Lightspeed Restaurant Overview

Lightspeed Restaurant is a leading POS system that enhances guest experiences and boosts profit margins. Key features include check management, offline ordering, and restaurant analytics.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Loyalty Management, Helpdesk Management, Rating And Review Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Lightspeed Restaurant.

Other use cases:

  • Campaign Management
  • Social Media Analytics
  • Contract Management
  • Order Management
  • Coaching
  • Communication Management
  • Training & Onboarding
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Business Priorities

Enhance Customer Relationships and Increase Sales & Revenue are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Lightspeed Restaurant.

Other priorities:

  • Acquire Customers
  • Improve ROI
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Visibility
  • Establish Thought Leadership
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Lightspeed Restaurant Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Lightspeed Restaurant works with different mediums / channels such as Phone Calls. Review Sites. Website etc.

Lightspeed Restaurant's features include Personalization, Ticketing, Gamification, etc. and Lightspeed Restaurant support capabilities include Email Support, Chat Support, Phone Support, etc. also Lightspeed Restaurant analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"I need a POS to work, be responsive, and be easy to maintain. So, it needs to function without constantly having issues that I can update things, I can add things, I can add new menus, and not need to call up tech support just to do very simplistic ...tasks like that." - Ross Simon

Lightspeed Restaurant, Loyverse POS, POSist, Square Point of Sale, Square for Retail, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help POS. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Lightspeed Restaurant

Top Industries

  • Restaurants
  • Food & Beverages
  • Hospitality

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise

Lightspeed Restaurant is popular in Restaurants, Food & Beverages, and Hospitality and is widely used by Small Business, Mid Market, and Enterprise.

Comprehensive Insights on Lightspeed Restaurant Use Cases

What Are the key features of Lightspeed Restaurant for Loyalty Management?

What makes Lightspeed Restaurant ideal for Helpdesk Management?

How efficiently Does Lightspeed Restaurant manage your Rating And Review Management?

Why is Lightspeed Restaurant the best choice for Campaign Management?

What makes Lightspeed Restaurant ideal for Social Media Analytics?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Lightspeed Restaurant solved their POS needs. Cuspera uses 1853 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific POS needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Lightspeed Restaurant testimonial

Ross Simon

Owner

Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour

I need a POS to work, be responsive, and be easy to maintain. So, it needs to function without constantly having issues that I can update things, I can add things, I can add new menus, and not need to call up tech support just to do very simplistic tasks like that. Testimonial By Ross Simon
Lightspeed Restaurant testimonial

Dimitri Vlahakis

owner

Esperanto

Something that’s very important to me, is that you have to have remote access to it. I need to be able to look at reports, track inventory, get e-mailed reports, on a regular basis. That’s something that I do get with Upserve POS and it’s something that makes my life easier. Testimonial By Dimitri Vlahakis
Lightspeed Restaurant testimonial

Evan Matz

Owner

Crafthouse

Since I switched to the Upserve POS system, anytime I did need support we’d call the 800 number and we’d instantly get somebody on the phone. With [another POS] I’d have to get a callback hours later, if that. What a difference Upserve has made. They’re always there for us, 24/7. Testimonial By Evan Matz
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Lightspeed Restaurant testimonial

Ross Simon

Owner

Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour

I need a POS to work, be responsive, and be easy to maintain. So, it needs to function without constantly having issues that I can update things, I can add things, I can add new menus, and not need to call up tech support just to do very simplistic tasks like that. Testimonial By Ross Simon
Lightspeed Restaurant testimonial

Dimitri Vlahakis

owner

Esperanto

Something that’s very important to me, is that you have to have remote access to it. I need to be able to look at reports, track inventory, get e-mailed reports, on a regular basis. That’s something that I do get with Upserve POS and it’s something that makes my life easier. Testimonial By Dimitri Vlahakis
Lightspeed Restaurant testimonial

Evan Matz

Owner

Crafthouse

Since I switched to the Upserve POS system, anytime I did need support we’d call the 800 number and we’d instantly get somebody on the phone. With [another POS] I’d have to get a callback hours later, if that. What a difference Upserve has made. They’re always there for us, 24/7. Testimonial By Evan Matz

Case Studies

Apparel & Fashion

CASE STUDY VIP Wear

Lightspeed Retail and Lightspeed Payments helped VIP Wear, a fashion retailer with 25 stores in Michigan, solve problems with slow, on-premises POS systems. Before, VIP Wear struggled with manual inv...entory updates and limited access to sales data. After switching to Lightspeed’s cloud-based platform, they gained real-time access to sales and inventory across all locations. Checkout became up to 3 times faster and errors dropped. The owner can now check reports from anywhere, making business management easier and more efficient.

Retail

CASE STUDY Opulence of Southern Pines

Lightspeed helped Opulence of Southern Pines, a luxury bed and bath retailer, upgrade from an old system. They improved stock management and communication across three stores. Lightspeed Payments red...uced errors by 100%. Entering new inventory now takes minutes instead of days. The new loyalty program increased customer engagement and satisfaction.

Consumer Goods

CASE STUDY CBS Sports

Lightspeed helped CBS Sports modernize their retail operations. The store struggled with an old system that slowed down inventory and reporting. Lightspeed Retail, NuORDER, and Payments made work fas...ter and easier. CBS Sports now spends less time on manual data entry and more time with customers. Reordering top sellers takes just five minutes. The team makes smarter decisions with better data and fewer errors.

Consumer Goods

CASE STUDY Rhéo Thompson Candies

Lightspeed Retail and Lightspeed Payments helped Rhéo Thompson Candies grow revenue by 20%. The business switched from a manual cash register to an integrated POS and payments system. They saved 105 ...minutes per week on closing tasks and made their end-of-day process 60% faster. Advanced reporting improved planning and forecasting. The CRM helped them grow a customer segment by 40% and increase sales count by 7%.

Consumer Goods

CASE STUDY Modern Golf

Lightspeed helps Modern Golf manage complex SKUs for custom golf club fitting across nine locations in Canada. The company needed a POS that could handle thousands of product variations. Lightspeed R...etail, Payments, eCom, and Open API enabled easy inventory management, custom orders, and stock transfers. Modern Golf saved over $10,000 in payment processing costs. Lightspeed's open API integration with GymMaster improved booking and sales data accuracy.

Design

CASE STUDY Rutherford's Design

Lightspeed Payments helped Rutherford's Design save over $8,000 a year in payment processing fees. The company replaced an unreliable, outdated POS system with Lightspeed, gaining a dependable point ...of sale and payments solution. Manual processes were eliminated, and all client profiles, sales, and purchase orders are now centralized and accessible from anywhere. Owner Steffanie Evans reports more predictable fees and improved efficiency. Lightspeed made operations smoother and more organized for this Dallas-based design studio.

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Lightspeed Restaurant

What is Lightspeed Restaurant?

Lightspeed Restaurant POS software to successfully run a restaurant. It helps to increase sales and revenue and enhance customer relationships.

Lightspeed Restaurant is an industry-leading Point-of-Sale ( POS )used by restaurants to power exceptional hospitality. It's a restaurant management solution built to improve guest experiences. It helps restaurants boost their profit margins, optimize their menu, grow business, reduce staff turn, and many more.

Its top features are, merge, transfer and split checks, offline mode ordering, providing hands-on practice for new hires, restaurant analytics to bring in more guests, and menu intelligence to understand the performance of each menu item.

What is Lightspeed Restaurant used for?

Lightspeed Restaurant is a POS Software mainly used by its customers to Enhance Customer Relationships and Increase Sales & Revenue by Loyalty Management, Helpdesk Management and Rating And Review Management .

What are the top features of Lightspeed Restaurant?

Personalization, Ticketing and Gamification are some of the top features of Lightspeed Restaurant.

Who uses Lightspeed Restaurant?

Lightspeed Restaurant is used by Restaurants, Food & Beverages and Hospitality among other industries.

What are Lightspeed Restaurant alternatives?

Loyverse POS, POSist, Square Point Of Sale and Square For Retail are popular alternatives for Lightspeed Restaurant.

Where is Lightspeed Restaurant located?

Lightspeed Restaurant is headquartered at 700 St-Antoine Est, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2Y1A6.
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Peers used Lightspeed Restaurant for loyalty management and helpdesk management

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

2.13/5 ★

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Analytics

4.42/5 ★

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Custom Reports

4.11/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

2.13/5 ★

Read Reviews (2)
Analytics

4.42/5 ★

Read Reviews (124)
Custom Reports

4.11/5 ★

Read Reviews (354)

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Lightspeed Commerce Inc News

Financial

Lightspeed Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported its first quarter 2026 financial results, showing a 15% increase in total revenue to $304.9 million and a 19% rise in gross profit. The company added approximately 1,700 new customer locations, with notable customer wins in North America and Europe. Despite a net loss of $49.6 million, Lightspeed achieved strong growth in transaction-based and subscription revenues, and improved gross margins.

Lightspeed Commerce Inc Profile

Company Name

Lightspeed Commerce Inc

Year Founded

2005

HQ Location

700 St-Antoine Est, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2Y1A6

Employees

501-1000

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Financials

IPO