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Square for coffee shops & cafes A fast, reliable POS to ease your daily grind
Keep the queues moving and the coffee brewing
Take fast payments, even offline
Accept all major types of payment and offer max convenience for customers.1 Power through the morning rush with a fast POS and make sales with offline payments2 if the internet’s down.
Deliver online orders and save
Cut out high commission fees. Every time customers place an order from your Square website, you keep more money in your pocket3 – no delivery staff needed.
Steer your business based on data
Pull reports on everything from your bestselling beans and busiest hours to your most loyal customers. Use numbers to pinpoint exactly where to invest your time and money.
Cut wait times with Square Kiosk
Increase your order volume4 with the self-service Square Kiosk, which reduces wait times and frees up staff. Explore solutions for new revenue streams like catering and merch.
Hit your volume goals
Support your roadmap with growth-minded features like automated marketing and loyalty, branded gift cards and built-in financial solutions.
More tools to grow your business
Staff management and empowerment
Onboard and communicate with your team, create schedules, and track hours.
Self-service kiosk
Boost order sizes with a flexible kiosk that lets customers easily upgrade, add on and customise. Capture orders by table number to avoid customers crowding the counter.
100+ popular app integrations
Easily connect third-party marketplaces and get the integrations you need to keep your business flowing.
Move money fast
Transfer funds to an external bank account for free the next day or instantly for a fee.5
“Square is obviously a lot more streamlined, a lot faster, a lot easier for multiple staff to use. Having multiple businesses of multiple sizes doing various offerings, Square just worked.”
Bridget Amor, co-founder
Seven Seeds
Multiple locations, Melbourne
Hardware that lets you focus on the perfect pour
Pick your plan
Free
Best for businesses that are just starting out, only need the essentials for daily service, or that have small teams with one location.
$0/mo.
Includes
Unlimited countertop POS devices
Unlimited locations
Free phone support M–F, 9:00 am–5:00 pm AEST
Plus
Most popular
Ideal for growing businesses that have up to five locations and take orders through multiple channels.
$129/mo.
Per location + processing fees
Includes
Unlimited countertop POS devices
+$50/mo. per location for venues using mobile POS
Unlimited Square KDS devices
24/7 phone support
Premium
For established restaurants with five plus locations and counting
Custom pricing
Includes
Businesses processing $250,000 or more in yearly payments may be eligible for custom pricing. Get in touch with our experts to learn more.⁵
Tips to fuel the next steps on your journey
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FAQs
Can Square POS help with inventory management?
Yes. Once you enter your items, you’ll automatically receive alerts when inventory is low. And since it’s a cloud-based POS, you can automatically sync inventory across multiple locations.
Can I integrate a loyalty program?
Yes. Square Loyalty is built right into Square POS and can benefit any Australian business. Square Loyalty starts at just $49 per month.
How does Square POS software compare to other coffee shop POS systems?
Square POS is part of a unique ecosystem of offerings that provide all the tools a business needs to run and grow. With a synced online store, contactless in-person sales, invoicing, team management, loyalty programs, inventory management and third-party integrations – you’ll have everything you need for your café.
Can I manage my cafe menu with Square POS?
Yes. You can customise your menu, set modifiers (such as milk options or add-ons) and update items across all devices in real time.
Can I use Square POS for multiple cafe locations?
Yes. Square lets you manage multiple locations from a single dashboard, with shared inventory, staff management and reporting across all your sites.
Can Square help me sell cafe merchandise or coffee beans online?
Yes. With Square Online, you can set up an eCommerce store to sell packaged coffee, branded merchandise or gift cards directly to customers.
1American Express is not supported for not-for-profits or charities unless registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.
2You can process transactions through offline payments for up to 24 hours in a single offline session. Your offline payments will be declined if you do not reconnect to the internet within 24 hours of the start of your first payment. 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. eftpos-only cards, Square Gift Cards and Afterpay transactions do not work with offline payments. Offline payments are not supported on older versions of Square Reader (1st generation – v1 and v2). Learn more on [identifying your contactless reader] or how to [enable and use offline payments].
3Delivery commission saving is an estimate based on an assumed 30% commission charged by third-party delivery partners on premium plans.
4Based on an October 2024 comparison of Square sellers' order volume pre- and post-Kiosk implementation, a 30% in order volume was observed.
5Requires a linked, eligible bank account and cost a fee per transfer. Funds are subject to your bank’s availability schedule. Up to $5,000 AUD per day. The minimum you can transfer is $5.
6Custom pricing may be available if you process more than $250K per year. Discounts on optional add-ons. Eligibility required. Contact sales.