Over 80% of restaurants are turning to technology – like online delivery apps, accounting tools and POS software – to help run their business (source: 7Shift).
To cater to this demand for tech, there are countless apps for restaurants that promise to make life easier for staff, owners and customers alike.
Lightspeed integrates with dozens of them directly so that you can run your entire business with a hassle-free, all-in-one platform.
One of our integrations is with Doshii which offers customers the option to integrate with even more apps that are not listed in our marketplace.
In this article, we’ve selected our pick of the top 12 restaurant apps that Doshii offers to provide you with more options and a more extensive menu of apps to further streamline your operations and boost efficiency.
Who is Doshii?
Doshii enables a host of hospitality apps to seamlessly connect to the POS. For Lightspeed customers, Doshii opens up a larger selection of apps for businesses to choose from.
In other words, if there is an app that Doshii offers, and we don’t, you can connect it to your Lightspeed platform with Doshii’s integration. This ultimately creates a powerful, all-in-one platform that caters to your exact business needs.
The importance of integration
Whether a business has one app or ten apps, it’s crucial that each one seamlessly integrates with the point of sale (POS) system to get the most efficiency out of each app.
Integration means that the different apps, or systems, are connected and they convey information directly to your POS. This removes double-handling of data, reduces mistakes, and saves a lot of time on repetitive admin tasks.
To ensure businesses can get the most out of every integration, Doshii helps to connect the dots and empower hospitality venues to bring all of their apps together in one place.
Here is our pick of 12 restaurant apps that you can now integrate with if you’re a Lightspeed customer with Doshii’s add-on.
- HungryHungry
- Resy
- WooCommerce
- Chewzie
- Deliveroo
- Qlub
- Peiso
- Now Book It
- Payo
- Order Up
- Tanda
- Restoke
1. HungryHungry
App: Pickup & Delivery, In-venue Ordering
HungryHungry makes it easy for your customers to order at the table or ahead for delivery or pickup – empowering you to serve hungry customers, no matter if they’re dining in, on the go or at home.
By integrating HungryHungry with your POS, orders made via the app are sent directly to the kitchen, which means less double-handling and fewer mistakes. Not only is this quick, contactless and convenient, but it also allows your team to focus on delivering the best customer experience.
HungryHungry also provides venues with an Order Manager tablet that systemises your service and puts the control of In-venue Ordering back into the hands of your waitstaff.
2. Resy
App: Reservations
Resy provides an easy-to-use reservations platform that empowers restaurants to deep-dive into customer data to enhance the customer experience. With Resy, venues can access all of their customer transactions and performance data in their bookings back office.
Integrating Resy with your POS allows you to sync customer order information to Resy’s customer profiles, giving you an overview of spending habits, order preferences and total order values. Armed with this real-time data, it’s easy to identify your big spenders to improve the customer experience so they’re more likely to dine with you again.
3. WooCommerce
App: eCommerce
WooCommerce enables restaurants to turn their WordPress websites into eCommerce stores. From meal kits to signature sauces, recipe books and bottled cocktails, WooCommerce empowers venues to open up an additional revenue stream by selling products online.
Connecting your POS to WooCommerce reduces double-handling, meaning no more manual rekeying of orders or sales reports. Plus, orders are sent directly to your POS, ensuring all your sales data is in one place, making reconciliation a breeze.
4. Chewzie
App: Pickup & Delivery, In-venue Ordering
Chewzie gives your customers the power to tap and order from their table or order ahead for Pickup & Delivery on an easy-to-use platform. With Chewzie, you’ll have access to your own branded ordering app, so you can present your menu your way, with customisable templates for ultimate brand personalisation.
Chewzie’s direct-to-printer technology guarantees no lost orders, allowing for incredible enterprise-grade features like docket merging and smart queue.
Direct integration makes it easy to sync orders directly to your POS. Not only will this reduce double-handling and mistakes, but it will also speed up service by sending online orders straight to your bar or kitchen printer, ready for production.
5. Deliveroo
App: Pickup & Delivery
Deliveroo is one of Australia’s most well-known food delivery apps. It prides itself on ensuring your customers have the best food delivery experience, from an order being placed to the food being delivered to their door.
Online food delivery has become a ‘must-have’ for successful hospitality businesses, and Deliveroo sets venues up with the technology they need to sell their food online for delivery. Integrating your POS with Deliveroo sends your Deliveroo orders directly to your POS, so they can be managed just like a dine-in order, with fewer mistakes and less double-handling.
6. Qlub
App: Payments
With Qlub your customers tap, split & pay their bills in seconds, saving precious time and empowering staff to turn tables over quicker.
Your customers order as usual with your waitstaff, enjoy their meal, and then tap their phone on a beautiful, custom-designed card to see the bill, split and pay when they are ready. As soon as they pay the order will automatically close on the POS. Plus, customers are prompted to leave a tip and write a Google review directly from the Qlub interface as they pay.
Qlub gives customers the freedom to pay their way. And when integrated, all payments made via Qlub are recorded directly in your POS, making end-of-day reconciliation simple.
7. Peiso
App: Venue Management, Business Intelligence
Peiso empowers restaurants to dive into their business’s0- financial performance metrics.
The software was designed for the hospitality industry and provides businesses with personalised insights to help maximise profits. By comparing rostering decisions with sales sent straight from your POS, Peiso enables operators to make smarter decisions and encourage growth powered by integrations with accounting, rostering and POS solutions.
Connecting Peiso with these key data touch-points will help determine where your business is thriving, how it can improve and where it’s struggling. These insights will also help to identify areas of potential growth to help take your business to the next level.
8. Now Book It
App: Reservations
Now Book It is a reservation and table management system that allows you to efficiently manage your online bookings from an easy-to-use system.
By connecting Now Book It to your POS, you’ll gain access to valuable reporting and forecasting tools and insights into customer behaviour, such as spending and ordering habits. This real-time data helps you identify big spenders, improve customer service and tailor your marketing efforts to craft personalised communications to different customer groups.
9. Payo
App: Payments
Payo, the pioneer of Eat Now, Pay Later, is a payments platform focusing on the hospitality industry with unique benefits for both the customer and merchant.
Payo customers can eat and drink at Payo partners and pay the bill in four fortnightly instalments with zero interest. Payo also offers Payo Checkout – a self-checkout technology that allows customers to scan a QR code at their table to pay or split their bill in seconds.
When integrated with your POS, it’s easy for customers to pay directly at your POS, just like any other payment. Plus, your POS platform automatically records all sales data for easy end-of-day reconciliation and reporting.
10. OrderUp
App: In-venue Ordering
OrderUp provides restaurants with a single interface to manage all order types – from dine-in to QR table ordering, delivery and pickup.
OrderUp helps restaurants reduce costs, increase profits, improve productivity and streamline business processes, allowing venues to focus on what they do best – creating great food and delivering excellent customer service.
When integrated with your POS, all in-venue orders made via OrderUp are sent directly to your bar or kitchen via your POS. It’s quick, contactless and convenient.
OrderUp is a white-label solution – their contactless table ordering system is versatile and easily configured for your venue. Integrating your POS with OrderUp’s responsive platform means your venue will give guests the power to order from anywhere on any device, whether it’s poolside, table-side or someplace in between.
11. Tanda
App: Rostering
Tanda is amongst Australia’s leading rostering, attendance and award-interpretation software.
With Tanda’s help, hospitality venues can build informed, cost-effective rosters as well as onboard new staff, manage employee leave, control shift-swapping and predict busy versus quieter periods based on trends.
By connecting Tanda with your POS, you can see exactly how busy the venue is via the Tanda app, even if you’re not onsite. Combining and comparing sales data from your POS with staffing information provides valuable rostering guidance and empowers you to make more informed rostering decisions based on proven business needs.
12. Restoke
App: Venue Management, Business Intelligence
Restoke is a back-of-house management app that helps restaurants automate their food costing, inventory, team management, ordering, invoicing, compliance and more.
When Restoke is integrated with your POS, you and your team will save countless hours on time-consuming tasks, like data entry and number crunching, so you can focus on what really matters – whether that’s improving customer experience, adapting your menu, marketing or growing your business.
Doshii + Lightspeed: restaurant integrations made easy
Doshii provides customers with a larger variety of apps to integrate with their Lightspeed platform. Because ensuring that all your apps talk directly with your POS is invaluable in an industry that is constantly strapped for time.
If you’re a Lightspeed customer and you’ve had your eye on any of the apps listed above, reach out to your Account Manager to find out how Doshii can support your integration needs.
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