Lavu Overview
What is Lavu?
Lavu is an iPad POS (point of sale) system designed for small to large businesses within the restaurant industry. Lavu is adaptable to any sort of environment whether it’s full-service, quick-service or a franchise. The software is a combination of cloud-based management and mobile/wireless technologies with a modern and intuitive touchscreen interface.
Users can choose between bar, restaurant, and quick-service interfaces which can be customized to fit each business’ particular needs, whether it’s a restaurant, coffee shop or even food truck.
The front of house features offer a fully customizable menu where items can include photos and an ingredients list. Servers can switch between tableside service, counter service, or bar tab layouts for their order screen. Delivery services are also available with the delivery and routing extension which enables staff to assign drivers to orders, and provides them with a map and directions to each delivery location.
The back of house control includes scheduling, managing employee shifts and payroll reports, as well as inventory management tools including low-count warnings and an '86 countdown'. In addition to the POS, Lavu also offers users a variety of sales, inventory and expense reports that can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection.
Lavu also has marketing and promotions features that include a built-in happy hour function, where users can set prices based on date and time, and offer customers loyalty rewards through integration with LoyalTree.
Lavu Overview
Pricing
Pricing options
Single Location:
$69 per month
300+ Restaurant Features
Free Updates & 24/7 Customer Care
Employee Management Functionality
Multi-location / Enterprise:
(Contact vendor for pricing)
Franchises and Chains
Customized Regional Reporting
Global Menu Push
Enterprise-Level Support
Lavu Features
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Lavu Reviews
Lavu Reviews
Former Lavu User
Overall, for the two years the system was satisfacotry. Until recenlty it was for the current management at the restaurant. The dealer is helpful - he is our first line of tech support before we go to KLAvu for support.
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used to have excellent customer service, but our system went down two days before xmas and we were unable to run credit cards for half the day. second busiest day since july. Couldn't enter tips that day either.
and i tried calling them 3 times that night, plus an email. their chat hasn't worked in months.
4 days later I still have not heard from them
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I purchased a complete system from LAVU on April 2019 with the intent to upgrade my existing POS from CAKE which served me well the first 4 years of running my restaurant, but being somewhat of a basic system I started feeling like it was holding me back. LAVU was running a 50% off on hardware so I called and spoke to a salesperson. Let me tell you, I wish I had recorded the conversations, as there was very little in common between what was verbally promised and what was actually delivered, VERY LITTLE! Typical sales tactics, they put extreme pressure on you to sign up (do it in the next 6 hours or the promotion expires), give you practically no time to read the fine print, and all of a sudden you find yourself in a 3 years contract with ridicules early termination penalties and a service provider that is incapable of delivering half of what was promised. They count on you not having the time or resources to take them to court. Last remaining hardware piece originally promised arrived 5 months later! Thank god I kept my CAKE system going or I would have gone out of business. Their customer service is of the lowest level you would ever see, especially from an IT company, they provide practically no solutions to issues or a very vague future fix, and their system keeps crashing leaving you with no ability to run your business mid-day and with no warning, time after time. They send you system-wide emails apologizing saying their system was hacked and therefore the interruption i
Great inventory and POS software
Great inventory and POS software. Ease of use and easy to teach employees to use.
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Best Restaurant Software Yet
Pros
-Love the ease of using an iPad
-Size of the icons
-Different color option icons
- Different categories available
-Ease of table organization
-Ease of checkouts
-Very well laid out
-Easy clock-in
Cons
-Hard signing process, customers complained
Former Lavu User
Overall, for the two years the system was satisfacotry. Until recenlty it was for the current management at the restaurant. The dealer is helpful - he is our first line of tech support before we go to KLAvu for support.
Pros
I liked using Lavu because it was the first POS for the restaurant where I worked. While I was employed there I used the system for 2 years. The set up was easy as the dealer came to the restaurant and set it up and did a one day training for the staff.
Cons
They system seems to have alot of glitches. Recently, the restaurant reported to me that they had a glitch and lost printers. Tech support finally helped and got the printers up but somehow lost half the menu. Also, I have witnessed personally that the sales tax is charging out properly.
Lavu POS Review
used to have excellent customer service, but our system went down two days before xmas and we were unable to run credit cards for half the day. second busiest day since july. Couldn't enter tips that day either.
and i tried calling them 3 times that night, plus an email. their chat hasn't worked in months.
4 days later I still have not heard from them
Pros
i don't remember why I chose them over the three other ones I tried a couple of years ago.
I think because I could use my own credit card processor.
But its easy enough to use for the features that i use which are basic operation of cash register
it is intuitive and takes little training
Cons
things go wrong, the printer drops offline a lot and needs help getting back. sometimes its the wifi that reconfigures to a different wifi, sometimes the printer just randomly stops working.
I can't use the staff scheduling because they insist that work week starts on sunday, yet that is halfway through the weekend. our schedule and pay period run monday- sunday
but I am now looking for a system that can organize cake orders for a week or a month after the order is taken, which most systems don't do.
Also they said that my gift cards would integrate, but they did not
Stay Away!
I purchased a complete system from LAVU on April 2019 with the intent to upgrade my existing POS from CAKE which served me well the first 4 years of running my restaurant, but being somewhat of a basic system I started feeling like it was holding me back. LAVU was running a 50% off on hardware so I called and spoke to a salesperson. Let me tell you, I wish I had recorded the conversations, as there was very little in common between what was verbally promised and what was actually delivered, VERY LITTLE! Typical sales tactics, they put extreme pressure on you to sign up (do it in the next 6 hours or the promotion expires), give you practically no time to read the fine print, and all of a sudden you find yourself in a 3 years contract with ridicules early termination penalties and a service provider that is incapable of delivering half of what was promised. They count on you not having the time or resources to take them to court. Last remaining hardware piece originally promised arrived 5 months later! Thank god I kept my CAKE system going or I would have gone out of business. Their customer service is of the lowest level you would ever see, especially from an IT company, they provide practically no solutions to issues or a very vague future fix, and their system keeps crashing leaving you with no ability to run your business mid-day and with no warning, time after time. They send you system-wide emails apologizing saying their system was hacked and therefore the interruption i
Pros
There are no Pros, this is an awful system and the worst customer service / sales team in the industry
Cons
Be very careful when they offer you interest free financing for the hardware, that's how they trick you into paying the software fee for 3 years in advance with NO way out
Great inventory and POS software
Great inventory and POS software. Ease of use and easy to teach employees to use.
Pros
Ability to have multiple locations. Ability to make inventory items easily. Ability to use an iPad for inventory counts.
Cons
Have to manually bath credit cards at end of day.
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Lavu Pricing
Lavu Pricing
Single Location:
$69 per month
300+ Restaurant Features
Free Updates & 24/7 Customer Care
Employee Management Functionality
Multi-location / Enterprise:
(Contact vendor for pricing)
Franchises and Chains
Customized Regional Reporting
Global Menu Push
Enterprise-Level Support
Single Location:
$69 per month
300+ Restaurant Features
Free Updates & 24/7 Customer Care
Employee Management Functionality
Multi-location / Enterprise:
(Contact vendor for pricing)
Franchises and Chains
Customized Regional Reporting
Global Menu Push
Enterprise-Level Support
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Lavu Features
Lavu Features
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Additional information for Lavu
Additional information for Lavu
Key features of Lavu
- Accept payments
- Built-in happy hour function - set prices based on time
- Cloud-based storage system
- Create and edit menu groups, categories and items
- Custom receipts, product images and logos
- Customizable configuration
- Customizable in-depth reports
- Delivery orders, assign drivers
- Discounts list
- Easy-split checks
- Free updates
- Gift cards and gift card payments
- In-depth reports
- Liquor inventory tracking
- Live orders
- Live reporting via Lavu Pilot iPhone app
- LoyalTree and Facebook integration
- Manage employee shifts and time cards
- Merge orders
- Monitor inventory
- Multi-printer order routing
- Order display
- Payroll, revenue, pricing and scheduling
- Place orders
- Real-time inventory, sales, timesheets, and transactions
- Recipe display
- Remote management
- Save favorite reports
- Seat and course numbering
- Set alerts
- Set job roles
- Set over-time and bonuses
- Set pay rates
- Shift summaries, tips, open and closed doors
- Split / seperate checks
- Time clock
- Void payments
- WiFi enabled
Benefits
Restaurant owners can keep track of their business, view reports, and modify content and settings anywhere on any internet capable device in real-time via the Lavu Pilot iPhone app.
Lavu offers personalization features including customizable menus, specific multi-room table layouts, seat and course numbering, and multi-printer order routing.
Restaurants can market their branding by creating customized logos, uploading original product images and designing custom receipts for their customers.
Managers can track employees with the time clock feature along with shift summaries, including over-time and bonuses, as well as manage tips and payroll.
Lavu offers free software upgrades and integrates with a wide variety of hardware options that connect with the remote backend office.
Lavu FAQs
Lavu FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Lavu.
Q. What type of pricing plans does Lavu offer?
Lavu offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$69.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Single Location: $69 per month 300+ Restaurant Features Free Updates & 24/7 Customer Care Employee Management Functionality Multi-location / Enterprise: (Contact vendor for pricing) Franchises and Chains Customized Regional Reporting Global Menu Push Enterprise-Level Support
Q. What are the main features of Lavu?
Lavu offers the following features:
- Accept payments
- Built-in happy hour function - set prices based on time
- Cloud-based storage system
- Create and edit menu groups, categories and items
- Custom receipts, product images and logos
- Customizable configuration
- Customizable in-depth reports
- Delivery orders, assign drivers
- Discounts list
- Easy-split checks
- Free updates
- Gift cards and gift card payments
- In-depth reports
- Liquor inventory tracking
- Live orders
- Live reporting via Lavu Pilot iPhone app
- LoyalTree and Facebook integration
- Manage employee shifts and time cards
- Merge orders
- Monitor inventory
- Multi-printer order routing
- Order display
- Payroll, revenue, pricing and scheduling
- Place orders
- Real-time inventory, sales, timesheets, and transactions
- Recipe display
- Remote management
- Save favorite reports
- Seat and course numbering
- Set alerts
- Set job roles
- Set over-time and bonuses
- Set pay rates
- Shift summaries, tips, open and closed doors
- Split / seperate checks
- Time clock
- Void payments
- WiFi enabled
Q. Who are the typical users of Lavu?
Lavu has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does Lavu support?
Lavu supports the following languages:
Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Q. Does Lavu support mobile devices?
Lavu supports the following devices:
iPhone, iPad
Q. What other apps does Lavu integrate with?
Lavu integrates with the following applications:
Hubworks Hostel Management, MarginEdge, Marketman, Mobi2Go, PayPal, Planday, Push Operations, Square Point of Sale, TapHunter, Womply
Q. What level of support does Lavu offer?
Lavu offers the following support options:
FAQs, Knowledge Base, Forum, Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
