# Built for the Friday-night rush.

> When the bar is three-deep and the music’s loud, the worst thing you can sell is a wait. Papaya lets guests open a tab, order their own rounds, and split the bill by item — so your team pours drinks instead of chasing payments.

`Tabs & fast rounds` · `Order from the table` · `PromptPay + card`

## At a glance

- **Self-serve rounds** — Guests reorder from their phone
- **Fast tabs** — Open, add, close in seconds
- **Split by item** — Tips handled, no maths
- **PromptPay + card** — Settle right at the table

## Three things that cost you rounds — fixed.

Every minute a guest spends waiting at the bar is a round they didn’t order. Papaya turns the three biggest nightlife frictions into more drinks served and bigger tabs.

- **Queues at the bar** — At peak, half your floor is standing in line instead of drinking. People give up and leave before round two.
  - Fix — **Guests order from their phone**: Scan the table QR, order, done.
- **Slow rounds** — “Same again” means flagging a server, re-listing the drinks, waiting. The momentum dies between rounds.
  - Fix — **Tap to reorder the round**: Last round, one tap, straight to the bar.
- **Messy split bills** — Six friends, one tab, a calculator and a scrum at the till. Closing out a group kills your last hour.
  - Fix — **Split by item, with tips**: Everyone pays their own, instantly.

## The parts of Papaya a bar actually leans on.

- **Self-serve rounds & a group basket.**: One QR per table opens a shared basket the whole group orders into. The bar gets a clean ticket; the guests get round two without leaving their seats.
  - Shared group basket — everyone adds to one round
  - One-tap “order the same round again”
  - 86 a drink and it greys out instantly across every table
- **Coursing, fast tabs, and a floor plan for the bar.**: Open a tab in a tap, add rounds as fast as you can pour, and watch the rail, booths and patio fill on one live map.
  - Open, name and transfer tabs in seconds
  - Bar floor plan — rail, booths and patio sections
  - Route drinks to the bar printer, food to the kitchen
- **PromptPay + card, right at the table.**: No queue at the till to close out. Guests tap a card on the EDC or scan PromptPay from the tab, and item-level splitting means a group of six settles in under a minute.
  - Tap to pay on the EDC or scan PromptPay
  - Split a tab by item, evenly, or custom
  - Add a tip and lock the total once paid
- **Off-peak credits to fill quiet weeknights.**: Friday looks after itself. Use loyalty to push the slow nights — drop credits that only land Tuesday to Thursday, and turn regulars into a midweek crowd.
  - Credits that only redeem on the nights you choose
  - Reach regulars over SMS or LINE, no app to install
  - Owner-controlled rules and caps

## Faster reorders, bigger tabs.

- **3.4×** — faster to fire a repeat round vs. flagging a server
- **+28%** — rounds per table once self-serve reordering is on
- **+19%** — average tab size on a Friday-night shift
- **40s** — to split a six-person tab by item, tips included

_Aggregate figures from Papaya bar & nightlife venues; results vary by venue._

> "“The counter queue used to eat our Fridays. Now guests open a tab, order their own second and third rounds, and we just pour. Closing out a big group went from a scrum to a 40-second split.”"
> — Head bartender, Cocktail bar · Bangkok

## Good to know

The things every bar owner asks before a Friday.

**Will it hold up at peak hour?**

Yes. Orders and tickets queue locally and replay the moment you reconnect, so a flaky wifi or a busy 11pm never stops the bar. Self-serve ordering takes load off the rail exactly when you need it most.

**How do tabs work?**

Open a tab in one tap, name it, and keep adding rounds as fast as you pour. Tabs can be transferred between staff or moved table-to-booth, and they lock once paid so totals never drift. Guests can also run their own tab from the table QR.

**Can a group split the bill themselves?**

They can. Split a tab by item or evenly, add a tip, and each person settles with PromptPay or card from their own phone — no calculator, no scrum at the till.

**Does it handle age / ID checks?**

You can flag age-restricted items so staff get an ID-check prompt before they’re served, and self-serve ordering can be set to require a server to confirm alcohol at the table. Configure it per venue to match your local rules.

**What about quiet weeknights?**

Use Papaya Loyalty to drop credits and perks that only land Tuesday to Thursday, sent over SMS or LINE — no app for guests to download.

## Pour more, chase less.

Set Papaya up before the weekend and run your next Friday with self-serve rounds, fast tabs and one-tap splits. Start free, add what you need.

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Source: https://www.papaya.co.th/solutions/bars