Drive-Thru POS for Restaurants

As consumer behavior continues to evolve and sales channels diversify, fully integrated restaurant POS systems become key to success. Whether a restaurant is selling online, in-app, over the phone, or through a traditional drive-thru, transaction data needs to be complete and real-time to effectively manage the omnichannel customer experience. Simphony POS systems help you connect your drive-thru line, kitchen, and back-office operations on the industry's most secure cloud point-of-sale platform.

A Complete Drive-Thru and Curbside Pickup POS

  • Simphony POS Software

    Mobile app orders, drive-thru window, or phone-based, Simphony Point of Sale centralizes all your orders and supports seamless integrations with popular 3rd-party apps.

  • Mobile POS Tablets

    Get the full functionality of a point-of-sale in a durable tablet. Featuring hot-swappable 8-hour batteries, Wi-Fi, and mobile payment processing, you can serve your drive-thru customers anywhere.

  • Mobile Ordering and Pickup

    Track customer’s location from order to arrival to ensure pinpoint accuracy, no wait time, and maximum efficiency.

  • Kitchen Display Systems

    Automate order routing from every sales channel direct to the kitchen, and stagger preparation in alignment with promise times.

Traditional restaurant drive-thru and pickup

The drive-thru has been around since the early 1930s, and became popular with quick-serve restaurants and fast-food franchises in the 1960s. Typical features include:

  • Single lane—resulting in long lines during certain hours of the day
  • Static menu boards—creating issues for customers and operators when items are sold out
  • Analog ordering—through an intercom system and employee headsets, manually input into the POS terminal
  • Linear processing—orders are prepared when received
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Modern restaurant drive-thru and pickup

The modern drive-thru is no longer just a drive-thru. Curbside pickup, carry out, click and collect, takeaway, to go, take out—the terminology is different across the globe, but customer expectations are the same.

  • Mobile and web apps—digital ordering allows customers to place orders and redeem loyalty rewards before arrival
  • Multi-lane and designated pickup—traffic flow is expedited, orders are picked up in dedicated parking spots
  • Line busting and curbside—waitstaff take orders with mobile POS tablets capable of processing Apple Pay, mobile pay, chip cards, and standard credit card payments
  • GPS tracking—location awareness ensures order fulfillment is seamless for the customer waiting to collect their order
  • Self-service kiosks—customers can walk-up and place or view orders, add additional items, and check in for pick up with kiosk POS solutions
  • Order updates—push notifications, digital order confirmation boards, and customer-facing displays alert customers about status and location of orders
  • Multi-channel kitchen display systems—orders are automated, prioritized, prepared, and delivered to optimize speed of service and customer satisfaction

Drive-Thru POS Software

Simphony POS software from Oracle is built for complete restaurant management, both on and offline. Simphony powers the most successful restaurants across the globe, from local cafés to international quick service franchises. As an all-in-one cloud POS platform, it helps multistore drive-thru restaurants optimize their online and in-house operations in real time from any device.

Drive-Thru POS Software

$1 Mobile POS Tablets

With the $1 Oracle Tablet, drive-thru ordering, real-time menu updates, and order status now fit in an apron pocket. Our mobile credit card processing POS tablets are perfect for taking orders in multilane drive-thru's and delivering orders anywhere on the premises. They also last a full shift on a single hot-swappable battery.

$1 POS Terminals

Oracle Workstations are built to last. Our stylish large-screen Workstation 6 is the perfect choice for counter service and drive-thru window ordering. Our portable Workstation 3 extends your POS to curbside stands and other outdoor locations that demand rugged, durable hardware. By upgrading to Simphony POS software, you'll get your choice of workstation for only $1.


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