Issue no. 1 · Takeaway, cooked over fire
Cooked over fire.
Ready when you are.
Order online, pick a time, and collect it hot from the pass. No queue, no delivery app, no waiting on hold.
Start your order
How pickup works
Order, pick a time,
walk straight in.
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Build your order
Choose dishes, sauces and sides. Your order is saved as you go.
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Pick a pickup time
Today or later this week, in 15-minute slots. We only offer times we can meet.
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Watch it get cooked
Your order page updates when the kitchen starts and when it's ready on the shelf.
Find us
12 Saltworks Lane
Geelong VIC 3220. Collect from the pickup shelf just inside the door.
Get directionsPickup hours
| Tuesday | 5pm to 9pm |
|---|---|
| Wednesday | 5pm to 9pm |
| Thursday | 5pm to 9pm |
| Friday | 12pm to 2:30pm, 5pm to 9:30pm |
| Saturday | 12pm to 2:30pm, 5pm to 9:30pm |
| Sunday | 12pm to 2:30pm, 5pm to 9pm |
| Monday | Closed |
For restaurant owners
Everything this site does,
in plain English.
Ember & Salt is a demo built by The Sites. You can try these features on this page right now, and where something only runs on a live site, it says so. All of it can be set up on your own restaurant's site, with your menu, your hours and your brand. Switch on Show features at the top to see each one in place.
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Your full menu, online
Your customers: Every dish with a description and price, plus photos of the ones you want to show off, grouped the way you'd group them on a printed menu.
You: On a live site, change prices, add specials or hide a dish yourself from a simple admin screen. No reprinting.
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Dietary filters
Your customers: One tap shows only vegetarian, vegan, gluten free or dairy free dishes.
You: Fewer phone calls asking what someone can eat, and fewer mistakes.
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Choices and add-ons
Your customers: Pick a sauce, how the steak is cooked, a size, or extras. Prices update as they choose.
You: Orders arrive with the details spelled out, so the kitchen has fewer reasons to call back.
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Allergen info
Your customers: Each dish lists its allergens before it goes in the cart.
You: Clear allergen information helps customers choose safely. You supply the details and keep them accurate.
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Sold out and time-limited dishes
Your customers: Sold-out dishes are greyed out. Evening-only dishes can only be picked up from 5pm.
You: Run out of the flounder? On a live site, flip a switch and it stops selling.
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A cart that remembers
Your customers: Close the tab and come back later: the order is still there.
You: Fewer abandoned orders.
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Suggested extras
Your customers: The cart suggests a side, a dessert or a drink they haven't added yet.
You: A gentle prompt that can lift the average order.
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Pickup time picker
Your customers: Choose today or a later day, in 15-minute slots, based on your real opening hours and prep time.
You: You set the hours and how long the kitchen needs. The site only offers times you can actually meet.
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Busy-time limits
Your customers: Popular times show how many spots are left and close when full.
You: Cap how many orders land in each 15 minutes, to help keep the kitchen from being swamped on a Friday night.
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Discount codes
Your customers: Enter a code at checkout. Try FIRSTFIRE for 10% off orders over $30.
You: Run promotions for first orders, quiet nights or local events. On a live site, sales reports show which ones work.
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Online payment
Your customers: This demo offers pay at the counter or a simulated online payment, with no card charged. A live site takes real cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
You: Payments go through Stripe or Square into your bank account, with their usual card fees. No delivery app taking a cut of the order.
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Live order tracker
Your customers: After ordering they get an order number and a page that updates from Received to Ready.
You: Fewer "is it ready yet?" calls and less crowding at the counter.
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Kitchen screen
Your customers: Nothing to see for customers, but it's what makes everything fast.
You: New orders pop up with a sound on a tablet or a small screen in the kitchen. Staff tap Start cooking and Mark ready, and the customer's tracker updates. A live site can also print dockets.
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Receipts with GST
Your customers: Every order shows an itemised receipt with GST and your ABN.
You: An itemised record of every online order, with GST shown, for your bookkeeper.
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Order again in one tap
Your customers: Regulars can repeat their last order instantly.
You: Makes coming back easier than opening a delivery app.
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Closed-hours handling
Your customers: Outside opening hours the site says so, and lets people order ahead for when you open.
You: You still take orders while the doors are shut.
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Built for Google and phones
Your customers: Fast to load, easy to use one-handed on a phone.
You: Your menu, hours and location are marked up for Google, which helps you show up when people search nearby.
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No commission on orders
Your customers: They order straight from you.
You: Delivery apps take a cut of every order. With your own site there's no commission: you pay for the site and the usual card fees on online payments, and keep the rest.
Also available on a live site
- Text message when the order is ready
- Email receipts and order confirmations
- An admin area to edit the menu, prices, photos and hours
- Staff logins and a pause-orders switch for busy nights
- Sales reports and order history you can export
- A printed docket for every order, from a small kitchen printer