Phone charging stations for restaurants and cafés.
Diners photograph the food, split the bill by app and book whatever comes next from the table. Remote workers plan their whole visit around a socket.
Where the charging kiosk sits.
- Guests
Charge a phone at the table through the meal, or through one more coffee.
- Kiosk
Fits the counter or the wait station. Guests serve themselves while staff keep serving tables.
- Venue
Table time extends, and every rental pays the venue a revenue share.
The Compact-8 suits most cafés and small restaurants. At 26cm × 18cm × 28cm it takes a corner of the counter, and eight slots match a daytime trade that turns over steadily rather than spiking.
See the kiosk range“People would ask for a table near a socket before they’d even ordered, and the seats by the plugs went first every morning. Since the kiosk went on the counter they sit wherever, and a fair few stay for a second coffee.”
Restaurants & cafés, in detail.
- Will a charging kiosk free up the tables by the plug sockets?
- That is the usual reason venues install one. Guests who would otherwise ask for a seat near a socket can sit anywhere and charge a phone at the table, which makes the whole room bookable rather than just the wall seats.
- How much counter space does a phone charging kiosk need?
- The Compact-8 measures 26cm × 18cm × 28cm, roughly the footprint of a till. It needs a mains socket and runs on its own mobile connection, so it does not sit on the café WiFi or compete with the card machine.
- What do remote workers do with a rented power bank?
- They rent a power bank at the counter and keep working at the table. A ZAPT Powerbank carries built-in USB-C, Lightning and Micro-USB cables, so guests do not need to be carrying their own.
Other sectors on the network.
- Pubs & bars
Guests stay for the next round instead of leaving to find a charger.
- Gyms & fitness studios
Members finish the session instead of leaving when the music stops.
- Hotels & stays
The front desk stops storing guests’ phones in a drawer.
- Stadiums & festivals
Crowds stay ticketed, paying and findable across the whole site.
- Shopping centres
Visits run longer across every unit in the centre.
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Place a kiosk in your venue.
Placement is free, install takes under an hour and the revenue share is paid quarterly with a full statement.