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Streamlining Success: How Three Restaurants Optimize Operations with Square and Resy

Streamlining Success: How Three Restaurants Optimize Operations with Square and Resy
Running a restaurant is hard: integrating Square for Restaurants with Resy makes it easier. Here’s how three operators are already finding success.
by Ariel Kanter Apr 07, 2025 — 4 min read
Streamlining Success: How Three Restaurants Optimize Operations with Square and Resy

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This is a guest blog post from our partners at Resy.

Square for Restaurants POS software and Resy’s table management platform share a common goal: to help make the nitty gritty tasks of running a restaurant simpler, so you can focus on driving revenue and creating stellar guest experiences. Setting up an integration between Square POS and Resy OS (a current Staff Pick on App Marketplace) means you can keep service moving seamlessly with real-time course statuses, get actionable data about guest preferences and top-performing menu items, and delegate manual tasks while focusing on your guests. It’s where hospitality magic happens.

But you don’t need to just take our word for it. We spoke to three restaurants that have already found success by integrating Square with Resy. Here’s how it’s going. 

As Corto celebrates their 7th year in Jersey City, they continue to offer a rotating menu, but are able to stay on top of guest favorites thanks to the Resy and Square integration. With the integration, they can see historical check data in Resy and refer back to it when a guest visits again in the future to deliver a tailored customer experience.

“The POS system allows us to understand what a guest’s favorite dish is and figure out trends — even if the menu is always changing, maybe we’ll find out guests really love cheesy pasta or have a preference for mushrooms,” said Partner and Executive Chef Matt Moschella. “This allows us to take care of everyone. It adds a level of granular data for us to improve our business.” 

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Moschella also relies heavily on the Resy OS & Square POS integration because the restaurant’s popular year-round outdoor dining space isn’t visible to the maître d’ by the door. 

“Automatically having the progress of the table status in Resy has saved us a lot of effort. If we didn’t have that, we’d have to walk around the room more often and communicate more amongst the staff. This allows us to skip the step of internal comms and focus more on serving our guests,” said Moschella. 

And the business is doing well — the team just opened a sister restaurant The Roxy, and we spoke to them next. 

Real-time table status saves time and effort to focus on the customer at The Roxy

Over at The Roxy in Jersey City, operations look a little different. The space is much more intimate, and with just 40 seats, they don’t employ a maître d’. This is likely why owner and General Manager Justin Buzzio wears so many hats. 

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Buzzio appreciates the Resy and Square integration because it allows front waiters — who also greet guests and change courses — to look at the floorplan on their devices and see what course diners are on without having to touch anything or press any buttons. “This allows our team to intuit what’s happening. Figuring out what course people are on and marking it down somewhere is one less thing we have to do, so we can focus our energy on the guest experience,” said Buzzio. “That’s paramount.” 

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At Cafe Spaghetti in Brooklyn, Managing Partner Giovanna Cucolo also appreciates how the Square and Resy integration saves her team time. “Our backyard is separate from our front door and often we need a second host on busier nights, but the integration helps us get the information we need about table status faster, which helps us make decisions about walk-ins and wait estimates faster, too,” she said. 

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Another feature her team loves? The guest notes. “Our hosts are keen on updating guest notes to see trends. This helps us remember guest favorites and preferences. Even if we do remember what they like, it’s nice to have that confirmation in the app,” said Cucolo. As Cafe Spaghetti gears up to start taking on private events, like weddings and showers, this type of personalization and care for their customers is critical for converting diners into potential future (and regular) clients.   

How to set up the integration, get started with Resy OS, or sign up for Square for Restaurants

Businesses that are already using both Square for Restaurants and Resy OS can set up the integration by scheduling a quick setup call here.

Exclusive Resy OS offer for current Square for Restaurants customers: 

Exclusive Square offer for current Resy OS partners: 

 

 

1. Offer Terms and Conditions: This offer is made by Resy and applies when you sign a new annual ResyOS contract for a ResyOS Platform, Platform 360 or Full Stack subscription plan. To be eligible for this offer you must be a new ResyOS customer with a unique and verifiable restaurant name and business address. Restaurants that are part of a franchise are not eligible. To redeem the offer, fill out and submit the demo request form to speak to a member of Resy’s sales team and sign a new, annual ResyOS contract. Your restaurant must be approved by Resy. After the offer period ends, in accordance with your ResyOS contract, you will be auto-billed each month beginning in your fourth month and will continue to be auto-billed monthly at Resy’s current Platform, Platform360 or Full Stack price in USD for thereafter (currently $249/mo, $399/mo or $899/mo, respectively). Your ResyOS subscription plan will automatically renew for additional periods equal to the expiring subscription term, unless you cancel before the end of the relevant subscription term pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in your ResyOS contract. Any information you provide to Resy will be subject to Resy’s privacy policies and terms of use. Fulfillment of the offer is the sole responsibility of Resy. Offers are subject to change at any time without notice to you. Offer is nontransferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. Limit one offer per new ResyOS customer.

2. Limited time offer valid only for new Square customers and is not transferable. Offer expires 180 days after account creation. Free Processing: Processing fees are waived on eligible transactions up to the total free processing amount specified in the offer or until the expiration date, whichever comes first. SaaS Discount: Discounts on subscriptions will be applied starting with your first monthly bill, even if that bill is charged at a prorated amount when signing up in the middle of a calendar month. Following the expiration of the promotional period, you will be charged at the standard monthly rate. Visit Pricing and Subscriptions in your dashboard after signing up to view your standard rates. Square reserves the right to modify, revoke or cancel the offer at any time. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Void where prohibited, not redeemable for cash, and non-transferable.

Ariel Kanter
Ariel Kanter is a writer, editor, and content strategist living in Highland Park, IL. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Serious Eats, Resy, and others. Food pics and videos: @ArielKanter. Words and things: Rel's Recs.

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