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- Industry: Construction
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Square for restaurants
Reviewed on 2021/01/05
I feel their is room for grow but experience is positive overall.
Pros
The software makes it more accessible for small businesses to stay competitive in the era of pick up and delivery.
Cons
Should work on integration with orher food delivery options to help fulfil customer orders.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
No cash, no problem!!
Reviewed on 2020/02/08
All in all I have had a great experience so far and I’m hoping the deposits being held longer then expected issue gets fixed expeditiously
Pros
so Simple and way easy to use. Really helps out small businesses everywhere.
Cons
Needs work on clearing deposits in a more timely fashion

- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Other for 1-5 months
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
I was a customer
Reviewed on 2019/05/20
Pros
I have seen these being used at many establishments and they are user friendly and hip to the times and age of tablets, phones etc...
Cons
I wish they came with pens for signing my signature rather than using my finger, but it's ok.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Business owner’s best friend
Reviewed on 2020/12/20
The choice to use Square for our credit/debit transactions was the best choice for us financially. Signing up was stress free, without a ton of confusing paperwork, and the fees were more than manageable. In less than a week I received a card reader that was compatible with my device, and free of charge. Transactions are securely managed by the Square app that allows me to track sales any time I want. A very small percentage of each transaction goes to fees and is processed immediately eliminating the monthly bill process. The app also features tools that track inventory, set up promotional offers, loyalty rewards, and collect feedback from my customers. On app tutorials walk you through everything with outstanding customer service for the bigger issues.
Pros
The financial side of any business can be very stressful. Square offers a wide variety of tools and resources that help business owners monitor sales, track inventory, and reward customer loyalty. It’s free to join, and fees are a small percentage of each transaction. Using the app eliminates paperwork giving me more time to focus more on customer satisfaction.
Cons
Not a software, but a very minor inconvenience with the round jack. The reader would occasionally turn during a card swipe, causing a read error. I secured a thin piece of sturdy plastic on the back side of the reader that uses the back of my device as an anchor.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
square
Reviewed on 2019/12/11
excellent and not had any breaches yet but always a worry
Pros
easy to use at any restaurant, dont have to carry cash when you are traveling convenient and easy to use
Cons
I am always worried about the security issue with such a mobile device using my information to make payments
- Industry: Arts & Crafts
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Other for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Not Worth The Time
Reviewed on 2020/01/14
When using Square we did not have the best experience and the customer service was not the greatest either they are very rude and do not know how to talk to people with respect. They do not offer protection for customers when purchasing products online or directly through the store like PayPal or other online softwares which is a problem not only for us as a business but for our customers as well.
Pros
Connects straight to banking system, Can use small Tablets and phone to do business
Cons
Fees are larger than most other software systems, money does not deposit directly to bank you have to request that money is sent.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Other for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
All Things Effective
Reviewed on 2020/11/24
My overall experience has been well, I always tend to get either a paper receipt or an email receipt and a survey about my service.
Pros
What I like the most about square processing payments is that it makes it very easy to restore that customer's information such as email, phone number and past transaction history and payments.
Cons
There's nothing that I dislike about the software. I have run into no problems thus far. It is pretty effective.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
iPad transactions
Reviewed on 2019/08/08
Pros
I used square for a bakery I previously worked at. It’s pretty straight forward. Swipe the card and it goes through the POS on the iPad
Cons
The system sometimes crashed. Not sure if it was Square or the server were using.

- Industry: Human Resources
- Company size: 10 000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy and quick
Reviewed on 2020/02/22
Great for my family’s cute little food truck!
Pros
I used this when working for my aunts food truck and I was helping them last minute when an employee called in sick, I was thrown in without much training on the system and I quickly figured it out myself. Simple and easy POS for small businesses like the food truck! Can’t complain about the price either!
Cons
Some connectivity issues, but worked great for the most part.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1 001-5 000 Employees
- Used Other for 1+ year
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Review 11 Square for Restaurants
Reviewed on 2019/03/12
Pros
I am a customer that has a friend that uses this for her small business. I love that this product gives small business the ability to set this up without paying for credit/debit fees.
Cons
I think this software is great - sometimes I have seen people struggle with their cards swiping correctly (could be user error)
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A POS that can keep up with my servers
Reviewed on 2019/05/02
LOVE this POS. It’s sleek, modern, and up to date with the rest of the community’s technology. It puts me a step above the competition because my POS helps me streamline our productivity in many different ways.
Pros
Fully customizable menu and layouts that I’m able to update remotely. This keeps travel costs down and software updates minimal.
Cons
Even though it has a great interface, my servers aren’t used to this POS because it’s fairly new and there is a learning curve.

- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 501-1 000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Super easy to use and convenient!
Reviewed on 2020/01/07
I enjoy it a lot and will continue to use
Pros
I really love using this software! It is so easy to use and is always quick to use, never issues with it! This is important in the restaurant
Cons
The only con is that the fees get a little expensive at times, especially when you manually enter info
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Saved the small restaurant business
Reviewed on 2019/05/23
Overall I think this has been great. Works well for small restaurants, especially mobile food trucks.
Pros
I love that product. It has made it easy for consumers to make purchases with debit and credit card in an era where nobody really uses cash too much.
Cons
Sometimes the square might not be able to read the card that is used to make purchase but if that doesn’t work you can always key in the card number so you don’t miss sale.
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Love it!
Reviewed on 2019/07/29
Pros
The ease of entering in new items and organizing the screens is great and easy enough for even staff to do. We have worked with them to get certain end of day reports we needed but overall the accessibility to access what you need whether it be item sales per day, hour, category, etc. is really simple. Sending refunds, looking up transactions, or sending coupons is super fast and way easier than any other system I have used. The staff loves it because their tips have tripled with the suggested percentage buttons on the customer screen.
Cons
At first it was hard for me to gain access to troubleshooting help as a manager because I am not the owner of the company. They seem to have changed protocol lately so now when I call it is no problem. There are constant updates so sometimes there are changes in the system and certain ones we don't like or want. However, I have been able to call and they can talk me through how to change the settings.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 501-1 000 Employees
- Used Other for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
easy to set up
Reviewed on 2020/01/10
Pros
categorizes receipts and customers very well, very easy to use and set up
Cons
finding a place for the hardware/ connection if its not tied to table software
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
the best POS for restaurants
Reviewed on 2020/12/02
Square was a huge help for us as a restaurant this year. With covid-19 businesses had to move really fast to the online market and Square provides the tools to get there really fast and easy.
Pros
It is really easy to set up, the price is way better than the other systems in the market, it works with wifi and you can use it on your laptop, Ipad, smartphone.
I love how they offer the CRM tool and even more I love how easy is to create a website for your restaurant with them.
Cons
they could improve some of the features so It is even easier and faster to select the items. for example to add more options to the conditional words ( add, yes, No, extra, etc...) they could put the option to replace (ex: replace Ham for turkey) so when we have a customer who wants to customize a product we do not have to write long sentences all the time, instead we can just click a few buttons and is done.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Not Ready For Prime Time
Reviewed on 2020/01/16
All the good things about Square exist with other systems that lack the bad things. They are new to the restaurant space and they are evolving, but they are not there yet.
Pros
The user interface is clear and simple. It works perfectly well for our servers.
Cons
The back of house reporting is a disaster. I’ve never worked with a more complicated, obtuse, confusing reporting function. They say you can customize your reports, but that’s true in only the simplest sense. We can’t customize reports so that all the info we want is in one place. We still need to bounce from report to report to find the data we need. It takes my bookkeeper far longer to reconcile sales to receivables than ever before, and occasionally we spend hours trying to make sense, on the phone with support personnel who also can’t make sense of the reports. Any positive reviews of the reporting functions are from customers that really use the reports seriously or diligently. If you care that your receipts are correct, Square makes it virtually impossible.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The Obivious choice for Payment processing
Reviewed on 2020/01/15
The major benefits we experience are as follow: Payment processing is a breeze, we are able to integrate our system with Quick books seamlessly, the many option for accepting payment means we never miss out on being able to receive payment at any time, Customer service is very helpful and they genuinely care about helping your business succeed and the most important for us is we never have to think about it, it just works.
Pros
Square has streamlined my credit card processing immensely, We were using a different merchant service before that had higher fees and less intuitive features. Square is very useful for our staff accepting payments on site, at events, Bar Tending and processing catering invoice payments. it is fully integrated with our Quickbooks software for a streamlined process. The speed in which receiving credit to our bank account is also pleasantly fast. Finally being able to accept a credit card while in an out of service area (No Wifi/Cellular) is an excellent feature we have already taken advantage of.
Cons
There are no issues in the two years I have been using Square to report. The addition of NFC payments has made my life even better!
- Industry: Market Research
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Swipe right material
Reviewed on 2019/03/13
Overall ok. Worked most of the time and I like that you can hook up your phone to the little swiping dude. Fix the tipping section at a buyer's checkout stage and you will do wonders. Lower CC fees please.
Pros
Working at a restaurant, this software made life easy for everybody (most of the time). Easy to set up a menu and add images, calculate tax, and reports.
Cons
When wifi went down so did our morale. However, the worst thing about this program was the Tipping Section. Customer's can't read the fine text at the tip checkout phase. They are deer in headlights. "Where do i sign?!" "What do I do" There is a big hiccup at this stage of the check out. Please bring up to your UX team. Square needs to make it simpler for end users. Bless them. I heard the fees are higher than most competitors.
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Used square for a food trailer.
Reviewed on 2020/03/11
Square has been great for our food trailer. Ours came with a card swiper and we purchased the chip reader for less than $50.00.
Pros
Square is easy to use. The chip reader is easy to connect to your phone with bluetooth. The transaction are in your account the next day.
Cons
The chip reader does not stay on long enough when not in use, and you have to reconnect to your phone everytime you turn it back on.
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Not really for full service restaurants
Reviewed on 2020/01/30
The advantage is that you can get into to it inexpensively. But if you have experience in a full service restaurant, you will immediately find where it is lacking. No way to start tabs, back end reports are not helpful, occasional payments disappear, not real support set-up, no real-time off site reports available.
Pros
Easy to set up and inexpensive, financed equipment
Cons
Doesn't handle large volume well, back-end reporting lacking, customer support non-existant
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Advertises as free But takes high % and functions are extra
Reviewed on 2020/06/26
It works ok. If you purchase the full upgrades you try in the trial
The reality of the free version is woefully inadequate
Pros
The integration to inventory management system and xero and payment system via online store too
Cons
Its expensive. Starts around 1.7% of your sales. The free version has massive limitations on functionality.
Standard POS functions like end of day closing reports and having different users permissions /access are all part of the upgrade version. I feel they deliberately limit key functions to force you to upgrade whilst heavily promoting its free. Upgrade is Maybe another $200/mth. So 1.7% of your total sales plus $2400 p.a.