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Budget POS for starting restaurant?

🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 3,333 views 💬 19 replies 📅 Sep 11, 2025
Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles restaurant operations well

Budget is around $233/month. What would you suggest?
Dennis Davis 👑 Master
1,455 points • Member since Apr 2025

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Susan Wallace
👑 Master
215 posts
Sep 11, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Joyce Davis
👑 Master
206 posts
Sep 11, 2025
The table management is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Scott Reed
👑 Master
218 posts
Sep 12, 2025
For restaurant, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Jessica Nelson
👑 Master
208 posts
Sep 18, 2025
I've been using QuickBooks POS for 16 months and it has been working well for us
Christina Martin
👑 Master
221 posts
Sep 18, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Kimberly Lewis
👑 Master
205 posts
Sep 21, 2025
This is why we switched to Stripe Terminal. No regrets.
Chris Green
👑 Master
223 posts
Sep 23, 2025
Had the same problem, support was excellent when I contacted them.
Sarah Barnes
👑 Master
206 posts
Sep 24, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Glimpse, it has been working well for us
Tom Hill
👑 Master
221 posts
Sep 27, 2025
For restaurant, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Eric Sanders
👑 Master
224 posts
Sep 29, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Amy Kim
👑 Master
193 posts
Oct 11, 2025
Cost us about $174/month all in. Worth it.
Kevin Robinson
👑 Master
214 posts
Oct 14, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Rebecca Powell
👑 Master
204 posts
Oct 22, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Joyce Ross
👑 Master
198 posts
Oct 31, 2025
The happy hour pricing is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Eric White
👑 Master
215 posts
Nov 1, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Susan Wallace
👑 Master
215 posts
Nov 12, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Joyce Perez
👑 Master
193 posts
Nov 13, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Catherine Alexander
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Cost us about $50/month all in. Worth it.
Carlos Murphy
👑 Master
218 posts
Nov 25, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Square POS, it has been working well for us

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