A café POS that keeps the queue moving
Drinks, modifiers, customer profiles, M-Pesa — under 10 seconds per ticket.
ninoPOS gives your baristas a one-tap menu of drinks, sizes, milks, and add-ons. Repeat customers get rewarded automatically. M-Pesa keeps the line short, and offline mode keeps you trading when the WiFi drops.
Running a café today
- Long morning queues because checkout takes too long
- Modifiers (oat milk, extra shot) get forgotten or missed
- Regular customers are tracked in a notebook, if at all
- You don’t know which pastries actually pay for themselves
Running a café on ninoPOS
- Average ticket time under 10 seconds with shortcut tiles
- Modifiers attached automatically; nothing forgotten at the bar
- Phone-based customer lookup & purchase history
- Live category margin: which drinks and pastries make money
Everything your café actually needs
Purpose-built tools — not a generic POS with the wrong defaults.
One-tap drink menu with modifiers
Tile-based menu by size, milk, syrup, and shot count. Trained barista on day one.
- Size & temperature variants
- Modifiers with price deltas
- Combo bundles
- Quick-edit menu
Phone-number customer lookup
Look up a regular by phone number at checkout to see their profile and purchase history.
- Phone-based lookup
- Customer profiles
- Purchase history
- Top-customer reports
M-Pesa & contactless checkout
M-Pesa, card terminal, or cash. Split tenders work too. Recorded against the ticket.
- M-Pesa
- Card support
- Tap & go
- Mixed-tender splits
Online ordering & QR menu
Customers scan a QR at the table or order ahead from their phone. Goes straight into the queue.
- Branded QR menu
- Pre-order pickup
- Pay online
- No commission
Ingredient-level stock
Track milk, beans, syrups by gram or millilitre. Get an alert before you run dry mid-rush.
- Recipe-driven deduction
- Low-stock alerts
- Waste logging
- Supplier POs
Daily café reports
Hourly sales heatmap, top drinks, per-barista takings, voids, refunds — emailed each morning.
- Hourly heatmaps
- Top drinks & pastries
- Barista performance
- Z-reports
How a café runs on ninoPOS
From the first order of the day to the closing report — one workflow, one screen.
1. Customer orders
Tap the drink, pick size, milk, syrup. Done in 3 taps.
2. Look up customer
Enter phone number; their profile and history appear.
3. Pay
M-Pesa, card tap, or cash — itemised receipt printed.
4. Drink ticket fires
Bar gets the modifier-rich ticket on screen or thermal print.
5. Stock deducts
Milk, beans, cup count adjust automatically; alerts you before empty.
6. End of day
Z-report e-mailed; sales, voids, top drinks, barista totals.
Local payments, currencies, and connectivity — sorted out of the box
Every café on ninoPOS gets M-Pesa, multi-currency, offline-resilient checkout, and WhatsApp customer messaging without a single plugin or add-on.
- Record M-Pesa & mobile-money payments
- TZS, KES, UGX, RWF, USD — multi-currency invoicing
- Offline mode for areas with unstable internet
- WhatsApp for receipts, reminders, and orders
- Local tax (VAT) reporting baked in
Frequently asked questions
Specific to café operations.
How fast is checkout on ninoPOS?
Under 10 seconds for a typical drink-with-modifiers ticket once the menu is set up. The tile layout is optimised for fast taps without scrolling.
Can I look up regular customers without plastic cards?
Yes — customers are tied to their phone number. Type it in at checkout to pull up their profile and purchase history.
Will it run on a tablet?
Yes. ninoPOS runs on Android tablets, iPads, Windows, Mac, or browser. The same menu and data sync across devices.
Do I pay commission on online orders?
No. Your QR menu and online ordering are part of ninoPOS — no per-order commission.
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Custom blends, ingredient stock, M-Pesa & customer profiles.
Fast Food
Combos, KDS, M-Pesa, mixed-tender — under 8 seconds per order.
Takeaway
Online & WhatsApp orders → kitchen → rider — one screen.
Dive deeper into the platform
Modules every café uses heavily.
Ready to run your café on ninoPOS?
Free to start, no credit card required. Be selling within an hour.