🏬 Food Courts & Shared Spaces

Independently-owned restaurants,
sharing one seating area — never one till.

billzova's Collaboration feature lets two or more independent restaurants share tables, share menu items, and offer one QR ordering flow across all of them — while each restaurant keeps its own completely separate GST billing, settlement, and reports. Built for food courts and any shared-seating layout. ₹399/month, first month free.

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billzova POS — Restaurant point of sale
billzova Collaboration page — a restaurant's active collaborations with neighbouring food-court stalls

The struggle

Sound familiar?

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A shared till makes tax filing a nightmare

Forcing every stall's sales through one central counter is painful when each stall is actually its own independently-registered business with its own GSTIN and its own accountant.

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Sharing a table shouldn't mean sharing your data

Most "multi-vendor" setups assume one operator sees everything. Independent stall owners reasonably don't want a neighbouring stall — or the food-court operator — seeing their order details by default.

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Customers can't order across stalls easily

Without a shared ordering flow, a table of four wanting food from three different stalls means three separate trips to three separate counters.

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Commission agreements run on trust and spreadsheets

Whether an operator takes a cut of vendor sales or vendors split a table-sharing fee, most food courts track this by hand — with no consent trail if a rate is ever disputed.

How it works

How restaurants actually share space on billzova

Every step is opt-in, on both sides, and reversible. Nothing is shared as a side effect of something else.

1

Both restaurants get Collaboration enabled

A one-time approval on each restaurant's account. Once granted, either side can start inviting other restaurants to collaborate.

2

One restaurant invites the other by ID or email

No open directory search — you invite a specific restaurant you already know, by their exact Billzova ID or email address.

3

The invite is accepted — this alone shares nothing

Accepting just creates the trust connection between the two businesses. No tables, menu items, or order data become visible yet.

4

The table-owning restaurant chooses what to share

Pick specific tables to expose as a shared area, specific menu items to make sellable by the partner, or both — entirely optional, entirely reversible.

5

Order visibility stays occupancy-only unless both sides opt in

By default, a partner only sees that a shared table has an active order — never its contents — until both restaurants separately turn on full visibility to each other.

Set the right expectations

What stays separate — and what's honestly not built

If you've looked at other multi-vendor or food-court software, some of this may run counter to what you'd expect. Here's exactly how billzova's version works — and doesn't.

Always true

  • Every restaurant keeps its own separate GST billing and invoice numbering
  • Every restaurant settles and reports on its own sales independently
  • A shared table shows occupancy only, unless both sides opt in to more
  • Kitchen displays and KOT printers only ever show your own orders
  • Sharing is table-by-table and item-by-item, never all-or-nothing

Not built — don't expect this

  • No prepaid smart cards or stored-balance wallets
  • No central cash counter or single unified till
  • No merged bill across stalls — every order settles separately
  • No online payment collected through the QR ordering flow
  • No automatic order acceptance — staff always confirm manually

Shared menus & QR ordering

Selling across the table, without copying any data

A shared menu item isn't duplicated anywhere — it's the owning restaurant's real menu item, made orderable (and, with an extra permission, editable) by a partner. When a partner's counter sells it, the order is created under the item owner's own restaurant, with the owner's own GST invoice and the owner's own settlement — the partner's staff member who took the order is simply recorded for accountability, not for billing.

The same principle carries into QR self-ordering: when a shared table's QR code is scanned, the customer sees every collaborating, QR-enabled restaurant available at that table and can order from more than one — but each restaurant's order is still its own transaction, accepted or rejected by that restaurant's own staff, and billed on that restaurant's own invoice. One QR code, several kitchens, zero shared billing.

Vendor commission

Commission settlement, done with consent on both sides

Many food courts run on a commission model — an operator takes a percentage of each vendor's sales instead of charging flat rent, or vendors agree to split a table-sharing fee. billzova treats this as a real financial arrangement between two independent businesses, not a number either side can quietly change.

Either restaurant can propose a rate — percentage or fixed amount — and name who pays it. Only the paying restaurant can accept, so nothing is ever charged without their consent. Once active, it's calculated automatically on every completed order, with a real payout ledger tracking what's accrued, what's been paid, and what's still outstanding — and only the restaurant receiving the commission can end an active arrangement, so a vendor can never unilaterally walk away from a rate they already agreed to. If a disagreement does come up, billzova can freeze the arrangement until it's resolved outside the platform.

Where this fits

Built for any shared-seating setup, not just malls

"Food court" is the most common case, but the same Collaboration tools work for any two independently-owned restaurants sharing physical space.

Traditional food courts

Several independent stalls around one shared seating area — the classic case this feature is built around.

Co-located but separately owned

A cafe and a bar sharing a rooftop or patio, each independently owned and billing separately, but wanting one ordering experience for the shared seats.

Shared kitchen facilities

Multiple independent brands operating out of one physical kitchen space, each keeping fully separate billing and reporting.

Events & pop-ups

Multiple vendors temporarily sharing one space, where a quick opt-in and opt-out arrangement matters more than permanent shared infrastructure.

Two-Layer Consent

Nothing is visible until both sides explicitly agree

A collaboration starts as a simple invite between two restaurants — accepting it grants zero data access on its own. Tables and menu items are shared as separate, deliberate steps afterward, only by the restaurant that owns them, and order details stay occupancy-only until both sides opt in to show each other more.

  • Invite by exact restaurant ID or email only
  • Accepting an invite shares nothing by itself
  • Table-owner decides exactly what to expose
  • Order details need consent from both sides
  • Either restaurant can revoke the whole arrangement any time
billzova Collaboration page — active collaborations between independent restaurants
Shared Tables

Pick exactly which tables to share, and with whom

Choose specific tables from your own floor plan to expose to a collaborating restaurant — not your whole restaurant by default. Already-shared tables stay pre-checked so it's always clear what's currently exposed, and you can stop sharing any single table without affecting the rest.

  • Table-by-table selection, never all-or-nothing
  • Already-shared tables clearly pre-checked
  • Stop sharing one table without touching the others
  • Shared tables appear in their own section on both sides
  • Never merged into either restaurant's own floor view
billzova shared tables — choosing which tables to expose to a collaborating restaurant
Shared Menus

Let a partner sell your menu — or even edit it, if you choose

Share specific menu items so a partner restaurant's own counter can sell them directly — the sale is still billed under you, the item owner, with your own GST invoice. A separate, off-by-default permission lets a trusted partner also edit an item's name, price, or description.

  • Item-by-item sharing, not your whole menu
  • Sale still belongs to and bills under the item owner
  • Editing rights are a separate, higher-trust toggle
  • Off by default — partners can only sell unless granted more
  • Real accountability: which staff member placed it is recorded
billzova shared menu — sharing specific items with a partner restaurant
Commission Settlement

A real, consent-gated ledger — not a spreadsheet

Either restaurant can propose a commission rate and who pays it — only the paying side can accept, so nothing goes live without their consent. Once active, it's applied automatically to every order, with an actual payout ledger tracking what's accrued, paid, and outstanding.

  • Propose → accept — never one-sided
  • Payer must consent before anything is charged
  • Only the payee can end an active arrangement
  • Applies automatically — no manual entry per order
  • Real payout ledger, not just a displayed percentage
billzova commission settlement — proposing a vendor commission rate within a collaboration
QR Ordering Across Stalls

One QR code, every collaborating kitchen

A customer scanning a shared table's QR code sees every participating, QR-enabled restaurant at that table and can order from more than one — each restaurant still gets its own separate order, its own bill, and its own GST invoice. No account, app, or login required from the customer.

  • One scan surfaces every collaborating restaurant
  • Customer can order from more than one at once
  • Each restaurant's order and bill stay fully separate
  • No app, login, or OTP for the customer
  • Staff accept/reject from the tables screen they already use
billzova Tables screen — where QR codes for cross-restaurant ordering are generated

In the product

See every screen

Real product screenshots — not stock illustrations.

billzova collaboration list food court stalls
Collaborations
billzova shared tables food court
Shared Tables
billzova shared menu food court
Shared Menu
billzova commission settlement proposal food court
Commission Proposal
billzova QR ordering table setup food court
QR Table Setup
billzova kitchen display isolated per restaurant
Isolated KOT
billzova own restaurant reports food court
Own Reports
billzova offline mode food court
Offline Ready

Compared

A shared till vs billzova Collaboration

One shared till / manual tracking

  • One merged bill across stalls to reconcile
  • A single operator sees every vendor's data
  • Customers queue separately at every stall
  • Commission tracked by hand, on trust
  • No consent trail if a rate is disputed

billzova Collaboration

  • Every restaurant bills and settles its own sales
  • Occupancy-only visibility unless both sides opt in
  • One QR code orders across every collaborating stall
  • Commission needs the payer's explicit acceptance
  • Real payout ledger — accrued, paid, outstanding

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is billzova's food court / multi-vendor solution?▾
A feature called Collaboration that lets two or more independently-owned restaurants — the classic food-court setup — share tables, share menu items, and offer one QR ordering flow across all of them, while each restaurant keeps running its own separate billing, GST invoicing, and settlement.
Does billzova support prepaid smart cards or wallets for food courts?▾
No. There is no prepaid card, wallet, or stored-balance system in billzova. Every order — however it reaches the kitchen — is billed and paid for individually through the normal billing flow, the same as any dine-in or QR order elsewhere on the platform.
Is there a central cash counter or unified till across all stalls?▾
No. There is no shared till and no single counter collecting cash on behalf of every stall. Each restaurant in a collaboration settles its own bills through its own billing screen, exactly as if it weren't sharing space with anyone.
Do vendors keep their own GST billing when they're sharing tables?▾
Yes, always. Every order is billed under the restaurant that actually owns it, with that restaurant's own GSTIN, tax invoice, and settlement — sharing a table or a menu item never changes whose GST invoice an order goes out under.
How does a restaurant invite another to collaborate?▾
From the Collaboration page, a restaurant searches for the other by their exact Billzova restaurant ID or email — not an open directory search — and sends an invite. The other restaurant accepts or rejects it. Nothing is shared automatically just by accepting the invite.
Does accepting a collaboration invite automatically share tables or menus?▾
No. Accepting a collaboration only creates the trust connection between the two restaurants — it grants zero data access on its own. Tables and menu items are shared as separate, deliberate steps afterward, and only by the restaurant that owns them.
Can a restaurant choose exactly which tables to share?▾
Yes. The table-owning restaurant explicitly picks which specific tables to expose as a shared area — not their whole floor plan by default — and can add or remove tables from that sharing at any time.
Can my collaboration partner see my order details on shared tables?▾
Not by default. Sharing a table only shows the other restaurant that a table has an active order — occupancy only, not its contents. Full order visibility requires both restaurants to separately turn on "show my orders to my partner" — it only takes effect once both sides have switched it on.
What's the difference between sharing tables and sharing a menu?▾
Table sharing lets a partner's customers occupy and order at your physical tables. Menu sharing is a separate, higher-trust grant that lets a partner's own staff sell your specific menu items from their own counter — the order is still billed under you, the item owner, not them.
Can a collaboration partner edit my menu items?▾
Only if you explicitly turn on a separate "allow them to edit" permission for the items you've shared — off by default. Without it, a partner can sell your shared items but cannot change their name, price, or description.
If a partner sells my menu item from their counter, who does the sale belong to?▾
You do — the item owner. The order is created under your restaurant, billed with your GST invoice, and settled by your own staff. Your partner's staff member who took the order is recorded for accountability, but the sale and the money are yours.
Can one QR code let a customer order from multiple stalls at the same table?▾
Yes. If a table is shared between collaborating, QR-enabled restaurants, scanning that one table's QR code shows the customer every participating restaurant, and they can order from more than one in the same visit.
Is each stall's order billed separately, even through the shared QR flow?▾
Yes. Every restaurant a customer orders from gets its own separate order and its own separate bill — nothing is merged into one combined check across stalls, QR-ordered or not.
How does commission settlement between a vendor and the food-court operator work?▾
Either restaurant in a collaboration can propose a commission rate (percentage or fixed amount per order) and name who pays it. Only the restaurant that would owe the money can accept the proposal — nothing goes live without the payer's consent. Once active, it applies automatically to every completed order.
Can a vendor walk away from an agreed commission rate unilaterally?▾
No — by design. Once a commission arrangement is active, only the restaurant receiving the commission (the payee) can end it. The paying restaurant can't unilaterally revoke an agreement it already accepted, though it never has to accept a new proposed rate in the first place.
What if there's a dispute over a commission arrangement?▾
Billzova's superadmin can freeze an active commission arrangement so neither side can change or revoke it while a dispute is being resolved outside the platform, then unlock it once resolved.
Can a restaurant end a collaboration entirely?▾
Yes, either side can revoke a collaboration at any time. Revoking it also ends every shared area and shared menu grant under it in one step.
What happens to shared tables and menus if a collaboration is revoked?▾
They stop being shared immediately — the partner restaurant no longer sees those tables or menu items, and no new cross-vendor orders can be placed against them. Orders already completed before the revoke are unaffected.
Do kitchen order tickets (KOTs) from a partner's order show up on my kitchen display?▾
No. Every restaurant's kitchen display and KOT printers only ever show that restaurant's own orders. A partner's order on a shared table is completely invisible to your kitchen system, and vice versa.
Is this only for food courts, or can any two restaurants use it?▾
Any two independently-owned restaurants can use Collaboration — food courts are the most common case, but it works equally for any shared-seating scenario, like a cafe and a bar sharing an outdoor patio.
Is the Collaboration feature included in the ₹399/month plan?▾
Yes. Collaboration, shared menus, QR ordering, and commission settlement are all part of standard billzova — not a separate paid module. Both restaurants do need it enabled on their account before they can invite each other; ask us to turn it on.
Does either restaurant need special hardware to use Collaboration?▾
No. It runs on the same Windows desktop app or web dashboard either restaurant already uses — no shared terminal, no dedicated food-court hardware, no new device to buy.
Does each restaurant need its own separate billzova account?▾
Yes. Collaboration connects two independent billzova accounts — it is not a shared login or a sub-account structure. Each restaurant keeps its own subscription, its own staff logins, and its own data.
Can more than two restaurants collaborate, like six stalls in one food court?▾
Yes — it's built as several separate pairwise collaborations rather than one group object. Restaurant A collaborates with B, with C, with D, and so on, each with its own independent invite, table-sharing, and commission arrangement.
Is there a limit to how many tables can be shared in one area?▾
No fixed limit. The table-owning restaurant can share as many or as few of its own tables as it wants, and adjust that list at any time.
Can I see one combined sales report across every collaborating restaurant?▾
No single combined report spans every collaborator. Each restaurant sees its own full reports, plus a two-sided summary — you versus that specific partner — scoped to whichever shared area you've both agreed to show order details on.
Does Collaboration affect my own restaurant's existing table transfer, merge, or split features?▾
No. Shared tables are handled completely separately from your own table operations — you cannot accidentally transfer, merge, or split a table that belongs to a collaborating partner, and they can't touch yours either.
What happens if my collaboration partner's restaurant is closed or offline?▾
Nothing on your side is affected. Each restaurant's billing and Collaboration data operate independently — if a partner is closed or offline, their shared tables simply show no new activity from them until they're back.

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