BelloPOS for your trade

Free restaurant POS software

Tables, the kitchen pass and the bill, on a point of sale that keeps taking orders when the internet drops.

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A restaurant lives or dies on service speed, and a till that waits for a server somewhere else is a till that stops your dining room. BelloPOS runs entirely on the Windows PC or Mac at your counter: orders, tables, the kitchen screen and printed receipts all work with the connection unplugged, because nothing has to leave the building to be saved.

Start on the free lifetime licence and pay nothing at all: a genuinely free restaurant POS for Morocco. When you want table plans, the kitchen display and purchase tracking, pay once and sell forever, or go monthly with no commitment; nothing renews automatically and no card is kept on file.

What you get

Tables and floor plan

Lay out your rooms and terrace, seat a party, and keep every table's running total in front of you. Move a bill between tables, or split it between diners, without restarting the order.

Kitchen orders that arrive instantly

Send each course straight to a kitchen screen or printer as it is taken. Cooks see what is waiting and what is ready, so the pass and the floor stop shouting at each other.

Receipt printer support

Print the ticket on a 58 mm or 80 mm thermal printer, or on any printer your computer already uses. Customise the header, add your ICE and tax lines, and export an invoice to PDF when a customer asks for one.

Staff accounts and permissions

Give every waiter their own login and decide exactly what each role can see: who can void a line, apply a discount, or open the cash drawer, and what appears in the day's totals.

See it in the app

Real screens from BelloPOS on Windows.

The restaurant table map in BelloPOS, with its floors and rooms

The BelloPOS kitchen display: orders moving from new to in preparation to ready

Restaurant settings in BelloPOS: the restaurant module and the handheld and kitchen web apps

New in BelloPOS 3.5.6

Your demo catalogue, ready at setup

Choose this activity when you install BelloPOS and these categories and products are created for you, in your language and currency. Rename, reprice or delete them whenever you like.

1Install BelloPOS and choose your language and country.
2Pick "Try with demo data", then your activity.
3Start selling on a catalogue that already looks like your shop.

Restaurants

5 categories · 21 products

Hot drinks

Black coffee$1,00
Coffee with milk$1,20
Cappuccino$1,80
Mint tea$1,00

Cold drinks

Fresh orange juice$1,50
Avocado smoothie$2,20
Soft drink$1,20
Mineral water 50 cl$0,60

Breakfast

Full breakfast$3,50
Omelette$2,00
Croissant$0,60
Msemen with honey$1,00

Main dishes

Chicken tagine$6,00
Royal couscous$7,50
Margherita pizza$4,50
House burger$5,00
Niçoise salad$3,50
Chicken panini$3,00

Desserts

Chocolate crêpe$2,00
Tiramisu$3,00
Fruit salad$2,00

Example prices in US dollars; the app converts them to your currency.

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How a sale goes

1Seat the table and take the order at the counter or on the floor.
2Courses fire to the kitchen screen or printer the moment they are entered.
3Add rounds through service; the table total updates as you go.
4Split the bill or move it to another table, take cash or card, and print.
5Close the day with a cash count and totals per waiter, server or shift.

A restaurant POS system for takeaways, shisanyamas and sit-down restaurants

Friday night at a shisanyama in Soshanguve, the lunch rush at a bunny chow spot in Durban, a Sunday at a family restaurant in Pretoria: service cannot stop because the internet did. BelloPOS Pro runs on the PC in your restaurant. Draw your floor plan, open a bill per table, send orders straight to a kitchen printer or screen, and split or move bills when the group changes its mind. Waiters take orders from their own phones over your Wi-Fi, so nothing gets lost between the table and the pass.

Takeaways get the same speed at the counter. Ring up combos and extras, print a till slip for the customer and an order ticket for the kitchen, and keep stock of drinks, chips and packaging. The day's report shows best sellers and payments by method, so you know how much came in as cash, card or SnapScan. Pro includes our Ready-to-Sell Pack: we install the system, set up the kitchen printer, load your menu and train your staff. Try every Pro feature free for 7 days before you pay.

Every way your customers pay

South Africans still pay with cash, but tap, QR codes and instant EFT are growing fast. BelloPOS records each payment by method so your cash-up balances, while the money itself goes through the card machine or app you already use.

Cash, with change worked out and a cash drawer that opens on the sale
Card and tap, on your own card machine from your bank or provider
QR payments such as SnapScan and Zapper, recorded as their own method
EFT and instant payments such as PayShap, for larger orders
Split payments, for example part cash and part card
Customer accounts (the book), where regulars pay later, in Go and above
Open and close each shift with a float and an X/Z report

BelloPOS does not connect to card machines or process payments itself. The customer pays on your existing card machine or app, and you record the method and amount in BelloPOS.

Restaurant and takeaway POS questions

Which plan do I need for a restaurant?

Pro. It adds the restaurant module (rooms, tables, bills per table, split and moved bills), kitchen printing or a kitchen screen, extra tills and the waiters' phone app. Pro also includes free setup, where we load your menu and train your staff. A small takeaway with one till and no tables can start on Lite or Go.

Can waiters take orders on their phones?

Yes. With Pro, staff open the handheld app in their phone's browser, with nothing to install from an app store. Orders go to the main PC and the kitchen over your restaurant's own Wi-Fi network, so it keeps working when the internet line is down. You only need a router, which can run on a small UPS during load shedding.

Can I split the bill?

Yes. Split a table's bill between people or move it to another table when the group changes seats. Each part can be paid a different way, for example one person in cash and another by card on your own card machine, and BelloPOS records each payment by method, so the cash-up at the end of the night matches what is in the drawer.

How should VAT show on restaurant slips?

Set the VAT rate on each menu item and add your VAT number to the slip header. SARS says prepared food served ready to eat is generally standard-rated, even when the ingredients are zero-rated, but ask your accountant about your menu. BelloPOS prints the VAT on the slip; it is not approved by SARS.

Does it work for a takeaway with no tables?

Yes. Sell straight from the counter: tap items on a product grid you arrange yourself, with favourites first, print the till slip for the customer and an order ticket for the kitchen. Keep several orders open at once while customers wait. A one-till takeaway can start on Lite or Go, and move to Pro when it adds a kitchen printer, a second till or tables.

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