Going out
Skip the bar line
Order and pay from your phone wherever you're standing. Walk up when your drink is ready. Free for customers, 21+.
Mobile drink ordering for busy bars
The bar is packed.
The line is gone.
Customers order and pay from the DrinkLync app on their own phone. Bartenders work a live queue instead of a shouting crowd. Pickup is verified with a QR scan. Managers watch the whole night from one screen.
Run a bar? See your numbers first, or set your venue up yourself. Going out? The app is free, 21+.
ORDER #4821 READY
Maya R., 1x Espresso Old Fashioned
QUEUE MOVING
Avg wait 4 min, Rooftop Bar
QR VERIFIED
Jordan P., 2x Gin & Tonic, Station 2
The operator math
What a packed night could add at a bar like yours.
Pick your venue type. The same model that writes our quotes projects year one in three labelled scenarios, beside everything DrinkLync costs in that year.
Run your own numbers
Worked example, not a reading from any bar
Broadway honky-tonk (Nashville), 3 bar stations, on our defaults for that venue type: 5 busy nights a week, 6 busy hours, 6 bartenders at peak, $13 a drink.
Projection, expected case
$519,452 more in year one
kept after pour cost and card processing, on the ramp while customers learn the app.
7 more drinks a busy night
covers the whole monthly bill: $1,297 a month for Core Venue + 2 extra stations.
On these inputs the projection covers a month of DrinkLync in about 1 busy night, and even the low scenario covers the monthly bill. Projection, not a guarantee.
A projection from our published model and price list, not a measurement and not a guarantee. Card processing is your venue's own Stripe fees; DrinkLync takes 0% of sales. Every assumption and its source.
Pick your side of the bar
Running a bar
Serve the packed night
One live queue for your bartenders, QR-verified pickup, and the whole night on one screen. A flat monthly price, no share of your sales.
Brand or distributor? Advertise on DrinkLync. Work behind the bar? For bartenders and staff.
Why a bar runs it
More drinks an hour,
from the crew you already have.
Three things move at once when the line stops being the only way to buy a drink: you pour more in the same peak hours (a DrinkLync order arrives already ordered and paid, so the bartender only pours), the rounds get bigger, and the customers who would have given up order anyway. We model that as a range across three scenarios, never as one number, and never as a reading from your room. Shown for a three-floor Broadway honky-tonk on our defaults; the venues page runs it on yours.
Throughput up 9% (61 to 53 drinks an hour per bartender at the rush), app order size up 5%, a quarter of tonight's walk-aways recovered.
Throughput up 15% (61 to 56 drinks an hour per bartender at the rush), app order size up 10%, half of tonight's walk-aways recovered.
Throughput up 22% (61 to 59 drinks an hour per bartender at the rush), app order size up 20%, three quarters of tonight's walk-aways recovered.
$699 a month, flat
Core, with one station included, plus a $500 one-time setup. DrinkLync takes no share of your sales and no cut of a drink or a tip. Card processing is separate: your customers pay into your own Stripe account and Stripe bills you its standard card fees directly.
A return has to be earned
We only print a return multiple when the low scenario on its own already clears what you pay us, on what your venue keeps after pour cost and card processing. If it does not, you get the break-even figure instead. The same rule as the quote we email you.
Nothing here is your bar
These are projections from a published model, not measurements of your room, and every assumption behind them is printed in full on the venues page. Once you're live, your own Fridays replace all of it with a reading.
Where the night leaks money
Busy isn't the problem. Losing control of busy is.
On a packed night, demand isn't what fails, flow is. Four failure points show up in every high-volume venue.
Failure 01 / The line
Customers wait, then walk
Every minute in line is a drink not sold. The thirstiest customers give up first, and they take the round they were buying with them.
Failure 02 / The rail
Bartenders drown in noise
Shouted orders, no sequence, remakes and comps. Your fastest staff spend half their motion asking "who's next?"
Failure 03 / The handoff
Pickup turns into chaos
Drinks sit dying on the rail while the wrong hands reach for them. No verification means walked drinks and comped remakes.
Failure 04 / The office
Managers fly blind
You find out how the night went tomorrow. Which bar backed up, which SKU died, which hour bled, invisible until it's history.
One order, start to finish
STEP 01
Customers find your venue
They open the DrinkLync app, or scan your code at the door, and pick the bar they are standing at: rooftop, main floor, upper level. One tap and your live menu is in their hand.
STEP 02
They order from your live menu
Your real menu, your prices, your 86s, updated the moment you change them. Customers build a round in seconds instead of shouting it across the bar.
STEP 03
They pay in the app
Paid by card when they order, receipt handled. No card behind the bar, no open tabs to chase at 2 a.m. An optional tip is offered after pickup, once the drink is in hand.
STEP 04
A QR scan releases the drink
When the order is ready, the customer’s app shows ready and a code. Your gatekeeper scans it, right drink, right hands, every time. Walked drinks stop existing.
STEP 05
Done, and they order again
The whole loop takes minutes, not a night in line. Customers who don't wait order more rounds. That's the entire business case.
See it end to end
The whole flow, in one take.
About a minute: one round from a customer's phone to the bartender, the pickup and the manager's numbers. The actual product, filmed on a demo bar.
Built for everyone behind the night
Four people run your Friday. All four win.
The same order moves through four sets of hands. DrinkLync gives each of them their own screen, and their own reason to love it.
Bartender · Tony
Main Floor · Bar A · 4 in queue
Incoming orders
Maya R.Order #4821 · just now
AWAITING CONFIRM
1× Espresso Old Fashionedextra shot · orange twist1× Bee's Knees
Jordan P.Order #4820 · 1 min ago
IN PROGRESS
2× Gin & Tonic
Sam K.Order #4819 · 2 min ago
IN PROGRESS
1× Lavender Lemonade
Accept next order
DrinkLync.
Behind the bar
A clear queue. Exact drink specs. A chance to earn tips.
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Tickets in sequence, batched by roundNo shouted orders, no "who's next", the queue routes to your station and stays in order.
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An invitation to tip after pickupCustomers can thank their bartender after collecting their drinks. Tips are optional; the prompt connects the choice to the service they received.
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Exact specs on every ticketBulleit, orange peel, large cube, it's on the ticket. Remakes and comps stop eating your speed.
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Three taps per drinkAccept, making, ready. The customer’s app shows ready as soon as you rack it, nothing dies on the rail.
Your shift, with less friction
More time pouring. A clear record of your tips.
Paid tickets remove card handling from the prep queue. Exact specs reduce clarification, and post-pickup tips stay tied to the bartender who made the drink.
Model team tips and time back →Projections depend on your venue and service volume. Tips remain optional.
At the pickup station
One scan settles every question.
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Order, customer, and station verified at onceThe QR scan matches the drink to the person who paid for it. Wrong hands never touch the rail.
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Zero confrontation"The app says it's not yours" ends the argument before it starts. The screen is the bad guy, not your staff.
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Every handoff loggedTime, order, station, a clean record of the night. Disputes and comps get answered with data, not memory.
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The rail stays cleanVerified pickup keeps ready drinks moving. No graveyard of melting cocktails at the end of the bar.
The value of a clean handoff
Keep pickup moving. Make exceptions easier.
Match each code to an order, catch already-used codes, and keep a timestamped handoff record. Measure pickup wait, completed handoffs, and exceptions from your first night live.
ScanVerifyHand over
Operational value comes from faster, clearer pickups; compare the results with your current service.MAIN FLOORSample data
212orders this hour
3:40avg pickup time
6/6stations active
$2,310tips tonight
Throughput by hour
In the office, or on the floor
See the whole night while you can still change it.
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Live throughput per bar and stationWhich bar is backing up, which station is idle, where the wait is building, while it's happening, not tomorrow.
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Menu intelligence that pays rentTop SKUs, dead SKUs, price elasticity by night. Kill the drink nobody orders; push the one that prints.
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Staffing pressure, quantifiedOrders per bartender per hour tells you exactly when to open a station, and when you're overstaffed on a Tuesday.
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The morning-after recapRevenue, waits, ratings, and per-station numbers, waiting in your manager dashboard before the floors are mopped.
On the floor, phone in hand
The night without the line.
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Order from anywhere in the venueThe dance floor, the booth, the balcony. The app shows when it's ready and walk straight to pickup.
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Send a drink across the barPick a friend, pick their drink, they get a pickup code in the app. The oldest move in the book, minus the awkward relay.
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Favorites, reorder, and ratingsRound two is two taps. Rate the drink and the venue, your feedback actually reaches the manager.
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Discover where the night is goodDrinkLync venues show up in one app with their menus, so customers can see what's nearby and where to go next.
Set up once, run every night
Your menu, your prices, your people, yours to change in seconds.
We build your venue with you before you go live; after that it's yours. Edit a price and it's live on every customer's phone instantly. 86 a drink and it vanishes from the menu mid-pour. Add a bartender and their station screen just works.
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Menu and prices, live-editableChange anything from your phone or the office. Customers always see the real menu, never a stale PDF.
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Staff in two tapsAdd bartenders and gatekeepers by email invite. They get their screen, you control who works which station.
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Lync suggests, you decideEvery input becomes a recommendation: pricing headroom, prep lists, when to open the next station.
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Alex ReyesStation 1 · Fri, Sat
BARTENDERDK
Dana KimStation 2 · Fri, Sat, Sun
BARTENDERMO
+ Invite a bartender
+ Invite a gatekeeper
Marcus OkaforPickup · Fri, Sat
GATEKEEPERLYNC SUGGESTSFridays run 34 orders/bartender/hour after 10 PM, one more set of hands would hold your wait under 4 minutes.
Station 1, Main barCocktails + beer · Alex
OPENStation 2, Main barCocktails · Dana
OPENStation 3, RooftopFull menu · unassigned
CLOSEDLYNC SUGGESTSRooftop queue depth crossed 9 minutes the last three Fridays at 10:40 PM, schedule Station 3 to open at 10:30.
One system, four parts
Everything the night needs, nothing bolted on.
From the first round to the last pickup. Explore the screen each person uses to keep the night moving.
Orders by hourSample data
938 PM
1289 PM
17210 PM
24011 PM
27312 AM
2071 AM
See when demand builds. Compare the stations behind it.
04 / MANAGER
Venue visibility
Orders, wait times and drink performance in context. See where to investigate while the night is still happening.
Throughput · Waits · Top drinks
01 / CUSTOMER
The customer flow
STEP 1 OF 6
What's in it for the crew
Every role wins the night back.
BARTENDERBehind the rail
No more air-traffic control. The queue says what's next, the ticket carries the exact spec, and customers can tip after pickup without fighting back to the front.
- Sequenced queue, no memorizing shouted rounds
- Every mod on the ticket, no re-asks
- Optional post-pickup tips linked to the order
GATEKEEPERAt the ready wall
One scan, right drink, right customer, done. No arguing over whose margarita that was, and nothing walks off the wall.
- QR-verified handoff, zero mixed-up drinks
- Ready wall stays short; stale orders flag themselves
- Every handoff logged with a timestamp
BAR MANAGERRunning the room
See the 11:40 bottleneck at 11:40: which station is drowning, what's selling, where waits are building, and fix it while the night is still happening.
- Live throughput, waits, and tips per station
- Throttle intake when either queue backs up
- The morning-after recap is ready in the dashboard
Illustrative photos, not DrinkLync customers. The product behavior is real: this is what each role sees on a DrinkLync night.
Before you ask
The questions every operator asks.
How fast can we be live?
You go live as soon as DrinkLync has reviewed your setup. We build your venue, floors, bars, stations, full menu, before your first night live, and your staff learns it in one shift briefing. Bartenders are working the queue by their second ticket.
Do we need new hardware or a new POS?
No new POS. Each station is two iPads, one for the bartender and one for the gatekeeper: pair iPads you already own by scanning a QR from your setup screen, or tell us how many you need and we ship them pre-configured and locked to DrinkLync. Managers use any browser. DrinkLync runs alongside your existing register for walk-up orders, it takes the line, not your setup.
What does it actually cost, and what's the catch on fees?
Core is $699/month plus a $500 one-time setup, with one station included, on a yearly agreement. DrinkLync takes no share of your sales; we never take a cut of a drink. The only add-ons are extra stations, at $299/month each (no extra setup), and Insights ($199/month, free for your first 30 days). Card processing is separate: your customers' card payments land in your own Stripe account and Stripe charges its standard card fees directly to you. Full details on the pricing page.
Do customers have to download anything?
Customers get the free DrinkLync app from the App Store or Google Play and create a free account once (Apple, Google or email, 21+). That one account works at every DrinkLync venue, keeps them signed in, and puts your bar one tap away for the next round. There is no DrinkLync fee on their order: they pay your menu price plus whatever they tip.
How does payment work? Who holds the money?
Customers pay by card at the moment they order. Tipping is optional and comes after pickup, as a separate charge to the same card. Money settles into your own Stripe account; we never hold it. Stripe charges you its standard card fees on those payments, the same as any card you take today. DrinkLync adds nothing on top of that and takes no share of the sale.
What happens if the internet drops mid-Friday?
Staff screens tolerate brief drops and re-sync when the connection returns, and your bar can always fall back to walk-up service, DrinkLync adds a lane, it doesn't remove one. We review your venue's connectivity during setup.
Whose data is it?
Yours. Your menu, your orders, your analytics. We use it to run your venue's dashboards and Lync insights, we don't sell it, and you can export it.
What's in it for my bartenders?
More orders with less chaos, and a tip prompt that arrives after the drink does: once a customer picks up, they can tip with 15, 18, 20 or 25 percent or a custom amount, and the tip is tied to that order. Tickets arrive in sequence with exact specs (fewer remakes and comps), and the "who's next" argument disappears. Bartenders pour more and argue less, most staff resistance ends the first shift.
What's in it for the gatekeeper / pickup staff?
One scan settles every dispute. The QR match means the right customer gets the right drink every time, no confrontation, no walked drinks, and a timestamped log of every handoff so comps get answered with data instead of memory.
What do I get as the manager, beyond the money?
Visibility while you can still act on it: live throughput, waits, and tips per station all night, a nightly recap in your dashboard, private customer ratings tied to the exact drink and hour, and, with Insights, per-bartender, per-drink, and per-bar breakdowns plus Lync's recommendations on pricing, prep, and staffing.
Will my customers actually like this?
Customers get the night without the line: order from anywhere, watch the drink happen, see it go ready in the app, walk up, scan, done. Plus favorites, one-tap reorders, and discovery of your venue by every DrinkLync user nearby. Customers who don't wait order more rounds, that's your upside too.
Can we try it before we commit?
There is no trial period: when you onboard, we build your venue and you go live as a customer. What you can do first is see your numbers: the calculator projects your value from your own inputs, every assumption on the page, before you send a thing.
Ready when you are
Get started.
Watch the line disappear.
See your numbers first, then onboard: set your venue up yourself in the guided setup, or send us your details and we build it with you. Your first busy night replaces every estimate on this site with your own numbers.