Kitchen-grade app
Native Zestia app on Windows or Android — mount a screen or stand a tablet on the pass.
Included in Kitchen Display System
A kitchen display that keeps every ticket moving
Orders from the counter, your website, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram land on one live kitchen screen. Cooks bump tickets as they go, and the front of house sees every change instantly.
Live WebSocket updates to every screen6 order sources in one queue10 min overdue alert targetItem-level status tracking
The basics
What is a kitchen display system (KDS)?
A kitchen display system replaces paper tickets with a live screen in the kitchen. Orders from the POS and online channels appear the moment they are confirmed, cooks mark them as they progress, and the front of house sees when food is ready.
Zestia KDS runs on a Windows PC or Android tablet and shows every order — counter, website, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and phone — in one queue, with item-level status, overdue alerts and prep-time analytics.
Kitchen Display System at a glance
- Runs on Windows PCs and Android tablets in the kitchen
- Live updates over WebSocket, with automatic fallback if the link drops
- Mark single items ready — the order advances by itself
- Alerts for tickets past a 10-minute target and waiting deliveries
- Prep-time analytics by hour, plus fastest and slowest orders
Built for the line
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Real-time
Orders and status changes are pushed live; the screen falls back to polling automatically.
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Item-level bumping
Mark each item ready; the order follows when every item is done.
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Overdue alerts
Tickets past the 10-minute target are flagged so nothing goes cold.
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Sound alerts
Audible chime for new orders, switchable from the top bar.
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Recall
Bring a bumped order back to the line with one tap.
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Delivery awareness
See how many delivery orders are waiting so riders aren’t kept idle.
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Performance view
Average prep time, hourly trends and peak hour, on the kitchen screen itself.
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Per-branch
Each kitchen sees only its own branch’s orders.
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One queue
Every channel on one screen
Tickets arrive the moment an order is confirmed, oldest first, showing the order type, table, items, variants, modifiers and notes. Dine-in, takeaway and delivery are colour-tagged so the pass knows what goes where.
- Orders from POS, storefront, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and phone
- Variants, modifiers and special instructions on every item
- Order type and table shown on each ticket
- Sound alert for new orders, with a mute toggle
- Online/offline and live-connection indicator in the top bar
Flow control
Bump, recall, serve
Tickets move from confirmed to preparing to ready to served. Mark individual items ready and the whole order advances when everything is done. Bumped too early? Recall it back to the line.
- One tap moves an order to its next stage
- Item-level status for orders cooked at different speeds
- “Ready to serve” rail so runners never miss a plate
- Recall a ready or completed order back to preparing
- Every bump and recall written to the audit log
Kitchen performance
Know where the minutes go
A performance view shows active tickets, average prep time and orders done today, with an hour-by-hour breakdown, the peak hour and the fastest and slowest recent orders.
- Average prep time for today, live
- Hourly order volume and prep time in your local time zone
- Peak hour, fastest and slowest orders highlighted
- Full Kitchen Performance report in the dashboard
How it works
Up and running in 3 steps.
No installers to babysit and no special hardware — sign up, set up and start taking orders.
Start step 1- 1Step 1
Open the KDS on a kitchen device
Install the Zestia app on a Windows PC or Android tablet, sign in and switch it to Kitchen Display.
- 2Step 2
Let orders flow in
Every confirmed order from POS, your website and social channels appears instantly, oldest first.
- 3Step 3
Bump as you cook
Mark items ready, bump orders to served and watch prep times in the performance view.
Why Kitchen Display System
What changes when you switch to Zestia Kitchen Display System.
Fewer mistakes
Modifiers and notes are shown on screen for every item, not scribbled on a ticket.
Faster tickets
Overdue alerts and a ready-to-serve rail keep plates moving before they go cold.
Real kitchen data
Average prep time, peak hour and slowest orders tell you where minutes are lost.
Try Kitchen Display Systemfree for 30 days.
No card required. No setup fee. Cancel anytime.
A Windows PC with a monitor or an Android tablet in the kitchen, running the Zestia app. No special KDS hardware is needed.
Yes. Orders from the POS, your online storefront, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and phone all appear in the same kitchen queue once confirmed.
Orders are pushed over a live WebSocket connection, so they appear as soon as they are confirmed. If that connection drops, the screen switches to polling automatically.
Yes. The KDS has a performance view with average prep time, hourly volume and peak hour, and the dashboard includes a Kitchen Performance report.
Works together
Pairs well with
Point of Sale
Keyboard-first POS for Windows PCs and Android tablets. Dine-in, takeaway and delivery from one screen — and it keeps working offline.
Part of Front of house
Online Ordering
Your own branded ordering page with a QR menu, delivery zones, order tracking and your own domain.
Part of Order channels
Reports & Analytics
Sales, profit & loss, tax, staff and kitchen reports — for a single branch or every location side by side.
Part of Back of house