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EatMeat — Restaurant Booking & Pickup
Premium single-restaurant ordering and reservation system with advanced admin controls.
The Problem
Small restaurants rely on expensive third-party platforms for bookings and orders, losing revenue and customer data.
The Solution
A bespoke, direct-to-consumer platform for instant/scheduled pickups and table reservations with built-in refund policies and admin approvals.
Feature Breakdown
Modular architecture of the EATMEAT system.
Ordering
- • Pickup Orders
- • Scheduled Orders
- • Custom Add-ons
Booking
- • Slot Management
- • Hold Policies
- • Capacity Planning
Admin Dashboard
- • Order Tracking
- • Refund Management
- • Closure Blocks
- • Analytics
Architecture
System Architecture (Mermaid)
graph TD
A[User] --> B[API Layer]
B --> C[Payment Processor]
B --> D[Prisma/DB]
E[Admin] --> BTransactional safety for payment and booking flows.Websocket-based notifications for order updates.
Key Technical Features
Smart Slot Booking
- • Buffer management between slots
- • Auto-cancellation for unpaid holds
Advanced Admin
- • One-click restaurant closure
- • Custom holiday schedules
- • Live order status stream
Gallery
Detailed view of a menu item.
Admin dashboard for managing orders and menu items.
Engineering Challenges
Concurrency in Bookings
Implementing strict locking mechanisms to prevent double-booking of slots during peak hours.
Refund Logic
Automating partial and full refunds while considering Stripe fees and preparation timers.
Roadmap
Now
- Ordering & Payments
- Admin core
- Basic notifications
Next
- Loyalty program
- Multi-lingual support
- Inventory tracking
Later
- Delivery fleet integration
- Sales prediction engine
- Table-side QR ordering
Deep Dive Case Study
Read the technical analysis of how we solved complex engineering problems for this project.