Budget POS for starting restaurant?

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our restaurant

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Rachel Barnes 👑 Master

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Nancy Park

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Jul 12, 2025

Cost us about $112/month all in. Worth it.

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Frances Davis

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Jul 13, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Raymond Miller

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Jul 27, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Kenneth Scott

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Jul 28, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app

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James Sanders

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Aug 2, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Henry Russell

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Aug 21, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Nicole Thompson

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Aug 23, 2025

Had the same problem, support was responsive when I contacted them.

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Justin Young

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Aug 28, 2025

I've been using Paychex for 13 months and it has been working well for us

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Angela Long

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Sep 1, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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James Mitchell

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Sep 6, 2025

Training took about 3 days for our staff.

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Sharon Rivera

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Sep 11, 2025

This is why we switched to Dejavoo. No regrets.

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Eric Sanders

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Sep 22, 2025

Training took about 4 days for our staff.

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Frank Wood

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Sep 22, 2025

Training took about 3 days for our staff.

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Paul Murphy

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Sep 28, 2025

The tableside ordering is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Willie Long

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Sep 28, 2025

Great question! In my experience with IT Retail, it has been working well for us

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Adam Young

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Oct 8, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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James Park

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Nov 14, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Meevo, it has been working well for us

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Frank Price

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Nov 25, 2025

Check out the menu management setting, that might help.

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