How many times have you found yourself trying to catch a waiter’s/waitress’ eye for the bill? What about when you need something like more water or extra napkins? When a place you’re dining at is hopping and the wait staff busy it can get a little annoying especially if you need to leave right away or have a major spill. The answer to these problems is the Vellux Calling System for restaurants. It seems so simple when you think about it but surprisingly it’s not present in all dining establishments.
At our yearly dinner with my boss, Phil and his wife, Diana she told me about the Vellux Calling System which was being used at a restaurant that they dined at in Makati. A simple press of a button made things so much easier. She was kind enough to share pictures with me so I can share them with you.
Vellux has 3 kinds of systems, Transmitter, Call Bell and Hand Pager.
The Call Bell as seen below gives options to call the waiter and to request for the bill. How handy is that? We recently ate at Holy Cow in Mall of Asia and for such a small place we had a difficult time catching the waiter’s eye. This system instantly popped into mind.
A system like this would also make it so that conversations need not be interrupted by trying to call a waiter or waitress.
If a calling system for restaurants such as this were in place in all dining establishments, maybe efficiency would improve and wait times reduced. Hopefully, some day soon this becomes a requirement. It’ll make us diners have a much easier time.
This is not a sponsored post. I’m just really interested in the idea. 🙂
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I agree restaurants should invest on this system. It’s very convenient for the customer and the service staff.
I haven’t encountered this yet, the only one I’ve experienced using is the one button version that I’m pretty sure is not Vellux.
In other restaurant, I see also something similar to this and I call them mini “flying saucers”.
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These are cool, really innovative. We have seen them too in BonChon at Landmark and Coffee Bean Tordesillas, Makati.
This is great. I’ve seen buzzers lang like the one in Teriyaki Boy. At least for this one, it is easier for the restaurant staff to easily attend to the customer’s needs. Less asar factor pa :))
Some years ago, I featured a Korean restaurant here in Davao when I was still writing for a newspaper and they were using a similar technology. This one is much more high-tech though!
It’s definitely nice if restos have this.
The first time I saw this was at a Japanese restaurant in The Podium. I liked it ‘coz you don’t have to get the server’s attention anymore. It’s innovative and every restaurants should have it.
Wow ang saya pag may ganyan na mga restos. Ndi na pahirapan tawagin waiters. Parang sa mga milk tea shops pero sa customers naman.
A restaurant we frequent to uses a one call button. You are right, with this new technology, calling the attention of the waiters is easier.
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MrsMartinez