Restaurant Point of Sale Systems reviews

The top performers in our review are Revel SystemsNCR, the Bronze Award winner. Here's more on choosing a system to meet your needs, along with detail on how we arrived at our ranking of these ten restaurant POS systems.

If you have not been using a modern restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system, implementing one can transform your business. A good system, used to its full potential, decreases order errors, improves inventory buying decisions and increases customer satisfaction. For owners and managers, POS systems provide useful reports, which can help you make better business decisions. For staff, lightning-fast terminals can accurately process complex tickets and orders. Restaurant POS systems are not just payment processors; in fact, they are far more. They can help you streamline nearly every facet of your business. POS systems can send orders to the kitchen, update your menus, track your food inventory, monitor sales and much more. Although they perform many tasks, they are also simple to learn and use. If you are looking for an iPad POS system for your restaurant specifically, see our iPad restaurant reviews.

It doesn't matter what type of food business you run, you can find a system to suit your needs. Mixed systems (may include terminals, tablets, printers and displays) can run large, full-service restaurants. Simple-to-use tablet options can easily process sales in counter-serve cafes. Other POS solutions are designed for quick-serve (QSR) businesses. And still others are mobile, which operate via a 4G or Wi-Fi connection making them suitable for mobile food trucks. To learn more about POS systems in general, see our articles about POS Systems.

Restaurant Credit Card Processing

POS systems consist of three parts: hardware, software and payment processing. Few restaurants these days operate on a cash-only basis, and many customers prefer to pay by card, which makes contracting with a card processor necessary.

Payment processing can easily become one of your restaurant's most significant expenses. Therefore you'll want to consider the companies and processing terms carefully. You'll also want to ensure that the restaurant POS system supports the processor of your choice. To learn more about credit card processing, including an explanation of common rates and fees, see our credit card processing reviews.