The origin
After years of hands-on experience in the restaurant industry — navigating high-volume, fast-paced environments across Florida — I saw firsthand how traditional systems slowed operations down.
Servers waiting on frozen terminals. Kitchens getting backed up because tickets printed out of order. Managers locked into multi-year contracts with systems that hadn't been updated since 2015.
That experience sparked a vision: build a POS system designed to keep up with restaurants that never slow down.
And that's how TAB POS was born.
Why we're different
Most POS companies are built by software people who've never worked a dinner service. They optimize for demos and sales calls, not for the 7pm rush on a Saturday.
TAB was designed from the floor up — by someone who has been in the weeds, worked the line, managed the front of house, and felt the pain of every slow system and clunky workaround.
We chose Stripe for payments because restaurants shouldn't be locked into proprietary payment processors. We built a real desktop app because browser tabs crash. We made it month-to-month because forcing a 3-year contract on a restaurant is predatory.
Every decision comes back to one question: does this make service faster?
What we believe
Our principles
Speed Over Everything
Every interaction is sub-200ms. Your staff shouldn't wait on software during a Friday night rush.
No Surprises
No long-term contracts, no hidden fees, no gotchas. Month-to-month pricing, cancel anytime.
Built for Desktop
A real desktop application, not a browser tab. Offline-capable, fast, and reliable — even when your internet isn't.
Restaurant-First
Every feature exists because a real restaurant needed it. No bloatware, no enterprise upsells.
Modern Stack
Stripe for payments, Supabase for real-time sync, Electron for the desktop. No legacy baggage.
Transparent by Default
Payment processing billed directly by Stripe at their standard rates. We don't mark up transactions.