Toast for casual dining

Q: Is the Toast POS system right for new casual dining restaurant?

Toast's Essentials package is ideal for new casual dining restaurants who want to get the most out of Toast from the start by connecting their FOH and BOH with Toast POS, Handhelds, and Toast KDS.

Help turn more tables, eliminate bottlenecks, and keep service in sync with a casual dining POS designed to grow cheque sizes and your regulars.

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Streamline operations for seamless and efficient service

From front of house to back of house, Toast POS has everything you need for smoother operations.

Give servers and guests more control

Empower servers to take and send orders right from the table with an all-in-one handheld POS.
Delight guests with a seamless checkout experience with Mobile Payments and Digital Menus, included with Toast POS.
Keep servers in the know with real time updates on order status sent from Toast Kitchen Display System (KDS) to your servers’ handhelds.

Help increase upsells and revenue while minimising comps and voids with Toast Mobile Order & Pay™

Allow guests to order on their time, accurately and reliably.
With the entire menu at their fingertips, guests can easily upsell themselves with those paid modifiers or another round of drinks.
With Apple Pay & Google Pay, guests can pay in less than 10 seconds.

Discover back office bliss

Access real-time sales, menu, and labour data to monitor your restaurant's performance from anywhere.
Help optimize your menu with insights from robust product mix and modifier reports.
Mark items in stock and out of stock so employees can keep customers informed and solve for shortages in real time.

Built for restaurants, by restaurant people

Operate with confidence knowing Toast is with you every step of the way.

Reliable through every rush

Beautifully designed hardware that's built to stand up to restaurant life.
Hardwired connections and offline mode to keep service up and running.
POS that’s intuitively designed and built specifically for restaurants so it’s easy to learn and use.

Built for your entire business

Payments, Reporting, POS with tableside ordering & KDS all in one.
Technology that connects your front of house, back of house and everything in between.
Robust partner integrations seamlessly integrate other best-in-class restaurant technology.

Customisable onboarding & 24/7/365 support

Make switching easy with our tailored onboarding packages designed to meet your installation & training needs, on your time and in your way.
Choose your preferred way to get help, whether live or self-serve.
Connect with a trusted community to learn from and share with your peers.

Solutions built for every budget

Simple & fast set-up

Flexible payment options

Offline mode

24/7/365 reliability

Starter

Ideal for restaurants who want to get up and running on a POS with streamlined ordering & integrated payments.

Starting at

€90/month*per month*

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Cloud-based point of sale with robust restaurant features
Advanced real-time reporting
Payment processing integrated with POS
Hardware configuration, installation, and go-live support
Optional add-ons: kitchen display system, handhelds, gift cards, integrations, etc.

Essentials

Ideal for restaurants who want to scale their operations from day one with streamlined ordering, integrated payments, and an interconnected FOH and BOH.

Starting at

€170/monthper month

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All-in-one Handheld POS
Advanced real-time reporting
Payment processing integrated with POS
Hardware configuration, installation, and go-live support
Kitchen Display System
Toast Go™ handheld POS
Optional add-ons: additional hardware, gift cards, integrations, etc.

Custom Quote

Not finding what you’re looking for? Get a custom quote for any number of devices and a customized package built to fit your needs.

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Cloud-based point of sale
Integrations with the most popular restaurant software
Custom hardware configuration

Find the right products to power your restaurant

Everything you need to run your restaurant easily -- all in one platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Toast POS System right for my casual dining concept?

Toast is built specifically for restaurants, bars, and lounges. Toast POS was ranked 2021 as G2's leading restaurant point of sale.¹

What are the most popular features of Toast POS for casual dining restaurants?

Toast POS and Toast KDS are two of the most popular products for casual dining restaurants because they help keep FOH and BOH teams in sync. Key features that really stand out to casual dining restaurants include the ability to 86 items from any device, in real time, robust course firing options, ranging from automated, based on fulfilment status and prep time, to fully server led where servers can hold and send individual items as needed.

Is the Toast POS system right for new casual dining restaurant?

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This page was last updated on: 8 April 2026

1. Toast has a direct relationship with G2 involving incentivising reviews.