About Lavu POS
Lavu is an iPad POS (point of sale) system designed for small to large businesses within the restaurant industry. Lavu is adaptable to any sort of environment whether it’s full-service, quick-service or a franchise. The software is a combination of cloud-based management and mobile/wireless technologies with a modern and intuitive touchscreen interface.
Users can choose between bar, restaurant, and quick-service interfaces which can be customized to fit each business’ particular needs, whether it’s a restaurant, coffee shop or even food truck.
The front of house features offer a fully customizable menu where items can include photos and an ingredients list. Servers can switch between tableside service, counter service, or bar tab layouts for their order screen. Delivery services are also available with the delivery and routing extension which enables staff to assign drivers to orders, and provides them with a map and directions to each delivery location.
The back of house control includes scheduling, managing employee shifts and payroll reports, as well as inventory management tools including low-count warnings and an '86 countdown'. In addition to the POS, Lavu also offers users a variety of sales, inventory and expense reports that can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection.
Lavu also has marketing and promotions features that include a built-in happy hour function, where users can set prices based on date and time, and offer customers loyalty rewards through integration with LoyalTree.
Pricing starting from:
US$59.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Lavu POS
Restaurant owners can keep track of their business, view reports, and modify content and settings anywhere on any internet capable device in real-time via the Lavu Pilot iPhone app.
Lavu offers personalization features including customizable menus, specific multi-room table layouts, seat and course numbering, and multi-printer order routing.
Restaurants can market their branding by creating customized logos, uploading original product images and designing custom receipts for their customers.
Managers can track employees with the time clock feature along with shift summaries, including over-time and bonuses, as well as manage tips and payroll.
Lavu offers free software upgrades and integrates with a wide variety of hardware options that connect with the remote backend office.
Devices
Business size
Markets
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, United Kingdom, India, Mexico, United States and 4 others
Supported Languages
Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and 3 others
Pricing starting from:
US$59.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Lavu POS: 54
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- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best Restaurant Software Yet
Reviewed on 04/11/2018
Pros
-Love the ease of using an iPad
-Size of the icons
-Different color option icons
- Different categories available
-Ease of table organization
-Ease of checkouts
-Very well laid out
-Easy clock-in
Cons
-Hard signing process, customers complained
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good product, hard to find anything that compares.
Reviewed on 09/05/2022
Pretty good experience overall. Over the years we've had communication issues. There have been some...
Pretty good experience overall. Over the years we've had communication issues. There have been some price increases and fees snuck in that I wasn't happy about. I can usually read between the lines and see when they are doing things to attempt to make.. and they haven't always been the most upfront about it. I usually call them out on it and at times have had to email the[SENSITIVE CONTENT] about issues that weren't getting resolved. I will say he's immediately gotten on the issues each and every time I've email and gotten me taken care of. Years ago there were some pretty bad issues with the service going offline and we were totally down. This has gotten 1000% better since they switched to AWS hosting. We did have another several hour outage recently, but that's the first and only one in years.
Pros
Pretty easy to use, stable for the most part. We've been using the software for 7+ years I believe. Over time we've integrated and started using more and more of their products such as KDS and card processing. Recently restructured their pricing and we now get the same service for less!
Cons
At times, certain things could be easier. I don't think the pizza building is perfect and could still use work. This goes for both Lavu and MenuDrive. We make it work and they've made lots of improvements over the years with help from our input.
Response from Lavu
Hi Brian! First off, I'd like to thank you for your continued business, and for your feedback! We really appreciate your comments, and we are continuously improving our product to fit the needs of each customer.
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Lavu
Reviewed on 23/04/2022
Tracking sales, payroll etc. very easy
Tracking sales, payroll etc. very easy
Pros
I've had lavu for 15 years. It was great in the beginning easy to use, reasonably priced. Best of its kind.
Cons
Has become more complicated. Increased price. Ability to use multiple devices taken away. Crashes too often
Response from Lavu
Hi John, thank you for your feedback, and your loyalty of 15 years! We are constantly trying to make improvements so that we can be the best of our kind, and we appreciate your patience while we make those improvements.
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent POS for beginners
Reviewed on 16/02/2022
Pros
Is an easy to use, easy to program POS system. We use it from the beginning of our opening. Easy to use for employees and low cost for owners.
Cons
Probably make improvement on the schedule part to be more robust.
Reasons for Switching to Lavu POS
Prices, and easy use and opportunity to growResponse from Lavu
Hi Angel, thank you for your feedback! We are always trying to improve our POS system, and scheduling is on that list!
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Lavu POS
Reviewed on 23/03/2022
Overall solid 8.
Overall solid 8.
Pros
Good data collection, can pull various reports easily.
Cons
A few key functions made it hard for our front end.
Reasons for Switching to Lavu POS
I don't know.Response from Lavu
Hi Joaquin, thank you for your feedback! We are constantly working to make Lavu a perfect POS for all customers!
Lavu POS FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Lavu POS.Q. What type of pricing plans does Lavu POS offer?
Lavu POS offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$59.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Not Available
Starter Package: $59.00 | Growth Package: $129.00 | Optimize Package: $279.00
Q. Who are the typical users of Lavu POS?
Lavu POS has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001+
Q. What languages does Lavu POS support?
Lavu POS supports the following languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Q. Does Lavu POS support mobile devices?
Lavu POS supports the following devices:
iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Lavu POS integrate with?
Lavu POS integrates with the following applications:
Marketman, PayPal, Paychex Flex, Square Point of Sale, TableUp, Venga, Wisely
Q. What level of support does Lavu POS offer?
Lavu POS offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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