Lavu Inc.

Lavu Restaurant POS

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What is Lavu Restaurant POS?

As featured in Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares! STARTING AT $59/MO WITH FREE HARDWARE INCLUDED. Purpose-built for restaurants by restaurant people, Lavu's easy-to-use, mobile POS and restaurant management platform is designed to fit any dining type, cuisine, and budget. Lavu streamlines operations and increases revenue while delighting customers. Offering in-house payment processing, online ordering, detailed reporting, loyalty programs, labor management, inventory management &amp; more.

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Awards & Recognition

Lavu Restaurant POS won the following awards in the Restaurant POS category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

10 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

Lavu Restaurant POS Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Lavu Restaurant POS?

0% Negative

9% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Check Settlement Types

Table Reservations Management

Kitchen Course Management

Mobile Capabilities

Payment Processing

PCI Compliance

Off Line Operations

Workforce Management

Integrations

Multiple Venue Property Concept Support

Advanced Compliance & Statutory

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Lavu Restaurant POS Downloads

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Lavu Restaurant POS Reviews

Jennifer C P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Feb 2023

An easy to use and endlessly customizable POS.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Lavu Restaurant POS from other similar products?

Easy to set up and customize menu as well as loyalty programs and payment options. Highly intuitive to learn; new servers were able to place orders on their first day worth little help and generally has a full understanding after about a week. Also, whenever we had any technical problems, the help desk was always able to get it sorted out quickly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Customization

What do you dislike most about this product?

I'm not sure of this has been fixed since I used Lavu last, a few years ago, but at the time, our POS would go down every time the internet went out. It would be nice to have a backup

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Just try it. You won't be disappointed

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Bob M.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Feb 2023

Great teaching tool, versatile!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Lavu Restaurant POS from other similar products?

Versatile enough to run a restaurant and also teach culinary arts students.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very intuitive back of the house features and easy to teach front of house czpabilities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Updates can be a bit confusing at times.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Talk to company reps to totally understand the product.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Channae R.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

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Submitted Feb 2023

Efficiency at its best!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Lavu Restaurant POS from other similar products?

It’s very user friendly and efficient It allows mobility and provides endless features relevant to your duties.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Being able to add all the menu items both for kitchen and front of house

What do you dislike most about this product?

The inventory feature isn’t accurate

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend trying the product for 3 months, staring off with a training on how to use the machine.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Lavu Restaurant POS

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Lavu Restaurant POS Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Lavu Restaurant POS?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Check Settlement Types Such as coupons, gift card, gaming & non-gaming comps, points, house accounts, split check, cash, debit/credit card, mobile payment such as Apple Pay.

Table Reservations Management The solution tracks table status and allows servers to be assigned to specific tables.

Kitchen Course Management The solution includes KDS support and assists in kitchen production by printing/displaying/routing orders, coursing, recipes by prep line, or other criteria.

Mobile Capabilities Allows staff with mobile tablets to take orders, accept online orders and managers to access mobile real-time reporting, KPIs and alerts on smartphones.

Payment Processing Includes credit card processing, debit card processing, and payment verification.

PCI Compliance PCI, EMV compliance in conjunction with mandatory tokenization

Off Line Operations Ability for a POS terminal to continue to operate for a majority of key transactions when the network/server is unavailble (offline).

Workforce Management Provides time & attendance capabilities to track staff time and performance/KPIs and coordinates scheduling in accordance with regulations & business needs.

Integrations The workplace platform integrates with common business applications in which users do their work, such as Office 365, G-Suite, Salesforce, and Zendesk.

Multiple Venue Property Concept Support Manage POS system definitions, menu items, pricing for various venues from a single dashboard and is flexible to support a variety of restaurant concepts

Advanced Compliance & Statutory PCI, EMV compliance in conjunction with mandatory tokenization, Gaming compliance for comp accounting/integration. Jurisdictional Invoicing and tax (ie: VAT)

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Lavu Restaurant POS Downloads

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Lavu Restaurant POS Reviews

Jennifer C P.

An easy to use and endlessly customizable POS.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bob M.

Great teaching tool, versatile!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Channae R.

Efficiency at its best!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Check Settlement Types

Table Reservations Management

Kitchen Course Management

Mobile Capabilities

Payment Processing

PCI Compliance

Off Line Operations

Workforce Management

Integrations

Multiple Venue Property Concept Support

Advanced Compliance & Statutory

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement