Likelihood to Recommend For a small company with little inventory, Lavu is a great simple POS system. For a larger company or a company where items are always changing, I would not recommend Lavu as more transactions increases room for error and ultimately takes away the time one doesn't have to figure out how to reconcile something. Customer service is not always able to fix the problem right away and can take months getting back to you on the reasoning behind a discrepancy in reports.
Read full review Harbortouch is a powerful and robust POS system. After using other methods and training on a couple of different designs, Harbortouch is far ahead of the rest regarding functionality, ease of use, and error-free transactions. It has an excellent reporting tool that is easy to use and "item" editing features that make using the system quick and easy. As checkout is in process, and the customer keeps changing their mind, or the cashier makes errors, the system makes it very quick and easy to edit to keep the transaction in process.
Read full review Pros The Lavu system is incredibly easy to use in both front and back of house operations. The format of both sides is very intuitive. Lavu makes it very easy to add real life application to teaching inventory control, schedule control, etc. The fact that it is cloud based makes life much easier. I can make changes on the fly and they update very quickly. Read full review Solid robust system Easy use from entering to editing Great reporting Read full review Cons Split check credit card transactions, seem to have issues with some of the checks not closing out properly or being charged correctly Servers being allowed to run server summary even though they have unpaid checks (not supposed to happen) Have had the system go out on a weekend and took 20 plus minutes to get back online Calling the help desk on the weekend is a joke, takes 45 to 90 minutes to get help Read full review Harbortouch as well as many other "large" companies these days could use improvement in the customer service/technical department. An easy reset button would be nice for the occasion the card reader locks up Read full review Alternatives Considered Square has a simpler interface but lower quality reporting for accountants.
Read full review We currently use Harbortouch and
TouchBistro at our restaurant. We were going to switch to just using
TouchBistro because Harbortouch's customer support and technical team were having trouble believing we were having ongoing issues with our system. Unfortunately, it took us telling Harbortouch that we were leaving them for them to get to the root of the system's problems. Finally, they worked three days straight to fix all of the issues. We decided to keep both systems for now as Harbortouch has a much more robust system. Still, each uses different credit card processing companies, so hopefully, we can avoid downtime during our three-month, hectic tourist season. Now that Harbortouch fixed all of the issues, their system is much more robust and powerful.
Read full review Return on Investment LAVU has fit perfectly into both the business and teaching usage areas for me. I feel I got an extra return on investment. Read full review Harbortouch makes each transaction very quick and easy so we can keep up during busy times to keep the orders flowing. Harbortouch has a good online system so customers can order online during our busy times when we are too busy to keep up with the phones. Harbortouch allows us to handle more orders during busy times than other systems we experimented with. Read full review ScreenShots