Hospitality & Restaurant Software · Hospitality POS
Lightspeed Restaurant
integration & API.
Australia's broadest mid-market hospitality POS — we build direct ordering, loyalty and ops platforms alongside it.
LR What is Lightspeed Restaurant?
Lightspeed Restaurant in plain English.
Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud-based hospitality POS used widely across Australian restaurants, cafes, and venues. Acquired Kounta in 2021 to extend Australian footprint. Strong API access and broad ecosystem of integrations.
What businesses use it for
Common Lightspeed Restaurant
use cases.
- 01 Hospitality POS for restaurants, cafes, pubs
- 02 Inventory and recipe costing
- 03 Multi-venue operations across hospitality groups
- 04 Reservations and table management
- 05 Reporting and analytics across the venue
- 06 Integration with delivery platforms and table ordering
Why custom?
Beyond the default Lightspeed Restaurant integrations.
Lightspeed Restaurant is the broadest mid-market hospitality POS in Australia, with strong API access. We build the bespoke layer most Lightspeed venues need: first-party direct ordering platforms, loyalty systems, multi-venue platforms, and operations dashboards.
What we build with Lightspeed Restaurant
Common Lightspeed Restaurant integrations.
First-party direct ordering platform integrated with Lightspeed — bypasses third-party commissions
Loyalty platform across POS, online ordering, and delivery
Multi-venue group platform on Lightspeed
Operations dashboard consolidating across systems
Reservation system with custom logic integrated with Lightspeed
Marketing automation tied to customer behaviour
Commonly paired with
Lightspeed Restaurant works with the rest of your stack.
How we build
Production-grade.
Not Zapier in a trench coat.
Every Lightspeed Restaurant integration we ship handles failure properly: idempotent jobs, retry logic, dead-letter queues for unrecoverable cases, and observability so you can see exactly where data is at any moment.
Tested
Real test suite, real edge cases. Not just "it worked once."
Observable
You see what is happening — events logged, errors surfaced.
Maintainable
Documented, version-controlled, handed over properly.
More Hospitality & Restaurant Software
Other hospitality & restaurant software platforms we connect.
SF Square for Restaurants
Small-business hospitality POS with simple integration — we add direct ordering and bespoke automation.
MY Mr Yum
Major Australian table ordering platform — we build venue-specific extensions and ops integration.
M me&u
Major Australian table ordering platform — we build operations and customer data layers across venues.
FAQ
Common questions about Lightspeed Restaurant integration.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant have a public API?
Yes — Lightspeed has a well-documented API supporting the custom integrations we typically build.
Can you integrate with Mr Yum or me&u alongside Lightspeed?
Yes — most venues run multiple ordering channels. We build infrastructure that consolidates customer data and operational reporting across them.
How does Lightspeed compare to Square or Tyro?
Lightspeed has broader feature set and stronger API; Square is simpler for smaller venues; Tyro POS Plus is newer and less mature.
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The hidden costs of SaaS once your business is established
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