What to look for in a bar POS

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles bar operations well

Budget is around $86/month. What would you suggest?

Laura Sanders 👑 Master

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Rebecca Powell

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Aug 15, 2025

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

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Amber Reed

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Aug 17, 2025

Check out the age verification setting, that might help.

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Harold Mitchell

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213 posts

Aug 24, 2025

The happy hour automation is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Nathan Foster

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Aug 26, 2025

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

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Margaret Kim

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Sep 6, 2025

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

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David Wright

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Sep 9, 2025

For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Willie Martinez

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Sep 10, 2025

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

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Lauren Butler

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Sep 19, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Raymond Wilson

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Oct 12, 2025

I've been using Square POS for 4 months and it has been working well for us

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Tom Cook

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238 posts

Oct 14, 2025

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

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Tyler Morgan

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244 posts

Oct 14, 2025

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

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Donna Zhang

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Nov 1, 2025

Cost us about $114/month all in. Worth it.

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