Toast POS

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Cloud-based Point of Sale solution for restaurants

Overall rating

4.2 /5
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Value for Money
3.9/5
Features
4.1/5
Ease of Use
4.2/5
Customer Support
3.7/5

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Jayelynn
Jayelynn
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Incredibly Efficient!

Reviewed on 5/9/2019

Overall, I'm thrilled we switched to Toast. It's simple to use, has made us more efficient, and...

Overall, I'm thrilled we switched to Toast. It's simple to use, has made us more efficient, and wasn't as expensive as similar systems.

Pros

Compared to POS systems I've used in the past, Toast is a lifesaver! It has tremendously improved efficiency and flow of our Taproom. We now have the ability to swipe a card and store credit card information; which is a huge benefit for those of us in co-op spaces. Although they look bulky, their handhelds fit into your back pocket and allow us to close tabs out table side. They are shock and water resistant, plus you can log into more than one device at the same time so if you're working alone, you can close out multiple parties at once. As a GM, I'm grateful that Toast is not only cloud-based, but allows me to access the back end from my laptop or smart phone so I don't have to be onsite to make system changes. Updates are incredibly quick so there's not a ton of down time. There is also Toast Central, where you can troubleshoot issues yourself rather rather than immediately calling Support. They are helpful instructions with screenshots and videos.

Cons

Customer Support is hit or miss. I always get an answer, it's just a matter of when I get it. After hours and on weekends, I feel like their staffing is very limited which leads to delays in getting immediate help. Thankfully it's only happened once where I needed a quick answer and wasn't able to get it.

Alternatives Considered

Aloha EPOS

Reasons for Choosing Toast POS

The main reason was functionality. TouchBistro required us to use card readers attached to iPads, but finding iPad protectors that would allow enough room for the card readers was extremely difficult. I also had to be onsite to make any changes to the back end which was extremely inconvenient.

Switched From

TouchBistro

Reasons for Switching to Toast POS

While it has a lot of features, we couldn't justify the cost versus the features we would actually be using. Since we don't have a kitchen in our Taproom, we didn't need the inventory and recipe features that make Aloha a standard in our industry.

Response from Toast

Hi Jayelynn, Jasmine from Toast here. Thank you for your feedback. We are thrilled to hear how multiple features of Toast have improved your operations, and that you are taking full advantage of Toast Central as a resource!

Joshua
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A Start Up Micro Brewery

Reviewed on 30/10/2023

Really like toast. However, as we grow the cost is getting quite high to test and implement new...

Really like toast. However, as we grow the cost is getting quite high to test and implement new functions. Almost to the point where I am considering having a program written specifically for our business. Still, toast is great.

Pros

Customer Service is excellent. Easy to teach and easy to learn. Intutitve

Cons

With costs of integrations and addons feels like we are getting nickled and dimed.

Alternatives Considered

Square Point of Sale

Reasons for Switching to Toast POS

More intuitive, customer support was rated higher and Toast came recommended

Response from Toast

Hi Joshua, thanks for sharing your experience using Toast. We encourage you to join our online community at community.toasttab.com to connect with other Toast customers.
- Carrisa

kay
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Rip Off

Reviewed on 5/10/2023

Good luck get somebody in the phone and resolve the issue no ( 1 )speak English

Good luck get somebody in the phone and resolve the issue no ( 1 )speak English

Pros

if I can give O star I will the suck your money out .

Cons

I order product the messed up my order and charge me and have another the send me and charge me for the sand me label after three day sen the product back after milion call and email and no supervisor to talk and if you do he can Resolve anything and not get my credit back till after 28 days this is the most Ridiculous thing I ever hear you lost me as a customer and you'r not supporting Restarant business your there for take advantage of small business!!!!

Response from Toast

Hi Kay, thanks for sharing your experience. We'll be following up directly to hopefully get this resolved.

Jeff
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Toast POS - Positives and Negatives

Reviewed on 6/1/2025

Overall positive and pretty easy to use for employee processes

Overall positive and pretty easy to use for employee processes

Pros

Very versatile. Allows for easy use as all applications are tablet and app based. Easily accessible information and editing from smart phone, computer and other hardware.

Cons

Some service outages (credit card processing) and difficult programming on the back end. Some technical issues and support isn't always able to figure it out at the first level.

Response from Toast

Thank you Jeff, we’re really grateful and appreciate you taking the time to share your rating with us!

Julia
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Not the best overall, but the best modern choice

Reviewed on 29/10/2024

A one of the longest running TOAST users, almost 10 years, I love it because it's functional, easy...

A one of the longest running TOAST users, almost 10 years, I love it because it's functional, easy to use and customize, if you know the program. If you don't have a TOAST expert on your internal team, it can be challenging as customer service is poor and they don't have operational experience that relates when you are trying to resolve an issue.

Pros

Ease of implementation, interface, and reporting. Very functional if you take the time to learn the system. TOAST central database has lots of e-learning and resources at your fingertips. Like how many integration partners there are.

Cons

Customer support is lacking. Phone support is painful, Follow up by assigned managers is one sided. Most companies are better of hiring TOAST independent contractors to set up and manage their systems. TOAST fees including credit card processing fees are very high. Lastly there has been a very big known and detrimental outages

Response from Toast

Hello Julia,

Thanks for leaving a review, we’re happy to hear that you’re enjoying your Toast experience and appreciate your honesty in the areas that need improvement.

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Luis
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

No Customer Service

Reviewed on 27/10/2023

I understand nothing is perfect however when you combine it with a lack of customer service this...

I understand nothing is perfect however when you combine it with a lack of customer service this drastically decreases the value of the product.

Pros

Easy setup, very intuitive, easy to train employees

Cons

The customer service is very poor. They don’t even pretend to care. If able I would post the corespondents I have had with the company. Extremely poor however they are quick to bill or sell you an add on.

Response from Toast

Hi Luis, thanks for sharing your feedback. Please know that your feedback is important to us, and we're working to ensure our customer service can meet your needs as a restaurant operator. - Carrisa

Terry
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A decent product

Reviewed on 17/10/2024

Easy Help can be a challenge getting right people to respond

Easy Help can be a challenge getting right people to respond

Pros

Very user Friendly, easy to update menus and add people.

Cons

They constantly changing design do not like new designs.

Response from Toast

Hello Terry,

We’re really grateful and appreciate you taking the time to share your rating with us!

Meghan
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

We Love Toast!

Reviewed on 29/4/2024

Toast has been great for our business overall. Tracking sales and entering orders is so easy.

Toast has been great for our business overall. Tracking sales and entering orders is so easy.

Pros

Toast is user friendly, both on the front end and back end. Making changes on the fly is simple too!

Cons

Having to hit update so many times. This was a system update and took some learning. My employees feel like they have to push too make buttons to get to the check. Used to be more simple when we first started using toast. Some of the buttons on the screen are also tiny.

Response from Toast

Hi Meghan, thanks for the 5-star review! Thrilled to know that Toast is exceeding your expectations.

Sarah
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Toast is a Fantastic Product for F&B

Reviewed on 27/5/2024

Pros

Toast is incredibly easy to use for the front of house, back of house, and the back office. The ease of reporting makes my life so much easier. Utilizing the handheld system helps my staff turn tables faster and make less mistakes.

Cons

We have a hard time integrating with InforHMS and sometimes the integration with Resy malfunctions. The system upgrades and there is no warning, which can be difficult to navigate at first.

Response from Toast

Hi there, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review!

Brayden
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

An Amazing Product. State of the Art

Reviewed on 27/5/2024

Overall has been great. Not many problems with service and it easy to fix and use.

Overall has been great. Not many problems with service and it easy to fix and use.

Pros

It is very easy to use and great for quick service

Cons

Sometime the handhelds cant disconnect really easily.

Response from Toast

Thanks for the 5-star review!!

Adam
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

All function, little form

Reviewed on 27/3/2023

Working with a product that was actually intended for restaurants and not as a one-size-fits-all...

Working with a product that was actually intended for restaurants and not as a one-size-fits-all for any retail application has been wonderful.

Pros

Toast POS works exactly how it's supposed to, and meets every functional need we've had.

Cons

The support has been great, and the learning tools are awesome, but I would rather have a product that is easier to understand. There have been times when I've had to contact support for things that should have been very simple and straightforward. I have enough to do with running a restaurant that devoting the necessary time to watch all the training videos is impossible. Trying to navigate the Payroll has been particularly difficult. If you could get a great design team to make the products easier to navigate, Toast would be unstoppable. Also an app to access the back-end or payroll and work as a mobile POS would be great.

Response from Toast

Hi Adam, Thank you for choosing us as your POS provider. We appreciate the incredible 5-star rating.

We'll continue working hard to make every interaction with Toast memorable.

Matt
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Matt's Review of Toast

Reviewed on 28/3/2024

Easy to use, easy to keep track of labor, easy to find reports.

Easy to use, easy to keep track of labor, easy to find reports.

Pros

It's relatively easy to use and set up. Being able to adjust prices and buttons on the fly is helpful, as well as color coding them.

Cons

It can be slow and difficult to search for items.

Response from Toast

Hi Matt, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with our teams. I'm happy to know that you're finding Toast easy to use. Join our online community at community.toasttab.com to connect with other restaurant members!

Meghan
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

New customer exp

Reviewed on 15/10/2024

Horrible and I am the most patient and easiet customer n this experience was worst I’ve ever dealt...

Horrible and I am the most patient and easiet customer n this experience was worst I’ve ever dealt with as a business owner

Pros

The pos screen setup is good Easy to do orders

Cons

Customer service! I was told during the sign up process I would be able to do certain things (these thing

Response from Toast

Hello Meghan,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We wouldn’t be able to improve our service if it weren’t for people like you who provide us with honest feedback like this. Please know that we’ll be looking into it immediately.

Kelly
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Satisfied user

Reviewed on 6/9/2023

Pros

The online access is the most important. Being able to make changes in real time with no service interruptions.

Cons

I wish I could process payments for customers on the desktop version. Same for gift cards sales.

Alternatives Considered

Square Point of Sale

Response from Toast

Hi Kelly, thanks for the positive review and for sharing your feedback. Join our online community at community.toasttab.com to connect with other restaurant leaders and get support from the Toast team.

Rochelle
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My Experience With Toast POS

Reviewed on 6/2/2024

Very good! In all my years that I worked as a server, Toast POS was by far my favorite POS system.

Very good! In all my years that I worked as a server, Toast POS was by far my favorite POS system.

Pros

I loved how easy the POS system was to operate and all the additional features Toast has compared to other POS systems. Also, the handheld tablets make service 100% more efficient.

Cons

One big complaint I can remember is that when customers would use gift cards, and the gift card wouldn't fully cover the balance, the tip percentage would only reflect the balance that was left on the bill, and not the subtotal before the gift card was applied. This would result in very low tip percentages sometimes because most customers do not understand this.

Response from Toast

Hi Rochelle, thank you for sharing this feedback. We'll be sure to pass this along to our team.

Miles
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great System

Reviewed on 23/12/2023

Pros

Great system have been using for over 2 years

Cons

Not much to report on this end, we enjoy the system

Response from Toast

Hi Miles, thanks for leaving us a review!

Michele
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

After a year

Reviewed on 15/12/2023

Pros

The reports are good and payroll capacity is good.

Cons

The look of the sales summary page. It has jumbled information for my eyes.

Response from Toast

Hi Michele, thanks for sharing your experience using Toast. We appreciate your feedback!

Cathy
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Restaurant

Reviewed on 1/10/2023

In the beginning we were having to pay a very high amount. After looking into it more we were...

In the beginning we were having to pay a very high amount. After looking into it more we were paying for services we weren't even using. I wish TOAST would've realized that we weren't using these services and contacted us. We've lowered the monthly costs to fit our needs and now it is more affordable.

Pros

Reports. We like being able to see everything from home when we are not at the restaurant to tell if we need to go help or not. It is also nice seeing the financials.

Cons

Cost and customer service. We have to wait too long sometimes to get help. I feel the customer service could be better. We only call when we have issues that need to be addressed right away.

Response from Toast

Hi Cathy, thanks for sharing your experience using Toast. - Carrisa

Lucas
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  • Industry: Computer Games
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great POS, better than aloha

Reviewed on 28/9/2023

Honestly, very solid and great pos for a restaurant or a retail business. Easy to use

Honestly, very solid and great pos for a restaurant or a retail business. Easy to use

Pros

Fast, easy to use, mobile friendly, great support when needed, one of the best for restaurants I've seen.

Cons

Sometimes to synch the mobile with the brain would take sometime and that was a bit annoying

Response from Toast

Hi Lucas, Thanks for leaving us a review! We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. If you haven't already, we encourage you to join our Toast Community at community.toasttab.com to connect with other Toast restauranteurs. Hope to see you there.

Tammy
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Four Mile Pig Overview For Toast

Reviewed on 7/8/2023

We love toast POS for our restaurant.

We love toast POS for our restaurant.

Pros

We love how easy toast is to use in our restaurant. Its easy to navigate.

Cons

I least like that in the catering/events that a client cannot pay a deposit with a credit card.

Response from Toast

Hi Tammy! Carrisa here with Toast. Thank you for leaving us a review and sharing your experience using Toast. If you haven't already, we encourage you to join us at community.toasttab.com to connect with other industry leaders.

Josh
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Toast ok

Reviewed on 17/8/2023

Pros

Keeps stuff in one place so that's nice!

Cons

It glitches way too much and the response to fix is not quick enough

Response from Toast

Hi Josh! Thanks for the review! We appreciate your feedback and will pass it along to our team.

Jon
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Once they get you, they pile on the fees

Reviewed on 13/7/2023

Not good

Not good

Pros

The online ordering before they started jacking my customers .99 an order.

Cons

YOU DO NOT WANT TOAST!THEY JUST ADDED A .99 FEE TO ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS WHO ORDER ONLINE!.We already pay for that service.. We are invested in this register system. NOW THEY PULL THIS!!.The ONLY OPTION IS TO OPT OUT OF ONLINE ORDERING.RIP OFF!!

Response from Toast

Hi Jon, we appreciate your feedback and have made the decision to remove the .99 fee. Your feedback helped shape this decision and is a testament to our commitment to our customer community. If you have additional feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Mickel
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Works when it works.

Reviewed on 21/7/2023

We did all of our clocking in and out for all employees on the toast system along with all of our...

We did all of our clocking in and out for all employees on the toast system along with all of our order placing. Entering products and getting them accurate sometime caused issues.

Pros

It was really easy to use once we got it set up and going. In concept it is a wonderful product, and it could be a great asset to any restaurant.

Cons

Customer service left something to be desired. At times we were on the phone with them for over 2 hours and we still wouldn't be up and running.

Response from Toast

Hi Mickel thank you for your feedback. We're always looking for ways to improve our customer service efforts and appreciate the insight. If you have additional questions or are in need of support, join our Toast community at community.toasttab.com

Bryan
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

A customer service nightmare

Reviewed on 7/6/2023

During the discovery and on-boarding phase, Toast promised us many things. I explained our set up...

During the discovery and on-boarding phase, Toast promised us many things. I explained our set up in detail before I purchased any equipment from Toast, and was assure that they had a hardware solution for us. When it came time to set up our system, it became apparent to me that Toast's hardware would not be compatible with our current situation. It was nearly impossible for them to understand why, or agree with me that they did not have a solution. I believe this is due to alack of communication between their sales and on-boarding team, and their technical support team.It has been over a year and I am still jumping through hoops on a monthly basis trying to get a refund for hardware and services that were never utilized by our business. We are currently using Square. Their hardware was compatible with our internet set up.

Pros

I wish I had any pros to list, but unfortunately we did not get far enough along into the process of setting up Toast to process a single payment.

Cons

Toast's customer service is incompetent at best and predatory at worst.

Response from Toast

Hi Brian, Carrisa here with Toast. Thank you for this feedback. We're sorry we couldn't meet your needs. We welcome additional feedback on how we can meet your needs.

Rachel
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Worst POS System you can use

Reviewed on 3/5/2023

Horrible. I no longer wish to use it.

Horrible. I no longer wish to use it.

Pros

Nothing at all. If I don't get support there's nothing I can like.

Cons

Customer service sucks. There is absolutely no service support. No one can answer your questions. No fixes anything. It's a waste of time and money.

Response from Toast

Hi there, Carrisa here with Toast. We appreciate you taking the time to write a review. If you have additional feedback on how we can support you, please reach out.