Restaurant POS · Australia
Restaurant POS System in Australia
Higgs Menu is a modern restaurant POS and operating system for restaurants, cafés, and bars across Australia — point of sale, QR ordering, kitchen operations, reservations, payments, and analytics in one platform.
One platform for the whole restaurant
Restaurant POS
Take orders at the counter or table on any phone or tablet. Split bills, apply discounts, add custom line items, and take card or cash — no dedicated hardware required.
QR-code table ordering
Guests scan a QR code at the table to browse the menu and order in their own language. Orders drop straight into the POS and kitchen.
Takeout & delivery ordering
Takeout and delivery orders from your own storefront, paid online at checkout and confirmed automatically on payment — with a live status tracker for the guest and a delivery address on the ticket.
Kitchen Display System
A real-time kitchen screen replaces paper tickets. Tickets update the moment an order changes, so the line always sees the current state.
Table & floor management
A visual floor plan of your dining room with live table status, so staff can see what's occupied, ordering, or ready to pay at a glance.
Reservations & table booking
Accept table requests from your storefront with email confirmation, and manage them against your real floor plan from the dashboard.
Menu management
One menu behind the QR code, the storefront, the POS and the kitchen — with modifier groups, allergens, ingredients and one-tap out-of-stock.
Inventory & recipe costing
Ingredient-level stock that comes down as you sell: recipes deplete automatically, deliveries keep your costs current, and you get plate cost, margin, waste logging and stocktakes with the variance in money.
Payments & payouts
Take online payments on your own payment account — card and digital wallets, or QPay in Mongolia — with split bills, tips per payer, a clear fee ledger, payout tracking and an end-of-day cash drawer with a blind count.
Staff management & scheduling
Invite staff with their own logins and roles, build the weekly schedule, track clock-in hours, and give the kitchen and floor their own focused dashboards.
Analytics & reports
Sales, item, staff and labour-cost reporting with exportable spreadsheets, so you can see what sells, when, and what it cost you in wages to sell it.
Your own restaurant website
A real website on your own domain with your live menu built in — styled in the browser, no separate site to keep in sync.
AI restaurant tools
Import a paper menu from a photo, edit the menu by asking, generate dish photos, logos and banners, answer guest questions, and read written insights on your own numbers.
Built for Australian restaurants
Priced in AUD
Menu, orders, payments, and reporting all run in Australian dollars.
GST handling
Configure GST inclusive pricing the way Australian diners expect to see it.
QR ordering for table service
Guests order and pay from the table by scanning a code — ideal for busy cafés and bars.
Runs on your phones
No terminals to buy — staff work from the tablets and phones you already have.
How guests pay in Australia
Take the money the way your guests already pay, online or in person, on any bill and any split.
- Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay online
- Guests pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay at checkout — on the storefront, from the QR menu at the table, or from a payment link. Wallet buttons appear automatically on the devices that support them, so there's nothing extra for the guest to set up.
- Cash and your existing card terminal
- Staff record cash and card-terminal payments on the POS, so the bill closes and the reporting stays complete even when the money never touched the internet.
- Split bills and tips per payer
- A table can split the bill evenly, by item, or by custom amounts, and each payer adds their own tip. Paid splits are locked; the remainder is what's left to settle.
- Charges on your own payment account
- Online payments run through your own Stripe account rather than a platform wallet, and every charge records its processing fee and net amount so the reporting shows what you actually kept.
AI built into the restaurant, not bolted on
Every one of these ships today and works on your own live data — your menu, your dishes, your numbers. Nothing here is a waitlist.
AI menu import from a photo
Photograph your paper menu and the AI reads it into a structured menu — categories, items, descriptions, prices and option groups — which you review and edit before anything goes live. Spreadsheets and text files work the same way.
AI menu editor
Change the menu by asking: raise the lunch prices, hide the salmon, add a size option to every coffee. The assistant makes the edit in your real menu and shows you what it changed.
AI dish photography
Generate an appetizing photo for any menu item from a short description, inside the same uploader you'd drag a photo into.
AI logo & banner generation
Generate a restaurant logo, a website hero banner, or a printable QR table-card design on brand, without hiring a designer.
AI assistant for staff
Run the dashboard by asking — take an order, check tonight's covers, answer a sales question — from the dashboard, your phone, or a staff Telegram group.
Guest menu AI
Guests ask your menu questions in their own language and get answers from your real items, allergens and ingredients, with tappable dish cards they can order from.
AI inventory & food cost
Tell the assistant what arrived, what got thrown out, or what's really on the shelf and it records it — then ask what food cost you last month, or which dishes have the thinnest margins.
Talk to it
Staff can speak to the assistant instead of typing, in English or Mongolian, which is what you want when both hands are full. The listening happens in the browser, so audio never reaches us.
AI sales forecasting
Covers and takings forecast for the next fortnight from the same weekdays in your own history — and, with recipes set up, tomorrow's prep and shopping list: what to make and what you're short of.
AI insights & reports
Written analysis of your own numbers — what sold, when you were busy, what changed against last week — in plain language, anchored to your restaurant's timezone.
Pricing in Australia
One subscription per restaurant, billed in Australian dollars (AUD). Every feature above is included in the 14-day free trial.
Starter
$69/ month
or $690 a year (2 months free)
For new restaurants and solo operators.
- POS, QR ordering and takeout/delivery ordering
- Kitchen display and floor plan
- Unlimited menu items
- Up to 10 staff accounts
- AI assistant with a monthly allowance
Professional
$179/ month
or $1,790 a year (2 months free)
Everything a growing restaurant needs.
- Everything in Starter
- Reservations, promotions and discount codes
- Inventory, recipe costing and food-cost reporting
- Your own website on your own domain
- AI image generation and AI insights
- Unlimited staff accounts and scheduling
Enterprise
$349/ month
or $3,490 a year (2 months free)
For high-volume venues that want branding and hands-on support.
- Everything in Professional
- Telegram management agent
- White-label branding
- Dedicated onboarding and data migration
- Phone support and SLA
Per restaurant, billed monthly in AUD. 14-day free trial with every feature unlocked; a card is saved at sign-up and charged only when the trial ends. Annual billing charges 10 months instead of 12.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Higgs Menu a restaurant POS system in Australia?
- Yes. Higgs Menu is a cloud-based restaurant POS and management system available to restaurants, cafés, and bars in Australia. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets, and computers — no proprietary hardware required.
- How much does Higgs Menu cost in Australia?
- Higgs Menu is a monthly subscription per restaurant, priced in Australian dollars (AUD): Starter $69 per month, Professional $179 per month, and Enterprise $349 per month. Paying annually bills 10 months instead of 12, so Professional works out to $1,790 a year. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with all features unlocked.
- How can guests pay at a Australian restaurant using Higgs Menu?
- Guests can pay online by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay — from the QR menu at the table, at takeout or delivery checkout, or from a payment link. Staff can also take cash or use the venue's existing card terminal and record it on the POS, and bills can be split any way the table wants.
- Does it handle takeout and delivery orders?
- Yes. Guests can order takeout or delivery from the restaurant's own storefront and pay online at checkout; the order is confirmed automatically once payment settles, the delivery address travels with the ticket, and the guest gets a live status tracker until the restaurant closes the order.
- Can I manage staff schedules and hours?
- Yes. Staff are invited with their own logins and roles, you build the weekly schedule in the dashboard, and staff clock in and out — with the hours recorded for payroll. Kitchen and floor staff get their own focused dashboards rather than the full manager view.
- Does it include a website for my restaurant?
- Yes. Higgs Menu builds a real restaurant website with your live menu already in it, styled in the browser and published on your own domain with SSL. There is no second menu to keep in sync — editing the menu updates the website, the QR menu, the POS and the kitchen at the same moment. The website builder and custom domain are included on Professional and above.
- What AI features does Higgs Menu include?
- Higgs Menu has AI built through the product rather than bolted on: import a paper menu by photographing it and have it read into a structured menu; edit the menu by asking in plain language; generate dish photography, restaurant logos and website banners; an AI assistant that runs the dashboard for staff (also usable from a Telegram group); a guest-facing menu AI that answers questions from your real items and allergens; and written AI insights on your own sales numbers.
- Does it support Australian dollars (AUD)?
- Yes. Prices, orders, payments, subscription billing, and reports are all handled in Australian dollars (AUD) for Australian restaurants.
- Do I need to buy special hardware?
- No. It runs on the phones and tablets you already have. Staff can take orders and payments from any device with a browser, and receipts print to a standard network receipt printer.
- Is there a free trial?
- Yes — 14 days with every feature unlocked. You add a card when you sign up so service continues without interruption, and it isn't charged until the trial ends.
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