At Pipero, you can pay in crypto thanks to Yato

Digital innovation at the table, serving culinary excellence and a deep commitment to hospitality. This is the essence of the recent partnership between YATO, the Mashfrog Group company specializing in digital services for hospitality, and Rome’s Michelin-starred restaurant Pipero.

With this collaboration, YATO and Pipero are launching a new digital infrastructure that also enables wallet-to-wallet cryptocurrency payments.

The solution makes service smoother and more modern, speeds up operations, reduces wait times, and ensures transparent flow management. For restaurant operators, it opens up new opportunities for revenue and innovation; for guests, it delivers an even simpler, more elegant, and cutting-edge dining and hospitality experience.

Crypto payments, tip management, and digital innovation at the table

The partnership between YATO and the Michelin-starred restaurant Pipero introduces a new digital infrastructure that brings together the elegance of the fine dining experience and state-of-the-art technologies.

The agreement includes the installation of the Yato application on the restaurant’s POS systems, integrated with Oracle Simphony to ensure operational continuity across menus, revenue centers, pricing, and front-of-house–to–kitchen workflows.

At the heart of the service is the enablement of cryptocurrency payments, both in-person and online, through a wallet-to-wallet system with instant conversion to FIAT currency. This eliminates volatility, management costs, and fees, while ensuring unified reporting and a complete audit trail.

Thanks to the pay-and-order-at-the-table solution, guests can settle the bill discreetly, receive digital documentation, and leave a tip transparently, reducing wait times and friction.

On this last point in particular, the results are immediate and measurable:
a +110% increase in tips since the feature was activated, driven by a clearer, more transparent, and more natural process for guests.

Integration with Simphony ensures stronger operational control and precise synchronization between front of house and kitchen. Crypto acceptance, both on-site and through e-commerce, also opens up new revenue opportunities and strengthens the restaurant’s international positioning, while the administrative side benefits from automated reconciliation processes and unified reporting.

Yato: an all-in-one solution for dining and hospitality

YATO, the Mashfrog Group platform dedicated to the digital transformation of hospitality, was created to simplify operational complexity and enhance the guest experience.

Thanks to intuitive technology seamlessly integrated with Oracle Opera and Simphony, YATO connects all the key functions of a resort, hotel, or campground into a single ecosystem: operations management, food & beverage, payments, and guest engagement.

The "mobile-first" approach allows staff to work in an agile, fully connected way, while guests enjoy a seamless and personalized experience, where digital technology becomes a silent ally of hospitality.

With YATO, Mashfrog Group reaffirms its vision of smart hospitality—one that brings together efficiency, innovation, and a people-first approach—shared with leading players across the industry, from hotellerie and Open-Air hospitality to food service.

The PMS core communicates with the various operational modules, enabling the entire staff to work in a mobile-first mode—from pre-check-in with document upload, to a smooth arrival, through to the management of extra services and integrated check-in/check-out flows. Digital technology thus fully serves the guest experience.

The Food & Beverage area is the real proving ground: with the Pay-at-Table feature, the bill is closed directly at the table, guests independently choose the tip, and receive a digital receipt. Where needed, room charges are handled via QR code or app, with spending limits and automatic reconciliation rules. Deposits and final balances are managed through PayByLink and pre-authorizations, while orders flow through digital KDS systems, reducing both time and the margin for error.

The benefits are immediate: fewer lines, faster reconciliation across cash registers, POS systems, and room charges; traceable tips with reporting useful for payroll; and real-time control over revenue and margins. Supporting the technology is the Mashfrog method, which combines process analysis, onboarding, seasonal training, and open APIs to connect access systems, home automation, sports activities, and major payment networks. Looking ahead, YATO is already ready to securely accept cryptocurrencies, integrating non-custodial wallets or regulated partners with instant conversion to fiat currency and consistent reporting across traditional channels—driving increased revenue and guest loyalty.

Pipero, the experience of excellence

Pipero restaurant, in the heart of Rome, offers a gastronomic experience where elegance, innovation, and tradition coexist in perfect harmony. The concept "between the majestic and the sublime" takes concrete shape in a refined setting and in a cuisine that is never afraid to experiment.

For 13 years, it has held Michelin-star status, offering a culinary experience of pure pleasure that reinterprets memories of classic recipes through contemporary techniques, enhancing seasonality and local ingredients with an approach that is never predictable.

The culinary offering unfolds as a journey designed to surprise: each dish is crafted to deliver emotional balance and precisely calibrated flavors, with the quality of the ingredients taking center stage.

The service, refined down to the smallest detail, and the elegant atmosphere complete the offering, making Pipero not just a dinner, but an experience to be lived. The ambition is clear: not simply a Michelin-starred restaurant, but a place that sets new standards of excellence in the capital.