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Bill Holders, Caddies and Tent Cards: The Supporting Cast of a Good Table

By the RestroCart design team · · New Delhi, India · 465-word read

Custom MDF bill holders with QR panels for restaurants, made by RestroCart
Custom MDF bill holders with QR panels for restaurants, made by RestroCart

Nobody opens a restaurant excited about bill holders. But the small objects on a table do a disproportionate amount of work: they speed up service, they answer questions, and they are handled by every single guest.

Bill holders

The bill holder is the last branded object a guest touches before they leave, which makes it worth more attention than it usually gets. Three formats:

  • Wooden folders, engraved, with a slot for the bill and a card pocket. Premium, durable, and the most photographed.
  • MDF holders, printed, with a sealed edge. The everyday workhorse; good graphics at a friendly price.
  • Leatherette folders, stitched, with an elastic or pocket insert. Best for fine-dine, and they pair with matching menu folders.

Add a QR panel inside, engraved or printed, if you take digital payments. It lets guests pay while the server is elsewhere, which is a real turn-time saving on a busy Saturday.

Cutlery caddies and condiment holders

In casual dining, QSR and cafes, a caddy on the table holding cutlery, napkins and sauces removes several server trips per cover. In wood or MDF, branded on the outer face, they also give every table a branded object without adding clutter. For service stations, larger caddies keep the pass organised.

Tent cards and table stands

The cheapest way to sell something. A tent card carries the special, the new dessert, the happy hour, the social handle, or the QR to your ordering page, and it does it without a server having to remember. Available in MDF, wood, acrylic and printed card. Wooden and acrylic QR table stands have been one of our most-ordered items since digital menus took hold.

Every question your servers answer more than twice a night is a tent card you have not printed yet.

Order pads

Captain order pads and clipboards still earn their place even in POS-driven restaurants, for table-side notes, allergy flags and event orders. Branded and spiral-bound, they are cheap and they look considerably better in a guest's eyeline than a torn sheet of paper.

Trays, platters and wooden holder sets

Serving trays and platters in wood and MDF, and matched wooden holder sets for menus, bills and cutlery, tie the table together. When the tray, the bill folder and the menu board are the same timber and finish, the room reads as designed even if nothing else changed.

Quantities

  • Bill holders: one per two tables, plus 20 percent spares.
  • Caddies: one per table, plus service station units.
  • Tent cards: one per table per message, reprinted as offers change.
  • Order pads: one per server per month.

Ordering

Send your table count and a photograph of your interiors and we will propose materials and finishes that match. See the range in our tableware catalogue or WhatsApp +91 98213 34906.

Good to know

Questions restaurateurs ask us about this

How many bill holders does a restaurant need?

About one per two tables, plus spares. Bill holders spend a lot of time in transit between the till and tables, so having fewer than half your table count creates a bottleneck during a busy service.

Should bill holders have a QR code?

If you take digital payments, yes. An engraved or printed QR panel on the inside of the folder means the guest can pay while the server steps away, which measurably speeds up table turns.

What are cutlery caddies used for?

They hold cutlery, napkins, condiments and sauces at table or at a service station. In casual dining and QSR they cut server trips significantly and keep the table tidy; in cafes they double as a branded object on every table.

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