{"id":25584,"date":"2023-12-16T18:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/?p=25584"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:39:20","slug":"woocommerce-restaurant-food-ordering-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/woocommerce-restaurant-food-ordering-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a restaurant food ordering system with WooCommerce?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you own a restaurant or coffee shop and want to receive more online orders to grow your business, you need to create a restaurant ordering system that allows customers to order food from your restaurant using a web browser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are different ways to set up an online food ordering system. For example, you can use a third-party service such as Uber Eats or Grub Hub. But using these tools costs at least $100, and you have to pay another $399 to get started and other fees to install their app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to create a food ordering system with a more cost-effective solution, in this post, we will introduce the WooCommerce product table plugin as one of the best WooCommerce restaurant ordering plugins. With the help of this plugin, you can prepare a custom table from the restaurant menu and then give the customers an online order from within your WooCommerce site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this solution, you don’t need to use third-party systems, resulting in saving money and increasing your profit. In addition, the features of this plugin help you to design customer-friendly tables that will make a great buying experience for your customers encouraging them to return to your site for future orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you need to create a restaurant food ordering system?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have designed a WordPress site for your restaurant and your site is active and usable, you have come a long way. Now, just install the following two plugins on the site to start creating your restaurant ordering system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Installing the WooCommerce plugin for free<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Installing the WooCommerce plugin<\/a><\/span> turns your restaurant site into a versatile online store. After installing this plugin, you can import your restaurant menu along with the price and allow customers to buy and order food from your site. But WooCommerce alone is not enough for building a customer-friendly online food ordering system because it does not provide you with the right tools for designing a sales page. Therefore, you must also install another plugin that we introduce below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. WooCommerce product table plugin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      The advantage of installing the WooCommerce food ordering plugin is that you can display your restaurant menu as a list in a customized table. This plugin provides everything you need to implement a restaurant ordering system. From displaying the different features of foods, pizzas, sandwiches, and more to allowing the customer to filter, search, and even add multiple foods and drinks to the shopping cart at the same time with one click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      There are many WooCommerce restaurant ordering plugins that you can use to enhance your online restaurant. However, we recommend you use the WooCommerce product table plugin that provides you with all you need to create a customer-friendly ordering menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Are you curious to see how this WooCommerce food ordering plugin can help you build an online food ordering system? So, keep reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      How to create a restaurant ordering system by WooCommerce product table plugin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      WooCommerce product table plugin<\/a><\/span> is a great tool for making queries and creating astonishing restaurant menus with ordering options like multi add to cart button, filtering, searching, mini cart, etc. The easy-to-use interface and powerful tools make this plugin so popular among store managers who aim to improve the customer buying experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Here, you can find how to create and customize a WooCommerce restaurant ordering system with this plugin in 3 simple steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 1: Install the WooCommerce product table plugin on your website <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      If you have already installed WooCommerce on your WordPress website, try to download and install the WooCommerce product table plugin. Then, activate it on your website. Our plugin is fully compatible with WooCommerce. So, all products you have added to WooCommerce will automatically import to our plugin after activation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      You just need to go to the WordPress Dashboard > iT Product Table > Add new table<\/strong> and create a new table by pressing the Get Start<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Now, you are ready to customize your WooCommerce restaurant ordering system by adding different columns to the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Let\u2019s see how in the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 2: Add columns to design your WooCommerce restaurant ordering system form<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      To add columns in this WooCommerce restaurant ordering plugin, first, you need to go to the Columns<\/strong> tab and choose Laptop<\/strong> from the list of devices to see the columns page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      A big button in the middle of the page allows you to add a new column to your table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      As soon as you create a new column, you can see a Column<\/strong> box with two separate sections, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n