Delight your guests every time with Lightspeed Restaurant

Ensure smooth service and an exceptional experience with tools for dedicated restaurateurs.

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A point of sale built for service

Lightspeed Restaurant makes operating to the highest standards effortless with a complete POS platform.

  • Easily manage tables and guests
  • Keep service smooth and seamless shift after shift
  • Create personalised experiences for your best customers
  • Integrate with your reservation platform and other tools
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Elevate your customer experience

Lightspeed Restaurant helps enhance your guest experience ensuring smooth service, knowledgeable staff and personalised dining.

  • Know your best customers with VIP profiles
  • Customise service with position numbers
  • Handle variations, specials, set menus and degustations with ease
  • Make every meal memorable
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Ensure seamless service every time

Easily see important customer, coursing, position or product availability info to make managing tables a breeze.

  • See what’s happening in your venue at a glance
  • Easily communicate between front and back of house
  • Streamline service with production instructions and grouping
  • Split bills by item, seat, covers or courses
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Hone your staff’s expertise

Lightspeed Restaurant is intuitive, your guests won't be able to tell your newest waiter from your most experienced.

  • Highlight food and wine pairings with a click
  • Easily see ingredients and allergens for a dish
  • Quickly find items with sub menus
  • Make menu modifications without a fuss
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Develop a best performing menu

See best performing products by sales or margin and review common notes or variations to give you in-depth menu insights.

  • Access detailed product reports to measure performance
  • See variation and notes reporting to understand common changes or requests
  • Know the COGS and GP information for every dish
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Streamline your systems with integrations

Ensure all your systems are working together.

  • Reservations
  • Accounting
  • PMS
  • and more
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Fine dining sites powered by Lightspeed

"We have been with Revel for several years and decided to move to Lightspeed Restaurant. The transition has been seamless and the support has been above and beyond! Lightspeed K-Series has been working great from day one out of the box but the level of customisation and optimisation has been second to none. We couldn’t be happier with our transition."

- Daniel Shirley at Debutant Dining, Australia

Considering the switch to Lightspeed?

Switching to Lightspeed is easy. From data migration to hardware and payments setup, our industry experts will support you each step of the way.

  • Get fast 24/7 support
  • One-on-one onboarding
  • Dedicated Account Manager to answer every question

Sleek and durable restaurant POS hardware.

Our easy-to-use restaurant hardware is tailored specifically to your needs. From tech that lets you work offline to durable kitchen printers, each piece is designed for the fast pace of hospitality and to make life easy for your team.

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FAQ

What is a point of sale in a fine dining restaurant?

In a restaurant, a Point of Sale (POS) system is a digital system used to record and manage sales transactions, orders and handle payment processing. The POS system plays a crucial role in ensuring a seamless and elevated level of service to guests. The key functions of a POS system in a restaurant are: order management and communication, table side ordering and payment, menu customisation, inventory tracking, guest profiles, advanced reporting and bill management for guests.

For example, in the instance of inventory and ingredient tracking, a POS can be used to manage precisely the use of high-quality, seasonal items to avoid waste and revenue loss. There are endless benefits of a powerful POS system. A well-chosen point of sale is a partner for a fine dining restaurant, streamlining service, reducing errors and empowering staff to provide attentive and personalised service.

What is the best POS system for a fine dining restaurant?

Selecting the best POS system for your restaurant depends on the specific needs of your business, such as table management, customised orders, and integration with front (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) operations. Ideally, you want to select a restaurant POS system that has robust features that lend themselves to achieving a high level of service.

Look for a POS provider that has strong back-end features, such as advanced analytics and inventory tracking, while also supporting customer-facing elements like loyalty programs and online reservations. A fine dining point of sale should be designed to support high-volume, high-touch service environments, making it well-suited for upscale establishments with complex service flows.