Smyze Brings Robobarista Automation to EPERIA Shopping Mall in Prešov

Our Robo sits inside the mall's public areas, where visitors move between stores, meet friends or wait between errands. It gives them a place to get a properly made drink without joining a staffed cafe queue or planning around opening hours. A New Kind of Convenience Inside EPERIA EPERIA opened in Prešov in November 2017 and has grown since into the region's leading retail destination, with a second expansion phase adding a cinema, more brands and additional dining options. The centre draws on a catchment area of well over 300,000 people across north-eastern Slovakia, making it the natural retail hub for the region. Malls like this depend on keeping people inside longer and giving them reasons to return. A robotic beverage bar adds a new stop within the existing footprint, without requiring a new tenant, a new lease negotiation or a new staff roster. For a location like EPERIA, the Robobarista fits between the two things a mall operator usually has to choose between: adding more staffed food and beverage space, which is expensive and slow to open, or leaving gaps in the offer where shoppers currently have no quick option for a quality drink. Why This Matters for Shopping Centres Retail and leisure operators across Central and Eastern Europe are dealing with the same pressure: rising staffing costs, difficulty filling shift based food service roles, and shoppers who expect speed without giving up quality. A staffed cafe kiosk takes months to plan, hire for and open. A Robobarista can be installed in a fraction of that footprint and time. Smyze's approach is not to replace existing food and beverage tenants, but to fill the gaps between them, at entrances, near the cinema, next to play areas, wherever people pass through and want a drink without a detour. What the Robobarista Offers The Robobarista is built on Eversys barista grade technology and covers a full beverage menu of more than 40 drinks, from espresso based coffee to iced teas, vitamin drinks and craft sodas. It runs 24 hours a day, requires roughly 30 minutes of cleaning and restocking per day from the location's own team, and fits into a footprint of around 4 square metres. The machine is CE certified for the European market. Guests order and pay directly at the machine, with contactless and card payment supported through Adyen. Each drink is prepared fresh, to the same recipe and the same standard, every time. Live at EPERIA Now Our Robo is positioned in EPERIA's public shopping area in Prešov and is available to every visitor during the mall's opening hours and beyond. No appointment, app download or staff interaction is required to order. What Comes Next EPERIA joins a growing list of Smyze locations across Central Europe, alongside shopping centres, transport hubs and corporate campuses that use the Robobarista to add a beverage offer without adding headcount. As the rollout continues, Smyze is bringing the same model to more retail environments across the region. Shoppers at EPERIA can find the Robobarista in the mall's public area during regular opening hours. Location partners interested in bringing a Robobarista to their own site can reach out to the Smyze team directly.