How to Build Your Own Square for Restaurants

Accept all major payments through a swipe, dip, or tap — even when you're offline

Put more money in staff's pockets by charging gratuity automatically for larger parties

Add a fixed-percentage gratuity to your customer's check, manually or automatically based on party size

Allow customers to pay with Cash App Pay by scanning a QR code

Create percentage or dollar amount discounts; issue full or partial refunds to original payment or as store credit

See how your full menu is performing and consolidate item performance across seven different sales sources

Run close of day and team member shift reports to see daily sales activity, tip payouts, and payment method breakdown

Get close-of-day and live sales reports on POS to help with real-time staffing and operations decisions

Set your business week to start on any day so your sales and labor reports align with your actual shifts

Get a quick snapshot of your sales activity delivered daily via email

Capture complex orders easily with step-by-step flows, quantity controls, and smart sequencing for customizations

Organize orders, time dishes perfectly, and streamline communication with coursing features to serve every course at the perfect time

Create, edit, and save an order before completing the sale; create and manage customer accounts with running balances

Simplify flow and cut down errors by syncing orders that stay connected in-store, online, and across locations

Manage all your on-premise and online orders, including delivery-partner sites such as DoorDash, in one place

Access checking, savings, and loans for your business to control cashflow

Organize payments and pay bills and vendors using your Square Checking account with on-the-go access

Get real-time access to earnings from online marketplace and ordering platforms in your Square Checking account

Send invoices and estimates with automatic reminders to expand income potential, great for catering

Bank where you do business with a debit card and checking account to keep ambitions on track and get faster access to money

Employees can clock in and out with a passcode or badge at your POS

Control what your team can see and do by assigning permissions at different levels

Get payroll, automated tax filings, and employee benefits in one place

Manage your team's onboarding, time, schedule, and labor costs; enable team access to schedules, shift swaps, and payroll viewing

Schedule shifts, track your team's hours, and run payroll

Prevent overselling by automatically updating menu availability based on stock levels

Track stock, costs, and product availability; monitor inventory levels to maximize profitability

Mark items as sold out in real time across every sales channel to keep your team on the same page

See vendor prices side-by-side and compare costs per unit in real time; turn your menu into an ingredients list instantly

Maximize margins and reduce waste with real-time, ingredient-level inventory tracking through Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan

Portable POS device that fits in your pocket and gives you the freedom to roam while taking payments

Fully integrated, two-screen solution to run your entire business right out of the box

Simplify checkout with an iPad POS that swivels for easy interaction

Take orders and payments tableside with a compact, all-in-one device that also prints receipts

Organize checks and kitchen tickets so items are prepared and served at the right time

Instantly send orders to the kitchen, customize tickets for faster fulfillment, and use prep insights to optimize kitchen flow

Connect front and back of house with features for ticket routing, customizable ticket layouts, real-time order updates, ticket timers, and performance reports