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Food & drink · Counter service

Order at the till.
Food finds
the table.

The middle ground between a café and a restaurant: people order at the counter, take a number and sit down. It only works if the kitchen knows where everyone is — which is exactly the bit most tills get wrong.

Set up properly, once

We load your products, prices and staff before the kit lands, so day one is trading — not configuring.

Switch without the gap

Moving from another provider? We check your notice period, migrate your data and time the change so you're never unable to take money.

A local number that answers

You get a person, not a ticket queue. Same person who installed it, when something goes wrong on a Saturday.

What it does

Simple to run.
Hard to get wrong.

Table numbers that stick

Order at the counter, take a number, and the kitchen screen shows where the food goes. No wandering the room holding two plates.

Fast, forgiving checkout

Big buttons, obvious modifiers, easy voids. New starters are useful on shift one instead of shift five.

One screen, whole order

Hot and cold items sequenced so the sandwich doesn't sit while the soup is ladled.

Order ahead at lunchtime

Office customers order on their phone and collect. You smooth the 12:30 spike without turning anyone away.

Track what runs out

Sold-out items grey out across every till instantly, so nobody sells the last quiche twice.

Loyalty for regulars

The same forty people come in every week. Reward them automatically instead of with a stamp card someone always loses.

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A day in service

Counter to table,
without the chaos.

Counter service looks simple until forty people arrive in ten minutes.

01

Order — taken in seconds

Menu laid out how your board reads, so staff aren't hunting. Table number assigned at the point of payment.

02

Kitchen — knows the destination

Ticket carries the table number and the timing. Runners know where to go without asking twice.

03

Delivered — right table, first time

Food goes out in sequence. Fewer cold plates, fewer apologies, fewer comped meals.

04

Close — cashed up in minutes

Card, cash and order-ahead all reconciled together. Nobody stays behind to make the numbers agree.

Pricing

Priced per site,
not per headache.

No joining fee, no monthly minimum and no early-exit penalty. Quiet month? You pay less, because you took less.

Starter

Everything you need to start trading. Pay only when you take a payment.

  • Full Square POS app
  • Advanced reporting included
  • Next-day payouts as standard
  • Dispute & fraud protection
Most venues

Plus

Advanced features built for your trade. Upgrade or cancel any time.

  • Everything in Free
  • Industry-specific POS tools
  • Deeper inventory & reporting
  • Advanced Access & permissions

Scale

Multi-site or higher volume? Priced around how you trade, with hardware and setup discussed as part of it.

Custom
  • Bespoke processing rates
  • Hardware & software discounts
  • Multi-site configuration
  • Priority onboarding from us

Square’s published UK pricing, correct at time of writing. Processing fees apply separately — a rate quoted for your business. Not sure which tier fits? That’s what the free review is for.

The kit

What we'd put
in your venue.

Square Register, twin-screen countertop till

Square Register

Two screens — one yours, one the customer's. Built-in software, no iPad needed.

Square Terminal printing a receipt

Square Terminal

All-in-one card machine with receipt printer. Goes wherever the customer is.

Square Stand, iPad point of sale on a swivel base

Square Stand

Turns an iPad into a proper till with chip & PIN and contactless built in.

Client feedback
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Questions

The ones we get asked.

Can customers pay at the table instead?

They can if you'd rather — a Terminal lets you take payment anywhere in the room. Most counter-service venues take payment at the point of order, but the system supports both.

Does it handle eat-in and takeaway VAT?

Yes. Eat-in and takeaway can carry different rates and prices, applied by how the order is marked at the till.

What if I only need one till?

That's completely normal, and it keeps the cost down. A Stand or Register plus the Free plan covers a lot of counter-service venues without any monthly software fee.

Can I add a second site later?

Yes — menus, staff and reporting extend across locations from the same back office when you're ready.

Next step

Find out what your
current setup is
really costing you.

A free, no-obligation review. Bring a recent statement and we’ll show you the difference line by line — even if the answer turns out to be “stay where you are”.

Get your quote

Two minutes, no obligation, and a person calls you back.

  • Itemised in writing before you commit
  • A named person, not a call centre
  • Nothing submitted to Square until you say so
Get a quote

Or call 0330 520 2791

Get quote Call 0330 520 2791