South Florida Noodle Bar Slurps Up Success with Popmenu

Client Spotlight:
Kapow Noodle Bar

Kapow! Noodle Bar uses automation and data to drive growth.

Anyone who steps inside one of the three Kapow! Noodle Bar locations can immediately see the lively energy the restaurant captures. They combine fine dining with bustling nightlife, Southeast Asian cuisine with a South Florida vibe, and an elevated in-person experience with a seamless integration of technology. However, the restaurant’s use of tech wasn’t always so effortless.

In fact, Kapow! was using a large number of disconnected solutions, which ended up as one of their largest hurdles for growth. While their tech stack handled everything they needed, the multiple logins and lack of integrations made measuring the impact of these tools next to impossible. Until they decided to partner with Popmenu.

"I don’t want to log into another third-party app just to send an email or pull data. [With Popmenu], I get it all in one place and can see it instantly."

One platform, every solution.

Vaughan immediately recognized the value of having all of his technology—including website management, marketing, and online ordering—in one tool. Where point solutions provide basic information such as how much traffic a website receives, Popmenu’s comprehensive platform details the entire customer journey. Now, Kapow! can identify what brought a visitor to their website, what information influenced them to make a purchase, and what opportunities exist to earn more visits from that customer in the future.

For example, the marketing overview showcases how many online sales each email earns the restaurant. Through it, Kapow! can identify the best times to send messages and the best content to include in each communication. This level of insight allows the restaurant to continuously refine its approach, ensuring each campaign is more effective than the last.

"We’re looking for ways to be more efficient and to use data in a way that is effective for our business. I think Popmenu is the best at that."
Vaughan Dugan
Partner & Owner, Kapow! Noodle Bar
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Effortless operations with automation.

One major advantage of Popmenu is that it was built with busy restaurant owners in mind and the understanding that even the most routine tasks can be vital to growth. That’s why AI Answering is exactly what a business like Kapow! needed. The tool fields calls with custom responses, promotes specials, and sends links to orders and reservations—freeing up staff to focus on in-person guests and other priorities.

With Popmenu AI Answering, Vaughan saved his staff over 1,000 hours on the phone in the last two years. Of the 94,900 calls the tool fielded, 40% were for revenue-generating activities like securing a reservation or placing an online order. It's estimated that the service helped Kapow! capture over $1,600,000 in sales through reservation links alone.

Additionally, Kapow! Noodle Bar's website captures guest contact information anytime they leave a review or place an online order through their interactive menus. The restaurant can then automatically send personalized emails to these customers based on their preferences, bringing them back more often. Through their dedicated email strategy, Kapow! has earned over $32,600 in online sales, $10,000 of which can be attributed to automated emails.

“It goes back to the data. The data doesn’t lie. We’re seeing the traffic, we’re seeing how it builds over time without our help. [Popmenu] becomes such a beast behind the scenes.”
Vaughan Dugan
Partner & Owner, Kapow! Noodle Bar

Kapow! Noodle Bar's journey with Popmenu highlights the transformative power of a comprehensive, integrated technology platform. By consolidating their tools into one seamless solution, they not only saved time but also unlocked deeper insights into their customer behaviors, ultimately driving significant growth. With automated processes and data-driven strategies, Kapow! has positioned itself to continue thriving in the competitive restaurant industry, proving that the right technology partner can make all the difference.

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Nevada brewery saves time, grows direct online ordering, and unifies multi-location operations with Popmenu and Genius.

Founded in 1993, Great Basin Brewing Company is Nevada’s oldest and most award-winning brewery, touted for its craft beer and its creative, ale-infused food unique closed-loop system (utilizing spent grain from the brewing process to feed local cattle that produce beef used back at its restaurants). When owner and director of operations Nick Meyer took over the business--and the brewery grew to four locations--he wanted to maintain consistent marketing across all locations without sacrificing their high standards. He searched for technology that would save time, increase revenue, keep up with evolving menus, and grow their online presence. He found Popmenu.

Popmenu + Genius: one menu, one ordering flow, fewer manual updates

What initially drew Nick, along with marketing director Brennan Best, to Popmenu was its seamless integration with Great Basin’s POS system Genius. Prior to Popmenu, any menu or website changes were manual and time-consuming: menus changing two to four times a year and updates across locations via various technologies, all online orders were routed through third parties, cutting into the restaurants’ profits. After choosing Popmenu, the team has saved significant time: instantaneous website changes across all channels, online orders go directly from the Popmenu platform into the Genius POS, and guests’ orders are fulfilled with less room for error.
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In the months following the launch, Great Basin has seen an average month-over-month 11% increase in online ordering gross payment value (GPV), which is the total amount processed during transactions. During that period, they’ve also gained more than 1,000 new guest contacts (a 9% increase)—and those new followers have driven almost 75% of their orders. With Popmenu, Great Basin is capturing guest information so they can stay top of mind and continue to build a loyal customer base.

“The ability [as a result of the Popmenu integration] for our customers to order directly from our website, and for that to be less expensive for them without the additional markups for third-party delivery, has been a gamechanger for us and has really improved the experience for our guests.”

-Brennan Best
Marketing Director of Great Basin Brewing Company

Stronger communications or better SEOhappier guests

For Great Basin, technology isn’t just about efficiency–it’s about staying connected with their guests and their community. So when they had to navigate between several scattered and disparate communications tools, they weren’t able to get their message across in the meaningful, consistent way that aligns with their values.

The Popmenu platform has enabled Great Basin to unify their messaging, while still allowing each location to have its own unique voice. Within the platform, they’ve been able to customize the look and feel of each location’s landing page to convey the fact that each restaurant has a different personality.

“It's always been important for us to listen to our community, while also conveying our brand’s narrative to our community as well. The Popmenu platform has been super helpful because not only does it allow us to receive feedback from our guests, but it also enables us to respond directly to those guests.”

-Brennan Best
Marketing Director of Great Basin Brewing Company

The brewery’s SEO has also improved since integrating with Popmenu, as their website’s event inquiry page for guests looking to host onsite parties has seen a surge in traffic. Soon after Great Basin made the switch to Popmenu, location managers were trying to understand why they were seeing unprecedented levels of interest in events. As a result, they are currently booked with private parties through mid-2026.

“Popmenu’s built-in marketing tools have replaced several standalone systems, saving costs and creating consistent messaging. We were able to cut a few hundred dollars a month by consolidating tools, and now our messaging – emails, events, promotions – all run through one seamless system.”

-Nick Meyer
Director of Operations and Owner of Great Basin Brewing Company

Smooth and supported implementation

As any restaurant team can attest to, rolling out new technology across multiple locations can be daunting and challenging. But Nick, Brennan, and the entire Great Basin staff credit both Popmenu’s onboarding process and its client service reps for a smooth transition. Even launching the integration during one of Great Basin’s busiest seasons didn’t slow things down.

“We had everything running in about a week across four locations – it was one of the easiest integrations we’ve done. We even went live right before summer events, and it didn’t faze the team at all. Once everything was set, we were off and running.”

-Nick Meyer
Director of Operations and Owner of Great Basin Brewing Company

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For more tips, follow Popmenu.

Want a closer look at how automation can bring in more orders while saving you time and money? Book a 20-minute, no-pressure demo with Popmenu.

We’ve got your back. Every. Day.