thread iphone table ordering with many products in Orders, Menu Items, Catalog & Fulfilment

iphone table ordering with many products

simesy — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:09:01 GMT

The Square standard app can do the job, but with a lot of products it's very slow to scroll/filter for the right product. Is there a 3rd party solution that is better? or is there a way you can use the iphone better?

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

simesy — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 03:48:50 GMT

I thought for a second that Square Retail App is the way to go, but you can't seem to keep a bill open like we can in the POS, so it's useless for table service.

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

Seamus — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:27:36 GMT

Hey @simesy,

Thanks for reaching out!

Square for Retail is built for a more retail focused experience - if you're looking at serving tables and keeping tickets open you'd be looking at Square for Restaurants or the Open Ticket feature on the standard free Square Point of Sale app.

Depending on your situation, you could also look at running the POS app from an iPad rather than an iPhone if you're looking for an easier way to browse items. With a larger screen, iPads can handle items set out on a grid layout, which can help give you quicker access to commonly sold items.

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

simesy — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:36:09 GMT

I feel like my question was misunderstood? Walking around tables with an ipad is not practical. Square for restaurants isn't compatible with iphones or even ipad minis.

So the short answer is: Not possible, open a ticket 🙂

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

Seamus — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 05:03:00 GMT

Got you @simesy - I misinterpreted table service as attending to a table of customers dining over an extended period (eg an open ticket/bill)

In terms of staff at the table you're right, you'd need to go via an iPad - if practicality was the only issue here you could look at these cases designed to be used for table service or queue busting, it will actually work with iPad Minis 4 and 5. I'll also pass your feedback on to our POS team for consideration.

Other than this, you can also use Square Terminal as a pay at the table device with Square for Restaurants. Read more about this here.

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

simesy — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 05:29:59 GMT

Nice thanks for links.

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

Roghey — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:33:08 GMT

May I ask what your solution was? I assume a 3rd Party order at table platform?

Re: iphone table ordering with many products

Laurie_ — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 02:22:01 GMT

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