Restaurant Platform
Your restaurant. Your customers. Your platform.
One system replaces your website, online orders, table reservations, QR menus, and the 30% you pay Deliveroo. Built for independent restaurants in London.
Built by operators in London — not a Silicon Valley app. We’ll show you everything before you commit to anything.
The Foundry Kitchen
Honest food, made by hand.
New order · Table 7
- 2× Burrata£23
- 2× Negroni£20
What you’re paying right now
Five tools, none of them yours.
| Tool | Typical cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Squarespace / Wix | £20/mo | A website that can't take orders |
| OpenTable / SevenRooms | £100–£300/mo | Reservations |
| Deliveroo / Just Eat | 15–30% per order | Customers you never see again |
| Square / Zettle POS | £20/mo + 1.75% | Card payments |
| Mailchimp | £25/mo | An email list you barely use |
| Total | £165+/mo + a chunk of every order | Five tools, none of them yours |
None of these tools own your customer relationship. We do it differently.
What we replace it with
One platform. Everything your restaurant runs on.
Your restaurant website
Beautiful, fast, mobile-first and branded entirely to you — not a template with a swapped logo.
See it in the demoOnline ordering
Collection, delivery and dine-in. Direct to you, paid by card, with no marketplace commission.
See it in the demoQR table ordering
Customers scan, order and pay without flagging a waiter. Items land straight on the kitchen screen.
See it in the demoKitchen display
A tablet in the kitchen shows every order in real time, with audible alerts and one-tap status.
See it in the demoReservations
A full booking system built in. No OpenTable cover fee, and the diner is yours, not theirs.
See it in the demoAdmin & analytics
One dashboard for orders, customers, revenue and the menu — designed for non-technical staff.
See it in the demoThe delivery question, answered
“How does delivery work?”
Every restaurateur asks within the first minute. Three options — you choose.
Use your own driver
The platform sends them the delivery job. You keep 100% of the margin.
Use a courier API
We integrate with Stuart and Uber Direct. A courier is dispatched the moment the kitchen marks the order ready — a flat £4–£7 per drop, paid by you or the customer.
Collection only
About 40% of independent restaurant orders are collection anyway. Don't offer delivery if you don't want to.
We’re not a SaaS company in San Francisco. We’re operators in London who got tired of watching small restaurants give 30% of every order to Deliveroo.
Every restaurant we work with gets a real person — same WhatsApp number, same response time — when something breaks at 8pm on a Saturday.
How it works
From first call to first order in about two weeks.
30-minute discovery call
We learn your restaurant, your menu, your problems and your goals. No pitch, no pressure.
You see a real version of your restaurant
Within 7 days we send a working preview at yourname.stepaheadworks.com. You try every flow and give us feedback.
Launch and switch over
We point your domain at the new platform, train your staff in an hour, and start taking real orders. Most restaurants switch over within 14 days.
Productised tiers
Three ways to start.
Essentials
Branded restaurant website, full menu, collection ordering, reservation system, Stripe payments, mobile-perfect — launched in 5–7 days.
Contact us for current pricing.
Start a conversationFull Service
Everything in Essentials, plus QR table ordering, the kitchen display, the full admin panel, customer database and SMS notifications.
Contact us to discuss your scope.
Start a conversationComplete Operation
Everything in Full Service, plus delivery via Stuart or Uber Direct, multi-location support, inventory tracking, staff management and advanced analytics.
Contact us — quoted bespoke.
Start a conversationEvery project is preceded by a real conversation and a fixed-scope written proposal within five working days.
Honest answers
Questions restaurateurs actually ask.
Do we have to switch off Deliveroo and Just Eat?
No. Some restaurants run both. Most reduce their marketplace dependence gradually as their direct orders grow.
Do you handle the food hygiene rating and licensing side?
No — that's your responsibility. We handle everything digital around your business.
What happens if the platform goes down?
We monitor it 24/7. If something breaks during service, you call the founder directly. We work to under-1-hour response targets, day or night.
Can I keep my existing domain?
Yes. We point it at our infrastructure. Your URL stays exactly the same to your customers.
Do I own my customer data?
Yes. It's yours. Export it anytime. If you ever leave us, you take your customers with you.
What if I'm not technical at all?
That's exactly who this is built for. The admin panel is designed for someone who's never used software like this before, and staff training is included.
Stop paying 30% on every order. Start owning your customer relationship.
- UK Limited company
- Response within 24 hours
- Fixed-scope proposals