Best Restaurant POS Systems For 2019

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Lightspeed

For payment processing, you can use Lightspeed Payments — at 2.6% + $0.10 for each swiped, dipped, or tapped transaction, Lightspeed Payments’ flat-rate pricing model works best for lower-volume restaurants. You can also integrate with an outside payment processor, but this requires an additional monthly fee. Learn more about this restaurant POS in our Lightspeed Restaurant review.

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Toast

Toast may have the most electronic and socially-distanced ordering/payment options of any of the restaurant POS systems on our list. Dine-in features for COVID-19 include a self-ordering kiosk, NFC-friendly card readers, reservation management, and a QR code payment option that customers use to pay for their meal on their phone. For customers who want to stay home, Toast also has its own Toast Takeout App, which lets customers order and pay for their order online for pickup or contactless delivery. Toast enables you to implement an in-house delivery system and even has a network of delivery drivers if you don’t have your own. Customers who want to support your restaurant during a pandemic-induced closure can also purchase eGift cards online to redeem at your restaurant at a later time.

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ShopKeep

ShopKeep has several features that help you run a safe and healthy restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic. Want to offer orders to-go? ShopKeep’s online ordering module is included in the $79/month “Essentials” plan or free on the $49/month “Basic” plan through December 31, 2020. Customers must pay for their pickup orders in your store, as online payments are not yet available, but they can do so safely with contactless payments. For sit-down customers, ShopKeep has a tableside ordering option that lets servers send orders wirelessly to the kitchen printer or bar so that they can minimize contact with other staff. Finally, in its online hardware store, ShopKeep sells safety equipment for quick-serve restaurants, including countertop screen guards.

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Square

With Square for Restaurants, the processing and POS giant hit the bullseye once again. Square for Restaurants is available on iPad and Square’s sleek all-in-one POS, customer display, and card/NFC reader, Square Register ($799). Square for Restaurants is extremely easy to use, includes employee management, and doesn’t skimp on restaurant-specific features, all for a very reasonable $60/month rate for the “Plus” version, which has extras, such as advanced reporting, seat management, auto 86-ing, and advanced team management. Or you can choose the free plan if you are OK with a more basic feature-set. Either plan you choose, you’ll receive Square’s flat-rate pay-as-you-go payment processing rate of 2.6% + $0.10 per swiped, tipped, or tapped transaction — 2.9% + $0.30 when customers pay for their food on your free Square Online Store.

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TouchBistro

TouchBistro has core features and add-ons that help restaurants keep patrons and staff safe during COVID, including an in-house online ordering system that’s free for the first 12 months. The system doesn’t accept online payments (customers must pay when they pick up), but if that doesn’t work for you, TouchBistro also integrates with third-party delivery services. TouchBistro’s editable floor plan, kiosk option, and tableside ordering functions are also useful for full-service restaurants staying open during the pandemic. TouchBistro’s in-house reservation management add-on is especially functional, as it allows you to accept reservations through your website, TouchBistro’s web and mobile discovery apps, or Google Reservations. The add-on also includes guest records for small business contact tracing.

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Lavu

One great thing about Lavu is it has tons of integrations with other business and restaurant software, including multiple online ordering and delivery platforms. Lavu’s MenuDrive integration, in particular, allows free integration with DoorDash for just a per-order flat fee. For sit-down restaurants, Lavu’s Resy integration lets you accept online reservations, a useful function for contact tracing and limiting dine-in capacity. QSR and fast-casual eateries can also set up an optional PayPal Here-powered self-service kiosk that accepts chip-and-tap payments. Restaurants will also find Lavu’s rearrangeable table map and tableside payments option useful for socially-distanced dining.

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Revel Systems

Revel Systems was not made specifically for restaurants. Nevertheless, this incredibly customizable iPad POS is very capable of handling the needs of a full-service restaurant or busy quick-service restaurant. It includes key restaurant-specific features, from visual menus with automated prompts for modifiers, to advanced raw ingredient tracking across multiple locations, to in-depth restaurant employee management and scheduling. In fact, Revel has one of the most complete feature-sets of any restaurant POS, especially since the addition of a table reservation feature.

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Revel

Revel can be customized for any type of restaurant and has a lot of different hardware options, such as digital menu boards for a quick-serve restaurant or a low-profile setup for a fine-dining experience. The cloud-based Revel POS also has good offline functionality with its “always-on” mode, allowing you to continue processing payments even if the internet goes down. Revel also has many compatible credit card processors, though it charges a premium if you don’t use Revel’s processing service. Get a more detailed view of this POS by reading our Revel Systems review.

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Upserve

Upserve is a cloud-based POS that runs on Android and iOS devices and is exclusively mobile. Servers take orders on custom-built Upserve Tableside devices and send orders directly from the floor to the kitchen display system. Meanwhile, the restaurant owner can check on the restaurant remotely using the Upserve Live mobile app. While you will need a good internet connection to run Upserve, the POS also features a strong offline mode that allows card payments to be taken and stored until an internet connection returns. Built specifically with restaurant managers and employees in mind, the system is intuitive and capable of handling virtually any-sized business. One of the biggest benefits to Upserve is that everything is customizable, so if a manager is experienced and knows what they like in a POS system, it’s easy to set things up to those exact specifications.

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LightSpeed Restaurant

Lightspeed Restaurant is arguably one of the most feature-rich POS systems for restaurants on the market. The software also features in-depth ingredient tracking and real-time alerts when ingredients are running low. Tableside ordering is also offered, allowing servers to take and send orders directly from the table to the kitchen using an iPad or letting customers place orders themselves on a kiosk. For employees, Lightspeed offers unique and intricate timed events to push certain items or reward hard-working servers. Add-ons, such as a branded loyalty app, delivery, QuickBooks integration, customer-facing displays, and KDS, cost extra.

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Square for Restaurants

With Square for Restaurants, the processing and POS giant hit the bullseye once again. Square for Restaurants is available on iPad and Square’s sleek all-in-one POS, customer display, and card/NFC reader, Square Register ($799). Square for Restaurants is extremely easy to use, includes employee management, and doesn’t skimp on restaurant-specific features, all for a very reasonable $60/month rate for the “Plus” version, which has extras, such as advanced reporting, seat management, auto 86-ing, and advanced team management. Or you can choose the free plan if you are OK with a more basic feature-set. Either plan you choose, you’ll receive Square’s flat-rate pay-as-you-go payment processing rate of 2.6% + $0.10 per swiped, tipped, or tapped transaction — 2.9% + $0.30 when customers pay for their food on your free Square Online Store.

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Some useful Clover Dining features for restaurants include online ordering, online payments, contactless delivery, and dynamic floor plans to adjust your layout to allow for social distancing. Servers can also use a mobile Clover Flex for tableside ordering and payments, helping keep patrons at their tables and eliminating the need for servers to use the same POS. You can split checks in any proportion, apply discounts at the order level, and run reports per revenue center (for example, patio vs. bar). Using the Clover Marketplace, you can extend the capabilities of your POS even further with paid apps. Clover Dining already comes with some bundled apps specific to restaurants, including Bar Tab Auths, Tips, Shifts, Discounts, and Happy Hour. Read our review of Clover POS to learn more about this dynamic restaurant POS system.

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Upserve POS

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