TastyIgniter

Pros

Easy to use and adapt to our needs... Modular development allows us to tailor our restaurant to our needs

Cons

A little complicated to adapt new payment methods

Pros

Admin panel is amazing, it covers most of scenarios that can occur in online ordering. Besides admin panel I reallly like how easy is to develop custom extension without altering the main repository. This was a game changer for me.

Cons

There are some tweaks I would do here and there but nothing major. I understand that this is open source and can sometimes take time to complete feature requests.Maybe tastyigniter updates could provide better error log in case od failing (mine failed, and i had no idea what was wrong) the I updated php version to 8.1 and it worked.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to TastyIgniter

Pros

TastyIgniter is packed with many features that can make a significant impact on a restaurant's daily operations.

Cons

Certain customization options can be challenging to configure without technical expertise or developer support

Pros

It is very customizable, and if you know what you want to do and how TI works, it is most of the time easy to accomplish. The team and their discord community provide a lot of help and support.

Cons

You have to learn how TI works. It is most of the time required to checkout the source code since their is not yet every part documented.

Pros

Free and opensource, customizable software that is feature rich with helpful community.

Cons

Some parts of the software may still contain small issues but these are usually not critical.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to TastyIgniter

Pros

Free!
Easy to use! (My background is IT)
Extensibility! Easily added functionality with existing extensions and paid extensions.

Cons

POS not present, but planned integration into existing POS systems. (not going to implement as that goes against my desire for free software supported by happy users).
Setup can be tricky if you are not familiar with website hosting and getting a site up and running.

Pros

The software has a very attractive interface for the end-user and allows for multiple payment gateways. We have implemented Mollie and haven't had any issue with handling payments. The menu items with it's customisation makes it very easy to provide toppings for pizza's, different sauces, etc..

Cons

There is nothing bad to say about the software. The learning curve for me was a bit steep in the beginning but I had immediate support from the community and developer within hours. The support was so good that I decided to help the community a bit with some easy setup questions I dealt with in the beginning. Unfortunately I'm not that good of a programmer to contribute, otherwise I would have jumped on immediately.

Pros

I absolutely loved the user-friendly interface of TastyIgniter. It was so intuitive and easy to navigate, making it a breeze to manage my online food ordering and restaurant management tasks. Even as someone who is not very tech-savvy, I found it incredibly simple to use.One of the standout features for me was the extensive customization options offered by TastyIgniter. I could tailor the platform to perfectly align with my business needs. From customizing my menu to match my restaurant's branding to designing the layout just the way I wanted, TastyIgniter gave me the freedom to create a unique and personalized online ordering experience for my customers.Overall, TastyIgniter proved to be a fantastic choice for my restaurant. Its user-friendly interface, extensive customization options, multi-store support, and active community made it an ideal solution for managing my online food ordering operations. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable and customizable platform for their restaurant management needs.

Cons

While TastyIgniter offers numerous benefits, there were a few aspects that I found less favorable. Firstly, although the customization options were extensive, I sometimes felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of settings and configurations available. It took some time and effort to navigate through all the options and fine-tune the platform to my exact specifications.Additionally, as an open-source software, TastyIgniter relies on the community for support and updates.

Pros

This is a 360º software that provides more than a simple online order platform.

The way the Software was built provides features that sometimes it's not available on "similar or big" software on the market, TastyIgniter has a modern interface, a unique and easy way to set, customize and run restaurants.

Extensions are another powerful tool that can increase something that is awesome to another step!

Cons

The only thing that I like least is about the documentation, as someone that doesn't have a large experience with a programming language, it's hard (to me) to build extensions that can help me to have data as I want to have.

Pros

I’ve been using this for 3-4 months and it’s great piece of software! Great community.

Cons

I don’t have any issues the software has sole changes I would like and the core team are very open to hearing any!

Pros

The best thing about this platform is that we can overwrite existing functionality without touching the core. In order to extend functionality according to our needs, we can set up our own extensions. TastyIgniter support team also responds quickly if we encounter any problems while developing or using existing functionality.

Cons

There is sometimes a caching issue if we change the javascript but it doesn't immediately appear in the browser.

Pros

Easiness of installation and maintenance. Great frontend interface.

Cons

The amount of paid add-ons. Many of them can be added into the main app.

Pros

The feature set is pretty unique and there is a huge community, where there is always answer and feedback

Cons

probably the setup for single restaurant. It can be little bit challenging

Pros

What I liked the most as a developer is the ability to modify literally any feature or plugin I needed. I even modified the theme as the owner needed.

Cons

As a developer, since I can customise and edit everything, I did not feel that there is something missing.

Pros

Professionally implementation and ease of use

Cons

I wouldnt have much complain on this area as for me the platform was very straight forward and non-tech savvy friendly

Pros

user friendly for both desktop and mobile version thats is very very important all ajax will work smoothly

Cons

payment gateway integration because in india there is most popular payment gateway like razorpay, payu, cashfree and some other but we didnt found on any extension or api for that

Pros

Pros of this product are just how simple it is to set up and use. For a product that is free, the ability to get help too is just a bonus. The creator is always trying to help people out where possible as well as others in the community.

Cons

About the only con at this moment in time is the lack of themes / plugins, for some people who don't want to do much setting up, it works but the lack of customising will be hard for some users.

Pros

- Customizable- Great discord community- Lots of extensions: Printer, Payments, Dine in

Cons

- Learning curve- Technology can be improved

Pros

The ease if ordering for the customer.

Cons

Originally it was the lack of ability to print automatically, we solved this by using iutlook to pill emails and print automatically byt this is not ideal. There is now a plugin available that solves the issue.

Pros

The features I loved the most was the ability to find the products I wanted to order and make a purchase

Cons

I didn't like how slow it was when I tried loading the pages

Pros

self development with all customer data in house

Cons

different to set up delivery address function, lack of embedded function to auto-accept and print order

Pros

This product is exactly what I want for my restaurant. I am running a ice cream parlour.

Cons

Can have easy order switching using some gold option

Pros

The fact that the software is open source.

Cons

Since the software is opensource, customer support is least.

Pros

eas easy integration with the webpage and the system

Cons

the only difficult was the merchant account integration

Pros

I love that it's open source and anyone is able to contribute to the code. [sensitive content hidden] made this platform really customizable with extensions. Discord community is full of helpful people. It is the platform of the people.

Cons

Documentation can be improved. Hosting php applications takes some knowledge in system admin. I think the UI responsiveness can be improved as well with a front end framework like Vue.

Pros

As a user, it was very user friendly and easy to navigate

Cons

It was a bit slow sometimes and can always improve UI

Pros

Very useful for customers to book a table and for the company to manage reservations. It has many other functions.

Cons

A version hosted directly by the company would be needed, perhaps with the possibility of using a custom domain. But I see that it is already your intention to implement this, so good.

Pros

This is the best online service for food ordering

Cons

Prepare a better documentation to setup the backend with easy navigation

Pros

IT is very easy to use and user friendly.

Cons

It is a bit learning process to start with. Better with video tutorials

Pros

The Software is light wheight and it comes with great features that makes it very convenient

Cons

There very few plugins available for the software which and gives business a very small room of choosing extensions that satisfy their needs

Pros

The most important factor for choosing this as our solution was the ability to customize and integrate with other existing solutions. The codebase is well written and documented. Features work as expected. And integrating other solutions was easy and worked as expected.

Cons

At the time of integrating our solutions, our needs were met. The customer facing interface customization features could have been more fleshed out, but we simply customized where needed.

Pros

The software is well thought in general. It covers the vast majority of situations. Easy to configure and quick to launch

Cons

The admin structure is confusing some times. It should have specific pages for important stuff like "options" or "static menus"

Pros

The system is extremely easy to use and new users can be up and running very quickly indeed. In the target market being extremely computer literate is not too normal, but this is well designed and thought out so the basic user can master the system quickly and easily. And of course the price ..... well let's just say it beats the socks off similar packages in price, functionality and ease of use!

Cons

There are no negatives we found or reported to us.

Pros

The software is easy to install, easy to use, has a great platform, never had to call for support, when there are new updates it installs easily, mobile-friendly this software is very competitive. good job.

Cons

What I don't like is that they don't have many themes to choose from but I imagine they will soon have many to choose from.

Pros

Working and easy to set up service. It has numerous functions for order management and is very intuitive.

Cons

Sometimes it's a bit slow (PHP's fault which has its limitations) and also when I used it I didn't have functionality for order notification, however I managed to create a script that allows sound notification on the browser when receiving a new order

Pros

is a very powerful software that allows you to manage orders very quickly and the best thing is that being opensource and free you can customize it better

Cons

Support of the community is not always at the top, but there are some plans for paod support

Pros

1. The ease of integration of laravel plugins such as socialite. Generally customization is easy.
2. Featured menu
3. Admin dashboard
4. Reservations

Cons

1. Integration of an online live map for delivery services.

2. The time picker for reservations is limited to the available options. Consider adding a flexible one using the available jQuery or bootstrap plugins.

3. Fix the bugs on search by address or postcode. I had a hard time implementing.
Also allow for searching by product or restaurant on the homepage

4. Work on the presentation of products

5. Homepage is a bit dull, it should reflect similar applications eg display slider with promos, coupons

Pros

I am a laravel fan and when I came across tastyigniter I was thrilled to find that it as a laravel project! This made it super easy for me to get it up and running and allotted me the ability to do any further customizations if needed.

Cons

It wasn't overly intuitive to customize the home page. I wasn't that much of a fan of how component management was handled. I would have preferred a drag and drop interface with icons to the left for selecting various elements or components.

Pros

Its based on code igniter which I love. TastyIgniter allowed me to quickly setup an online takeaway with multiple brands and multiple shops

Cons

It could support more payment gateways out of the box

Pros

I started using the system from the earlier betas, the system now covers all the needed features for any online ordering system

Cons

Nothing to report for me it’s perfect.thanks

Pros

Before trying tastyIgniter I've tried a lot of options. But this is by far the best application! East to use and maintain, amazing community and regular updates.

Cons

Permissions and reporting options still basic but pretty sure they will improve those areas really soon.

Pros

Easy to use, user friendly,open source, customer support

Cons

Basic reports, no delivery module, no mobile app

Pros

The ease on install and community help.if were not for the community it would have taken longer to get it up and running.

Cons

The payment system has some glitches that are not including the drivers delivery free.

Pros

It's very straightforward and doesn't have that many stuff that can confuse users.

Cons

Some options are not as intuitive. Managing advanced functionality like modifications takes a lot of time.

Pros

This is a very good service if you want to provide online ordering and your don’t want to spend money, you just need a shared hosting.

Cons

If you would like to set up a service like Deliveroo this service is great but needs some development to get it done.

Pros

Easy to implement easy to use and very usefull

Cons

Not all functions are installed by default or need to make more customizations

Pros

After several tests with other software I finally found a complete product that meets my needs.
Easy to install and configure according to your needs

Cons

The plugin for Satispay that I will try to create and then offer ul Marketplace as an extension is missing for the Italian market

Pros

Great Community,
Easy-to-extend code structure,
Minimalistic and Modern dashboard

Cons

multiple restaurant locations management.

Pros

It is free and readily available, very easy to setup and get going off the bat.

Cons

I would like to see APIs and SDKs that will make it easy for developers to hook up mobile devices

Pros

Easy Setup & Easy Customized
Good display & better user interface

Cons

Location pin code enter but not shaw restaurant location with memu & location setup not Easy in administrative portal