Pay at the table
Handhelds take payment and tips tableside, so cards never leave the guest's sight and tables turn faster.
Restaurants and Cafes
Faster tables, cleaner tips, and a cause your regulars can see.
Restaurants run on thin margins and fast turns. You need payments that keep up at the counter, at the table and online, and a processing bill that does not quietly eat the week's profit.
01What you need
Built around your workflow.
Orders straight to the kitchen
Kitchen display systems route orders from the counter, kiosk and online channels to the line without paper tickets.
Online ordering on the same account
Pickup and delivery orders reconcile with in-store sales, so the end of day closes in one place.
Tip and batch reporting
Tips, voids and batches reported per server and per shift, ready for payroll.
02Recommended hardware
Devices that fit.
A starting point. We match hardware to how you take payments, and keep your current equipment where it makes sense.
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Clover Station Duo
Countertop system with a customer-facing screen
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Clover Flex Pocket
Handheld with payments built in
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Clover Kitchen Display
Orders straight through to the kitchen
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Square Kiosk
Self-serve ordering for your counter
03Platform
The tools you will use most.
Mobile
Accept cards wherever you work: job sites, markets, events. From a phone or tablet.
Ecommerce
Connect your online store to the same account, so every channel reconciles in one place.
Inventory
Track stock across locations and sales channels in one place, with counts that move as orders come in.
Cash Discount
Offer a lower price for cash and pass card costs along, configured to stay compliant.
04Impact
Every sale funds a cause.
Local restaurants are often the first businesses a school or ministry asks for support. With the Impact Network, every meal paid by card contributes, month after month, without a donation jar on the counter.
See the networkCost to you$0 extra
RateMatch or beat, in writing
DonationMonthly, in your name
Flagship platform
Run your restaurants business on BizSimple.
BizSimple relabels itself for restaurants and cafes and adds what you need as free add-ons: point of sale, online store, booking, automations and an AI assistant.
05Impact calculator
Your numbers, estimated.
Set your monthly volume and average sale. Add last month's fees for a sharper comparison.
Effective rate today
3.10%
Projected with BrightStar
2.35%
Estimated savings, per year
$3,599
Donated to your cause, per year
$368
Where your monthly processing fees go
$940.06
- Card networks and issuing banks$786.70
- BrightStar operations and support$122.69
- Donated to your cause$30.67
If 25 businesses like yours joined one organization's network, it would receive about $9,202 a year.
At this volume we would match your current rate, guaranteed in writing. The donation still comes from our side of the margin.
Illustrative estimate built on typical interchange costs. Your real numbers depend on card mix and how you take payments. A statement review gives the exact comparison and donation.
Guides
Read before you switch.
- For businesses · 5 min
ACH vs Credit Card Payments: Which Should Your Business Accept?
How ACH bank transfers and card payments differ in cost, speed, risk and customer experience, and how to decide when to offer each one.
- For businesses · 6 min
How to Lower Credit Card Processing Fees: 12 Practical Steps
Twelve concrete ways to bring down what you pay to accept cards, from the pricing model you are on to how you key, batch and protect each sale.
- For businesses · 7 min
How to Read Your Merchant Processing Statement
A section-by-section guide to the monthly statement from your card processor, and the handful of lines that tell you whether you are overpaying.
Next step
Send us a recent statement.
That is the whole first step. We come back with a side-by-side comparison and the exact monthly donation your account would generate. If we cannot beat what you have, we will tell you that too.
