
A Thika restaurant can set up a short lunch menu, send clear kitchen notes and keep takeaway and table bills separate. Track the ingredients used in each dish and compare the day’s cash and M-Pesa with recorded sales before planning the next shift.
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Orders reach the kitchen with context
Keep staff-linked orders and preparation instructions together. Check supported printer options for your actual setup.
Recipes connect sales to ingredients
Define buying and serving measures, record purchases and compare expected use with physical counts.
Review cash and M-Pesa at close
Inspect recorded tenders and payment exceptions beside the bills. Live M-Pesa authorization needs connectivity.
Remote owner visibility and setup
Use browser-based reports from a phone with authorised access. Discuss menu setup and support through WhatsApp; no local office is implied.
Sales, stock and costs
Run the whole food business, not just the till. Every step stays close enough to explain what you made and what it cost.
Owner control
Sales, stock, payments and profit — live on your phone. See the current day, exceptions and branch reports without waiting for a manual update.
See today's sales from your phone
Current sales and payment mix
Know what should be in stock
Recipe usage and stock movement
See where the money went
Buying, expenses and staff pay
Compare every branch from your phone
Branch reports and exceptions
Thika operating context
A Thika restaurant can set up a short lunch menu, send clear kitchen notes and keep takeaway and table bills separate. Track the ingredients used in each dish and compare the day’s cash and M-Pesa with recorded sales before planning the next shift.
Kiambu County places Thika on the A2 northeast of Nairobi and describes it as an industrial hub. A counter restaurant near a workplace can test a short lunch menu, individual staff logins and quick bill entry. Check the recorded sales and payments after lunch to see how that service fits your own customers.
Source: Kiambu County — Thika location and industry(opens in a new tab)The municipal profile lists agricultural processing, including pineapples and cooking oils, among Thika’s economic activities. If your café or kitchen uses fruit and oil, record the buying unit and amount used in each recipe. This helps you compare supplier prices and portion costs using your own purchase records.
Source: Thika Municipality — processing economy(opens in a new tab)See the difference
DineHQ connects the workflow, not just the till — so you can inspect the numbers behind each service.
Record fruit buying units and recipe amounts.
Test takeaway and table orders.
Compare payments and stock counts at close.
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Pricing
You get the full DineHQ platform from day one. Pricing scales with the size of your team.
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Starter
Solo operators & small kitchens getting set up
About KES 1,499/month equivalent, billed yearly · 1–5 staff
Small Team
Small teams running one location
About KES 3,499/month equivalent, billed yearly · 6–12 staff
Growing
Established restaurants ready to grow
About KES 6,499/month equivalent, billed yearly · 13–25 staff
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FAQ
Yes. Record a separate bill for each order, add kitchen notes, and see which staff member entered it. Compare the bills with cash and M-Pesa received at close.
Record the buying unit and price, then add the amount used in each recipe. Compare recipe costs with supplier purchases and stock counts before changing menu prices.
This page focuses on Thika restaurant examples. The Kiambu County guide covers the wider county and managing more than one outlet; both link to each other.
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