Make direct ordering and delivery platforms work together

Meet the guest where the order begins

Some people discover the restaurant on Wolt. Others know the menu and want to order directly for collection. A family needs dinner delivered, while a regular is already passing by. Your channels should make those choices easy without giving the kitchen a different system for every order.

ninito brings your own online ordering and connected delivery platforms together with the POS and kitchen. You can develop a direct ordering channel while remaining available on the platforms guests use. The practical question is what each channel should do and how their orders will be handled together.

• See your restaurant’s direct ordering with ninito

Make direct ordering a good choice in its own right

Your own online store needs to offer an easy order, the right location, a clear collection time and a menu that is simple to use. Saying direct ordering is better for the restaurant is not enough. The experience must fit the guest’s dinner and daily routine too.

With ninito, the online store can connect with the restaurant’s menu, payment and loyalty. Use the website and your own guest touchpoints to show the way there. Someone already looking for the restaurant should quickly understand how to order directly. Make benefits and availability clear before they add food to the basket.

Bring platform orders into the same kitchen workflow

If each delivery platform requires someone to read a tablet and enter the food into the POS again, more orders also mean more administration during service. That creates another handover where quantities, choices or collection times can go wrong.

ninito connects platforms including Wolt, foodora and Uber Eats with the POS and kitchen setup. The platform stays attached to the order, and items continue to the screens or printers the team uses. Los Tacos is a named customer example of bringing delivery platforms, its own ordering channels and station-based kitchen work together in ninito.

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Keep the menu and capacity connected across channels

Channels do not need identical prices or offers, but guests must understand the purchase they are making. Make clear what the dish includes and whether the order is for collection or delivery. A product that does not travel well does not need to appear in every channel just because it is on the restaurant menu.

ninito lets you manage the menu centrally with platform-specific prices and availability across connected channels. When the kitchen needs more time, preparation time can be adjusted or a channel paused. Decide who watches the combined workload so each channel does not promise capacity the rest of the restaurant is already using.

Separate where guests order from who delivers

An order in the restaurant’s own online store can be for collection or delivery. That is a separate question from whether the guest ordered through a marketplace. Wolt Drive and Uber Direct provide delivery for direct orders, while Wolt and Uber Eats also operate platforms where guests can discover and order from restaurants.

ninito supports delivery with your own drivers and optional external delivery. Agree the areas, times and delivery methods that fit before presenting the service to guests. Order status, expected delivery and who helps when something goes wrong should be clear parts of the experience.

• See delivery options for your restaurant’s direct orders

Choose channels around your food and guests

Look at what each channel contributes. Does it bring new guests, help regulars order again and let the kitchen fulfil orders without extra entry? Consider platform agreements and actual costs alongside the workload rather than deciding everything by order volume.

Bring the channels you currently use to ninito. We can show how your own online store and delivery platforms can connect with the menu and kitchen, and where you still want different offers or delivery methods. The aim is several understandable ways in for guests and one connected working day for the team.