Restaurant operations

Plate Restaurant OS

A restaurant-management product bringing point of sale, table service, direct online ordering, kitchen workflows, menus and inventory into one operational workspace.

Product work and architecture overview by Savi Saluwadana.

Next.jsTypeScriptMongoDBPOSKitchenOrdering

What it does

Who it serves
Restaurant staff, kitchen teams, managers and direct-order customers.
Product purpose
Restaurant point of sale and coordinated order operations.
  • POS, table management and menu administration.
  • Direct online ordering and kitchen display workflows.
  • Inventory and operational analytics.

How it works

  1. A customer or staff member creates an order.
  2. Authenticated Next.js routes validate the request and persist the order.
  3. Kitchen and staff interfaces coordinate preparation and service.
  4. Managers maintain menus and inventory and inspect order reports.

Architecture

Next.js → authenticated API routes → MongoDB

Plate Restaurant OS architectureDirect ordering connects to Restaurant application. Restaurant workspace connects to Restaurant application. Restaurant application connects to Operational records.Direct orderingCustomer experienceRestaurant workspacePOS / kitchen / managerRestaurant applicationNext.js / JWT / API routesOperational recordsMongoDB / Mongoose
Component overview. Arrows show requests and data flow between the main parts of the product.
Plate Restaurant OS components and responsibilities
ComponentResponsibility
Next.js interfacesOrdering, POS, kitchen, menu and manager surfaces.
Authenticated routesRestaurant and order domain requests.
MongoDB + MongooseRestaurant, menu, order and inventory records.

Current scope

The product is under development. POS, kitchen and online ordering share a Next.js application and MongoDB data layer; external integrations require deployment-specific configuration.

Architecture summary reviewed . The repository is private; this page provides a public product summary.