Choosing an EPOS system for your café, restaurant or takeaway

A till is where your whole business meets the customer. When it's fast, service flows and queues melt; when it freezes mid-rush, everything stops. Choosing the right EPOS system comes down to a handful of questions worth asking before you sign anything.

Does it fit how you actually trade? A café needs fast menu keys and a clear order screen. A restaurant needs table management and kitchen tickets that keep front and back of house in sync. A takeaway needs online orders flowing straight to the till. We install NANOsoft because it's built for all of it on one platform, configured around your menu and stock — not the other way round.

Are card payments integrated? If the card terminal and till talk to each other, totals pass across automatically: no double keying, no mis-typed amounts, faster queues and a clean end-of-day reconciliation.

What happens when something breaks mid-service? This is the question that separates suppliers. Friday night rushes and weekend brunch wait for no one. Our support line is answered by real people 24/7, 365 days a year, with most fixes done by remote access in minutes.

Finally, insist on proper training. Every CWE installation ends with your staff serving real customers confidently before we leave. If you're weighing up an EPOS upgrade, talk to us — we'll demo NANOsoft on your own menu.