On the passBuilt for multi-course table service

Every course, timed
to the minute.

Aplateful choreographs the entire evening - fire times per course, pairing suggestions per dish, table turns around real reservations, and guest preferences carried forward every visit. Kitchen and floor, perfectly in sync.

From $29 / month per location 14-day pilot No contract lock-in
Fire time
7:24 PM
Paired
Barolo
Fire in
8 min
Allergens
honoured
The signature

Table 12 - a Tuesday evening,
second seating.

What follows is the same choreography Aplateful runs against every table in the room, at once. Fire times, pairings and pacing, synced between kitchen and floor. This is what the engine looks like when a service is running exactly on tempo.

MenuSix-course tasting
SommelierPairings confirmed
KitchenSynced with pass
Live · kitchen synced
Table 124 covers  ·  Six-course tasting
Seated
7:00 PM
Fire in
10min
7:00 PM
Amuse-bouche
Smoked beetroot, whipped chevre
served with welcome pour
fired
7:15 PM
Starter paired
Line-caught scallop, brown butter, capers
Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough
firing
7:32 PM
Fish course paired
Roast turbot, sea vegetables, beurre blanc
Chablis Premier Cru
scheduled
7:50 PM
Main paired
Aged sirloin, bone marrow, black garlic jus
Barolo, Piedmont
scheduled
8:18 PM
Cheese paired
Selection of aged farmhouse cheeses
Tawny Port, 20 year
scheduled
8:35 PM
Dessert paired
Vanilla mille-feuille, salted caramel
Sauternes
scheduled
pacing tuned to this table pairings confirmed by sommelier allergens honoured
Sits beside
Reservation and point-of-sale systems your team already uses
OpenTableReservations
ResyReservations
SevenRoomsReservations
TockReservations
ToastPOS
SquarePOS
TouchBistroPOS
What breaks in a busy service

Three quiet failures a full room will always expose.

Fine dining is designed choreography. When one piece slips, the whole evening moves out of tempo - and guests feel it before you do.

A course fires too early

The main is sitting under the pass while the table is still finishing their starter. Timing lives in a single chef's head, and one busy Saturday is enough to break it.

Pairings live in one memory

The sommelier knows exactly what goes with the fish course tonight. The floor doesn't. Recommendations drift table to table, server to server.

A fully booked evening, on paper

The reservation book says the room is full. The floor is guessing at turns. A late two-top blocks a four-top that should already be seated.

How Aplateful works

Four movements, one evening.

Not a POS bolted onto a reservations system. A single service engine that plans, coordinates, pairs and remembers - from the first amuse to the last mignardise.

01

Plan

Each table's course sequence and pacing is mapped for the evening, matched to the reservation, party size and pre-orders.

02

Coordinate

Kitchen and floor share the same clock. Fire times are calculated per course, per table - not per ticket.

03

Pair

Wine and beverage pairings are suggested for every dish, consistent across every server on the floor.

04

Remember

Allergies, preferences and past orders are carried forward - every visit builds on the last one.

Inside Aplateful

One screen for the pass, one for the floor.

Every role sees the state of the room in the shape they need it. Kitchen sees fire times. Floor sees table state. Sommelier sees pours by course. All on the same clock.

Tables tonight
T04fish
4 covers
T07starter
2 covers
T09main
4 covers
T12cheese
4 covers
T14amuse
6 covers
T15dessert
2 covers
Firing now - Table 04

Fish course

Fire in
2 min
7:52
Turbot, beurre blanc, sea beans
Table 04 - station: fish
firing
7:58
Duck breast, cherry gastrique
Table 09 - station: meat
scheduled
8:04
Aged sirloin, marrow, jus
Table 12 - station: meat
scheduled
8:12
Scallop, brown butter, capers
Table 07 - station: fish
scheduled
Load balanced across stations Allergens flagged for T09
Kitchen stations
Cold2 / 4
Fish3 / 3
Meat2 / 4
Pastry1 / 3
Fish station near capacity - next fish course pushed 90 sec.
What Aplateful actually does

Not a reservation calendar. A service engine.

Four specific capabilities, working as one system across the evening.

Capability

Course-timing coordination

Fire times calculated per course, tuned to how this table is actually eating - not an average ticket time.

7:20Starter
fired
7:55Main
fire in 8 min
8:30Dessert
scheduled
Capability

Pairing suggestions

A pairing for every dish, drawn from your own wine list. Every server gives the same recommendation.

Turbot, beurre blanc Chablis Premier Cru
Aged sirloin, marrow Barolo, Piedmont
Vanilla mille-feuille Sauternes
Capability

Reservation-aware seating

Table turns planned around real booking patterns and party sizes, not a paper grid.

Table 42 covers7:00 - 9:15
Table 74 covers, tasting7:15 - 9:45
Table 124 covers, tasting7:30 - 10:00
Capability

Guest preference memory

Allergies, wine loves, past orders and pacing - carried forward, every visit, quietly.

AllergyShellfish - hard avoid
LovesChablis, aged Barolo
PacingPrefers relaxed
Aplateful vs the status quo

What changes when a room runs on one clock.

Not a new POS. Not another reservations widget. A layer above both, holding the whole evening together.

Area
With Aplateful
Without Aplateful
Course firing
Fire time per table, tuned to how each table is eating tonight
Ticket printer clock, or the chef's memory
Wine pairings
A pairing on every dish, from your list, consistent on every server
Whatever the sommelier remembers at the moment they are asked
Table turns
Planned around real reservation patterns and party sizes
A paper grid, updated by hand every fifteen minutes
Allergies
Surfaced on the ticket before the kitchen fires anything
Written in the reservation notes, hoped to be seen in time
Kitchen and floor
Sharing one clock, one view of the room, one plan for the evening
Shouting across the pass, or a walkie-talkie
Built for the way you serve

Two rooms, one engine.

Precise
Course timing, synced between kitchen and table
Consistent
Pairing suggestions, every dish, every server
Remembered
Guest preferences carried forward every visit
Choreograph your own

Tell us the shape of your evening.
Watch it fall into place.

Pick a course count and a table size. The choreography beside this rebuilds live - fire times, pairings and pacing, in the same structure our engine plans against every night of service.

Courses per menu
tasting menu length
5
Covers per table
typical booking size
4
Illustrative timingAdapts to your menuKitchen and floor in sync
Live · kitchen synced
Table 074 covers  ·  5-course tasting
Seated
7:00 PM
Fire in
10min
7:00 PM
Amuse-bouche
Smoked beetroot, whipped chevre
served with welcome pour
fired
7:17 PM
Snack
Oyster, apple mignonette
chef's snack
firing
7:34 PM
Fish paired
Roast turbot, sea vegetables, beurre blanc
Chablis Premier Cru
scheduled
7:51 PM
Main paired
Aged sirloin, bone marrow, black garlic jus
Barolo, Piedmont
scheduled
8:08 PM
Mignardises
Petit fours, house chocolates
served with coffee
scheduled
pacing tuned to this table pairings confirmed by sommelier allergens honoured