NFC Ordering
Tap the table to see the menu
Stick an NFC tag on each table and guests tap their phone to open your live menu — no scanning, no app, no account. Your staff write each table's permanent link onto a blank sticker once, before opening, then walk the room checking every tag opens the table it's stuck to.
- Guests tap instead of scanning — nothing to download
- Each table keeps its own permanent link
- Tags are never locked, so a table can be renamed later
- Works alongside printed QR codes, not instead of them
How it works
- 01
Write the tags once
With a box of blank stickers and an Android phone, a staff member writes each table's permanent link onto a tag and records which physical chip went to which table.
- 02
Check the room
Walk the floor tapping each tag to confirm it opens the table it's on — because a tag on the wrong table puts one party's food and bill on another.
- 03
Guests just tap
The guest side needs nothing from us: the phone's own operating system opens the link. Your live menu appears with photos and prices, no app and no account.
- 04
Orders arrive tagged to the table
The order reaches your kitchen view and POS labelled with its table as an open check, settled at the register when the party leaves.
Frequently asked questions
- What do guests need?
- Nothing but their phone. Tapping an NFC tag is handled by the phone's operating system, so there's no app to download and no account to make.
- What do I need to write the tags?
- Blank NFC stickers and an Android phone running Chrome. Writing tags from a browser only works there — an iPhone cannot write an NFC tag in any browser, because Apple doesn't give browsers access to the radio. Once a tag is written, any phone that can tap will read it.
- Can a tag be reused if I rearrange the room?
- Yes. We never lock a tag, on purpose: locking is a one-way hardware change with no undo, and a locked tag whose table is later renamed would be landfill. Rewrite it instead.
- Should I use NFC or printed QR codes?
- Both, if you like. The same permanent per-table link sits behind either one, so a printed code and a tag on the same table lead to the same menu — and a guest whose phone won't tap can still scan.
Works with
One app for your whole business.
NFC Ordering is one part of LOKAL — the AI receptionist, POS, ordering, booking, and website that run your business together.
Explore LOKAL