Business type solution
Quick-Service Restaurants
Quick-service restaurants need a register that can capture a rush of customized orders without losing the kitchen, online, or delivery queue. Square connects counter, pickup, local delivery, catering, and third-party delivery orders in one restaurant workflow.
Built for your day-to-day
Your team can keep menus and item availability synchronized, route tickets to prep stations, and use kitchen timing and close-of-day reporting to spot bottlenecks. For high-volume counters, self-ordering options can shift routine ordering away from the cashier while integrated payments and loyalty keep the guest experience connected. Choose the station mix that fits your footprint, from a fixed counter POS to mobile ordering, KDS screens, and a self-service kiosk.
Key capabilities
Bring dine-in, takeout, delivery, catering, branded online ordering, and supported delivery-partner orders into a connected order workflow so staff can see what needs to be prepared and handed off.
Square KDS can organize ticket views, timers, alerts, and prep or expeditor stations. Auto-86ing and synchronized item availability help prevent a sold-out menu item from continuing to be ordered across channels.
Manage value meals, combos, modifiers, item availability, and channel-specific menu changes from Square tools, with updates available across POS, online, kiosks, and delivery apps.
Use a fixed register or stand for the main line, a Terminal for a compact counter station, Handheld for line-busting or mobile ordering, and a Kiosk when guests should browse, customize, and pay themselves.
Use sales, inventory, kitchen-performance, close-of-day, and labor reporting to tune menu pricing, replenishment, prep speed, and staffing across locations.
Explore the details
Start with Square Point of Sale on a counter device, then add Square KDS for digital tickets and prep-station routing. Square KDS is an Android-operated application, requires a Square Plus or Square Premium subscription, and is priced per device. The Kiosk connects menu, prices, inventory, payments, loyalty, and orders to the rest of the Square setup, but its new 21.5-inch hardware and software are separate purchases.
A branded Square online ordering profile supports commission-free pickup and local delivery workflows, while integrations can extend reach to delivery partners. Kiosks can accept touch or voice orders and automatically reflect menu, price, and sold-out changes from Square. Results and delivery-partner economics vary, so confirm the specific integration and plan before promising savings or coverage.
Square Free starts at $0 per month; the official U.S. pricing pages list Square Plus at $49 per month per location and Square Premium at $149 per month per location, with Square Pro custom-priced for businesses processing over $250,000 annually. Restaurant-specific add-ons such as KDS and kiosk software are charged per device. Hardware prices are purchase prices unless an installment qualification applies, and processing varies by plan and payment method.
Keep exploring
Hardware
Square Register (2nd generation) puts seller checkout and customer payment on two responsive screens, so a bakery can move a morning line, a specialty grocer can keep a large catalog moving, and a restaurant can send orders through a counter workflow without passing a device back and forth.
Explore Square Register (2nd generation)
Hardware
Square Terminal gives a bakery counter, coffee bar, food truck, salon desk, or service checkout one compact device for taking tap, chip, and magstripe payments.
Explore Square Terminal
Hardware
Square Handheld puts a complete Square checkout in a staff member’s hand instead of tying every sale to a counter.
Explore Square Handheld
Hardware
Square Stand turns a compatible USB-C iPad into a tidy countertop POS with built-in contactless and chip payments.
Explore Square StandHardware
Square Kiosk is a purpose-built, 21.5-inch self-service station for U.S. restaurants that want guests to browse, ask menu questions, customize orders, and pay without waiting at the counter.
Explore Square Kiosk — new 21.5-inch AI self-service kioskHardware
Square’s Kitchen Display System turns incoming orders into digital kitchen tickets on Android screens built for prep and expo stations.
Explore Accessories — Kitchen DisplaysHardware
Square Reader for contactless and chip (2nd generation) gives mobile operators and small counters a compact way to accept EMV chip cards, contactless cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Afterpay through a compatible phone or tablet.
Explore Square Reader for contactless and chipPlan details
U.S. Square Free is $0/mo; Square Plus is $49/mo per location and Square Premium is $149/mo per location on the official pricing pages. Square Pro is custom-priced for businesses processing over $250,000/year. KDS adds $30/mo per device on Plus or $20/mo per device on Premium. New Square Kiosk hardware is $1,999 with counter stand, or $97/mo over 24 months subject to credit-sale terms; Kiosk software is $99/mo per device with Plus. Square Register (2nd generation) is $899, Terminal $299, Handheld $399, Stand $149, contactless/chip Reader $59, and the first magstripe Reader is free, subject to the published offer. Hardware prices and plan fees were verified on 2026-10-27 and may change.
U.S. published restaurant-plan rates; applies when a card is present. Custom rates may be available through Square Pro for eligible businesses processing over $250,000/year.
Applies to card payments made online or through an invoice under the published U.S. restaurant pricing.
Published U.S. rate across the listed plans.
Square Plus or Premium subscription required; KDS is not available on Square Free and runs on compatible Android devices.
New Square Kiosk requires an active Square Plus or Premium subscription; software fee is separate from hardware.
Published U.S. restaurant-plan additional fee for cards issued outside the United States.
Square's published capabilities and prices are U.S. English offerings checked on 2026-10-27; plans, rates, device availability, and feature rollouts can change.
The Quick Service page's online-ordering savings statement is an estimate based on an assumed 30% third-party delivery commission, not a guaranteed saving.
Square Kiosk voice capabilities are currently English-only; Square recommends touch in especially extreme noise environments, and results from upsells or self-service vary by business.
Kiosk use with kitchen displays, kitchen printers, or receipt printers currently requires connection to Square POS hardware; direct receipt-printer connection is described as coming soon.
Square loans, banking, transfers, and installment purchases have separate eligibility, credit, availability, and fee terms; no approval or eligibility is implied here.
No claim is made about the YourSquareRep cash-discounting or 4% program. Any surcharge, dual-pricing, or cash-discounting implementation requires the supplied agreement and administrator confirmation plus applicable-law review.
Questions
Yes. Square describes a connected workflow for dine-in, takeout, delivery, and catering, with branded online ordering and integrations for supported third-party delivery services. Confirm the specific integration, availability, and commercial terms before committing to a delivery workflow.
Square KDS requires a Square Plus or Square Premium subscription and compatible Android hardware. It is priced at $30 per month per device on Plus or $20 per month per device on Premium, and can receive POS, online-ordering, and delivery-app orders for prep and fulfillment.
The U.S. page lists new Square Kiosk hardware at $1,999 with the counter stand, or $97 per month over 24 months subject to the published credit-sale terms, plus $99 per month per device for software with Square Plus or Premium. It is currently U.S.-only and English-only, requires Plus or Premium, and kitchen or receipt-printer use currently requires connection to Square POS hardware.
Information as of 2026-10-27. Product details date: 2026-10-27.
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