The cynic in me can't help wondering why, if there's such a big mainstream demand for ordering at the table with minimal interaction with the waiter, paper menus with tick boxes and kiosks to pay on the way out haven't been the mainstream way of ordering and paying for food for a while.<p>Maybe I'm going to the wrong restaurants.
One thing I would like is the ability to pay at the table. Moving from the UK where the waitstaff brought the card reader to the table for you (to pay with chip-and-pin) to the US where waitstaff I had met for the first time disappeared with my credit card for several minutes was unnerving at first.
This device annoys me. I occasionally go to the Applebee's near me, and I've used it once. They usually are either broken or not on (either way, black screen). Anyone here with experience as a waiter with these things? Are they awesome for the waitstaff?
This would be a godsend in Europe, where to American sensibilities it often feels like you have to have a flashing light and sirens to get someone, anyone, to show up and give you the bill after you're done your meal.
I enjoyed playing the trivia games on it with a group. I didn't like having to pay $1 to unlock the trivia... but then I figured on a $50-$80 group bill, what's $1.<p>Liked being able to pay when we were ready to go.<p>In this day whenever everyone sits and plays on their phone and takes photos of the food, this will turn the tables over a tad faster. Something the restaurants should like.