# Waiting Room

The **Waiting Room** is a feature that temporarily holds new orders before they are processed or sent to the kitchen.

If a venue has the Waiting Room enabled, each service can be configured to **use or skip** the Waiting Room. When enabled for a service, new orders of that type will appear in the Waiting Room screen, instead of being sent directly to the kitchen.

> For example:
>
> You might enable the Waiting Room for Delivery orders to allow review or grouping, while Table orders can bypass it for faster service.

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