Restaurant POS for Small, Independent Restaurants
Run orders, menu, inventory, and customers from the phone you already have. No terminals to buy, no contracts, no commission on your sales.
Built For the Restaurant You Actually Run
A big POS rollout was built for a restaurant with a manager, an IT budget, and a demo call. Yours runs on the counter. Kyte keeps every order, menu change, and sale in one app — so nothing lives on paper scraps or in your head.
- The counter is your HQ: take dine-in, pickup, and delivery orders in one place, with the kitchen printing clean order stubs.
- The menu updates in seconds: change prices and items in real time, with a digital menu your customers open by QR code or link.
- You're the owner, not an operator: sales, cash flow, and inventory on your phone, from your first day open.
Kyte isn't a card machine, it's the system that organizes the sale. You keep taking payments the way you do today, and Kyte keeps the record of every one.
The same setup runs a bar or a coffee shop: open tabs, a short menu, quick counter orders and drink or bean inventory, all from one phone and without a second system.
What Is a Restaurant POS?
A restaurant POS system (Point of Sale) is a tool that goes beyond processing payments. It connects and optimizes all the operations of your restaurant, from table management and inventory control to order processing and financial reporting.
With it, you can integrate kitchen activities with the front-of-house and back-office, ensuring that all parts of the restaurant are in sync. The main goal is to automate tasks and improve efficiency, allowing you to provide an exceptional customer experience.
Kyte vs Toast vs Square: The Honest Version for a Small Restaurant
If you run a dining room with servers, a bar, and a kitchen line, Toast or Square will probably fit you better — they're built for that. But if you're taking orders at the counter and on WhatsApp, and delivering around the neighborhood, that machinery is cost and complexity you don't need. Kyte starts today, on the phone you already own — and stays out of your margins.
Toast and Square are good systems — built for a different restaurant than most first-timers run. Here's how they compare where it actually bites a small operation:
- Free plan; paid from $9.99/month
- No contracts – cancel anytime
- Full-service tools (kitchen display, table management) are not the focus — counter service, delivery, and pickup are
- Best for counter service, food trucks, delivery-driven, first location
- Free plan; paid plans charge a monthly fee per location
- No contracts
- Full-service tools (kitchen display, table management) only on paid plans
- Best for counter-service with a hardware budget
- Free plan; paid plans charge a monthly fee
- 1–3 year contracts common on hardware deals; early termination fees
- Full-service tools (kitchen display, table management)
- Best for full-service rooms with servers and a bar
If you run a dining room with servers, a bar, and a kitchen line, Toast or Square will probably fit you better — they're built for that. But if you're taking orders at the counter and on WhatsApp, and delivering around the neighborhood, that machinery is cost and complexity you don't need. Kyte starts today, on the phone you already own — and stays out of your margins.
Tables, Orders, and Kitchen in One Place
The Friday-night rush crosses the whole restaurant: the order starts at a table, becomes a paper slip, crosses the kitchen, and ends at the register. Every handoff is a chance to get it wrong — and the customer pays for the confusion.
With Kyte, the order is born on your server's phone, right at the table — and reaches the kitchen with nothing rewritten.
Changed the price of the lunch special? The menu updates in real time for dine-in, delivery, and your social media — everyone working from the new version, no announcements in the group chat.
Kyte keeps every order together from the first "hello" to the payment. Reservations and floor maps aren't the focus — this is the coordination that gets you through the rush.
At the table: your server keys in the order with the customer's notes ("no onions, medium rare").
In the kitchen: the order stub prints with readable notes, nothing to decipher over the noise.
On the floor: order status stays visible to the whole team (preparing, ready, out for delivery).
At the register: the sale is already recorded, the check closes without a paper audit.
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Explore What's New at Kyte
New tools, improved features and stability so you can focus on boosting your business wherever you go.
Smart Assistant
Use AI to analyze real business data from and turn sales, inventory, and customers into clearer day-to-day decisions.
Automatic Registration
Kyte helps you organize your store with much less effort right from the app, reducing manual work and speeding up tasks.
New Buyers
This feature shows who just bought from you and makes it easy to reach out directly via WhatsApp.
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We've Got a Plan That Fits Your Business
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PRO
Ideal for those who want to professionalize.
Get started- Main features:
- Mobile point of sale (POS)
- Online catalog
- Digital and printed receipts
- Inventory management
- Credit sales management
- Full cash flow management
GROW
Growing businesses looking for agility.
Get started- Everything in the PRO plan, plus:
- Kyte Web, the desktop version
- 2 variations per product
- Bulk product import
- 10 users / sellers
- Supplier management
- Recurring expense management
PRIME
For businesses looking for personalized service.
Get started- Everything in the GROW plan, plus:
- Onboarding video call to help you get started with Kyte
- WhatsApp support
- Priority support during the week
- Saturday support
- Unlimited users / sellers
- The full version of Kyte
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