The restaurant electronic menu, ordering and payment devices and the order processing computer system allows restaurant patrons to review the menu, select food and beverages from the menu and electronically place their orders even before a seating in the restaurant is available. The system provides food and beverage orders to the kitchen staff well ahead of the convention order placing systems and permits patrons to review, print and pay their guest check electronically from their restaurant table, at will, without waiting for service or depending upon the responsiveness and staff levels of the restaurant, thereby providing the best possible service in the shortest possible time and eliminating bottlenecks and headaches of the conventional restaurant order and payment systems.