Toast is a popular point-of-sale (POS) system for cafes, bars, and all types of restaurants.

Toast combines comprehensive menu and workforce management systems in its free plan alongside expanded options for built-in digital ordering and delivery tools. Unlike most cloud POS systems, Toast’s hardware is industry-grade, drop-tested, and designed to withstand more use than a typical iPad. Toast offers financing options for hardware and gives smaller restaurants the option to pay for hardware with their payment processing fees, which are high and we don’t recommend it.

• Restaurants of all types : Toast regularly appears on our annual rankings of POS systems for cafes, pizzerias, quick service restaurants, and even food trucks. No matter your restaurant style, Toast likely has the tools you need.

• Bars: Toast is one of the top recommendation for a bar POS system. With durable, drop-tested handheld order and payment terminals, excellent offline functionality, and pre-authorized bar tabs.