immediately see where processes are stalled or inefficient. This allows you to optimize staff planning and operations based on data, rather than intuition.

Fewer errors

Fewer errors: Structured presentation with color coding, clear task distribution, and multilingual recipe display significantly reduces the error rate. Special requests and changes appear instantly on the correct screen. No more misunderstandings between service and kitchen. The result: fewer complaints and more consistent quality.

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Fewer errors: Structured presentation with color coding, clear task distribution, and multilingual recipe display significantly reduces the error rate. Special requests and changes appear instantly on the correct screen. No more misunderstandings between service and kitchen. The result: fewer complaints and more consistent quality.

Kitchen Monitor vs. Receipt Printer

A kitchen printer prints a receipt – and that's it. A kitchen monitor (Kitchen Display System / KDS) displays every order in real-time, prioritizes automatically, and instantly adapts to changes – no new paper, no delays.

Feature

Order display

Status tracking

Changes & Special Requests

Prioritization

Recipe display

Sustainability

Multilingualism

Long-term costs

Ticket printer

Printed once, then static

Not possible

New ticket required or verbal relay

Manually by chefs

Not integrated

Paper consumption

Not possible

Running costs (paper, ink rolls)

SIDES Kitchen Manager

Real-time, updates automatically

Every order with progress indicator per station

Appear immediately on the display, no interruption

Automatically by order time and delivery route

Stored recipes per item directly on the monitor

Paperless, environmentally friendly

selectable

One-time integration, no consumption costs

Not included

Included

For kitchens that need to perform under pressure

The SIDES Kitchen Manager is especially designed for restaurants that operate with high order volumes, many parallel channels, and short delivery times.

Delivery Service Restaurants

Multiple order channels: on-site, webshop & delivery platforms converge on the kitchen monitor. Orders for the same delivery run are automatically bundled.

Ghost Kitchen & Virtual Brands

Do you operate multiple brands from one kitchen? Separate orders by brand and station. Each virtual brand has its own workflow.

Quick Service & System Gastronomy

High frequency, short preparation times, standardized processes through recipe specifications and automatic station distribution.

Chains & Franchise

The kitchen monitor enables standardized processes across all locations – with central control and clear workflows.

Use the kitchen monitor together with these SIDES modules

POS System

SIDES POS

Popular

With the all-in-one POS system, you have orders, billing, kitchen, payment, and delivery all in one system – TSE-certified, 100% tax office compliant, and cloud-based.

  • All Order Channels in One POS System
  • Fully Integrated Payment System
  • Room & Table Planning & Management
  • TSE-certified, GoBD and GDPR compliant

Inventory Management

SIDES Goods

Popular

With the inventory management system, you have a complete overview of all goods movement in your restaurant. It provides transparency regarding stock levels, movements, and potential bottlenecks, and automatically synchronizes supplier prices and delivery times.

  • Real-time inventory management & stock levels
  • Digital ordering from suppliers
  • Digital Inventory
  • Can be used for multiple branches

Great Value

Complete package available

Combine all services and save up to 20% with a bundle package.

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