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Square For Restaurants Review

Need an affordable POS system specifically for restaurants? Square for Restaurants delivers everything small eateries need to succeed at the right price.

    Matt Sherman
  • Last updated onUpdated

  • Shannon Vissers
  • REVIEWED BY

    Shannon Vissers

    Lead Staff Writer

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Square For Restaurants

Total Rating 4.8
Pricing4.8

Ease Of Use4.9

Features4.9

Customer Service4.6

User Reviews4.5

Pricing Range

$0-$60/month/location + custom option

Online Ordering

Yes

Equipment Cost

$0-$799

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Square For Restaurants At A Glance

  • Restaurant-specific POS system with built-in processing
  • Intuitive hardware for both sit-down and casual establishments
  • Expanded inventory and reporting with access to Square App Store as well

Restaurant POS Review Methodology

We evaluate and test each software system that we review at Merchant Maverick, placing special emphasis on certain key software characteristics in order to generate our granular product ratings.

Weighted Rating Breakdown

Pricing 40%
Features 30%
Ease Of Use 15%
Customer Service 10%
User Reviews 5%

For restaurant POS software in particular, we have a 56-point rubric we use to evaluate the system in terms of its pricing, ease of use, features, and user reviews. These points are based on attributes relevant to the restaurant or foodservice POS niche—such as the availability of features like online ordering, ingredient inventory, table management, tipping, and others.

Our rating system also takes into account attributes that are desirable for POS systems and cloud-based software in general, such as the availability of monthly pricing plans, free trials, and transparent software contracts.

Matt Sherman

Matt Sherman

Lead Staff Writer at Merchant Maverick
Matt has been helping small businesses make decisions since 2017. He has written reviews and articles across many different channels but specializes in the point of sale, payroll, and small business insurance categories and has been quoted in articles for Fox Business, Forbes, and other publications. Prior to joining Merchant Maverick, Matt was a journalist and editor for 14 years for a pair of weekly newspapers. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon and currently resides in Gladstone, Oregon.
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Square For Restaurants


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After hours of in-depth research and evaluation, we can confidently recommend this brand to our readers. Get started today and see Square For Restaurants for yourself.

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To learn more about how we score our reviews, see our Point Of Sale (POS) Software Rating Criteria.