For restaurants, cafés and hotels in Ethiopia
The whole restaurant,
in one calm place.
Orders, kitchen screens, the cash drawer, staff pay, stock, your website and the numbers that explain them. One system, on the phones and tablets you already have.
01
Nobody shouts orders.
Tickets go straight to the station that cooks them, and the waiter sees on their phone when food is ready.
02
Nobody guesses the numbers.
The Today screen compares this hour to a normal Thursday and says what needs you right now.
03
Nobody argues about pay.
Hours, deductions and advances are on the payslip, with the reason, for the staff member to see.
Service
Orders go from table to kitchen without anyone running.
Waiters order on their phones, guests order by scanning the table, the counter rings up takeaway. Every ticket lands on the right screen: pizza oven, grill, bar.
- Table map that shows who has been waiting
- Guest calls and bill requests on every phone
- Tickets that turn red when they're late
Money
Close the day in four minutes, and know where every birr went.
Count the drawer by notes, see what you should have, and explain the difference before anyone goes home. Telebirr, CBE Birr and bank transfers are matched to orders by reference.
- Drawer count by denomination
- Shortages charged to the right person, if you choose
- Expenses next to sales, so profit is real
Team
Payroll that knows about the broken glasses.
Rota, clock-in and timesheets feed straight into pay. Add the breakage, the advance paid back over three months, the bonus for the busy weekend. Kimem never moves money; you pay and mark it paid.
- Ethiopian income tax and pension built in
- Advances split over as many payslips as you like
- Printable payslips everyone can see on their phone
Stock
See the mozzarella running out before the dinner rush does.
Each dish knows its recipe, so every sale takes stock out by itself. Kimem tells you how many days are left, what to order, and what each dish really costs you to make.
- Days left, from what you actually sell
- Waste logged by the kitchen as it happens
- Food cost per dish that follows supplier prices
Website
A real website, not a link to a PDF.
Pick a starting point, change the words and photos, and publish. Your menu, prices, hours and branches update by themselves, and Google reads all of it.
- Designed sections instead of a blank canvas
- Live preview on phone, tablet and desktop
- Bookings land straight in your reservations
Made here
Built around how restaurants in Addis actually work.
Telebirr, CBE Birr, bank transfer
Guests pay from the table and type the reference. Staff confirm with one tap.
English and አማርኛ
Menus switch language for the guest. Names are kept in both.
15% VAT, included or added
Receipts and reports split VAT the way your accountant files it.
The day ends at 4 am
Late service counts toward the night it started, not tomorrow.
Cheap Android phones
Every screen is built for a 5-inch phone first, then the big screens.
Payroll the Ethiopian way
Income tax brackets and employee pension, worked out on every payslip.
Roles
Everyone sees their job, and only their job.
A waiter never stumbles into payroll. A cashier can't delete an order without a reason that you'll see. Add your own roles when the seven we ship don't fit.
- Owner
- Every branch, every number, payroll and settings.
- Manager
- Their branch: floor, staff, stock, cash and the day close.
- Cashier
- New orders, payments and the drawer. Nothing else.
- Waiter
- Their tables, guest calls and their own payslips.
- Kitchen
- Tickets for their station, sold-out switches and waste.
- Host
- Bookings and the floor.
- Accountant
- Sales, expenses and payroll, to check and print.
Guests
Your menu, on their phone, in your colours.
Guests scan the code on the table, read the menu in English or Amharic, order, call the waiter or ask for the bill. Change one setting and the whole menu, website and receipts follow your brand.
Open a demo menu
Pricing
Per branch. No setup fee.
Questions
What owners ask us first.
Do I need special hardware?
No. Kimem runs in the browser on the phones, tablets and laptops you already have. Any Android tablet works as a kitchen screen. Receipts print on any printer your device can reach, including 80 mm receipt printers.
What happens if the internet drops?
Kimem needs the internet to pass orders between screens. Pages are small, so a phone hotspot keeps a whole branch running when the main line drops. If everything is down, take orders on paper and enter them later; reports stay right.
Can guests pay with telebirr or a bank transfer?
Yes. Guests choose telebirr, CBE Birr or a bank transfer, send the money and enter the reference. Staff see it and confirm in one tap. Cash and card are recorded at the counter.
Does payroll pay my staff automatically?
No, and on purpose. Kimem works out pay from hours and salaries, takes off breakage, shortages and advances, adds bonuses, applies income tax and pension, and prints payslips. You pay the way you always do and mark each person paid.
Can each person only see what they need?
Yes. Waiters see their tables, the kitchen sees tickets, cashiers see the drawer, accountants see money and payroll. Owners see everything, managers see their branch. You can make your own roles too.
Will my menu show up on Google?
Every restaurant gets a fast website with its menu, prices, hours and branches marked up the way Google reads them, a sitemap, and sharing previews for Telegram and Facebook. Connect your own domain on the Group plan.
Can I move from another system?
Send us your menu in any form, a PDF, a photo or a spreadsheet, and we set it up for you during the trial.
Open tomorrow on Kimem.
Set up your menu, tables and team in an afternoon. The Menu plan is free, and paid plans start with 30 days on us.