The short answer: if most of your orders come through Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo and your customers collect or the platforms deliver, you want an EPOS that pulls those orders onto the till and pushes your menu back out to them. If most of your orders are phoned in and you run your own drivers, you want a specialist delivery system with caller ID and driver dispatch, and that is not us. If you take fewer than a handful of app orders a day, the platform tablets are probably fine for now. (We build Seamless, and integrate with a delivery platform aggregator called Stream, and we earn commission from some payment providers mentioned here, including Square, Dojo and Teya; full disclosure at the end.)
Most takeaway EPOS guides list five systems and stop there, without asking how your orders actually arrive. That decides everything else, so this guide starts with it.
Three ways a takeaway can run its orders
Option 1: a simple till plus the platform tablets
Each delivery platform gives you a way to receive its orders, usually a tablet on the counter. Walk-in sales go through your till; app orders go through the tablets, and someone re-keys or reads them out to the kitchen. It costs nothing extra and it works when app orders are a small slice of the day.
It stops working at volume. Three tablets chiming at once on a Friday, a menu price you changed on the till but not on Uber Eats, an item you sold out of still showing on Deliveroo: these are the things that cost refunds and ratings.
Best for: takeaways doing a few app orders a day, or testing delivery for the first time.
Option 2: an EPOS that integrates the delivery platforms
Here the platform orders arrive on the till like any other order and print to the kitchen (or show on an optional kitchen screen) next to the walk-ins. Menu, price and stock changes made on the till publish out to every platform. The tablets go in a drawer.
Ours works this way. With Stream, Just Eat, Uber Eats, Deliveroo and StoreKit orders land on the Seamless till, a price change in Seamless updates your Just Eat menu, and long-pressing an item on the till takes it out of stock on every platform at once. Phone orders park under the customer's name and recall in one tap when they arrive to collect. Square for Restaurants also connects to Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat, through an integration with Deliverect, and is a sound option if you already run Square.
Best for: counter-and-collection takeaways where the apps are a big share of the trade and the platforms (or the customer) handle the last mile.
Option 3: a specialist delivery takeaway system
If your phone rings all night and you employ drivers, you need features a general hospitality till does not focus on: caller ID that brings up the customer's address and order history as you answer, postcode lookup, and driver allocation. pointOne advertises integrated caller ID, postcode look-up and a driver management module. Foodhub's takeaway system includes caller ID and driver dispatch alongside its own ordering platform. Epos Now offers caller ID that shows a caller's name, address and sales history.
Seamless does not do caller ID, postcode lookup or driver dispatch. If those are central to how you trade, one of these is the better fit, and we would rather you bought the right thing.
Best for: phone-led delivery takeaways running their own drivers.
| System | Delivery apps on the till | Caller ID | Driver management | Published starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamless + Stream | Just Eat, Uber Eats, Deliveroo, StoreKit | No | No | £24/month + VAT, Stream offer below |
| Square for Restaurants | Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat (via Deliverect) | Not advertised | Not advertised | See Square's site |
| pointOne | Third-party platforms via Deliverect | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Foodhub | Own ordering platform and marketplace | Yes | Yes (dispatch) | On request |
| Epos Now | Just Eat and Deliveroo (Epos Now Delivery) | Yes | Not advertised | Bundle offers vary |
Features as advertised on each provider's own UK website, checked 13 October 2026. "Not advertised" means we could not find it on their site, not that it definitely does not exist; ask them.
The commission maths: what an EPOS can and cannot change
An EPOS does not change what the platforms charge you. Your commission is set by your agreement with each platform, and integrating them into your till only changes where the orders land.
Uber Eats is the only one of the three that publishes its UK rates: as of 13 October 2026, 30% when Uber delivers (33% on Uber One members' orders), and 13% for self-delivery or pickup, all excluding VAT. Deliveroo and Just Eat do not publish a standard rate, so the number that matters is the one in your own partner agreement. Look it up before you read the next paragraph.
Here is why it matters. On a £25 order, 30% is £7.50 plus VAT. At 13% it is £3.25 plus VAT. If a regular orders through the app twice a week, the difference between those two rates alone is £8.50 a week from one customer. Multiply your average order by your own commission rate and your weekly app orders, and you have the number your takeaway EPOS decision is really about.
What a till can do is help you move your regulars to cheaper channels. Collection orders taken on the phone or at the counter carry no platform commission at all. Your own ordering website does not either: StoreKit, which Stream connects to, advertises no commission and charges a per-order rate instead, with a free starter plan. Keep the apps for the new customers they find you, and give your regulars a reason to order direct.
What to check before you buy any takeaway EPOS
- Two-way menu sync. Orders coming in is the easy half. Ask whether a price change and a sold-out item on the till go back out to every platform without logging into each one.
- Kitchen routing. App orders should print by category to the right station (or show on a kitchen screen) in the same queue as walk-ins, so the fryer sees one list.
- Order types and VAT. Eat-in and hot takeaway food are 20% VAT; most cold takeaway food is 0%. Your till should set the right rate from the order type, so you are not working it out at the counter.
- Your platform accounts. Every integration, ours included, needs you to already have accounts with each platform. Approvals are between you and them.
- Your card machine and contract. Check whether the till forces you onto its own payments, and how long the contract runs. Ours works with Dojo, Teya, Square, Zettle and SumUp, with no contract. Our payments page covers how that works.
- The total monthly cost. Add the software, the delivery add-on, any kitchen screens and the card rates. Our EPOS cost calculator does this for any system, not just ours, and the UK EPOS comparison sets the main providers side by side.
The Stream offer (until 31 October 2026)
Seamless software starts at £24 a month per terminal plus VAT, with no contract (full pricing). Stream, the add-on that connects Just Eat, Uber Eats, Deliveroo and StoreKit, is usually £45 plus VAT a month.
If you add Stream to a paid Seamless plan (£24 a month or above) by 31 October 2026, it is free until 1 January 2027, then £30 plus VAT a month while your subscription stays active and Stream stays switched on. That covers new and existing Seamless customers. Signups after 31 October pay the standard price.
Setup is quick: we import your menu free and the till goes live the same week, and once deliveries are switched on in the back office, linking Stream to your platforms takes around six hours. You can see how it works on our takeaway EPOS page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best EPOS system for a takeaway in the UK?
It depends on how your orders arrive. If most come through Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo, choose an EPOS that integrates them and syncs your menu back out. If most are phoned in and you run your own drivers, choose a specialist system with caller ID, postcode lookup and driver management.
Do I still need the Deliveroo or Just Eat tablet with an integrated EPOS?
Day to day, no: integrated orders arrive on the till and print to the kitchen. You still need an account with each platform, and some operators keep a tablet nearby as a backup.
Does connecting delivery apps to my EPOS lower the commission?
No. Commission is set by your agreement with each platform. An integrated EPOS saves time and mistakes, and makes it easier to move regulars to commission-free channels like collection orders or your own ordering website.
How much commission do Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat charge?
Uber Eats publishes UK rates of 30% when it delivers (33% on Uber One members' orders) and 13% for self-delivery or pickup, excluding VAT, as of October 2026. Deliveroo and Just Eat do not publish a standard rate; check your partner agreement.
Does Seamless have caller ID or driver management?
No. Seamless handles counter, collection, phone orders for collection, and Just Eat, Uber Eats, Deliveroo and StoreKit orders through Stream. For phone-led delivery with your own drivers, a specialist system such as pointOne or Foodhub is a better fit.
What does Seamless Stream cost?
Usually £45 plus VAT a month. Added to a paid Seamless plan by 31 October 2026, it is free until 1 January 2027, then £30 plus VAT a month while your subscription is active and Stream stays switched on.
Full disclosure
We build Seamless, so we have an obvious interest in this topic, and Stream is an integration. Like most EPOS companies, we earn a commission or revenue share when we introduce a venue to some payment providers, including Square, Dojo and Teya. None of the other companies named here has seen or approved this article. Features and prices for other providers come from their own UK websites as of 13 October 2026; check with them before you buy, because offers change.
