Andhra Spice Cloud Kitchen

Overview

This is a direct-ordering website for Andhra Spice Cloud Kitchen. It is built so customers can browse the menu, build a cart, choose delivery or pickup and pay online, and so the kitchen can manage orders, the menu, party enquiries and store settings from a sign-in protected dashboard. I built the site as a web product.

The ordering flow

1. 01

   Browse the menu

   Sections with prices in rupees, veg and non-veg markers, Bestseller tags and a Veg filter.

2. 02

   Build a cart

   Add items from any section. The cart keeps an item total and notes that offers and delivery are applied at checkout.

3. 03

   Choose delivery or pickup

   Delivery is limited to a configured service area. Customers can optionally share their location to help the rider find them.

4. 04

   Pay online

   The payment step is an integration built using PhonePe Standard Checkout. The order is saved before the customer is sent to pay, and the code marks it paid only after the server’s own status check confirms the payment.

5. 05

   Follow the order

   A private order link opens after payment and updates as the status changes. A failed payment can be retried from the same page.

Under the hood

1. 01

   Prices are set on the server

   The browser never decides what an order costs. Every order is priced again from the database, and a stale total is rejected instead of charged.

2. 02

   Payments are checked, not trusted

   In the code, redirects and PhonePe callbacks only trigger a check. An order is marked paid after the server confirms the order and amount, and a reconciliation job covers missed callbacks.

3. 03

   Emails survive failures

   Customer confirmations and kitchen alerts go through an outbox with retries, so an email problem never touches a paid order.

4. 04

   An owner dashboard

   Sign-in protected screens for orders, menu items, party enquiries and store settings.

5. 05

   Party and bulk enquiries

   A separate enquiry form that takes no payment. Enquiries are emailed to the kitchen and listed in the dashboard.

6. 06

   Tested end to end

   Unit and database tests (Vitest) and mobile and desktop browser tests (Playwright) cover the cart, checkout, payments, admin and party orders.

My Role

Built as a web product: the ordering site, the payment integration and the owner dashboard.