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How it works

The same night, from three sides

What a guest does, what your staff see, and what lands on your dashboard.

For guests

Five steps, all of them in a browser tab that closes when the night ends.

  1. 01

    Scan the code on the table

    Every table carries its own QR code. A phone camera opens the venue menu in the browser. There is no app to download and no account to create.

  2. 02

    Open a tab

    Add a name if you want one on the receipt, and the tab opens against that table. The venue sees it immediately.

  3. 03

    Fund it, or pay per order

    In prefund mode you top up once with card, bank transfer or USSD through Paystack. In pay per order mode you pay at checkout each time.

  4. 04

    Order and watch it move

    Every order shows its own status. When a staff member confirms delivery, the change appears on your phone straight away.

  5. 05

    Close the tab

    Anything left on a prefunded tab returns to the payment method it came from. Refunds go through Paystack and usually land within 24 hours.

Tab modes

Prefund or pay per order

Set this per venue from the dashboard. It changes when the guest pays, and nothing about who confirms delivery.

Table 07Open

Tab balance

₦21,600

Adaeze Okonkwo funded ₦50,000

2x Hennessy VS −₦18,400
4x Star Lager −₦6,800

Prefund

Best for nightlife, high volume rooms and large groups. The guest tops up once and orders against the balance, so the night is not broken up by payments. Whatever is unspent comes back on close.

pay.toptab.ng/blaze-lounge

Order for Table 12

1x Moet Chandon₦95,000
2x Chapman₦7,400
Total₦102,400
Pay with Paystack

Pay per order

Best for restaurants and table service. Nothing is committed upfront, each order carries its own payment, and there is no refund logistics to think about at the end of the night.

For staff

One screen, one job. Confirm what you delivered.

  • Staff open the queue at the venue address and sign in with a 4 digit PIN the owner sets.
  • The queue lists confirmed, paid orders in real time. An unpaid order never reaches it.
  • Marking an order served takes one tap, and the action is recorded against that PIN.
  • Staff screens show no balances, no totals and no card details at any point.

For owners

The part that closes the leak.

  • One owner account can hold several venues, each with its own menu, tables, staff and tab mode.
  • Table QR codes generate as print ready files you download once and reprint whenever you like.
  • The revenue view separates gross collected, platform fee and net received, updated as the night runs.
  • The audit trail records every event with a timestamp and the staff PIN attached to it.

Payments are verified on the server through Paystack before an order exists. A client cannot create a paid order by itself.

See it running in your venue

Register in under two minutes and generate your first table code.