Likelihood to Recommend In my experience, there has not been a resolution on outstanding tickets opened two years ago during the initial implementation. Simple things like time reporting, creating buttons, and marking items as "unavailable" have issues. The system has a lag when servers log out of checks that prevents them from opening the checks on another terminal without a wait that feels like an eternity in the restaurant industry and with direct impact to the guest. Good luck calling support. Most of my experience involves the person I spoke with having no idea how to fix my issue and having to "escalate the ticket." This escalation process will last weeks, months, and in our case, years with no resolution.
Read full review For a small business like ours, it works very well, is very user friendly, but the cost to add more tablets so that we can keep one at the bar, one on the interior dining area and one on the outside dining area is difficult as they have to be iPads, and there is an additional cost to add another tablet for use on the floor
Read full review Pros Real time sales Real time labor costs Integration with account software Read full review The best thing about Touch Bistro is how user friendly it is! Works just like an iPhone. My younger employees hardly need any training on it. Touch Bistro is very easy to set up and to maintain on a daily basis. Putting in my specific products and ingredients was simple. Adding modifiers, pricing and descriptions was simple enough. We have specials that change daily and updating the system in the morning is fast and easy. Employees can clock in and out with Touch Bistro. Inventory can be tracked and updated. Running reports is important in my business. Touch Bistro allows me to easily track my sales, for any period of time. I can easily find the numbers I need to pay my sales tax or do payroll. With just a few clicks I can compare my sales from month to month or year to year. Read full review Cons Support is awful. Oracle does not directly support end-users and depends on resellers to offer support. So if there is a bug or breaking change, we have to jump through hoops to get something fixed. Does not play well with other software or interfaces. There are interfaces but they lack a serious amount of features that are crucial to our business. The guest facing hardware does not hold up to constant use very well. The backend hardware is lacking in PCI compliance and is not meant for enterprise use. The software itself looks as if it is stuck in the early 2000s and there has been no sign of an update in many years. Reporting is difficult to set up and use and you have to rely on third-party reporting to get decent usable reports. Matthew James Junior Systems Administrator | POS Programming Specialist
Read full review Online ordering can not be added on to once the customer arrives, can’t edit or change anything once placed Slow speed to place next order, and syncing with debit machines Frustrating that screen needs to be closed until payment goes through, hard in a very busy restaurant New updates always cause glitches in the system. The last update I now have drinks printing to my kitchen that never did before. Admin and servers not being able to do printouts Discounts not displaying on day printouts Read full review Support Rating First of all, I hardly ever need support for Touch Bistro, that’s how well it works. In the very instances over the years where I did need to call, customer support was easily accessible and fast and accurate with their responses
Read full review Alternatives Considered We've stayed with MICROS mainly due to that's how we've always operated and to switch operating POS systems would be a HUGE learning curve for everyone involved.
Read full review Harbortouch has a very robust POS system however it has issues that we do not seem to have with TouchBistro. One of the issues with Harbortouch is if the internet goes down, the credit card reader will not work and actually lock of the POS system causing extra customer wait times while their food is getting cold. TouchBistro's system will still capture the card info even when the internet is down and process it when the internet is working again
Read full review Return on Investment Micros has allowed us to leverage our margin by using our own credit processor and loyalty program. We've seen success from both of these platforms (not Micros) and have been able to save money on the extra costs of using Micros. Read full review The software is easy to understand and use We could not find a case for the iPads that would also fit the third party card reader so we went without. This resulted in card readers breaking off in the charging port rendering the iPad useless. Reports were available in real time, so it was extremely easy to see sales and make quick decisions. Read full review ScreenShots