Lavu 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Lavu

4.2

(256)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Lavu

Lavu POS is an iPad-based point-of-sale system designed for food and beverage businesses. It supports various establishments such as full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurants, coffee shops, bars, breweries, bakeries, cafeterias, ice cream shops, pizza restaurants, and food trucks. The system is used by restaurants in many countries.

The platform includes features tailored to the restaurant industry. It offers a customizable iPad interface, dual pricing options for cash and card transactions, and a kitchen display system for order processing. It supports online ordering directly through the POS system and includes self-ordering kiosks for faster service. Secure payment processing and automated payroll management are also included.

Lavu POS provides tools for business management. It includes a customizable loyalty program and analytics for tracking customer engagement. Delivery management features allow restaurants to manage their own delivery services. The system also offers digital invoice management, converting paper invoices into organized digital records.

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Lavu Pricing and Plans

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Lavu Features

Popular features found in Restaurant POS
Delivery Management
Electronic Payments
Inventory Management
Loyalty Program
Mobile Access
Multi-Location
Online Ordering
Order Entry
Separate Checks
Table Management
Tips Management
More features of Lavu
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Bar Tab Management
Billing & Invoicing
Cash Management
Clock In/Out
Contact Management
Credit Card Processing
Customer Accounts
Customer Database
Customer History
Customizable Branding
Customizable Categories
Customizable Reports
Data Import/Export
Data Security
Data Synchronization
Discount Management
Dynamic Pricing
Electronic Signature
Employee Management
For Bars/Clubs
For Food Trucks
For iPad Devices
For Restaurants
For Retail
Gift Card Management
Inventory Control
Inventory Tracking
Invoice Management
Item Management
Kitchen/Menu Management
Mobile Payments
Offline Access
Ordering Automation
Order Management
Partial Payments
Payment Gateway Integration
Payment Processing
Performance Metrics
Point of Sale (POS)
Price/Margin Management
Pricing Management
Promotions Management
Purchase Order Management
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Receipt Management
Remote Access/Control
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Restaurant POS
Retail Inventory Management
Sales Reports
Sales Tax Management
Sales Trend Analysis
Self Check-In/Check-Out
Self Ordering
Split Checks
Surveys & Feedback
Third-Party Integrations
Time Clock
Timeout
Transaction History

Lavu Integrations

Marketman

PayPal

Square Point of Sale

Venga

Paychex Flex

OpenTable

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Lavu User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

62%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.2

Bianca P.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2026

Lavu review

Previously 3

Over all decent experience, a lot of good features. Has a few bugs and issues that need worked through

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

A lot of features are offered for a decent price point. I enjoyed the loyalty program and the options for setting up.

Cons:

Hard to reach customer service sometimes. I’ve had a few issues with printers and tablets disconnecting.

Robert D.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Lave, Best POS System for hospitality/restaurants

From the search for a new POS through activation, the only rating I would give Lavu and its staff is 5 stars.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Lavu is a POS system that is easy to use, has friendly staff that is eager to give help to achieve a great experience. It has a nested system, which allows for exceptional capabilities to modify even the most complex orders. It is only limited to the extremes of your imagination. Support videos make understanding and using Lavu easy from the start. Recommendations by sensitive content hidden] about Lavu's abilities in hospitalty/restaurant settings, as well as use in his own restaurants, makes Lavu's POS system a product that you confidently want to bring to the table when choosing a new POS system. We were able to have the system live within one week. The support staff called several times to make sure that there were no glitches in our setup process. This is the best experience we have had from the search for a new system, right up to its full utilization. We have received exponentially better service and capabilities for less money than any other POS that we have looked at, or have used previously. We would highly recommend that you look at Lavu for you own POS system. Red Hawk Brewing LTD

Cons:

Haven't found anything we were not happy with. If we were to have any regrets about Lavu, it would be that we hadn't found their product years ago. Lavu has been the complete opposite of the bad experiences we had with other POS systems

Reasons for choosing Lavu

One product never sent a proposal after talking with them. The other cancelled a next in person meeting and gave an impression that they really didn't want to give any support Post Sale.

Reasons for switching to Lavu

Poor customer service, problems with receiving payments from daily sales, dropping features and then rolling those features into a "new product" (which was the same product features that we had subscribed to), non fulfillment of online orders (i.e. eGift Cards), and more bad experiences.

malou g.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Best in the market!

We love the software and the easy-to-handle

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is quite easy to use, updating is a breeze, and the ability to use it in different locations at once is great.

Cons:

Data Base host goes offline too often especially when we are most busy.

Reasons for choosing Lavu

Easy to operate, smooth transition, pretty much plug and play with less cost.

Patricia E.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2025

Great Customer Experience

Great, I love the ease of the POS and how you can see clearly the reports without confusion from different reports connected to multiple affiliates! Very plain to understand and explain to my partners!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Customer Care and understanding to how I was feeling as a frustrated customer. [sensitive content hidden] went over and beyond to put a peace within my heart as I struggled somewhat with trusting a new POS system.

Cons:

My Onboarding Coordinator [sensitive content hidden]! Definitely made me feel like I hade a big brother looking out for me! He checked in one m9st nights to make sure all was well and to see if I had any other concerns. I really appreciated his empathy and professionalism. Very patient and polite! Whatever was a concern to me whether big or small, [sensitive content hidden] made my business a priority and handled it till I was satisfied!

Reasons for switching to Lavu

Confused Financulial Reports and Expensive minthly billing!1

Rique R.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2025

The Longhirn Restaurant

[sensitive content hidden] and the entire staff have been absolutely amazing, consistently displaying exceptional attentiveness to all our needs and concerns.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Honestly, this is a fantastic option for tour positions, offering a seamless transition from banking to the comprehensive management of the entire system.

Cons:

When starting, make sure to request a copy of the form that needs to be filled out for CDP. It's essential to have it on hand.

Reasons for choosing Lavu

All options seemed very similar it came down to a few features that toast didn’t share

Jeni M.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed June 2025

Opening a new restaurant

The people are super helpful and easy to contact. The equipment is nice and everything you need to locate (payroll, employees, tax forms, menu items) are all on one screen.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Everything is on one screen & it's easy to find. Also, everyone was super helpful & easy to contact.

Cons:

It's just a new system so takes time to get used too. That's no fault of Lavu though. A little training and practice should fix that!

Reasons for switching to Lavu

The handhelds took a long time to place a simple order. It also took a long time to get in touch with somebody for customer service.

Earl R.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed June 2025

Disappointed customer

To be 110% honest with you I dislike the system completely your customer service your software and your support team

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The system does not do what you said it's going to do it doesn't batch out at the end of the day the whole amount of money you have to go in and put zeros in for the tips to get your whole batch out and that was not explained to us when we got this system

Cons:

The customer service stinks they don't get back in contact with you in a timely fashion and every time you call they try to avoid your calls

Reasons for switching to Lavu

Saw a tik toc it was told that it was the best system out here, lies

Anja F.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed April 2025

Very happy client of LAVU

great, we truly love LAVU and everything they offer

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The customer service and the easy programmable POS System, 24/7/365 accessible costumer service

Cons:

that they don't have a rotating stand for the ipad to flip it over to the customer for tips, I bought one from amazon and so we are able to do that now

Reasons for choosing Lavu

looked at square, clover, toast, skytab, fitech best value for the money and amazing accessible costumer service

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your review - we appreciate you!

Replied April 2025

Ines G.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed April 2025

Overall good