LINGA rOS

What LINGA rOS is

LINGA rOS is a cloud-based restaurant operating system for managing orders, inventory, and staff. It is designed for restaurant and retail businesses, from individual stores to growing franchises. Its restaurant tools track ingredient use and calculate food costs for individual items. Staff can view real-time table information, including guest counts, dining times, and check amounts, while reporting brings operational, sales, and labor data together. LINGA says the system continues to function during network outages, and customers can choose their card processor, including one other than LINGA’s processor.

The Integration Hub lists DoorDash Drive, Uber Eats, ADP, Restaurant365, Shogo, Factor4, Deliverect, and Chowly. LINGA POS requires special hardware, with station, handheld, tablet, customer display, and kitchen display form factors. Android and iOS apps are described as free; the listed platforms also include web and Windows. The Single Store plan is $75 a month and includes inventory management, staff scheduling, online ordering, LINGA Kiosk, kitchen display, and customer-facing display. Multi Store is $120 a month and adds a custom branded app, call center, multi-gift, cloud kitchen, and multi-unit management and menu management.

Who it suits

LINGA rOS suits restaurant and retail operators who need ordering, inventory, staff management, and table tracking in one system. Its plans include options for single stores and multi-unit businesses, with the latter adding multi-store tools.

Getting started

1. Visit the LINGA website.
2. Choose Single Store at $75 a month or Multi Store at $120 a month.
3. Arrange the special hardware required for LINGA POS.
4. Use a station, handheld, tablet, customer display, or kitchen display form factor.
5. Download the LINGA app for Android or iOS if you want the mobile app.

Verdict

Choose LINGA rOS if your restaurant or retail business needs connected ordering, inventory, staffing, and reporting, with offline operation and processor choice. The main consideration is the required special hardware and the monthly plan cost.