Lavu

What is Lavu?

Lavu is a cloud-based restaurant POS and management platform designed to bring ordering, payments, inventory, staff management and business insights together in one connected system. Built around an intuitive iPad POS, Lavu supports the day-to-day requirements of full-service restaurants, quick-service concepts, bars, cafes, food trucks and multi-location hospitality businesses.

The software helps front-of-house teams process orders quickly while giving managers greater visibility into sales, labor, inventory and restaurant performance. Orders can be entered at the counter or table, routed directly to the appropriate kitchen station and completed using flexible payment options. Lavu also connects online orders with the POS so dine-in, takeaway and delivery transactions can flow through a common operational environment.

For restaurant operators, this integrated approach can reduce manual data entry, improve order accuracy and provide a clearer view of what is happening across the business. Real-time inventory updates help teams monitor ingredients and stock as sales take place, while menu management tools make it possible to maintain items, modifiers, pricing and availability. Multi-location businesses can centrally manage menus and review both individual and consolidated location performance.

Highlights and key features

• Restaurant POS: Process orders, tabs and payments through an iPad-based point-of-sale environment designed around restaurant workflows.
• Order and table management: Manage open orders, tables, tabs, modifiers, split checks, discounts, refunds, tips and different service types.
• Kitchen Display System: Route orders from the POS directly to kitchen stations, reduce paper tickets and keep front-of-house and kitchen teams synchronized.
• Online ordering: Integrate digital orders with the POS for pickup and delivery while keeping sales and inventory information connected.
• Inventory management: Update inventory as products are sold, monitor ingredient usage and identify low stock, waste and food-cost issues.
• Menu management: Maintain menu items, modifiers, prices and availability and distribute changes efficiently across restaurant locations.
• Payment processing: Support multiple payment methods, contactless transactions, tips, refunds and restaurant-specific checkout workflows.
• Customer loyalty: Manage customer information, loyalty points, gift cards and repeat-customer engagement.
• Workforce management: Track employee clock-in and clock-out activity, schedules, wages, overtime, labor percentages and staff performance.
• Reporting and analytics: Review sales, payments, labor, menu performance and location-specific results through detailed reports and dashboards.
• Multi-location management: Centrally control menus and pricing while comparing individual restaurants and consolidated group performance.
• Integrations and open API: Connect Lavu with accounting, payroll, inventory, loyalty, online ordering and delivery applications.
• Marty AI: Use Lavu's AI intelligence layer to analyze restaurant data and highlight opportunities involving labor, food costs, pricing, sales trends and operational performance.

Keep restaurant operations connected

Lavu is designed to connect the guest experience with the operational and financial side of a restaurant. Managers can use information generated at the POS to understand sales patterns, evaluate employee performance, monitor inventory consumption and make more informed decisions. The system also provides offline functionality for important restaurant workflows, helping teams continue operating when internet connectivity is temporarily unavailable and synchronize data after the connection returns.

Because Lavu combines core POS functions with restaurant management tools, online ordering, integrations and AI-supported analysis, it can grow with businesses ranging from independent restaurants to multi-location groups. Restaurants looking to replace disconnected tools with a more integrated operating environment can contact Lavu to discuss their requirements and arrange a product demonstration.