The EPOS system UK cafés and coffee shops run on their own tablets
Fast counter orders and clean modifier handling, without the queue backing up. Servio gives independent cafés and coffee shops a full cloud EPOS — till, QR ordering and prep screens — from £79/month, with no hardware and no contract.
Built for the rush
Two-tap orders with modifiers for milks, syrups and sizes, so the queue keeps moving when there are twelve people before the door closes.
QR ordering for tables
Weekend brunch service without hiring: guests scan, order and pay from the table. Included on every plan.
Prep screen
Flat whites on one screen, food on another. Orders route to the right station and paper tickets disappear.
Free menu import
Upload your menu as a file or URL and Servio rebuilds categories, items and modifiers for you. Switching takes an afternoon.
Know your numbers
Real-time sales, busiest hours and top sellers show you whether the new pastry line actually pays for itself.
From £79/month
Starter covers smaller cafés and food trucks; Growth (£199) adds inventory, analytics and priority support for busy operations.
Why cafés outgrow app-tier tills
Most cafés start on a free or cheap app till, and it works, right up until the menu grows modifiers and weekends bring table service. Sooner or later you also want to know which hours actually make money. Then the add-ons begin: a QR ordering app here, an inventory app there, each with its own subscription and often a higher card rate for orders that route through it. Our UK POS cost guide works the numbers: matching a full feature set with add-ons typically costs more per month than an all-in-one plan, before counting the juggling. Servio’s answer is one connected system: counter POS, QR ordering, prep screens and owner analytics at one published price, on the tablet already sitting by your grinder. And because it’s browser-based, the same system runs a food truck, dessert lounge or multi-site café without new kit.
Switching without closing
You don’t switch POS mid-service, and you shouldn’t have to close to do it either. Import your menu (file or URL, free on every plan), set up in an afternoon, and run your first live shift with the old till standing by as a fallback. The FAQ covers the details, and our menu-migration guide walks through the tidy-up worth doing while you move. With a 14-day no-card trial and month-to-month billing, the risk of trying it is one quiet Tuesday.
Common questions
What's the best POS system for a small UK café?
For most independent cafés the deciding factors are counter speed, modifier handling (milks, syrups, sizes), price and not having to buy hardware. Servio Starter at £79/month covers the full platform for smaller cafés and food trucks and runs on a tablet you already own; Growth at £199/month adds capacity for busy, table-service operations with inventory and analytics. There's a 14-day free trial with no card, so you can test it through a real morning rush.
Do I need to buy a till or card machine?
No till. Servio runs in the browser on your existing tablet or phone. Card payments process through Stripe and settle directly to your bank at Stripe's published UK rates; Servio never touches card data and adds no markup.
Can Servio handle modifiers like oat milk, syrups and sizes?
Yes. Menu items carry modifiers, and the free menu import rebuilds your categories, items and modifiers from a file or URL when you switch. Orders carry the modifiers through to the kitchen or prep screen exactly as entered.
Is an EPOS system different from a POS system?
They're the same thing: EPOS (electronic point of sale) is simply the common UK term, while POS is the international one. Servio is a cloud EPOS — the till, QR ordering, kitchen screen and reporting run in the browser on your own tablets, so there's no proprietary EPOS terminal to buy or maintain.
Does QR table ordering make sense for a café?
For brunch-style and seated cafés, yes: guests order and pay from the table without flagging staff, and orders land in the same queue as the counter. It's included on every Servio plan, so you can turn it on for weekend table service and off for weekday counter-only trade.