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A restaurant runs on a different rhythm than a café. Tables fill up for hours, multiple servers move at once, the kitchen receives orders that come in and out, customers ask for split checks, tips are divided between floor and kitchen. If your POS does not handle this, you will be doing math on napkins.

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What your POS needs to do if you run a restaurant

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How a typical restaurant uses El Nido

Thursday night service:
  • Server assigns table 7, captures order from their phone.
  • Hot, cold and dessert stations get separate orders on their respective KDS screens.
  • Customer asks for the check split 3 ways. Three separate tickets print.
  • Each ticket carries a suggested tip (10, 15, 20%).
  • Tips accumulate by shift and split at close according to the configured rule.
  • Real case: Guanz in León runs this exact flow day after day.

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Real multi-location

If you run two or three restaurants, catalog, recipes and prices can be:
  • Shared (change the dish price and it updates in all locations).
  • Per-location (each spot has its own menu).
  • Hybrid (some dishes shared, some local).
Reports show consolidated and per-location sales in the same view.

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Points card for recurring customers

Neighborhood restaurants with loyal clientele can run a digital points card. Customer accumulates points by spend, redeems for dessert or a discount, with no paper card. Useful especially for restaurants targeting the same clientele 1-3 times a week (lunch service, sushi, comfort food).

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When you do NOT need a POS for your restaurant

  • You sell fewer than 30 tickets a day.
  • You have no servers (you serve yourself).
  • You do not care about controlling tips by shift.
  • No one asks for invoices.
For low volume, a notebook and cash register still work. The POS earns its place when there are multiple servers, KDS is needed or you grow into multi-location.

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What it costs at your size

  • Lite: MXN $349/month. Small restaurant, 1 location, up to 3 servers.
  • Business: MXN $999/month. KDS per station, multi-server, split tipping, recipes with cost, AI assistant.
  • Multi-location: from MXN $1,499/month. Shared catalog, consolidated reports.

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