Software for cafés in Riyadh
A fast till with drink modifiers, a kitchen screen and drinks queue, an ordering site of your own with no commission, and a desk for beans, recipes and cost. Every cup is counted and every order reaches the right station.
- STAK Café
- Arabic and English
- SAR
STAK CaféSTAK in Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia. Here is what STAK uses for Saudi Arabia.
- Currency
- Saudi riyal (SAR)
2 decimal places - VAT
- 15% standard rate
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) - Mandatory registration
- 375,000 SAR
annual taxable supplies (reference, confirm with the authority) - Invoices
- With the ZATCA phase-1 QR code
- Language
- Arabic first, then English
Staff screens in eight languages - Time zone
- Asia/Riyadh
The standard VAT rate is 15%, administered by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates.
What your café gets
Sell
- Counter till, receipts and offline selling
- Modifiers, combos and size ladders
- Floor plan, tables and seat splits
- QR order and pay at the table, split bills
- Reservations and waitlist
- Customer display
- Your own ordering site with zones, slots and pickup, no commission
- Your store on your own domain
- Delivery apps in one queue with payout checks
- Your customers' own installable app: orders, card and bills
Kitchen
- Kitchen screen with a chime and order ageing
- Drinks queue for the bar
- "86" with countdown and ingredient cascade on every channel
- Course pacing, virtual brands and bar variance
- Recipes, food cost and menu engineering
- Café brew desk: dial-in, recipe card and waste
- Stock, suppliers, purchasing and receiving
- Reorder automation, supplier scorecards and markdowns
- Nutrition labels from recipes
Customers
- Customer list and history
- Loyalty points, stamps, tiers and referrals
- Campaigns, segments and journeys on WhatsApp and email
- Google reviews and replies
Team
- Till, kitchen and staff-app logins free
- Shifts, clock-in, leave and tip pools
- Payroll with the bank file and payslips in eight languages
- Auto-rota from sales and live labour cost
- Staff SOS button with an incident log
Money
- Card and local payments through your own payment account
- Owner insights and reports
- Books, VAT and bank matching
- Profit per channel and a self-completing month-end close
Real STAK screens
Screenshots of the app itself for a demo business of this type, with sample data.
Start free, pay when you grow
We suggest starting with Restaurant & Kitchen free forever, and trying one more app free for 30 days (for example Inventory & Purchasing or Customers & Marketing). Cashiers, waiters, kitchen staff and drivers are free; you only pay for back-office users.
Prices are in Kuwaiti dinars; every detail is on the Pricing.
Free tools that help
Questions people ask
What does STAK do for cafés in Riyadh?
It covers Counter till, receipts and offline selling; Modifiers, combos and size ladders; Floor plan, tables and seat splits; QR order and pay at the table, split bills; Reservations and waitlist and more, all built in and connected to the same customers, stock and books.
Is STAK free for a café?
Yes. Restaurant & Kitchen is free forever and you can try one more app free for 30 days. Paid plans count back-office users only: Standard is KWD 5 a user a month billed yearly (KWD 6.5 monthly) and Custom KWD 10 (KWD 12.5).
How does STAK handle VAT in Riyadh?
The standard VAT rate is 15%, administered by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates. STAK lists the mandatory registration threshold as 375,000 SAR of annual taxable supplies (a reference only; confirm with the authority).
Does STAK support e-invoicing in Saudi Arabia?
STAK prints the ZATCA phase-1 QR code on Saudi VAT invoices and keeps the data for the VAT return. Integration with the Fatoora platform (phase 2) is not part of STAK today, so check your wave with your adviser before relying on it.
Which currency does STAK use in Riyadh?
Saudi riyal (SAR) with 2 decimal places. Every amount is stored as a whole number of the smallest unit, so an invoice and the books never differ by rounding.
Do I need a payment account in Saudi Arabia?
You connect your own payment account and bank with a provider that serves Saudi Arabia, so your money goes straight to you; STAK never holds it. The payment methods you can take depend on the provider you choose.
Does it work in Arabic?
Arabic comes first with proper right-to-left layout and English is one tap away. Staff screens run in eight languages, which helps a team of many nationalities in Riyadh.
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Start STAK Café free
Reserve your free workspace. Any one app is free forever, and you can try one more for 30 days.
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- Free forever
- Try one more app free for 30 days