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For hotel food and beverage teams

DrinkDock for Philadelphia hotels

When a conference session lets out or a wedding party arrives, everyone reaches the bar in the same few minutes. A DrinkDock beside the lobby bar or in the banquet foyer takes the canned beer, seltzer and cocktails, so your bartender keeps up with everything else.

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Concept visualization: a DrinkDock One against the wall of a hotel banquet foyer, with a guest at its screen and a banquet bartender a few steps away
Concept visualization of a DrinkDock One in a banquet foyer, in view of the banquet bar. Not a customer installation.

Where it helps

After-session receptions

When a conference day ends with a cash-bar reception, everyone reaches the bar at once. The machine takes the beer and seltzer orders while your bartender pours wine.

Cash-bar banquets

A machine by the banquet bar takes the canned orders while your bartender makes cocktails. Hosted bars, where the host pays, aren’t supported yet.

Lobby-bar rushes

A check-in wave, a game letting out, a wedding party arriving. Canned orders get somewhere else to go, so your bartender isn’t opening cans while cocktails wait.

Hours you already keep

Sales stop at your licensed hours, or at an earlier last sale you set for each machine.

Indoor use only for now. Covered, climate-controlled spaces, not pool decks or open-air rooftops.

What one reception could look like

Round numbers for a 250-guest cash-bar reception. Your own mix and prices will differ, and we’d work them out with you.

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One reception, illustrated
Guests250
Drinks per guest2
Canned beer, seltzer and cocktails40%
Canned drinks200
Half at the machine100
Through the machine, at $10$1,000
Bartender time moved to wine and cocktailsabout 1 hr

Assumes 40 seconds of bartender time per canned drink. An illustration, not a forecast.

Two ways a hotel could use it

They need different supervision, so we treat them differently.

What we’d pilot first

Backing up a staffed bar

Next to the lobby bar or the banquet bar, in your bartender’s sightline. The bartender still sees who’s buying and can pause the machine or block an ID from the bar tablet.

Later, if the first works

A new place to buy

A spot with no bar today, like a game room or a floor lounge. That needs someone on staff who can see the machine, so it changes the supervision plan. We’d only consider it after a staffed setup has run well.

What hotel teams ask first

Can guests charge it to their room?
Not yet. Guests pay by card or phone. Room charge through your property management system is on our roadmap, and we know it decides fit for some properties.
Does it work for a hosted reception?
Not yet. Every guest pays at the machine, so it fits cash bars and ticketed events. If most of your receptions are hosted, tell us. It shapes what we build next.
What about international guests?
The machine reads U.S. driver’s licenses and state IDs. Guests with a passport or a foreign license order at the bar. If a large share of your guests are international, that matters for fit, and we’ll say so.
Does it need its own license?
It sells under your existing hotel license, from your inventory. Before any install we request a written advisory opinion from the PLCB describing your setup, and we don’t install without a clear answer. See compliance.
Who restocks it?
Your bar or banquet team, from your inventory. Manager texts whoever is on restock when a row reaches the threshold you set.
Will it look out of place?
It’s a matte black cabinet with a lit glass front, and the screen shows your drinks and prices, not ads. Wraps in your property’s colors are available. The image above shows the standard finish.
How much space does it need?
A DrinkDock One needs 36 by 30 inches plus 48 inches of clear floor in front. The Compact needs 24 by 26 inches. See the placement plan.
DrinkDock Compact, a narrower machine for smaller rooms

Run F&B at a Philadelphia hotel?

Tell us about one outlet and its busiest hour. We’ll send a placement sketch and a scenario with your numbers.

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