Card fees are eating a line cook's salary.
A restaurant doing $60K a month in card sales hands roughly $21K a year to processing at typical rates. That's most of a part-time salary, gone to fees. Our restaurant clients keep it instead.
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What restaurants are up against
Fees on every check
3% of every card check, every day, forever. On thin restaurant margins that is often the gap between a good month and a flat one.
Tips complicate everything
Tip edits, pooling and payouts all have to clear the right way. Most setups quietly get it wrong.
Marketplace commissions
Delivery apps take 15-30% on top of your card fees. Your own online ordering wins that back.
The program fit
Dual pricing
Details →The menu shows a cash price and a card price, applied the same way whether the guest pays credit or debit. Guests choose, you keep 100%. The program most of our restaurants run.
Interchange plus
Details →Would you rather have one posted price? Then absorb the smallest fee there is.
Restaurant POS systems for Seattle and Tacoma
We install, train and support every one of these ourselves, from our office in Federal Way. Here is who each one fits.
KwickPOS
Details →Best for full-service and quick-service restaurants that want their own online ordering. Cloud POS with true offline mode, QR pay at the table, and no commission on online orders.
Paradise POS
Details →Best for bars and bar-heavy restaurants. Built on iPad, with tabs, kitchen screens and pour tracking.
HotSauce
Details →Best for high-volume rooms that can't go down. Runs in house, so it keeps working when the internet drops.
Clover
Details →Best for cafes and counter service that also sell retail. Loyalty, online orders and store sales in one system.
Related payment options
- Ways to lower your processing fees
The programs that cut the biggest line on your statement.
- Dual pricing for restaurants
The menu shows a cash price and a card price, applied the same way whether the guest pays credit or debit. Guests choose, you keep 100%. The program most of our restaurants run.
- See what our clients say
Real Seattle-Tacoma businesses, five stars.
- KwickPOS for restaurants
Best for full-service and quick-service restaurants that want their own online ordering. Cloud POS with true offline mode, QR pay at the table, and no commission on online orders.
- Get a free statement review
See your real numbers before you decide anything.
“They went above and beyond... spent several days working with us and was even able to get our funds expedited. Oh, and then there's the fact that they are saving us thousands of dollars a year!”
Fair questions
Will guests react badly to dual pricing?
Both prices are on the menu before anyone orders. No surprise at the register. With our restaurant clients, the questions fade in the first week.
How do tips work with dual pricing?
Normally. Tips ride the sale at the price the guest chose. Tip edits work the way your staff already knows.
Can you replace what delivery apps charge me?
We can't make DoorDash cheaper. But your POS can take orders straight from your own site, with no commission. Most restaurants move a good chunk of orders to it.
What does switching cost during service?
Nothing. We do the switch on a slow afternoon. Menu, modifiers and gift balances all come across. Staff get a walkthrough before the dinner rush.
What's the best restaurant POS in Seattle or Tacoma?
It depends on your room, not your zip code. Full-service and quick-service restaurants that want commission-free online ordering usually pick KwickPOS. Bar-heavy rooms lean Paradise or HotSauce. Cafes and counter shops that also sell retail lean Clover. A five-minute chat sorts it.
Do you install and support restaurant POS in Seattle and Tacoma?
Yes. We're a local team based in Federal Way, serving Seattle, Tacoma and the South Sound. We set up the system, load your menu, train your staff before service, and you call a person you know when something needs fixing.
What's the real saving for a restaurant my size?
Send one statement. At $60K a month in cards, dual pricing typically returns somewhere near $20K a year, and you'll see your exact number in writing.
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