Choose and install the Restaurly mobile app
Install the Restaurly companion app on each supported phone or preparation device your team will use.
Applies to: Android, iPhone, waiter, and POS.
Before you begin
- The Restaurly PC should already be installed, activated, and initialized through its desktop setup form.
- Use only the official Apple App Store or Google Play listing supplied by Restaurly.
- Make sure the device can join the restaurant's local network.
Install the app
- Open the official app store on the device.
- Find the official Restaurly companion app.
- Check the app name and publisher before installing. Do not install an APK or app package sent through an untrusted message or file-sharing site.
- Install the app and open it.
- Allow the local-network access Restaurly needs to find the restaurant PC. The wording of this permission differs between Android and iPhone.
The first Restaurly screen asks you to choose a role. A waiter chooses Waiter; a preparation station chooses POS / Back of House. First-time setup and administrator work are completed in the Restaurly PC Dashboard, not in the mobile app.
What should happen
You should see the Restaurly welcome screen and its role choices. The app does not contain the restaurant data by itself; it connects to the Restaurly PC on the local network.
If it does not work
- Confirm the device and operating-system version are supported by the current store listing.
- Check that the install completed and local-network permission is enabled.
- If the app opens but cannot find the PC, follow Cannot find the restaurant.