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Selection

Whether to switch, how to test and how to compare: the selection guides are collected here. The full list of checks is in “Restaurant POS selection checklist”.

• Restaurant POS selection checklist

  Index only: stay or switch, a real service day, migration sample, rollback, cost and exit, and three allowed conclusions. Steps live in the linked articles.

• When to switch POS—and when to stay

  Decide whether to switch or stay using clear trigger signals. If a change is still on the table, check capability boundaries on the feature pages.

• Three conclusions: stay, limited trial, or switch on conditions

  Close selection with only three outcomes: stay, limited trial, or switch when conditions are met. Before you lock the call, check capability boundaries on the feature pages.

• How to compare tills—not the feature list

  Compare restaurant POS on your own workflows and risks—not a feature checklist alone. After shortlisting vendors, confirm capability boundaries on the feature pages.

• Peak continuity: which steps to test when busy

  Open-table, edits, kitchen send, pay, split and void must be run by on-shift staff when busy; verbal promises do not count as verified.

• When kitchen print fails: keep selling

  If kitchen tickets fail, stabilize service first: stop chaotic sends, set print or handwritten fallback, reconcile before handoff. Scope: kitchen feature page.

• Payment exceptions: decline, interrupt, mismatch

  Classify decline, interrupt and mismatch before acting; this guide does not promise any acquirer brand will always succeed.

• Shift handoff and day-end: open tickets must not break

  Open tables cannot be ownerless when people change; handoff and day-close need an on-the-spot checklist, not later memory.