Dasvio Journal

Field notes from restaurant technology.

Product updates, industry analysis, customer stories and engineering deep dives from the Dasvio team. Written for the operators, founders and chefs who run the modern restaurant.

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How AI translation is reshaping QR menus across Türkiye

How AI translation is reshaping QR menus across Türkiye

From Istanbul's tourist districts to Antalya's coastal resorts, multilingual menus are no longer a luxury — they're table stakes. The thinking behind Dasvio's 14-language support and what it changes on the floor.

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What is e-Adisyon and who must switch? The 2026 transition guide

14 Jul 202611 min read

What is e-Adisyon and who must switch? The 2026 transition guide

Türkiye's e-Adisyon programme is the digital counterpart of the paper table tab for table-service venues. Who it covers, how to plan the transition and what a ready POS actually means — in one guide.

Product & operations

What is a restaurant ticketing (adisyon) system, and what does it do?

6 Jul 20269 min read

What is a restaurant ticketing (adisyon) system, and what does it do?

What a venue gains when it moves from paper tabs to digital: bills that never go missing, orders that reach the kitchen by themselves, and a closing report that writes itself. Core concepts and the real flow.

Product & operations

12 criteria for choosing a restaurant POS and ticketing system

24 Jun 202613 min read

12 criteria for choosing a restaurant POS and ticketing system

The honest answer to "which POS is best" is: it depends on your operation. Twelve concrete criteria — with what to test on each — so you can run the comparison yourself, no brand names required.

Product & operations

How to create a QR menu: a step-by-step setup guide

12 Jun 202610 min read

How to create a QR menu: a step-by-step setup guide

The difference between uploading a PDF and building a QR menu is whether your menu is a picture or a working system. From zero to live: categories, imagery, translation, table QRs and the ordering flow.

Product & operations

How to open a cloud kitchen: the operations view

5 Jun 202612 min read

How to open a cloud kitchen: the operations view

The economics of a dining-room-free restaurant come from system discipline, not rent savings. Location, platform deals, the multi-brand menu setup and an operations plan for the first 90 days.

Product & operations

Central menu management for restaurant chains: everything that changes after branch three

28 May 202611 min read

Central menu management for restaurant chains: everything that changes after branch three

You can run two branches over the phone; after the third, menu, price and campaign sync becomes a systems problem. Master menus, branch overrides and regional pricing — a handbook for the scaling operator.

Product & operations

From 1 to 50 branches: a 90-day plan for scaling a chain menu

10 May 202612 min read

From 1 to 50 branches: a 90-day plan for scaling a chain menu

When a regional chain decides to open franchises in 7 cities in a single quarter, the operation needs a system that won't buckle: menu simplification, price tiers, override ceilings and a 90-day calendar — a step-by-step model.

Product & operations

Why platform integrations fall apart in the field (and how we fixed ours)

2 May 202615 min read

Why platform integrations fall apart in the field (and how we fixed ours)

Getir, Trendyol and Yemeksepeti each have their own catalogue quirks. We rebuilt our sync engine from scratch — here's what we learned about distributed matching.

Product & operations

Inside Dasvio's revenue centre engine: 7 design decisions

28 Apr 202610 min read

Inside Dasvio's revenue centre engine: 7 design decisions

How we built a system that splits dine-in, takeaway, delivery and bar revenue without making the cashier's job harder or the manager's report messier.

Product & operations

The 12-second checkout: anatomy of a café morning rush

22 Apr 20269 min read

The 12-second checkout: anatomy of a café morning rush

Where does every second of a café morning-rush checkout actually go? A step-by-step time model: where guests walk away, and which seconds good design can win back.

Product & operations

Hourly heatmaps for restaurant operations: a primer that works

15 Apr 20267 min read

Hourly heatmaps for restaurant operations: a primer that works

If you've never plotted your busiest hour against your quietest day, you're leaving money on the table. A step-by-step walkthrough with examples from real operators.

Product & operations

Master menu, branch reality: design lessons for 1,000-location scale

8 Apr 202611 min read

Master menu, branch reality: design lessons for 1,000-location scale

What happens when head office wants 95% brand consistency and every franchisee swears their market is different. Hint: it isn't only a software problem.

Product & operations

Cloud kitchens are a software problem dressed up as real estate

30 Mar 202613 min read

Cloud kitchens are a software problem dressed up as real estate

Six brands, one prep line, eight aggregators. The economics only work when the system can keep up with the chaos — which is what most platforms miss.

Product & operations

Why we built our POS for cashiers, not engineers

22 Mar 20266 min read

Why we built our POS for cashiers, not engineers

Most POS systems optimise for back-office reporting. Ours optimises for the tired person at the terminal at 9pm on a Friday. How that decision shaped everything.

Product & operations

Q3 2026 product update: 14 new features, one big idea

15 Mar 20265 min read

Q3 2026 product update: 14 new features, one big idea

Heatmap overlays, multilingual customer displays, Trendyol claim inbox v2 and the long-awaited drag-and-drop report builder. All shipping this quarter.

Product & operations

Receipt printers in 2026: somehow still the wild west

8 Mar 20268 min read

Receipt printers in 2026: somehow still the wild west

The most mundane peripheral in your restaurant is also the most fragmented standard. A field report from 14 hardware vendors, with charts.

Product & operations

The peculiar maths of hotel F&B revenue centres

1 Mar 202610 min read

The peculiar maths of hotel F&B revenue centres

Restaurant + bar + room service + pool café isn't 4 departments — it's 4 different businesses sharing one back office. Why the accounting has to reflect that.

Product & operations

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