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Features

Everything your cafe runs on, inside Shopify

POS Cafe adds cafe ordering, kitchen tickets, open tabs and online ordering to Shopify POS and your Shopify store, all from one menu. Every plan includes every feature.

The POS Cafe tile in Shopify POS on iPad, listing cafe products such as Cappuccino, Flat White and Latte, with a Table bar to assign the order to a table

Modifiers

Custom orders with powerful modifiers

Build modifier sets for sizes, milks, extras and more, and staff capture every preference in a couple of taps.

  • Optional or required choices, single or multi-select
  • Extra charges added to the item’s price
  • The same modifiers at the counter, online and on kiosks
Mocha - $5.50Build order
Size
Large + $1.00+
Milk
Oat + $0.50+
Extras
Whipped cream + $1.00+
Add to cart - $8.00

Kitchen printing and KDS

Every order to the right station

Drinks to the barista, food to the kitchen: each item goes to its prep area, on paper or on screen.

  • Epson and Star cloud printers, or the printer on Shopify POS
  • Fresh KDS kitchen and barista screens
  • Counter, online, kiosk and open tab orders

BARISTA

FOR HERE · Table 4

Order #104410:42 am

  • 1 x Cappuccino (8 oz)- Oat milk- Extra shot
  • 1 x Flat white (12 oz)

Note: one extra hot

Kitchen screen2 orders

#1044 · For Here2:15

Table 4

  • 1 x Bacon roll
  • + Extra bacon
  • 1 x Carrot cake

#1045 · Drive Thru0:40

Vehicle: Blue Toyota Corolla

  • 1 x Ham and cheese toastie
Order 1044 for table 4 is split by prep area: the cappuccino and flat white print on the barista's ticket printer with their sizes and modifiers, while the bacon roll and carrot cake appear on the kitchen screen, next to a Drive Thru order showing the customer's car.

Open tabs and table service

Tabs, tables and Send to prep

Send each round to the kitchen with one tap, and take payment when the table is ready.

  • Only new items go to prep each time
  • Every open tab listed by table
  • QR codes for ordering from the table

Table 4

Patio · open since 10:02 am

Open tab

Round 1Sent 10:02

  • 2 x Flat white (8 oz)
  • 1 x Bacon roll

Round 2Sent 10:31

  • 1 x Cappuccino (12 oz) - Oat milk

Round 3Not sent yet

  • 2 x Carrot cake
  • 1 x Long black
Send to prepCheckout · $48.50
Table 4 on the patio has an open tab. Round 1 (two flat whites and a bacon roll) and round 2 (an oat milk cappuccino) were sent to prep at 10:02 and 10:31. Round 3, two carrot cakes and a long black, hasn't been sent yet: tapping Send to prep sends only those items, and the customer can check out whenever they're ready.

Online ordering and kiosks

Online, at the table and at the kiosk

An ordering menu on your Shopify store and Cloudshelf kiosks in your cafe, built from the menu you sell in store.

  • Live prices, pickup now or later, Shopify checkout
  • Each location with its own menu and hours
  • Kiosk and online orders reach the kitchen like counter sales
A POS Cafe online ordering menu: the location's name, address and opening hours, tabs for Cakes, Cafe Food and Coffee, and product cards with photos, descriptions and prices

Also included

The details that keep service running

Supporting tools for printing, table ordering, discounts, and keeping your online menu accurate.

Try POS Cafe free for 21 days

Install from the Shopify App Store and try every feature at your counter, in your kitchen and online.