Kimshi Cafes
A calmer operating system for cafes.
Put your menu, website, reservations, staff rota, customers, offers, and marketing in one place without turning cafe admin into another full-time job.
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Built around the way cafes actually operate
Cafes do not need kids-club sessions forced into their workflow. They need public content, menu updates, staff cover, customer records, and optional table reservations to work together.
Keep the website and menu connected
Edit menus inside admin and publish them into normal static website pages, with offers and featured dishes available for the public site.
Add reservations only when the cafe needs them
Use table layouts, rooms, opening hours, slot intervals, capacities, and booking rules to handle table reservations separately from kids-club bookings.
Plan staff cover around real cafe shifts
Use rota roles, areas, opening hours, and coverage rules to see where the team is covered or short before the week starts.
Keep customer records and consent clear
Store enquiries, reservation history, consent status, and customer notes in the cafe workspace so marketing and service follow-up use the same record.
Turn offers and reviews into repeat visits
Publish offers, manage review destinations, and send consent-based email campaigns from the same content that appears on the cafe website.
Cafe modules without kids-club assumptions
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Menu and website
Create menus in admin and publish them into static website pages, including offers and featured items.
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Table reservations
Optional reservation tools for rooms, tables, capacities, time slots, customer details, and booking history.
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Rota and coverage
Plan cafe shifts by role and area, then see whether coverage rules are met across the week.
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Customers and campaigns
Keep customer consent clear, send email updates to subscribers, and connect offers to the website and campaigns.
Why cafes need their own product shape
Menus are content, not sessions
A menu should usually be a static public page edited from admin, not a forced booking object.
Reservations are not kids-club bookings
Cafe reservations depend on table capacity, room layout, sitting duration, and time-slot availability.
Staff planning is operational
Cafe rota needs roles, areas, coverage rules, absences, and shift changes instead of class assignment language.
What do platforms actually cost?
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150
101000
£10
£1£200
1.5%
0.1%5.0%
£35
£0£200
£45
£15£300
Other platform
Stripe processing£52.50
Booking fee add-on (1.5%)£22.50
Subscription£35.00
Total per month£110.00
Kimshi Simple
Stripe processing£52.50
Booking fee add-on£0.00
Kimshi monthly price£45.00
Total per month£97.50
You keep an extra£12.50every month
You keep an extra£150.00every year
Stripe fees estimated at 1.5% + 20p per transaction (standard UK card rate). Actual fees may vary by card type and country.
What a cafe team can manage
The cafe workspace keeps the public website and day-to-day operations connected while keeping cafe-specific tools separate from kids-club sessions.
Featured screen
Menu, website, offers, reviews, and enquiries stay close together.
Cafe admin dashboard and menu workspace
Portal screen
Optional reservations use table availability rather than session capacity.
Cafe reservation and availability view
Portal screen
Rota and coverage tools help managers plan the week before gaps become problems.
Cafe staff rota view
Turn menu updates and customer moments into repeat visits.
Cafe growth is often practical: publish the menu, promote an offer, collect consent, email subscribed customers, and keep enquiries moving.
Publish menu changes without rebuilding the site
Keep menu content managed in admin while the customer sees a normal public website page.
Market to customers who have consented
Subscribed customers can receive email updates, while unsubscribed and not-asked customers are excluded.
Use offers as website and campaign content
Offers can appear on the menu page and provide campaign targets for email and growth tools.
Build the cafe version without splitting the platform.
Kimshi Cafes uses the same Kimshi Simple infrastructure, auth, deployment, billing foundation, and database model while giving cafes the tools and terminology they expect.