POSolid is a bar POS system for pubs, cocktail bars and taprooms. Open a tab at the rail, add rounds all night from any device, check age on the items that need it, and close out knowing what poured.
A bar POS system is the software that takes the round, prices it, tells the bar what to pour and records what left the shelf. A till drawer does the last part and nothing else: it totals a sale. A POS knows the drinks list, so a double gin with a premium tonic is two taps instead of a price recalled under pressure, and it knows that the round belongs to a tab that is not finished yet.
What makes a bar different from any other venue is that almost nothing is a single transaction. A group arrives, opens a tab, adds four rounds over two hours, picks up food halfway through, and settles once — often split several ways, sometimes by a person who did not order any of it. Meanwhile the order has to reach the bar in seconds, some of it cannot legally be served without checking who is buying, and the person who opened the tab has gone home before it closes. Software written for table service assumes a cover and a bill; software written for retail assumes the sale ends when the customer walks away. A bar needs the order to stay alive.
POSolid runs in a browser, so the till is a tablet on the back bar and a phone in a server's pocket, both on the same live tabs. Drinks land on the bar screen as they are rung in and food on the kitchen's, an age-restricted item stops and asks before it goes on the tab, and the shift's takings, pours and voids are on the report before the lights come up.
Add beers, spirits, cocktails and the food menu with prices. Measures and sizes become variants, mixers and doubles become modifiers, and anything alcoholic gets the age-restricted flag.
Ring the first round and keep it open against the group or the table. A quick single drink closes in a few taps instead — same list, same screen, the order type is a choice.
Drinks appear on the bar's screen and food on the kitchen's the moment you confirm, each station seeing only its own items. A station that prefers paper gets its ticket printed.
Every later round lands on the same open tab, from whichever device is free — so the server who takes the fourth round does not need the one who opened it. An 18+ item asks before it goes on.
Cash, card or mobile, in one payment or split between the group. Apply a loyalty card or a coupon before you close it, then print the receipt or save it as a PDF.
Takings by hour and by payment method, what poured and what did not, every void and discount with a name against it. Enough to reorder and to roster next week without guessing.
Everything you need to launch: what to buy, how the tablet, printers and internet connect, which settings to turn on, and our recommendations for every size of crew.
Rounds go to the bar screen as they are rung in, so pouring starts while the server is still at the table and nobody walks the length of the bar to repeat an order.
Issue a loyalty card so the people in three nights a week have a reason to make it four, and so you can see who they are rather than only recognising a face.
A QR code on the table lets a group send the next round without waiting for a free server — which is the round most often lost when the bar is three deep.
Build the week against the hours that actually earn, clock people in and out, and see the wage cost of a Friday night next to what that Friday night took.
If you are comparing systems rather than looking for a particular one, these are the ten things a bar actually needs software to handle. Each is worth asking of whatever you end up choosing — POSolid included.
Most bars start on a till drawer and move when it stops answering questions. This is what changes — not a comparison with any other POS, just with the register it usually replaces.
| What you need to do | Cash register | POSolid |
|---|---|---|
| Ringing a round | Prices recalled from memory at speed | The drinks list, tapped — measures and mixers priced automatically |
| A tab across an evening | A card behind the bar and a paper chit | An open tab any device can add to until it is settled |
| Splitting the settle | Mental arithmetic and separate sales | Split the tab, several payment methods against one order |
| Age-restricted lines | Down to whoever is serving | Flagged 18+ in the catalogue, with a check before the item is added |
| Getting orders to the bar and kitchen | Calling them down the bar | On the station's screen as you confirm, or printed there |
| Knowing what poured | A stock take and a guess at the variance | Recipes drawing down bottles and kegs as drinks are sold |
| Voids and staff drinks | No record beyond the drawer being light | Every void and discount logged against the person who made it |
| Guests ordering themselves | Not possible | A QR menu at the table that reads your live list |
| Reading the night back | A Z-report total at close | Takings by hour, drink, payment method and staff member |
| Late shifts and hours | A paper rota and a notebook | Clock-in, breaks and the rota in the same system as the sales |
Every part named above is a module of the same platform — the plans build on each other, and the 14-day trial opens all of them.
Three things usually make up the bill: the software, the hardware, and getting it installed. POSolid is a monthly subscription with a 14-day free trial and no setup fee, and there is no engineer visit to pay for — you create the account, build the drinks list and start serving. There is no commission on your takings.
Hardware is where bars are normally caught out, and it is the part you can mostly skip: POSolid runs in a browser on a phone, tablet or laptop you already own, so there is no dedicated terminal to buy per service point. Budget for a thermal receipt printer, a cash drawer if you keep one, and a card terminal. Every module on this page — QR menu, bar and kitchen screens, stock, staff, reports — is part of the platform rather than a separate purchase; the modules sit across the plans, each plan includes everything in the one below it, and the 14-day trial opens all of them.
It is the software that takes a round, prices it from your drinks list, sends it to the bar or the kitchen and records what was sold. A till drawer totals a sale; a POS knows what was in it and keeps it attached to a tab that is still open. For a bar that matters most on rounds, where the order continues all evening, and on measures, where a double or a premium mixer changes the price.
Yes — that is the normal way to run it. A tab stays open against the group or the table until it is settled, and any device behind the bar can add to it, so whoever is free takes the next round. Everything lands on one bill at the end rather than a stack of separate sales.
Yes. An item can be marked age-restricted in the catalogue — it carries an 18+ badge wherever it appears, including the QR menu — and adding one to an order stops and asks the server to confirm the customer's age before it goes on the tab. It is a prompt at the point of sale, not an ID scanner: the check is still the server's, but it cannot be forgotten.
Yes. A tab can be split into separate receipts, and a single order can take more than one payment method — part cash, part card. Split receipts are an organization setting, so you can turn the option off for venues that would rather not offer it.
Yes. Measures and sizes are variants with their own prices; mixers, doubles and garnishes are modifiers, grouped so a group can be required (pick a mixer) or optional (make it a double), single-choice or multiple. The price follows the choice rather than being adjusted by hand.
Yes. Stations are yours to define, and each sees only the items that belong to it, so the bar is not reading through food orders and the kitchen is not reading through drinks. A station that would rather have paper can have its tickets printed to a thermal printer instead of shown on a screen.
Yes. Products carry stock, and a drink can have a recipe, so selling a cocktail draws its ingredients out of what you hold. Stocktakes record the variance against that, and the cost per drink follows from the same recipes — which is what turns a pour cost from an estimate into a number.
Yes. Each person signs in with a PIN and carries a role, and the role decides what they may do — who can discount, who can void, who can see reports. Whatever they do is recorded against them, so a void is a line in a report rather than a light drawer at close.
Yes. A QR code on the table opens a menu that reads your live list — current prices, current availability — in whichever languages you enable, and guests can send their order from it. Age-restricted items keep their 18+ badge there, and the order still reaches the bar the usual way.
Yes. Staff clock in and out, breaks are recorded, and the week's rota is built in the same system that holds the sales — so the hours worked and the takings for those hours sit side by side. Shifts that run past midnight are handled by the shift's own open and close times rather than by the calendar day.
Yes — that is the normal setup. POSolid runs in a browser, so a tablet on the back bar and a phone in a server's pocket are both full tills, and a screen on the wall is the bar display. Several devices work at once on the same live tabs, and swapping one mid-service loses nothing, because the orders are on the server.
With POSolid it is a monthly subscription with a 14-day free trial, no setup fee and no commission on takings. The hardware is a receipt printer, a card terminal and a cash drawer if you keep one — the till itself is a device you already own. The modules sit across the plans, each plan includes everything in the one below it, and the 14-day trial opens all of them. Current prices are on the pricing page.
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