Online ordering for Medway takeaways and restaurants
Take Medway orders on your own site, with 0% commission ever.
Starts from £9 a month. No credit card required. First month is on us. Live in 24–48 hours, max.
- 0% commission ever
- No setup fee
- Month to month
- First month free, no credit card
- Your own branded Android app
- Read owner reviews
Everything in one place
Your own ordering site
0% commission ever
Till and kitchen screen
The product
Orders from across Medway
Website, app, till and kitchen screen, all from one menu.
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Plans from £9 a month. 0% commission ever.
See pricingStarter, Plus or Pro
From £9/mo
billed annually (£12 monthly). Plus £19, Pro £39.
Starts from £9 a month. No credit card required. First month is on us. Live in 24–48 hours, max.
Get started free- ✓ Food ordering website
- ✓ Online ordering, unlimited orders
- ✓ Menu management
- ✓ SMS and email marketing (Plus and Pro)
- ✓ Your own branded app (Pro)
- ✓ EPOS till and kitchen screen (Pro)
- ✓ AI support
- ✓ Free menu setup and switch-over
- ✓ Monthly, cancel any time
Per location, ex VAT. Your own branded app and EPOS are on Pro.
What owners say
★★★★★
“Chefzi has made online ordering much easier for our café. Having our own website and a simple way to manage orders saves us time and gives our customers a convenient way to order directly.”
★★★★★
“The best thing about Chefzi is the 0% commission ever. We keep the money from our orders without losing a percentage to another platform. The monthly subscription makes budgeting much simpler.”
★★★★★
“We wanted a professional online ordering website without spending a fortune. Chefzi gave us a straightforward solution that looks good, is easy to use and helps us take direct orders.”
★★★★★
“Managing orders is much easier with Chefzi. Everything is designed around what a small takeaway needs, and receiving orders through the app makes our daily work more organised.”
★★★★★
“I love how simple Chefzi makes online ordering for our customers. They can browse our menu and place orders online, while we have a much easier way to manage everything.”
★★★★★
“Commission-free ordering was the main reason we looked at Chefzi. It gives us more control over our direct orders and a practical way to grow our online presence without unnecessary costs.”
Medway
Questions
Can I set different fees for Rochester and Strood?
Yes. Each delivery zone has its own fee, minimum order and delivery time.
Can I set late-night hours?
Yes. Collection and delivery hours are separate, so you can close delivery earlier than collection.
Does Chefzi charge commission?
No. Chefzi takes 0% commission on your orders. You pay one plan per location, excluding VAT.
Medway and the council areas around it
Medway is part of Kent, which also includes Thanet, Canterbury, Folkestone and Hythe, Swale, Maidstone and Dartford. The Kent page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.
Nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises (FSA register, 13 November 2026):
| Nearby council area | Miles away | Takeaways | Restaurants and cafés |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | 8 | 104 | 294 |
| Gravesham | 8 | 94 | 155 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 10 | 83 | 182 |
| Swale | 10 | 105 | 255 |
| Thurrock | 11 | 152 | 252 |
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More detail
From Chatham to Strood: delivery zones across five towns and the Hoo Peninsula, with 0% commission ever.
Medway takeaways in the Food Standards Agency register
On 11 November 2026 the FSA register listed 222 takeaway and sandwich-shop businesses and 322 restaurants, cafés and canteens in Medway, out of 2,155 registered food businesses. The postcode district with the most takeaways was ME7, with 51 (23.2% of the total), followed by ME2 with 39.
Of the 208 takeaways with a published hygiene rating, 65.9% were rated 5, compared with 61.9% of takeaways across England. A rating of 5 is the top score in the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. See food hygiene ratings for takeaways.
That is a lot of kitchens competing for the same customers on the same marketplace apps. A direct ordering page of your own, with 0% commission, is how an independent keeps the repeat customers it already has. See commission-free online ordering and the commission calculator.
Food Standards Agency figures for Medway
These counts are from the Food Standards Agency open data, pulled on 11 November 2026. “Takeaway” means the FSA business type “Takeaway/sandwich shop”. Cuisine rows are a name-keyword estimate, not a census. How ratings work, including appeals and re-inspections, is a separate guide.
| Measure | Medway |
|---|---|
| Takeaway / sandwich shops | 222 |
| Restaurants, cafés and canteens | 322 |
| All registered food businesses | 2,155 |
| Takeaways rated 5 | 65.9% of rated businesses |
| Takeaways rated 4 or 5 | 88.5% of rated businesses |
| Takeaways rated 0, 1 or 2 | 1% of rated businesses |
| Mean rating of rated takeaways | 4.53 |
| Takeaways awaiting inspection | 14 |
| Takeaways inspected in the last 12 months | 119 |
| Postcode districts with a takeaway | 7 |
| England benchmark | 61.9% rated 5 · 51,814 takeaways |
| FHRS rating | Takeaways |
|---|---|
| 5 | 137 |
| 4 | 47 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
| Awaiting inspection | 14 |
| Postcode district | Takeaways | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ME7 | 51 | 23.2% |
| ME2 | 39 | 17.7% |
| ME4 | 36 | 16.4% |
| ME8 | 28 | 12.7% |
| ME1 | 27 | 12.3% |
| ME5 | 26 | 11.8% |
| ME3 | 13 | 5.9% |
Source: Food Standards Agency, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Extract date 11 November 2026.
Chefzi is an online ordering system for Medway restaurants and local takeaways, with 0% commission ever. The ordering page is part of your own site; see restaurant website design. The product itself is the online ordering system for UK restaurants. There are set-ups for each kind of shop, such as ordering for kebab shops and chicken shop ordering system.
Medway is five towns that run into each other: Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham, with the Hoo Peninsula and villages beyond. Each has its own high street and its own late-night trade, and visitors come for the Historic Dockyard at Chatham and Rochester's castle and cathedral. For a takeaway the question is the same everywhere: how do you keep the order when a delivery app wants a big cut?
Delivery zones across the Medway towns
The towns blur into each other, but the River Medway and the hills make some trips longer than they look. With Chefzi you draw delivery zones by radius or by postcode and give each one its own fee, minimum order and delivery time. Keep Gillingham and Chatham cheap, charge more for the Hoo Peninsula, or leave a district out.
Late nights and weekends
Plenty of orders land after dinner and into the night. Check the rules for your hours in our late night refreshment licence guide, then set your collection and delivery hours separately so the site only takes orders when you can cook them.
Visitors and day trippers
Cafés and restaurants near the Dockyard and Rochester's high street can take pre-orders for collection and QR orders at the table. Collection time slots let people order ahead, and a pre-order lead time, set for the location, gives the kitchen notice. See the café and bakery set-up.
What Chefzi costs
Every plan has 0% commission ever. It is from £9 a month per location billed annually (£12 if billed monthly), and the first month is free. Every plan includes your own domain, and Pro adds your own branded customer app (Android). Prices are per location, excluding VAT. See pricing, and read how commission-free online ordering works.
Leaving GloriaFood
GloriaFood is closing on 30 April 2027. If your Medway shop uses it, Chefzi can move your menu across, with categories, sizes and extras, so customers keep ordering. See the Chefzi vs GloriaFood comparison and the migration checklist.
Nearby
Close by: Southend-on-Sea, Croydon and London. Southend-on-Sea · Croydon · London · All locations
Online ordering by cuisine in Medway
Each page shows how that kind of menu is set up in Chefzi: sizes, required choices, extras, out-of-stock items and collection or delivery times. The same set-up works for kitchens in Medway and anywhere else in the UK.
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Grills, chicken and kebab shops
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Bring Medway orders onto your own site.
- ✓ 0% commission ever
- ✓ No setup fee
- ✓ Live in 24–48 hours
- ✓ Month to month, no contract
Starts from £9 a month. No credit card required. First month is on us. Live in 24–48 hours, max.
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