Is Touch Screen Ordering The Next Big Thing In Restaurants?

New restaurants are starting to use touch screens for ordering meals, but do we even need them? And even if the convenience is cool enough to fit in the swankiest of foodie digs, will it make you forget about smudged-in germs?

If the managers of new e-ordering digs are to be believed, like the Israeli-based Frame in the video below, only a few thorough wipes are all that's needed. Plus, the screens have become a successful added attraction for customers. Why? Because touch-screen ordering has a few interesting benefits.

First of all, E-ordering touch screens improve the speed and efficiency of a restaurant and give its clients the option to visualize full meals before they even decide what to get. This is the type of system in place at the gravity-powered winding steel rail system at Baggers restaurant in Germany. While this seems like too simple of a thing to make a difference, it's not like you can always go around snooping on a neighbor's table to see what the meals really look like.