Pane Foglia
Built a complete digital platform for a new cafe and fine-dining business, enabling customers to explore the cafe, understand its food and preparation process, reserve tables, and provide feedback. The backend also included staff-only systems for role-based access, order management, and billing.
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Overview
Developed the customer-facing website and internal restaurant management platform from the ground up. The public website focused on the cafe experience, menu discovery, food preparation, and table reservations, while the staff portal provided role-based access to ordering and billing workflows. Bill generation automatically triggered bill sharing with customers along with a feedback form link.
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Problem
As a new cafe and fine-dining business, the client needed a professional online presence and an operational system without a large upfront investment or lengthy development cycle. The solution needed to be quick to launch, cost-effective, stable, easy for restaurant staff to use, and flexible enough to support future expansion into a mobile application.
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Solution
Built a unified Laravel-based platform separating customer-facing and staff-facing functionality. Customers could explore the cafe, understand how food is prepared, reserve tables, and submit feedback, while authorized restaurant staff could manage orders and billing through a secure RBAC-based backend. The architecture was kept modular and API-friendly to support future integrations and potential mobile applications.
Architecture
System overview.
Implemented a Laravel-based backend with MySQL for application data and a modular service structure for authentication, RBAC, reservations, ordering, billing, and feedback workflows. Customer-facing functionality was separated from staff-only operations through authentication and role-based authorization. REST APIs and reusable backend services were structured with future mobile-app integration in mind.
Implementation
Key features.
Media
Screenshots & details.
Technical decisions
Challenges & solutions.
Delivered a stable production-ready solution within a tight timeline and budget.
Designed the platform to serve both public customers and internal restaurant staff without exposing staff-only functionality.
Implemented RBAC to ensure restaurant employees could access only the operations relevant to their roles.
Connected ordering and billing workflows so generated bills could be shared with customers along with a feedback form.
Designed the backend with reusable APIs and modular business logic to support future expansion and mobile application development.
Used Codex-assisted development workflows to accelerate implementation while maintaining code quality and stability.
Outcome
Measured impact.
- — Delivered the cafe's digital presence and core restaurant operations platform as a unified solution.
- — Reduced the need for separate systems for reservations, ordering, billing, and customer feedback.
- — Provided restaurant staff with controlled access to operational workflows through RBAC.
- — Created a scalable backend foundation for future mobile application development and additional restaurant features.