From sign-up to first ticket, one afternoon
You can set up a restaurant POS online without a technician or an install. Sign up, add your business, tables and staff PINs, then import your menu from a spreadsheet. Your online store builds itself from that menu, and you can ring in a test order before the dinner rush.
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Sign up and create your business
Name, currency, time zone, logo. Your trial starts at once.
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Add the location
Registers, tables, staff and their PINs, receipt layout and taxes.
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Add your menu
Type it in or import a spreadsheet. Our menu team can do it for you.
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Your store is live
The online store and QR menu are built from your products automatically.
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Six stages, one afternoon
Every stage happens in the browser. Nobody comes to install anything.
01 Sign up
Create your account with an email and a password. The free trial starts right away and no card is needed.
You land in your own back office. Nothing to download. It runs in the browser on an iPad, an Android tablet or a PC.
02 Create your business
Enter the business name, currency, time zone and logo. These set how prices, dates and receipts look.
Pick the currency you sell in, for example dollars, dirhams or rupees. The time zone decides when your business day closes on reports.
03 Add locations, registers, tables and staff PINs
Add each location, then the registers (POS screens) and the tables on its floor plan. Give every server and cashier a role and a PIN.
Roles control what each person can do, such as voids, comps and refunds. Service-staff PINs let a server clock into a ticket in two taps on a shared tablet.
04 Add your products
Add items one by one or import a CSV or Excel file. Set categories, sizes and modifier sets with prices.
Forced modifiers (steak temperature, side choice) and optional ones (extra cheese, no onion) live in modifier sets you reuse across items. Allergy flags print in bold on the kitchen ticket.
05 Your online store builds itself
The online store and QR table menu are generated from your products, prices, photos and stock. There is no second menu to type.
When you mark an item sold out at the POS, it disappears from the online store too. You decide pickup and delivery times and which items are sold online.
06 Ring in a test order
Open a table, add two items with modifiers, fire it, and watch it land on the kitchen screen or printer.
Mark it cooked on the kitchen screen, then serve it from the server's Orders screen. Split the check, take a test payment, and run the end-of-day report. Then delete the test sale.
Have these ready
Ten minutes of gathering saves an hour of setup.
- Your menu as a PDF, a photo or a spreadsheet
- A list of staff names and the role for each person
- Your table layout, even a quick sketch
- Your sales tax or VAT rates for each location
- A tablet, iPad or PC with a current web browser
- Your card processor's details, if you take cards on a terminal
After you go live
Your first service
Run a real lunch or dinner on the system. Keep your old system on standby for the first day if that makes the team calmer.
Fine-tune the kitchen
Adjust station routing and ticket timers after the first rush, once you see which items slow the line.
Train new staff fast
New servers get a PIN and their own interface language. Most learn table, order, fire and pay in one shift.
Read the morning reports
Check sales, tax, tips and service-staff reports the next morning. Export them to a spreadsheet for your bookkeeper any time.
How long does it take to set up a restaurant POS?
Most independent restaurants are ready for a test order in one afternoon. Sign-up takes minutes. The longest step is the menu, and a spreadsheet import is much faster than typing. A large menu with many modifiers can take a day or two, and our menu build team can do that work for you.
Setup time depends mostly on your menu. A café with forty items and a few modifier sets can be done before lunch. A full-service dining room with a wine list, combos, sizes and twenty modifier sets takes longer, because each modifier needs a price and a kitchen route. Tables, registers and staff are quick. You draw the floor plan once, add each server with a role and a PIN, and you are done. Tax rates take a few minutes if you have your local rates ready before you start.
If time is short, send your menu to the menu build team. They turn a PDF or a photo into items, modifiers and kitchen routing, and you check it before your first service. Plan the work around your week. Many owners do the account and floor plan on a quiet morning, send the menu off, and check the finished import the next day before a slow lunch service.
- Account and business: a few minutes
- Tables, registers and staff PINs: under an hour for most dining rooms
- Menu: one afternoon by CSV, longer for large modifier menus
- Online store and QR menu: built automatically from the menu
Do I need a technician or special hardware to start?
No. The POS runs in a web browser, so there is nothing to install and no technician visit. You can start on an iPad, an Android tablet or a PC you already own. Receipt printers, kitchen printers and cash drawers connect later, and most common ESC/POS printers work.
Because the software is hosted, your back office, menu and reports live online. You log in from any device with a current browser. A mobile app is also available for staff who prefer it. Hardware is your choice. Many owners begin with one tablet and a receipt printer, then add a kitchen screen once the team is comfortable. Card payments run through your own card processor or acquiring bank, on their terminal.
Before you buy anything new, test the devices you have during the free trial. If you are unsure about a printer model, bring it to your demo and we will check it with you. Use the trial to find weak spots in your setup, such as a slow Wi-Fi corner or a tablet with a cracked screen, before you spend money. Fix those first, then add new devices only where the service needs them.
- Runs on iPad, Android tablets and PCs
- Works with most ESC/POS receipt and kitchen printers
- Cash drawers open from the receipt printer
- Cards run on your processor's terminal
What can the onboarding desk do for me?
The onboarding desk can stay on a screen-share while you set up, import your menu, set tax rates and create staff PINs. They also help you route items to kitchen stations and check your first test order. You can do it all yourself, but you do not have to.
Some owners like to click through every screen themselves. Others would rather spend the afternoon on prep. Both are fine. Book a session and the onboarding desk walks through each step with you, in plain language, and answers questions as they come up. The menu build team can work in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Arabic and Urdu. That helps when your menu, your kitchen and your servers do not all use the same language.
When the test order prints in the right station and the check splits correctly, you are ready for a real service. There is no extra charge for a guided setup session during your trial. Book it from the contact page, pick a time before or after service, and have your menu and staff list open when the call starts.
- Screen-share setup sessions
- Menu import from PDF, photo or spreadsheet
- Kitchen routing and modifier checks
- Help in your team's language
What if my menu is only on paper?
That is common and it is fine. Take clear photos of each page, or send the PDF from your printer, and the menu build team turns it into items, prices, categories and modifier sets. You review the result in your back office and fix anything before it goes live.
Many restaurants have never had a digital menu. The printed card on the table is the only copy. We work from that. Clear photos in good light are enough, one photo per page. The team adds sizes, sides and forced choices as modifiers, and marks allergens so they print in bold. They also set which station each item goes to, such as grill, fryer, wok or cold line.
Once the menu is in, it becomes your online store and QR menu at the same time. One menu feeds the POS, the kitchen and your guests. If you change a dish later, you change it once in the back office. The POS, the kitchen tickets, the online store and the QR menu all update together, so nothing drifts out of date between them.
- Photos or PDF are enough to start
- Modifiers and allergens added for you
- Station routing set per item
- You approve everything before service
Setup questions
Onboarding desk · usually replies within a business day
Can I really set up a restaurant POS online by myself?
Yes. Every step, from sign-up to the first test order, is done in your browser. The screens follow the same order as this page: business, location, tables, staff, menu. If you get stuck, book a session with the onboarding desk and they will finish it with you.
Do I need a credit card to start the free trial?
No card is needed for the trial. You only add billing details when you decide to keep the system. If you do nothing, the trial simply ends and you are not charged.
What file format do I need for the menu import?
A CSV or Excel file works. Download the template from the products screen, paste your items, prices and categories into it, and upload. Modifier sets can be added after import, or the menu build team can do the full import from a PDF or photo.
Can my staff use the same tablet with different PINs?
Yes. Each server and cashier has their own PIN on shared tablets. The PIN decides what they can do and puts their name on the order. Reports then show sales and tips per person.
Can I set up before my restaurant opens?
Yes, and it is a good idea. Many new owners build the menu and floor plan weeks before opening, then train staff during soft opening. Your trial clock is the only limit, so tell us your opening date and we will plan the timing with you.
When does the online store go live?
The store is generated as soon as you have products, and you choose when to switch it on. Check photos, prices and pickup times first. You can keep it hidden until you are ready to take online orders.
How do I make the first test order?
Open any table, add two items with modifiers and send the order. It appears on the kitchen screen or prints at the station. Mark it cooked, then take a test payment and check the end-of-day report. Delete the test sale afterwards so your real reports start clean.
Can I set up several locations at once?
Yes. Add each location with its own registers, tables, tax rates and receipt layout. Products can be shared across locations or kept separate, and the Group plan adds central reports and stock transfers.
Which tax settings should I prepare before I start?
Have your sales tax or VAT rate for each location ready, and any combined rates such as state plus city. You set them as tax rates and tax groups, then choose whether menu prices include tax. Your accountant can confirm the right rates for your area.
Your first test order, this afternoon.
Sign up, add a location and a few dishes — the store builds itself.
