Dining Areas & Tables

The POS Cafe Table Management page is where you organise your venue into dining areas and tables. Open it from Locations, open a location, then select Table Management.

Tip

Setting up a lot of tables? Use Add Tables (the button at the top right) to create a whole area of tables in one go. See Adding Tables in Bulk. This page is best for adjustments and day-to-day management.

Dining areas

Areas group your tables (for example “Patio”, “Main Dining”, “Bar”).

• Add a dining area: use Add Dining Area, enter an Area Name, optionally turn on Add tables to POS draft orders, then select Create.
• Edit an area: on the area card, open More → Edit area to rename it or change its POS draft-orders setting.
• Delete an area: More → Delete area.

Caution

Deleting an area also deletes every table in it. You’ll be asked to confirm, and it can’t be undone.

The “Add tables to POS draft orders” setting

Each area has an Add tables to POS draft orders setting. When it’s on, selecting any table in that area in Shopify POS adds the table’s name to the order as a no-charge custom item, so the table name shows in your draft orders list and open tabs are easy to tell apart. The table itself is recorded on the order either way; this setting only controls the extra line. It applies to every table in the area and you can change it any time via Edit area. Areas with it on show a “POS draft orders” badge. Full detail in POS Draft Orders.

Tables

Each table belongs to an area. On an area card:

• Add Table: create a single table (enter a Table Name, then select Create table).
• QR Codes: download the QR codes for every table in the area. See QR Codes & Online Ordering URLs.

And in each table’s row:

• Edit (pencil): rename the table.
• Delete (bin): remove the table.

The table list

Within each area, tables are listed with three columns:

• Table Name: what you call it. An “Unsaved” badge appears while a rename is pending.
• Online Ordering URL: the table’s deep link to your menu, shown in a read-only field with a copy button. (Shows “Set online ordering URL in Settings” until you’ve configured your ordering page.) See QR Codes & Online Ordering URLs.
• Actions: edit or delete.

Saving table renames

Renaming a table (Edit Table, then Apply) is staged until you save. A save bar appears, and leaving the page with unsaved changes prompts you to confirm. Use Save to apply, or Discard to revert.

Unassigned tables

If a table isn’t linked to an area, it appears in an Unassigned Tables card with the warning “These tables are not assigned to a dining area.” Re-create it in an area so it stays organised.