Espresso bars and takeaway counters
Modifiers, combos and a bump screen for a fast queue, with tap-and-go on a Stripe reader and a receipt by email if they want one.
Why Cultcha for cafes
Purpose-built tools for cafe and restaurant operations — not a generic retail POS with food bolted on.
POS with modifiers
Build complex orders with nested modifier groups. Extra shot, oat milk, extra hot — capture every customisation without slowing down the line.
Kitchen bump screen
Orders flow straight to the kitchen display in real time. Staff bump items as they are completed, keeping the pass organised during peak service.
Split payments
Split by item, by amount, or evenly across the table. Support card, cash, and mixed tenders on a single transaction with zero friction.
Digital & printed receipts
Email receipts directly to customers or print to any Bluetooth or network receipt printer. Reduce paper waste while keeping records accessible.
Intuitive product interface
Grid-based product layout designed for speed. Colour-coded categories, quick-search, and favourites mean new staff are productive on day one.
Customer tabs & accounts
Open tabs for regulars, track loyalty credits, and build a customer database that drives repeat visits without third-party apps.
Benefits of a dedicated cafe ordering system
- Process orders faster with a touch-optimised interface built specifically for cafe and restaurant workflows.
- Reduce errors with structured modifier groups that guide staff through every customisation option.
- Gain real-time visibility into sales, popular items, and peak hours to make smarter business decisions.
- Onboard new team members in minutes — no lengthy training sessions or complicated setup required.
How it works
1
Create your account
Sign up in under two minutes. Add your menu, categories, and modifier groups through a straightforward dashboard.
2
Connect your devices
Pair your iPad or tablet, connect a card reader and receipt printer. Cultcha works with Stripe Terminal hardware out of the box.
3
Start taking orders
Go live the same day. Ring up orders, manage tabs, and track sales from a single screen your whole team can share.
A cafe till that keeps up with the queue
The bottleneck at 8am is never the payment — it is the flat white with oat, extra shot, half sugar, and the three dockets behind it. A POS that takes six taps to build that order costs you the queue.
Cultcha builds modifiers into the product, so the order is two or three taps and reaches the kitchen exactly as the customer said it. Bump screens clear dockets in order, split payments settle a shared table without a calculator, and a tab stays open until the table leaves.
Everything else a cafe sells — retail bags of beans, a loyalty pack of ten coffees, a gift card, a booking for the function room — is in the same catalogue and the same end-of-day figure. Stock counts down as it sells, so the Monday order is based on what actually went out.
Cafes, and the places that are also cafes
Sit-down cafes and restaurants
Table numbers, open tabs, split payments and course-by-course sends to the kitchen, with tips handled at the terminal.
Venues with a cafe attached
A gym, play centre or studio where the coffee is a second revenue line: sold on the same till, against the same customer, in the same report.
Roasters and retail
Beans, brew gear and merchandise with stock levels, suppliers and reorder points, sold beside the drinks.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cultcha a full cafe POS?
Yes. It’s a fast, customizable point of sale with product modifiers and modifier groups, folders and drag-and-drop layouts, split payments, and printed or emailed receipts.
Does it have a kitchen / bump screen?
Yes. Orders flow to a bump screen kitchen display with color-coded urgency, so the kitchen and counter stay in sync during a rush.
Can I track stock and inventory?
Yes. Track stock levels on retail and food items, run stocktakes, and make stock adjustments across one or multiple locations.
What payment methods can I accept?
Tap, chip, and contactless via Stripe Terminal smart readers, plus cash — all settled to your own Stripe account at Stripe’s standard rates.
Can staff build a complex coffee order quickly?
Yes — modifiers are attached to the product, grouped and priced, so milk, shots, syrups and sizes are one tap each rather than free text. The kitchen or barista screen shows the order exactly as built.
Do you support split payments and tabs?
Yes. A table can be split by item or by amount, part-paid by card and part by cash, and a tab can stay open across a visit.
Is there a kitchen display?
Yes — an orders queue that dockets land on as they are paid, cleared by the kitchen as they go out, with a separate view for coffee and food where you want one.
Can we sell coffee cards or prepaid packs?
Yes. A ten-coffee pack is a prepaid product that redeems automatically at the counter — no paper card, no stamps, and the balance is on the customer’s account.
Does stock come down as we sell?
Yes. Products carry stock levels that sell down in real time, with stock takes, wastage and supplier orders in the same place, so what you count matches what you sold.
What does it cost to take payments?
Whatever your own Stripe account charges. Cultcha adds no markup, and the money settles to your bank, not ours.
Ready to upgrade your cafe POS?
Join cafes and restaurants already running on Cultcha. Set up in minutes, no long-term contracts.