A kitchen display system that's included, not an add-on
Servio's KDS turns any tablet into a live kitchen screen: orders from the till and QR ordering arrive instantly, route to the right station, and paper tickets disappear — included on every plan, from £79/month for the whole platform.
Live order flow
Orders appear the second they're placed — from the counter, the floor or a guest's phone — in one queue the whole kitchen trusts.
Station routing
Grill, fryer, cold section, pass: items route to the station that makes them, so nobody reads a full ticket to find their one job.
Status back to the floor
Mark items as they're done and front of house sees it live — no more shouting 'is table six up?' across the pass.
Printing when you want it
Receipt and kitchen printing are supported alongside the screens — some venues run both during the transition, then quietly stop refilling the printer.
Any tablet is a screen
No proprietary kitchen hardware: mount a tablet you already own, open the browser, log in. Replacing one costs whatever tablets cost.
£0 extra
Elsewhere a KDS is a paid add-on per screen. On Servio it's part of every plan — one price covers the till, QR ordering, KDS and analytics.
Why kitchens switch from paper tickets
Paper tickets fail in exactly the ways that cost money: they smudge, they fall, they queue in the order they printed rather than the order the kitchen should cook, and a modifier missed on a scribbled ticket is a remade dish plus a comped table. A connected KDS removes the failure modes at the source — the order the guest placed is the order the station sees, byte for byte. We’ve written up how one connected system cuts order errors to almost zero, and the practical craft of designing a station routing map that works for your menu. Because Servio’s KDS is the same platform as the till and QR ordering, there’s no integration to break and no second vendor to call — and it’s live the same afternoon you set up, as part of every plan.
Common questions
What is a kitchen display system (KDS)?
A KDS replaces paper tickets and kitchen printers with a live screen: orders arrive from the till and QR ordering the moment they're placed, items route to the right station, and staff mark dishes as they're prepared, so front of house sees status without walking to the pass. The result is fewer lost tickets, fewer misread modifiers and a quieter kitchen.
How much does a kitchen display system cost in the UK?
Standalone KDS products and POS add-ons typically cost £20–£99+/month per screen in the UK, on top of your POS subscription. With Servio the KDS is included on every plan (from £79/month for the whole platform) and runs on any tablet you already own — there's no per-screen fee and no proprietary kitchen hardware.
Does a KDS need special hardware?
Not with Servio — any tablet with a browser becomes a kitchen screen. Mount it, log in, done. Kitchen printing is still supported where you want a physical ticket, and both are verified with you during guided setup.
Can orders route to different kitchen stations?
Yes — items route to station views so the grill sees grill items and the pass sees everything. Our guide to designing a kitchen routing map covers how to set this up well for your menu and line.