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Square for Restaurants for cafe - detailed review

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles cafe operations well

Budget is around $162/month. What would you suggest?
Angela Long 👑 Master
1,320 points • Member since Mar 2025

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Carlos Hughes
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235 posts
Jun 25, 2025
For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Dorothy Perry
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217 posts
Jul 5, 2025
I've been using Paladin for 5 months and it has been working well for us
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Harold Reed
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227 posts
Jul 19, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Christina Martin
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221 posts
Jul 20, 2025
For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Margaret Kim
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215 posts
Jul 21, 2025
Check out the quick order screen setting, that might help.
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Adam Young
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196 posts
Jul 22, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Sandra Cooper
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198 posts
Jul 24, 2025
Great question! In my experience with PayPal Here, it has been working well for us
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Kevin Rogers
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236 posts
Jul 30, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
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Lauren Butler
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233 posts
Aug 4, 2025
Cost us about $124/month all in. Worth it.
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Ruth Powell
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213 posts
Aug 11, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Heather Stewart
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244 posts
Aug 23, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Derek Park
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224 posts
Aug 24, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Kyle Thomas
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213 posts
Sep 1, 2025
I've been using Thrive POS for 6 months and it has been working well for us
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Carlos Murphy
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218 posts
Sep 1, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Ashley Graham
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219 posts
Sep 4, 2025
Had the same problem, support was knowledgeable when I contacted them.
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Elizabeth Collins
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247 posts
Sep 10, 2025
Check out the customer display setting, that might help.
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Frank Walker
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198 posts
Sep 18, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Angela Reed
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210 posts
Oct 7, 2025
The mobile ordering is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Paul Graham
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217 posts
Oct 8, 2025
Cost us about $73/month all in. Worth it.
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Lauren Powell
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215 posts
Oct 17, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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