Free POS system for restaurants
Modern Resto does half a POS's job — order taking, service and the kitchen — and lets you take payment the way you already do. Free, no contract, no cut of your sales.
Free. No credit card.
What you get, and what you’ll still be missing
Included, free
- Tablet order taking, table by table
- Real-time kitchen screen, filtered by station
- Servers identified by PIN on a shared tablet
- Cancellation with a reason, approved by a manager
- Held orders, resumed from any tablet
- QR menu so guests can order themselves
- Floor view: free, occupied, held, paid
- Statistics: most-ordered dishes, time at table
Not included
- Taking card payments
- Cash drawer and receipt printer
- Tax filing and accounting
- Inventory and supplier management
- Payroll and staff time tracking
Choose Modern Resto if…
You already take payment fine — card reader, cash, your current register — and what you’re missing is knowing who ordered what, at which table, and where the kitchen is. This is a café, a snack bar, a food truck, a pizzeria, a hotel bar.
Choose a real POS if…
You need card payments in the same tool, compliant printed receipts, stock control or an accounting export. Square, SumUp and Lightspeed do that; we don’t, and we won’t pretend otherwise.
Why it’s free
| — | Modern Resto | Classic POS |
|---|---|---|
| Order taking and kitchen screen | Free | $39–89 / month |
| Dedicated hardware | Your tablet | Terminal to buy |
| Commission on sales | None | 1.5–2.9% + fees |
| Contract | None | 12 to 36 months |
We never touch the money, so there’s nothing for us to take a cut of. The digital menu and order taking stay free — that’s how restaurants find us.
What changes during service
- Every ticket carries a name
- The server picks their first name and types their PIN on the shared tablet. The kitchen knows who to call when a plate is up.
- Cancellations don’t vanish
- A server can’t cancel alone: a manager PIN is required, with a reason. You know what was cancelled and why.
- A table that orders in two rounds
- The ticket stays held, nothing goes to the kitchen, and it can be picked up from any tablet.
- The bar doesn’t read grill tickets
- The kitchen screen filters by menu section: each station only sees what concerns it.
- Menu and till never drift apart
- The price you change in the menu is the price on the tablet, on the QR code and on the kitchen screen, within a second.
- Nothing to install
- A tablet, a browser, your Google account. No terminal, no technician, no contract.
Frequently asked questions
Is this really a POS system?
No, and that’s deliberate. Modern Resto handles order taking and service, not payment. You take payment with your usual card reader or register, then mark the table “paid” in the app to release it.
Is it really free?
Yes. Order taking, kitchen screen, QR menu, staff PINs and statistics are included with no subscription and no commission. We process no payments, so we take nothing from your sales.
How many servers can I add?
Up to 20 profiles per restaurant on the shared tablet, plus the Google accounts you invite for staff who use their own phone.
What about receipts for customers?
Your existing register prints those, exactly as it does today. Modern Resto can send an order summary over WhatsApp for online orders, but it is not a fiscal receipt.
What if I change POS later?
Nothing breaks. Modern Resto doesn’t depend on your register and doesn’t connect to it. You can switch card reader or POS software without touching your menu or your tables.
Try it on a real service
Create your menu, add your tables and your servers, open the kitchen screen on a second tablet. If it doesn’t suit you, you haven’t signed anything.
Create my restaurant for freeFree. No credit card.