MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that wagamama and MICROS have teamed with Apple to deliver an improved customer experience with its fully integrated, online carry-out service.

wagamama is the first to deploy a Smart Phone Application (app.) that is connected directly to its MICROS point-of-sale (POS) via MICROS's mycentral Dynamic Updates, and is the first restaurant chain based in the UK to deploy a fully integrated phone app. that in the future will facilitate ordering from all its locations, no matter in which country it is located.

The world famous Pan-Asian restaurant chain has launched an end-to-end, fully integrated online ordering facility for carry-out meals. Customers can now place and pay for an order that they collect at an agreed time. The ordering process is accelerated significantly by eliminating the interaction with a member of staff over the telephone and processing the order online via a truly original iPhone App.

"At wagamama, we have always embraced the newest technology, and we are proud to be first-to-market in the restaurant sector with our new iPhone App. Bringing the wagamama experience to the iPhone offers more flexible ordering than ever before, coupled with the speed and quality of service that our customers know and love," stated wagamama CEO, Steve Hill.

"We are delighted to be able to have been a part of an industry first in making the ordering process of carry-out food even easier, faster and much, much more convenient," stated Tim Brown, Vice President, MICROS Strategic Accounts.

The user-friendly system remembers the customer by creating a unique account portfolio which includes all previous orders, simplifying order-entry for repeat customers. wagamama sees speed of service as key to its core values and has always embraced the most current technology. Offering a fully integrated online ordering service improves overall guest experience and employee efficiency; additional benefits include order tracking and links with kitchen systems.

About wagamama

wagamama is a pan-asian restaurant inspired by the hustle and bustle of canteen style japanese noodle bars, but its menu is an unmistakable blend of pan-asian flavors and the freshest seasonal ingredients from closer to home

it has more than 100 restaurants in the uk, europe, the pacific rim, middle east and usa. since 1992 its philosophy remains unchanged: to combine great, fresh and nutritious food in an elegant yet simple setting with helpful, friendly service and value for money

wagamama has been voted london's most popular restaurant by zagat for the fifth year in a row

you can find wagamama in various london locations, basingstoke, bath, birmingham, bournemouth, brighton, bristol, cambridge, canterbury, cardiff, croydon, exeter, glasgow, guildford, harrogate, heathrow terminal 5, high wycombe, kingston, lakeside, leeds, leicester, liverpool, livingston, manchester, milton keynes, newcastle, norwich, nottingham, oxford, reading, salisbury, sheffield, solihull, st albans, tunbridge wells, walton-on-thames, and windsor