Find better flow with your full-service restaurant POS.

Square for Restaurants makes it easier for single-location and multi-location full-service spots to focus on hospitality. The cloud-based POS system is built for restaurant operators looking for a flexible business technology solution for running front of house, back of house and their back office – keeping everything connected and in sync. With many advanced features including coursing, live sales reporting and 24/7 support, Square is the dedicated tech partner helping your restaurant deliver unforgettable experiences.

Square Shifts is the tool restaurants use to track their team’s hours, overtime and breaks while saving on labour costs.

Square Online Ordering is great for setting up delivery and pickup, and it allows you to take orders on your restaurant website for no monthly fees or commissions.

On the floor, Square gives you the option to add handheld devices to your POS to reduce your customers’ waiting times and free up your staff to focus on table touches and table turns.

Add the kitchen display system your staff will love. Square KDS helps your team see and fulfil all the orders coming in from your website, delivery apps and anywhere else – all unified in one place.

The biggest benefit of going with a cloud-based POS system rather than a traditional on-premise system is that it allows you to monitor and manage your operations from anywhere with an internet connection. You can manage your sales, inventory, menus and other aspects of your business remotely, giving you greater flexibility and convenience. Menu updates take seconds rather than hours or days, keeping the front and back of house in sync. Cloud-based POS systems also eliminate the need for expensive upfront hardware purchases, like servers, and ongoing maintenance costs associated with traditional POS systems. And with Square, you can always count on continuous enhancements to the restaurant POS so you can operate with the latest features and security enhancements.

The last thing a restaurant operator needs to deal with is unreliable technology, disconnected systems or hidden fees. Square makes it free to try and easy to buy, and you’ll always know what you’re paying for. Square Restaurant POS is designed specifically for restaurant workflows. Operators tell us they love the user-friendly interface because it makes staff training easy (often less than 15 minutes) and helps reduce the number of errors that tend to happen during busy shifts.

You may find Square is quicker, easier and more user-friendly for your staff to operate than other point-of-sale solutions like Micros, Aloha, SumUp, Epos Now, Toast POS and Lightspeed. You can rely on Square for transparent pricing and easy-to-understand processing rates. Best of all, the Square system is built with flexibility in mind. We know your requirements change as your business grows and evolves, so Square lets you start with what you need today and add capabilities and hardware as you go.

For restaurant groups, Square offers an integrated multi-location management solution that combines payment processing and centralised sales reporting across all your locations. Improve diner engagement with capabilities that let you offer online ordering and gift cards. Our easy-to-use software helps you stay in control of every location while delivering a streamlined experience to franchisees and diners.

Switching to Square is simple and fast and takes days, not weeks. Start by creating an account, and get access to the 30-day free trial of the Square for Restaurants Plus plan. After 30 days, select which plan is right for you. When you sign up, you can add your menu from a PDF. You can easily transfer your existing inventory with bulk-intake importing. If you need assistance, Square Support is here to help you with everything from gift card migration to on-site networking installation.

Hardware is not included with your subscription. You can buy the devices that best fit the needs of your concept by visiting the Square Shop. You may be able to repurpose existing devices, including iPads, industry kitchen printers, receipt printers, cash drawers and routers. Once you’ve set up your hardware, configure your POS in minutes to fit your style of service. Verify your identity, connect a bank account and get ready to take your first payment.

You can switch from Square Point of Sale to the Square for Restaurants Free or Square for Restaurants Plus plans by subscribing here. You’ll be able to use your existing features and setup. The only updates you might need will be for the added functionality that’s included with your upgraded Square for Restaurants plan.

Square for Restaurants requires an internet connection for normal operations. If you are experiencing connectivity issues, you can enable offline payments⁴ with Square hardware to keep taking payments for up to 24 hours. Additional terms apply.

⁴Offline payments with Square Terminal and Square Register will be declined if you do not reconnect to the internet within 24 hours of taking your first offline payment. Square Reader and Square Stand let you process transactions through offline payments for up to 1 hour in a single session and will be declined if you do not reconnect to the internet within 24 hours of the start of your offline payment session. Note: offline payments are not supported on older versions of Square Reader (1st generation – v1 and v2). Click here for help identifying your contactless reader.

By enabling offline payments, you are responsible for any expired, declined or disputed payments accepted while offline. Square is unable to provide customer contact information for payments declined while offline. Contactless card payments, Square Gift Cards and Clearpay transactions do not work with offline payments. Learn more about how to enable and use offline payments (here)