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Aloha POS long-term review - the good and bad

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles bar operations well

Budget is around $122/month. What would you suggest?
Marie Adams 👑 Master
1,480 points • Member since Feb 2025

💬 23 Replies

Diana Carter
👑 Master
225 posts
Aug 14, 2025
Training took about 2 days for our staff.
Peter Stewart
👑 Master
228 posts
Aug 14, 2025
Had the same problem, support was frustrating when I contacted them.
Megan Foster
👑 Master
195 posts
Aug 24, 2025
Cost us about $77/month all in. Worth it.
Joyce Ross
👑 Master
198 posts
Aug 26, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Ann Zhang
👑 Master
242 posts
Aug 29, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Mike Murphy
👑 Master
226 posts
Aug 31, 2025
Cost us about $116/month all in. Worth it.
Jason Baker
👑 Master
221 posts
Sep 5, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Kenneth Ramos
👑 Master
200 posts
Sep 13, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Hike POS, it has been working well for us
Ashley Sanders
👑 Master
196 posts
Sep 17, 2025
I've been using Omnivore for 4 months and it has been working well for us
Sean Stewart
👑 Master
210 posts
Sep 20, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Marie Adams
👑 Master
212 posts
Sep 24, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Luis King
👑 Master
228 posts
Sep 25, 2025
Training took about 3 days for our staff.
Frances Russell
👑 Master
212 posts
Oct 5, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Emily Foster
👑 Master
221 posts
Oct 14, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Kimberly Anderson
👑 Master
207 posts
Oct 15, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Raymond Miller
👑 Master
197 posts
Oct 18, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections
Frances Davis
👑 Master
226 posts
Oct 18, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Christina Martin
👑 Master
221 posts
Oct 27, 2025
Check out the pre-authorization setting, that might help.
Laura Sanders
👑 Master
221 posts
Nov 5, 2025
The inventory by pour is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Melissa Walker
👑 Master
231 posts
Nov 7, 2025
This is why we switched to Upserve. No regrets.

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