Square for Restaurants

Restaurant POS system that works for you

As of 30 August 2026, Square for Restaurants is free to use. Square for Restaurants is a fully integrated restaurant POS system that helps restaurants manage orders, payments, and operations. Softwr lists it under Restaurants. Square for Restaurants is made by Square Inc., launched in 2009, available on Web, iOS, Android.

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Overview

What Square for Restaurants does

Square for Restaurants is a fully integrated restaurant POS system that helps restaurants manage orders, payments, and operations. It offers table management, menu customization, and real-time sales reporting. The system works online and offline, ensuring continuous operation even without internet connectivity.

What people use it for

Point of Sale
Order Management
Inventory Control
Staff Scheduling

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Square for Restaurants.

The Square KDS and Square Kiosk apps are not available on the free plan
KDS and Kiosk are billed per device per month on top of the plan, so cost scales with terminals rather than locations
Restaurants processing over $250,000 a year are moved to custom pricing rather than the published rates

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Pricing

What Square for Restaurants costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Free

POS
Menu management
Basic reporting

Plus

$60 /mo

Advanced features
Live sales
Seat management

Premium

Free

Custom pricing
Dedicated support

Capabilities

Features

Table management
Menu customization
Split checks
Offline mode
Real-time reporting
Kitchen display
Caviar
Integration with Caviar
DoorDash
Integration with DoorDash
Postmates
Integration with Postmates
QuickBooks
Integration with QuickBooks
Web support
Available on web
Ios support
Available on ios

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

What are Square's main pricing plans for restaurants?

Square offers a free tier and Square Plus. The Free plan has $0 cost with standard processing fees. Square Plus is described as the best value tier and includes lower card processing rates than the free plan.

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Does Square have locked-in contracts or can I cancel anytime?

Square explicitly states no hidden fees or locked-in contracts. Customers can cancel or switch anytime. The pay-as-you-go model means you only pay when you take a payment.

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Does Square Plus include a free trial period?

Yes, Square Plus offers a free trial, though the specific trial duration is not clearly displayed on the pricing page.

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What features does Square Plus add compared to the free plan?

Square Plus includes all free plan features plus advanced POS tools, a loyalty program, email and text marketing (500 free texts, then 3 cents per text), and staff management tools.

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Behind it

Who makes Square for Restaurants

Company: Square Inc.
Based in: San Francisco, CA, USA

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