Do I need to buy your hardware?

No. Workstation runs on any iPad, Android tablet, or Windows touch screen you already own. If you want a clean, kitchen-grade setup we can recommend mounts and casings, but the software is yours to run on anything.

How does routing to stations work?

Tag each menu item with a station (hot, cold, bar, fryer, dessert, or any custom station you define). Workstation does the rest: every ticket lands at the right screens automatically, in the right course order.

Can one order appear on multiple screens?

Yes. A single ticket fans out to every station that touches it. The salad station sees the salad, the grill sees the burger, the bar sees the drink. Everyone clears their own items.

Can it run alongside paper tickets during the transition?

Yes. Most kitchens run both for a week or two. Workstation can send paper tickets to the printer in parallel, so the kitchen can switch over at their own pace.

Does it integrate with my POS?

Workstation reads orders from your POS and from every Butlaroo channel (QR, kiosk, click & collect, marketplaces). The major POS systems, Lightspeed, Oracle Micros, unTill, Trivec, Vectron and more, are supported out of the box.

What happens if the wifi drops?

Every screen caches the current shift locally and reconnects automatically. Cooks keep cooking. No lost tickets, no missed updates.

Can it pace courses for table service?

Yes. Starters are sent on order, mains are sent when starters are cleared, dessert holds until mains are cleared. You can override any of it from the kitchen pass-through with a tap.

Pricing depends on your setup. See current rates and a quick estimate for your restaurant on our pricing page.

Workstation (KDS)

Be organized. Go paperless..

Name: Butlaroo Workstation: Kitchen Display System
Brand: Butlaroo

The kitchen display that quietly runs your kitchen. Orders land at the right station, timers keep prep on time, and paper finally retires.

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Chef plating a dish next to a Butlaroo Workstation kitchen display.

Trusted by the world's leading hospitality brands

What Workstation does for your kitchen.

01
Tickets on a live board.
Every order is a card on a live board: new, cooking, ready, all on one screen. The kitchen keeps moving without paper, without runners, and without anyone shouting across the kitchen.
Available
In preparation
Pizza Margherita
Cacio e Pepe
02
Cut ticket times by up to 40%.
No more squinting at smudged paper or running tickets to the right station. Orders route themselves, timers nudge the kitchen, and every dish lands at the kitchen pass-through on cue.
Paper tickets09:24
Workstation05:38
−40% time on the pass
03
Zero paper. Zero clutter. Zero waste.
Retire the printer roll, the spike, the crumpled tickets in the bin. Workstation puts every order on the screen exactly where the cook needs it, and updates in real time.
Paper out
KDS
✓ Ready
Screens in
04
Mistakes drop to near zero.
Allergens, modifiers, special notes, and counts are right on the card, in big legible type. No more guessing what 'no nuts, guest is sensitive' looked like three orders ago.
Errors / day−86%
Workstation on

How it works

From ticket to plated, in four steps.

Order lands in the kitchen.
From QR, kiosk, counter, or pickup, every order arrives the same way: a clean digital ticket.
Routes to the right station.
Hot, cold, bar, fryer. Each item goes where it cooks. No runners, no shouted reminders.
To do
Cooking
Ready
#4823
#4824
#4822
#4820
Cooks move orders across the board.
Tickets move through three columns: To do, Cooking, Ready. Every station sees the same live board, in real time.
Pass
#4821
Plated+modifier
Runner · Table 7
→
One tap hands it to the runner.
The runner sees the table, the items, and every modifier. The ticket clears from the kitchen.

Smart station routing

Every item lands exactly where it should be cooked.

Tag your items once: hot, cold, bar, dessert. Workstation does the rest. A burger goes to the grill, the salad goes to the cold pass, the drinks go to the bar. Each station only sees what it cooks, in the right order, with the right pacing. Multi-course tables? Workstation paces apps, mains, sides, and dessert so nothing sits under the lamps.

Customer story

“I no longer waste any time taking orders and handling payments, allowing me to focus entirely on the most important thing: maximizing revenue during peak demand.”

Lisheng Jiang

Snackcenter Eindhoven

Why kitchens love it

Why Workstation is great for your kitchen.

01
Truly paperless
End printer rolls, ribbon spikes, and faded thermal tickets. Every order lives on the screen, and the kitchen runs cleaner, quite literally.
02
Always organized
Tickets sort themselves by station, by course, by time on screen. No more guessing which order goes out next or whose modifier was whose.
03
Split orders across screens
One ticket lands on two, three, or four stations at once, each station seeing only what it needs to cook. No more passing paper down the kitchen.
04
Live timers, end to end
Every card runs its own timer. Green, amber, red. The kitchen can see at a glance what's on time and what's about to slip.
05
Allergens you can't miss
Allergens print huge, in colour, right at the top of the card. Workstation makes it impossible to overlook a 'no gluten' or 'tree nut allergy' note.
06
Modifiers, crystal clear
Sides, swaps, sauces, extras. Every modification appears under the item, in legible type. No more handwriting roulette.
07
Clear or bring back a ticket
Tap to clear a finished item, swipe to bring back a mistake. The kitchen pass-through and the kitchen stay in sync without anyone shouting across the kitchen.
08
Course-by-course pacing
Starters are sent on order. Mains are sent when starters are cleared. Workstation paces tables so dessert never lands while mains are still on the table.
09
Connects to everything
Orders flow in from QR, kiosks, click & collect, marketplaces, and your POS. Workstation is the single source of truth in the kitchen.

Every detail, dialed in.

Four categories, dozens of features. Switch on what you need on day one, layer in the rest as the kitchen grows.

Smart station routing
Items route to hot, cold, bar, fryer, automatically.
Hot line
#4218
Cold pass
#4219
Split-screen orders
One ticket on every station that touches it.
Apps
Mains
Sides
Dessert
Course pacing
Starters, mains, sides, dessert, sent in the right order.
New
#4218
Prep
#4219
Pass
#4220✓
Clear & bring back
Tap to clear, swipe to bring it back. No paper.

Phone
iPad
Display
Any tablet, any size
iPad, Android, Windows touch. Workstation runs on all of them.
Kitchen-grade casings
Splash-resistant, glove-friendly, mounted however you like.
#1247
2× Burger1× Fries
#1248
1× Pizza2× Salad
#1249
3× Pasta
Multi-screen line
Run as many screens as you need. They all stay in sync.
Big-display KDS
Wall-mount a 27-inch screen over the kitchen pass-through and read it from across the kitchen.

Phone

iPad

Display

Runs on what you have

Any iPad. Any tablet. Any kitchen.

Workstation runs on the hardware you already own, or anything you'd like to buy. Mount an iPad on a swing arm, install a wall-rated Android tablet, or hang a 27-inch kitchen display above the kitchen pass-through. Splash-resistant cases, glove-friendly touch, and an interface that works the same on every screen.

Plugs into the rest of the kitchen.

Orders flow in from every channel, tickets land on every screen, your POS sees the same picture. One source of truth.

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Questions, answered.

Do I need to buy your hardware?
No. Workstation runs on any iPad, Android tablet, or Windows touch screen you already own. If you want a clean, kitchen-grade setup we can recommend mounts and casings, but the software is yours to run on anything.
How does routing to stations work?
Tag each menu item with a station (hot, cold, bar, fryer, dessert, or any custom station you define). Workstation does the rest: every ticket lands at the right screens automatically, in the right course order.
Can one order appear on multiple screens?
Yes. A single ticket fans out to every station that touches it. The salad station sees the salad, the grill sees the burger, the bar sees the drink. Everyone clears their own items.
Can it run alongside paper tickets during the transition?
Yes. Most kitchens run both for a week or two. Workstation can send paper tickets to the printer in parallel, so the kitchen can switch over at their own pace.
Does it integrate with my POS?
Workstation reads orders from your POS and from every Butlaroo channel (QR, kiosk, click & collect, marketplaces). The major POS systems, Lightspeed, Oracle Micros, unTill, Trivec, Vectron and more, are supported out of the box.
What happens if the wifi drops?
Every screen caches the current shift locally and reconnects automatically. Cooks keep cooking. No lost tickets, no missed updates.
Can it pace courses for table service?
Yes. Starters are sent on order, mains are sent when starters are cleared, dessert holds until mains are cleared. You can override any of it from the kitchen pass-through with a tap.
How is it priced?
Pricing depends on your setup. See current rates and a quick estimate for your restaurant on our pricing page.
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