Mesa Central is in beta
The operating systemfor the restaurant that turns a profit.
Reservations, customers, sales, costs and operations gathered in a single place, so you can understand what happens in your restaurant, make better decisions and regain control of your business.
We are selecting a limited group of restaurants to test Mesa Central and take part in its evolution.
The problem
Your restaurant generates information every single day. The problem is being able to see and understand it.
The problem isn't always getting more customers.
Often, it's not knowing how much you actually earn, which dishes leave a margin, how much it costs you to operate, how your cash flow is evolving or how many customers have stopped coming back.
Mesa Central connects the key information from your restaurant to help you understand what is happening, decide what to do and act with real data.
Less fragmented information. More control over your business.
Who is behind this
Hospitality experience + software development
Mesa Central is the joint work of Gus Vazquez, who brings more than 30 years of experience in hospitality, owning restaurants and advising owners in different countries, and Erik Diks, the project's technology partner, who brings 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, software engineer and technical lead on international software projects.
Two different backgrounds applied to the same challenge:
How do we give a restaurant owner a truly useful tool to understand and manage their business?
Because a restaurant doesn't just need more customers. It needs information, structure and simple tools that give control back to the owner.
That is where Mesa Central comes from.
A platform built from the reality of restaurant operations and designed with technological rigour, to help you see your restaurant as a complete business.
Understand. Decide. Act.
Mesa Central is designed to support three fundamental tasks of a restaurant owner.
Understand
See the information you need in one place, to know what is really happening in your business.
Decide
Spot problems, opportunities and priorities before the numbers surprise you.
Act
Rely on concrete tools and resources to improve your operations, your profitability and your relationship with your customers.
The areas
Everything you need to monitor, in a single central hub.
During the beta stage, Mesa Central brings tools for the most important areas of your restaurant.
Reservations
Organise and manage your reservations with a clearer view of how full your restaurant is.
Sales and costs
Understand how much you sell, how much you spend and what is happening with your key numbers.
Profitability
See which dishes really contribute to the business and where margin is being lost.
Cash flow
Project your cash flow and anticipate your restaurant's financial needs.
Key indicators
Review, in a simple way, the numbers you need to know to make better decisions.
Customers
Get to know your customers better, see who comes back and work on getting more people to return.
Marketing and communication
Activate your digital channels, present your offer better and create new sales and return visits, with messages that come from your own restaurant.
One shift
From the first booking to the last bill.
Follow a Friday at Aurora Table, our demo restaurant. Every step runs in the same system, so the details travel with the guest instead of being typed again.
- 16:00
Before the doors open
See who is coming, which tables are booked and what the kitchen should know: allergies, birthdays and large groups, all in tonight's overview.
- 18:30
The first guests arrive
The host seats bookings and walk-ins on a live floor plan. Guests who have to wait go on the waitlist with their own status page.
- 20:15
The rush
Orders from the QR menu and the waiter pad land on the kitchen board with every choice and note. The pass sees what is waiting and what is late.
- 23:40
Close-out
Payments, refunds and tips are matched to the visit. The manager counts the cash and signs off the day, and the figures go straight into the reports.
Reservations, sales and connected data.
During the beta stage, we are also developing and validating the integration of Mesa Central with the POS systems restaurants already use.
That way, Mesa Central will be able to help you relate what happens with your reservations to what ultimately happens in your sales.
The idea is to connect
- Reservations
- Customers
- Tables
- Visits
- Sales
- Receipts
- Products
- Costs
- Financial information
For example
- How much a customer who booked online spends on average.
- Which channels bring customers who come back.
- What the average spend per service is.
- What the difference is between reservations and actual visits.
- Which sales come from specific channels or campaigns.
Whether this integration is available will depend on the POS system each restaurant uses, its country and the connection options available.
That is why, during the beta, we want to work with restaurants that use different systems and understand which integrations matter most to them.
Integrations
Connected to the tools you already use. With a lot more on the way.
Switch on what your restaurant needs. We build fast: everything marked coming soon is in development right now.
- Available16
- Coming soon15
Payments
- Stripe
- Redsys
Bookings
- Reserve with Google
- TheForkSoon
- OpenTableSoon
- Google MapsSoon
POS systems
- SquareSoon
- ToastSoon
- CloverSoon
- LightspeedSoon
- RevelSoon
Delivery platforms
- Uber EatsSoon
- Just Eat TakeawaySoon
- DeliverooSoon
- GlovoSoon
Accounting
- QuickBooks
- Exact OnlineSoon
- MoneybirdSoon
- HoldedSoon
Marketing and messages
- Mailchimp
- SMS
Review requests
- Tripadvisor
- Trustpilot
- Yelp
Automation
- Zapier
- Make
- n8n
- Webhooks
Each connection is optional and switched on per restaurant. For POS systems, availability will depend on your system, your country and the connection options available.
Your team should be looking at guests, not at screens.
Every screen is built for the middle of service: large targets, one clear next step and a layout that fits a phone in an apron pocket.
Your numbers
Not just a dashboard.
Numbers are useful when they help you make decisions. That is why Mesa Central does not aim to simply show you information.
It aims to help you understand:
- What is working.
- What is costing too much.
- Where you are losing margin.
- Which customers are coming back.
- Which opportunities you are missing.
- What you can do next.
AI that does the paperwork
The admin gets done while you run the room.
AI in Mesa Central works on the jobs nobody became a chef or host for. You stay in charge: it drafts, reads and suggests, and your team checks the result before it counts.
Menus in your guests' languages
New dishes get a description and translations as drafts, ready for you to edit before they go on the menu.
Delivery notes read for you
Photograph a delivery note and the lines come through as a goods receipt you only have to check.
Guest messages, drafted
A reply, a reminder or a campaign email in your tone, ready for you to check and send.
AI is one optional upgrade on top of the plan. On a website we build for you, it also adds blog drafts and a guest chatbot.
Mesa Central is in beta.
We are currently working with a select group of restaurants to validate the platform, refine its tools and build it together with the people who live the operation every day.
During this stage, we will:
- Test the features with real restaurants.
- Improve the existing tools.
- Add new modules.
- Validate the connection between reservations, sales and financial data.
- Understand which POS integrations matter most.
- Build Mesa Central from real problems of real restaurants.
The first users won't just use Mesa Central. They will also help define it.
Questions
What restaurants ask us first.
Which restaurants can join the beta?
Restaurants that are already open and restaurants that are about to open can join the waiting list. We select a limited group to test Mesa Central and invite each selected restaurant by email.
What does Mesa Central cost during the beta?
We do not publish prices during the beta. Selected restaurants receive the conditions with their invitation, and the first selected restaurants get special conditions.
Does Mesa Central work with my POS system?
Integrations with POS systems such as Square, Toast, Clover, Lightspeed and Revel are coming soon: we are building them now and validating them with restaurants during the beta. Whether one is available for you depends on your POS system, your country and the connection options available. Mesa Central also keeps its own orders and bills.
Which tools does Mesa Central connect with?
Today: Stripe and Redsys for payments, Reserve with Google for bookings, Mailchimp, WhatsApp and SMS for guest messages, QuickBooks for accounting, review requests for Google, Tripadvisor, Trustpilot, Yelp and Facebook, and Zapier, Make, n8n and webhooks for automation. Coming soon: TheFork, OpenTable and Google Maps, POS systems, Uber Eats, Just Eat Takeaway, Deliveroo and Glovo, and Exact Online, Moneybird and Holded. Each connection is optional and switched on per restaurant.
Which devices do we need?
Any recent phone, tablet or computer with a browser. Mesa Central can be installed as an app on phones and tablets, and the kitchen board runs on any screen.
Does it work for more than one restaurant?
Yes. You can add several locations, give each person access to the right ones and compare them in one report.
Which languages does Mesa Central speak?
The app and the booking widget are available in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Polish. Each team member can choose their own language.
Where is our data kept and who can see it?
Each restaurant's data is kept separate from every other restaurant. Guests can be exported or anonymised on request, and every change to important records is logged.
Your restaurant already generates information every single day.
Mesa Central helps you gather it, understand it and use it to make better decisions.
Want to be part of the beta?
Join the waiting list to receive information about:
- Access to Mesa Central.
- The next launch phases.
- New features.
- POS system integrations.
- Special conditions for the first selected restaurants.
Selected restaurants will be able to try new features, share feedback and take part in the evolution of Mesa Central.