Online ordering that belongs to your restaurant
A branded ordering site for collection and delivery. Stripe takes the payment, the kitchen tablet pings, and the customer ends up on your email list instead of a marketplace's.
Your dining room, online, without the marketplace tax
Independent restaurants in the UK lose 18% to 30% of the bill the moment an order comes through a marketplace. MenuDock sits on your own domain, takes the card through Stripe, and charges nothing per order. The customer's name, email and order history live in your admin, not behind a paywall.
The marketplace owns the customer and the data
You own the domain, the email list and the order history
18–30% commission on every bill
0% per order. Flat subscription, plus standard Stripe fees
Tickets get retyped from phone calls and printouts
Paid orders land on the kitchen tablet in under a second, and push into Square or EposNow
Menu lives in three different apps and a PDF
One menu in the admin, live on the site, synced to the POS
Payouts come a week later, minus a stack of platform fees
Stripe pays out to your own bank the next working day, no per-order commission
Stripe pays out to your bank, MenuDock never holds the money
Cards run through your own Stripe account, in your restaurant's name. The day's takings land in your bank the next working day, in full. MenuDock charges a flat monthly subscription and that's the whole bill — we don't take a cut of any order. The only thing that comes off the ticket is the standard Stripe card fee, and that goes to Stripe.
Service hours, modifiers, dietary tags
Sold out in one tap
Sunday roast goes by 3? One tap takes it off the storefront and the customer never sees it. Flip it back on the next morning — no menu duplication, no apology calls.
Modifiers the kitchen can actually read
Steak doneness, extra cheese, swap the side. Each option carries its own price and prints on the kitchen ticket line by line, so nothing comes back to the pass for a re-ask.
Allergen and dietary fields
Natasha's Law fields per product. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free flags surface on the storefront and on the kitchen ticket.
Service charge, your way
Optional service charge per order, configurable per service. Show it on the receipt, pay your team properly.
Pre-order for groups and set menus
Open a scheduled collection slot for set menus, tasting nights and private hires. The whole party orders and pays up front, so the kitchen has the full list before anyone walks in.
Multi-language storefront
Several languages are built in, with more being added. Tourists order in their own language without flagging down a server.
A typical Sunday service
- 01
A regular opens your site from her phone, picks a Sunday roast and pays with Apple Pay.
- 02
Stripe confirms the card in under a second. Your kitchen tablet pings with the order and a 12:45 collection time.
- 03
The order pushes into your Square till so the day's report covers online and walk-in together.
- 04
She gets a "ready" text and walks in to collect. Her email is on your list for next week's special.
Common questions
Do I need a Stripe account before I sign up?
No. You connect Stripe during onboarding and it usually takes ten minutes. Your payouts go straight to your own bank — MenuDock never holds the money.
What happens to walk-in orders my staff take at the till?
Those keep going through your existing POS. MenuDock is the online layer, so the till is still your till. If you use Square or EposNow, online orders push into the same daily report.
Can I close the storefront when the kitchen is full?
Yes. Opening hours run per day, and there is a manual "pause new orders" switch for the moments you need it. Anything already paid stays on the tablet.
What about allergens and dietary tags?
Each product carries Natasha's Law fields and dietary flags (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free). They show up on the storefront and on the printed order ticket.
Can I sell vouchers or gift cards?
Not yet. Discount codes and percentage promotions are live today; vouchers are on the roadmap.
What happens if my internet drops mid-service?
Existing orders stay on the tablet because they were already paid. New orders queue on the storefront and land the moment you reconnect. Card processing is handled by Stripe, not by your local network.
Can I customise the look to match my restaurant?
Yes. Your logo, theme and hero photography are all editable in the admin. You pick from a dozen storefront themes, each with its own colours and typography, and we are adding more.
Looking for something more specific? See how takeaway and delivery operators use MenuDock, or how chains and groups run several sites from one admin.
Take your first online order this week
Set up your branded storefront, connect Stripe and start taking online orders. No commission on what your customers spend.
- Branded storefront on your own domain in minutes
- Stripe pays you directly, with no middlemen
- Real-time tablet, POS sync and discount codes built in
