The best restaurant and bar POS for lodges.
A lodge bar serves in-house guests almost entirely, so charge to room is the normal payment, and the till must keep working when the satellite link drops. Here is what to look for, and how Tivuzo does it as part of one back office.
The best restaurant and bar point of sale (POS) for lodges covers tables and bills, split and transfer, charge to room, mobile money and card, stock out of the outlet store and offline selling, and handles what is specific to lodges: charge to room as the main payment; bar and boma dinners as outlets; offline selling on weak internet; bar counts weekly against sales. It should share one database with the rest of the back office so nothing is typed twice. Tivuzo includes it with the PMS, POS, procurement, stores and accounting for $13 per user per month.
What lodges need
A lodge bar serves in-house guests almost entirely, so charge to room is the normal payment, and the till must keep working when the satellite link drops.
- Charge to room as the main payment
- Bar and boma dinners as outlets
- Offline selling on weak internet
- Bar counts weekly against sales
The full checklist
Beyond the specifics above, any restaurant and bar point of sale (POS) for a lodge should have:
| Must have | In Tivuzo |
|---|---|
| Tables, open bills, splits and transfers | ✓ |
| Charge to room onto the guest folio | ✓ |
| Cash, card, mobile money and split payments | ✓ |
| Staff pick their name and enter a PIN | ✓ |
| Each outlet takes stock from its own store | ✓ |
| Keeps selling when the internet drops | ✓ |
| Closing counts by payment method | ✓ |
| Shares data with the rest of the back office | ✓ One database: PMS, POS, procurement, stores, accounting |
Why it should be part of one system
When the till is joined to the PMS and stores, charge to room lands on the folio, sales take stock out of the outlet's store and revenue posts by outlet and payment method. Read one system vs separate systems.
What it costs a lodge
At a typical lodge the people who log in are the manager, front office, storekeeper, bar and accounts: 6 users, $78 a month or $748.80 a year, with every module included. See pricing.
Read more
The module in detail: hotel restaurant and bar pos. For lodges: lodge and safari camp software, and pms, procurement, inventory and stores, accounting. Restaurant and bar POS for hotels, safari and tented camps, guest houses and B&Bs, serviced apartments, boutique hotels. By country: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia. Guides: Bar stock control, Food cost percentage, Guest folios and billing.
Restaurant and bar POS for lodges: questions
Does the lodge bar till work offline?
Yes for cash, card and mobile money. Charging to a room needs the connection to see who is in house.
Is POS included in Tivuzo's price?
Yes. Every module is included for $13 per user per month; there are no add-ons and no fees per room.
Does Tivuzo work for small lodges?
Yes. A lodge pays only for the people who log in; switch on modules as you need them.
Does Tivuzo work with weak internet?
The restaurant and bar tills sell offline and sync later; the rest needs a connection, and light use works on mobile data.
What does Tivuzo not do yet?
No live channel manager, booking engine, door-lock integration, payroll or country e-invoicing links.
Last updated by the Tivuzo team.