How much does Square for restaurants cost?

Square  hospitality EPOS system   is a great value for those with multiple tills.

Square for Restaurants is an iPad-based POS system that works with Square card terminals for payments. The monthly subscription includes software for any number of iPads at one location.

 

    Highs: Simple fees. No lock-in. 24/7 customer support on Plus. Seamless integration with Square payments.

    Lows: Not always that intuitive. No ingredient-tracking. Features can be too simple for some.

    Best for: Small restaurants and busy cafés with several points of sale.

 



Overview

 

How it works

Pricing

User experience

POS features

Hardware & terminals

Reports

Customer support

Who is it for?

Verdict

To Square Restaurants

 

What is Square for Restaurants?

 

Square restaurant POS is a cloud-based system that works only on iPad and with Square card terminals. It has restaurant-specific features for small single- or multi-location food places, with options to connect with additional tools outside the Square platform.

 

The software requires an internet connection – otherwise, you cannot accept card payments or sync with other iPad tills. You can set up an unlimited number of tills, send orders to a kitchen printer – even integrate with online orders (requires separate subscription) – among other things.

 

Many features are similar to Square’s free Point of Sale system. A cool thing about Square are the complimentary functions like invoicing and virtual terminal.

 

Compatible card reader: Square Reader – what can this small box do?

 

Pricing

 

There are three Square POS restaurant plans: Free, Plus and Premium.

 

The Free plan is (surprise, surprise) free and has the least features. The Plus plan costs a monthly fee per location: £69 + VAT. Contrary to a lot of other POS providers, this fee covers an unlimited number of POS terminals as long as they are all placed in the same location. Any additional trading locations will cost another £69 + VAT each. The price of the Premium plan is tailored around your business, so it requires your contacting Square for a quote.

 

You can sign up for a 30-day free trial of Plus or Premium. Otherwise, you can always use the Free plan for an unlimited time.

Square for Restaurants cost

‘Free’ subscription /location (unlimited tills) Free

‘Plus’ subscription /location (unlimited tills) £69 + VAT per month

‘Premium’ subscription /location (unlimited tills) Quote on request

Chip, contactless, swipe card rate 1.75%

Key-in card rate 2.5%

Instant Transfers 1% added to transaction fee

Refunds Free

Chargebacks Free

 

The card transaction fees are the same for the Restaurants software as with Square’s other services: 1.75% per transaction via chip and PIN, contactless and swipe cards, whether by credit or debit card, domestic, foreign or premium card, or mobile wallet. Refunds are free to process, and chargebacks incur no admin fees. If you want money deposited within a few hours, you can activate Instant Transfers for a 1% fee added to the base transaction rate.

 

You can buy a Square Restaurant Kit bundle if you are not getting your own hardware separately. The kit is delivered within 2-3 working days and there are three main bundles to pick from, all containing: 1 x Ethernet receipt printer with 25 paper rolls, 1 x Heckler iPad stand, 1 x Star Ethernet kitchen printer with 25 paper rolls, and 1 x printer-driven cash drawer.

 

In addition to that, the Reader Kit contains a Square Reader, the Terminal Kit contains a Square Terminal, and the Terminal + Stand Kit contains a Square Terminal, Square Stand and Square Reader with accompanying Dock for the card reader. An iPad can be added to any of the kits.

Hardware Costs*

Reader Kit (receipt printer, kitchen printer, print rolls, iPad stand, cash drawer, Square Reader) £580

Terminal Kit (receipt printer, kitchen printer, print rolls, iPad stand, cash drawer, Square Terminal) £760

Terminal + Stand Kit (receipt printer, kitchen printer, print rolls, iPad stand, cash drawer, Square Stand, Square Reader + Dock) £800

iPad (2019) 32GB WiFi Silver (added to any kit above) £349

Square Reader £19 (see offer)

Square Stand with Reader and Dock £109 (see offer)

Square Terminal £199 (see offer)

 

*Excluding VAT.

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