sunday allows diners to split checks any way they want. Here’s why it matters
When using sunday, guests can choose how they’d like to split the check: divide it evenly, enter the exact amount they want to pay, or pay only for what they’ve had.
You’re serving a table of six at your restaurant. They’re full, happy, and maybe a little tipsy. Now they’d like to go back home, but before they can do that, they need to pay the check. And they’d like to split it.
That’s when the troubles begin for their waiter. They will need to pull out a calculator and divide the total (let’s say it’s something like £272.50) by 6.
Then he’ll have to use the payment terminal 6 times so everyone can pay what they owe. And after the sixth person has paid, inexplicably, there’s still £5.5 on the balance.
After a few awkward minutes, one of the guests ends up volunteering to pay the residual amount. It’s all such a waste of time!
With sunday, this whole episode is a thing of the past. Every table can split the check and pay it in the blink of an eye: all they need to do is scan the QR code that’s right in front of them. And they can share it any way they want.
That’s a big plus for waiters too. Instead of losing 5 minutes trying to figure out who forgot to pay for their Diet Coke, they can spend more time pampering their diners.
Our mission here at sunday is making restaurant payment as smooth as possible. And in order to do that, the three following features are absolutely necessary.
1# Paying for what you’ve ordered
Listening to the feedback of our partner restaurants keeps us moving in the right direction. In the past few months, many restaurant owners have made the same request: “would it be possible to allow our diners to simply pick the items they want to pay for on the check?”.
It was obviously a great idea. The kind of idea sunday needed to implement sooner rather than later.
And that’s exactly what we’ve done: if you’ve only had a green salad while your friends have feasted on a three-course menu, you can pick the item you’ve ordered and pay your share. You’ll be able to know exactly what you owe, down to the penny.
No more trying to solve complex math equations because your guests want to pay for what they’ve eaten and not a penny more.
If someone has ordered deviled eggs, beef and a crème brulée, they can select the deviled eggs, the beef and the crème brulée on the check and pay for just that. All they need to do is scan our QR Code. And they won’t have to ask the waiter for help.
Since its launch, this new feature has been widely used in restaurants. Guests love it, of course, and restaurant staff too.
Being able to split the check by themselves massively improves the experience of your diners. Some of them see it as the main reason to use sunday. Short reckonings make long friends!
Split the bill by items with sunday.
2# Splitting the check evenly
When someone says “splitting the check”, they often mean splitting it evenly. It’s the easiest solution, and the most obvious one for diners.
So we obviously wanted to allow them to do just that: split the check by two, three, four, or thirteen (but that would bring bad luck, thirteen guests sitting around the table – we’re just saying).
Imagine two old friends having lunch at your restaurant. They haven’t seen each other in a while and they’re happy to be reunited. They order every item they like off the menu, they share several appetizers, a main course, a good bottle of wine and some dessert.
When the check arrives, they both insist on footing the whole bill. After a heated debate, they finally land on a compromise: they’ll be splitting the check evenly. Well, they’re in luck! It’s easier than ever to do just that with sunday.
All it takes is a few seconds for them to be able to:
Scan the QR Code, access a webapp and select the number of parts they’d like to divide the check.
Enter the number of guests sitting around the table.
Pay the check and leave a tip.
If only some of the guests want to use sunday, it’s not a problem either. The remaining amount can be paid through traditional methods. It’s time-consuming and less practical, but to each their own!
Split the bill equally with sunday.
3# Entering the amount you’d like to pay
Last option: let your guests tell you how much they each want to pay.
Let’s say a father has reserved a table to have dinner with his two daughters. He would like to buy them dinner, but one of the daughters insists on chipping in.
By paying for the wine, for instance. But the father doesn’t want to waste time subtracting the exact price of the bottle of wine and would just like to pay a round figure. He says he’ll be paying 200$ and he’ll let his daughter pay the remaining amount.
All they need to do is enter the amount the father will be paying, confirm, and validate the transaction.
This option was tailored for people who do not want to get into the nitty-gritty of who-ordered-what or who’d like to invite another guest. Paying a round figure is ideal if you want to split the check without splitting hairs.
Pay a custom amount with sunday.
We’ve introduced all these features to make sure your diners have all their options open when paying their checks so they have everything they need when using sunday. Almost 35% of our current users choose to split the check.
Every time they do, your staff spends less time doing math and more time pampering your guests. sunday allows your diners to avoid awkward conversations at the end of an otherwise delightful meal. Paying becomes a pleasant experience.
Not only that, but paying with sunday makes guests more generous. In December alone, around 300 000$ in tips were redistributed to the staff! Using our QR codes in your restaurants benefits those you care the most about: your diners and your staff !
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