The POS for your
restaurant
The best zero monthly fee POS for South African hospitality. Start with 30 days free — then just 1.5% per transaction. No monthly fees. Ever.
Purpose-built for hospitality.
From your first table to your hundredth.
Table Management
Visual table grid with live status. Open, close, transfer between waiters. Hold items for course control, fire when ready. Track covers, split bills, and 86 items instantly.
Kitchen Display (KDS)
Split-view KDS — kitchen orders and bar orders in separate columns. Real-time status: pending → preparing → ready. Auto-refresh with ticket-based workflow.
Cashup & Reporting
Per-waiter cashup with physical banknote counter. Manager PIN sign-off. Z-Reports, weekly category breakdowns, labour cost ratios, and busy-hour heatmaps — all exportable as PDF.
Every tool your team needs.
Built right in.
End-of-Day Cashup
Banknote counter, variance tracking, manager sign-off, and automatic PDF EOD reports per shift.
Smart Inventory
Count-based or measurement-based stock. Low-stock alerts, storage locations (Fridge / Bar / Storage), and PDF stock reports.
Split Payments & Tips
Cash, card, or split payments with tip entry, auto service charge by covers or bill amount, and discount by % or flat amount.
Recipe & Plate Costing
Map ingredients to menu items with live cost calculation. See portions-per-container and cost per ingredient line as you build each recipe.
Gross Profit Tracking
Menu editor shows GP in Rands and % for every item with a recipe — colour-coded green, orange, or red so you spot margin problems instantly.
Stock Take & Variance
Snapshot stock, count by location, two-step approval workflow, and auto-generated variance report grouped by Fridge, Bar, and Storage.
Stock Receiving
Log deliveries by item, quantity, cost, and supplier. Stock counts update automatically on save with full receive history.
Full Audit Trail
Every void, comp, cashup, stock adjustment, and manager override is logged with who, when, and why. Nothing goes untracked.
Fully Configurable
Tax rates, currency, auto service charge rules, tip lines, settlement logic (gross or net), auto-lock timeout — everything, your way.
Features your current POS
probably doesn't have.
Recipe mapping & plate costing
Map ingredients to menu items with live cost calculation. Deduct by unit or by measurement (e.g. 45ml from a 750ml bottle). See portions-per-container and cost per ingredient line. Gross profit shown in Rands and % — colour-coded green, orange, or red on every menu item.
Stock take & variance reporting
One-tap stock take with printable count sheets sorted by location. Count on any device — each line saves instantly. Two-step workflow: staff count, manager approves. Auto-generated variance report grouped by Fridge, Bar, and Storage with full audit history.
Daily, weekly & monthly P&L
Z-Reports with cash vs card breakdown. Weekly sales by category, labour cost %, best & worst sellers, and busy-hour heatmaps. Monthly P&L with estimated COGS, gross profit, and net margin. Every report exportable as PDF.
See these features in action
R299 once-off setup · 30 days free · No monthly fees
MangoPOS is software.
Bring your own device.
MangoPOS runs on hardware you probably already own. Any internet-connected Windows PC, laptop, or iPad works as a register. Pair it with an Epson-compatible printer and you're ready to trade.
Transparent. Always.
No monthly subscription. R299 once-off setup. Start with 30 days completely free. See all features included.
Load shedding? Keep selling.
MangoPOS is a load shedding friendly POS that keeps your restaurant running when the power goes out. Orders and payments process locally on your device and sync automatically when you're back online. Built for the reality of doing business in South Africa.
Your POS should work when the power doesn't
Join 500+ SA restaurants already on MangoPOS
Frequently asked questions
Yes. MangoPOS is designed to work offline during load shedding. As long as your device has battery power or a UPS, orders and payments continue processing locally and sync automatically when connectivity is restored. This makes MangoPOS one of the most reliable offline point of sale systems in South Africa.
MangoPOS charges only 1.5% per transaction in South African Rand (ZAR). There are no monthly subscription fees and no hidden costs. There is a once-off R299 setup fee to get your account professionally configured by our team. New merchants get 30 days completely free before the 1.5% rate applies.
MangoPOS is purpose-built for South African hospitality — restaurants, bars, coffee shops, taverns, bakeries, hotels, and take-aways. It includes table management, kitchen display systems (KDS), split payments, staff timeclock, cashup reports, and end-of-day reporting.
With MangoPOS, there is no monthly fee — you only pay 1.5% per transaction after your free 30 days onwards. Your First 30 days are free. You can use hardware you already own (any Windows PC or iPad), so there is no upfront equipment cost.
Yes. MangoPOS runs on any Windows PC or laptop with a J1900 CPU or better, 8GB RAM, and Windows 10. It also works on Apple iPad 9th generation and newer running iOS 13+. No special POS hardware is required.
Yes. MangoPOS includes recipe mapping and plate costing as standard. Map ingredients to menu items, set deduction modes (whole units or measured amounts like 45ml from a 750ml bottle), and see live cost per dish. Gross profit is shown in Rands and percentage, colour-coded green, orange, or red on every menu item.
Yes. MangoPOS includes a full stock take system with printable count sheets sorted by storage location (Fridge, Bar, Storage), mobile-friendly counting, two-step approval (staff counts, manager approves), and an auto-generated variance report grouped by location.
Yes. Every void, comp, cashup, stock adjustment, and manager override is logged with who did it, when, and why. The audit trail is permanent and cannot be edited or deleted.
MangoPOS supports tip entry at payment, configurable auto service charge by cover count or bill amount threshold, and both gross and net settlement modes. Tips are tracked per waiter and reconciled during cashup.
Daily Z-Reports with cash vs card breakdown, weekly sales by category with labour cost percentage, best and worst sellers, busy-hour heatmaps, monthly P&L with estimated COGS and net margin, and full EOD history. All exportable as PDF.
Yes. MangoPOS is cloud-based and available anywhere in South Africa. We serve restaurants in all 10 major cities including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, East London, Nelspruit, Polokwane, and Kimberley — with the same features and pricing everywhere.
Absolutely. Our team migrates your menu, staff profiles, and settings during the R299 once-off setup. Most businesses are live within 24 to 48 hours. There are no contracts or lock-in periods — you can cancel anytime.
Built by hospitality people,
for hospitality people.
Join South African restaurants, bars, and coffee shops already running on MangoPOS. Your First 30 days are on us.