Restaurant analytics from the one place your POS can't see: the table
Your POS knows what sold. Tappflow's restaurant analytics show what happened before the order — every tap, every menu view, which dishes got attention, which tables drive engagement, and when your peaks really hit — across one location or twenty.
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- Per-tap analytics: device, location, time, and table for every single interaction
- Menu engagement and top items — see what guests looked at, not just what they bought
- Cross-location dashboards that put a whole franchise on one screen
You're making menu decisions on gut feel
Which dish do guests look at and then skip because of the price? Which table zone goes dead after nine? Did that new banner promoting dessert actually get tapped, or just admired? Your POS can't answer any of this — it only sees the moment money changes hands. So menus get redesigned on instinct, promotions run without measurement, and multi-location owners compare stores by anecdote. The data existed all along; nothing at the table was collecting it.
No idea which menu items get seen but never ordered
Engagement metrics per item reveal your window-shopped dishes
Guessing when the real rush starts
Tap timelines by hour and table show your true peaks
Promotions with no measurement
Banner and popup analytics report impressions and clicks per slide
Comparing locations by phone calls and vibes
Cross-location dashboards line every store up on one screen
Every tap becomes a data point you can act on
The same NFC tags that serve your menu quietly build your evidence base. Every tap is recorded with device, location, referrer, and timestamp; every menu view tracks duration and engagement per item, page, and banner. The dashboard turns that stream into answers: your most-viewed dishes, your busiest tables and hours, how promotions perform impression by impression and click by click. Franchises and multi-location groups get cross-location dashboards that compare stores side by side, so the playbook from your best location can be exported to the rest. History is retained based on your plan — seven days on Free, thirty on Starter, ninety on Pro — enough to see weekly rhythms, monthly trends, and whether that menu change actually worked.
Per-tap analytics on every table
Each NFC tap logs device, location, referrer, and timestamp, tied to its table. You see which zones pull the most engagement, when each daypart truly begins and ends, and how footfall translates into menu attention — the layer of visibility that starts before the first order is placed.
Menu engagement, item by item
Page-view tracking with duration reveals how guests actually read your menu: which items get attention, which sections get skipped, and where interest dies. Pair the most-viewed list against your sales and you've found both your underpriced stars and the dishes whose photos need to work harder.
Promotion performance you can defend
Rotating ad banners report clicks per slide, and marketing popups report impressions and interactions. When you promote a dessert special for a week, you'll know exactly how many guests saw it and how many acted — so the next promotion is designed from data, not from hope.
Cross-location dashboards for groups and franchises
Multi-location owners see every store on one screen: taps, engagement, top items, and campaign performance, comparable side by side. Find the location that's quietly outperforming, work out why, and roll the answer out to the rest — without collecting spreadsheets from managers.
History that fits how you operate
Analytics retention scales with your plan — seven days on Free, thirty days on Starter, ninety days on Pro — so you can review a full quarter of patterns before a menu revamp. Usage and trends live in the same dashboard as your menus, service, and marketing, not in a separate tool.
How the analytics build themselves
No setup scripts, no tracking pixels to configure — the data collects itself from the first tap.
Guests tap and browse as usual
Every tap on a table tag is logged with device, location, referrer, and timestamp, and every menu view records engagement — automatically, with nothing for staff to do.
The dashboard aggregates in real time
Taps roll up into timelines by hour, table, and zone; menu views roll up into engagement per item, section, and banner across all your locations.
You read the story and act
Spot the dish everyone views but nobody orders, the zone that dies early, the banner nobody clicks — then reprice, restage, or replace with evidence behind the call.
Measure the change, keep what works
After the menu edit or the new promotion, the same dashboards show whether engagement moved — a feedback loop your laminated menu could never close.
“Stop redesigning menus on instinct — see what guests actually look at, then charge accordingly.”
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dimensions on every tap: device, location, time, and table
90-day
analytics retention on Pro — a full quarter of patterns
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dashboard across every location you run
Frequently asked questions
Everything owners ask about insights that matter before switching.
NFC tap events with device, location, referrer, and timestamp; page views with duration; and engagement metrics per menu, item, page, and banner. Marketing surfaces report too — popups log impressions and interactions, ad banners log clicks per slide — so operations and promotions share one evidence base.
Your POS starts recording at the order. Tappflow records everything before it: who opened the menu, what they looked at and for how long, and which promotions they noticed. Together they answer the question POS alone can't — why guests order what they order, and what nearly made the cut.
Yes. Cross-location dashboards put every store's taps, engagement, top items, and campaign results side by side. Franchises use this to find the outlier location — good or bad — and turn one store's discovery into the whole group's standard.
Retention scales with your plan: seven days on Free, thirty days on Starter, and ninety days on Pro. Ninety days is enough to compare months, evaluate a menu change over a full cycle, and plan seasonally — see the pricing section for current plan details.
No. The analytics are built into the same tags and menu pages guests already use — the moment your tables go live, the data starts flowing. There are no pixels to place, no third-party analytics accounts to wire up, and nothing for your staff to remember.
Works better together
Every Tappflow feature runs on the same tags, tables, and dashboard — turn one on and the rest are a click away.
See it live at your own tables
Set up in an afternoon, test it through a real weekend service, and keep it only if your team does.
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