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Square for Restaurants

Composite Score
6.6 /10
CX Score
6.6 /10
Category
Square for Restaurants
6.6 /10

What is Square for Restaurants?

Square for Restaurants is a point-of-sale platform built from the ground up with software, hardware, and payments to streamline your entire restaurant operation. It’s built for front of house and back of house. And it’s built for speed.

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Awards & Recognition

Square for Restaurants won the following awards in the Restaurant POS category

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Square for Restaurants Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+72 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Square for Restaurants?

8% Negative
5% Neutral
87% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Under Delivered
  • Less Generous
  • Less Transparent

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Advanced Reporting Analytics

88

Payment Processing

80

Integrations

79

Workforce Management

76

Check Settlement Types

76

Mobile Capabilities

75

Kitchen Course Management

74

PCI Compliance

74

Advanced Compliance & Statutory

70

Inventory Recipe Management

67

Multiple Venue Property Concept Support

65

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Implementation

83

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

79

Breadth of Features

77

Business Value Created

75

Ease of Data Integration

75

Availability and Quality of Training

75

Ease of IT Administration

73

Quality of Features

73

Vendor Support

73

Ease of Customization

68

Square for Restaurants Reviews

Aidan F.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Great product, easy to use. Fair value.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Square for Restaurants from other similar products?

Integrated payment and POS all in one system. Multiple product types to suit individual needs for businesses. Quick and easy set up and integration. No hidden or unreasonable fees

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How they offer different products for different business needs and how the system works as a point of sales as well as payment

What do you dislike most about this product?

Software can sometimes be slow but is generally fine

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take a look at their entire lineup of products in order to find the one that suited to their needs

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Unique Features
  • Caring
  • Saves Time
  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Easy to use! But high credit card fees!

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features

Cons

  • Less Efficient Service
  • Less Inspiring
  • Less Respectful

Hegar M.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

provide excellent step-by-step instructions to hel

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Square for Restaurants from other similar products?

Their support is very responsive and helpful. Anytime I've had trouble understanding an email I received from Square or how to update something on an invoice, I've used the chat feature. Agents are prompt and provide excellent step-by-step instructions to help. If they didn't have a solution, they assured me that they would submit it as a request to development or let me know when it would arrive. Customer management UI beyond the initial transaction is not the easiest to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Robust options for creating payment forms and specific fields. Easy implementation and integration in the e-commerce site. Navigating a change like upgrading a bank account to a recurring transaction is difficult. I love Square 's automation and reasonable billing. It also looks very professional for my tenants who pay their rent using my online Square payment option.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Initially, the monthly cost was a bit high for my lower number of users, but my billing was adjusted to the unique needs of my business.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I love not having to keep a payment schedule and not having to remember anyone's payments. I also don't have to save your credit card numbers, which minimizes the chances of problems with someone losing their card number. But I recommend changing a card, and if you add a card and set it as default, it doesn't carry over to transactions already made, and as I noted above, that's hard to fix. You pretty much have to remove the old card and just have the new one on file.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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