The 7 best restaurant POS systems in Spain (2026)
Updated: 2026-06-12
Most "best POS" lists are written by affiliate sites that have never closed a till. This one is written by a POS vendor — brasio — so we have an obvious bias, and we handle it the only honest way: we put ourselves on the list, say what we're bad at, and describe the competition fairly. Every system below is a genuine option for some kind of venue.
What matters in Spain in 2026, specifically: Veri*Factu compliance (mandatory for companies since 1 January 2026, autónomos from 1 July — deadlines explained here), total cost including modules (cost breakdown here), and whether your team can actually use it mid-rush.
1. brasio — best for English-speaking owners in Spain
Price: €35/month per venue, IVA included, monthly billing, 14-day free trial.
The till we built inside a working Spanish restaurant. One price covers the floor plan and tabs, kitchen printing and KDS, modifiers, reservations, inventory with waste and stocktakes, loyalty, gift vouchers, Z reports with SII XML export, and Veri*Factu submitted to the AEAT in real time. Staff pick their own language at PIN login (Spanish or English screens), and support answers in five languages.
Pros: everything included at one low price; Veri*Factu real-time out of the box; built for mixed international teams; runs on standard tablets/PCs and Epson printers you own; SumUp reader integration; no contract lock-in.
Cons: young product with a shorter track record than the giants; web/PWA only — there's no native iOS/Android app; no delivery-platform integrations yet; being cloud-based with real-time Veri*Factu, fiscal receipts need an internet connection.
Full guide to what brasio does →
2. SumUp POS — best step up from a bare card reader
The reader itself is excellent and ubiquitous in Spain, and SumUp's full POS (built on its Tiller acquisition) turns it into a complete till. If you already live in the SumUp ecosystem, it's a natural upgrade.
Pros: familiar brand, good hardware, payments deeply integrated; sensible for small cafés and food trucks.
Cons: the full restaurant feature set costs notably more than the headline reader pricing; you're tied to SumUp as your payment provider; restaurant depth (floor plan, kitchen flow) is thinner than dedicated systems. More detail in our SumUp comparison.
3. Square for Restaurants — best free entry point
Square operates in Spain and its free tier is genuinely usable for a counter-service spot.
Pros: polished software, free plan exists, great for quick-service; clean hardware.
Cons: the free tier thins out fast for table service — the paid restaurant plan plus add-ons changes the maths; processing is tied to Square's rates; Spain-specific fiscal workflows feel bolted on compared with local systems. See the Square comparison.
4. Lightspeed Restaurant — best for large, complex operations
A heavyweight: multi-site groups, deep reporting, a big integration ecosystem.
Pros: powerful inventory and reporting; mature product; strong for hotel F&B and groups.
Cons: pricing scales up quickly — reservations, KDS, advanced reports and loyalty are separate paid modules, and annual contracts are the norm. Overkill for a single bar. See the Lightspeed comparison.
5. Last.app — best Spanish all-rounder for delivery-heavy venues
A Barcelona-built restaurant POS whose standout strength is delivery: Glovo, Uber Eats and Just Eat orders flow into one screen.
Pros: Spanish company that understands local fiscal reality; excellent delivery aggregation; modern interface.
Cons: pricing sits above brasio once modules are included; the product (and support) is Spanish-first, which can be a hurdle for English-speaking owners. See the Last.app comparison.
6. Avirato — best if you run a hotel with a restaurant
Avirato is really a Spanish hotel PMS with a POS attached, and that's exactly when to choose it.
Pros: rooms, restaurant and billing in one Spanish system; charges to room work natively.
Cons: as a standalone restaurant POS it trails the dedicated systems on kitchen flow and till UX; little reason to pick it without the hotel side. See the Avirato comparison.
7. Toast — best in class, but not in Spain
We include Toast because everyone searching "best restaurant POS" finds it. It's arguably the most complete restaurant platform in the world — and it doesn't operate in Spain (US, Canada, UK and Ireland). Its proprietary hardware and US-centric payments stack don't address Veri*Factu at all.
Pros: superb product if you're in a supported country.
Cons: you can't legally run your Spanish venue's fiscal tickets on it, full stop. If you came here from Toast's marketing, the Toast comparison covers Spain-ready equivalents.
How to choose
- Single venue, English-speaking owner or mixed-language staff, want one honest price: brasio.
- Counter service, minimal needs, already on Square/SumUp: Square or SumUp POS.
- Multi-site group with an ops team: Lightspeed.
- Delivery is half your revenue: Last.app.
- Hotel restaurant: Avirato.
- In Spain: not Toast — whatever the listicles say.
Whichever you pick, ask the Veri*Factu question first and the modules question second; the rest is taste. Our complete restaurant POS guide for Spain goes deeper on both — or try brasio free for 14 days and judge it on a real service.
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brasio is €35/month per venue, IVA included, with a 14-day free trial — no card needed.