Union POS — the bar POS where the guest opens the tab from their phone and the bartender never bottlenecks at the terminal.
Guest-led mobile POS engineered for high-volume bars and venues. QR and NFC tabs from the guest's phone. Every server runs a full POS on their iPhone with Tap to Pay. Engineered for 1,000+ open tabs without lag. Tabletop deploys it, configures the room, trains your bartenders, and supports it.
Statement review, savings projection, and full tech stack recommendations.
Union POS is built for high-volume bars and venues — not every neighborhood watering hole.
Nightlife rooms, busy bar-led restaurants, multi-room venues with bar programs that drive the volume. The engineered ceiling is 1,000+ open tabs without lag.
If your room runs ten tabs at a time on a slow Tuesday and you have a single bartender working the well, Union POS is more system than you need. We will tell you that on the cost analysis call instead of selling you something you do not need. The bars Union POS earns its keep with are the rooms where the bartender bottlenecks at the terminal during a rush, where servers walk back to the bar to ring orders instead of staying with guests, and where the spreadsheet for tip pooling on Sunday morning takes longer than the Saturday night did.
Bar-led restaurants and multi-room venues with full kitchen programs are also a fit. Union POS's kitchen display system handles modifiers, allergens, courses, and multi-seat assignments at the same restaurant-grade level as the bar side — the same order ticket that opens at the bar can carry a gluten-allergy note and a course-by-seat layout to the line.
Tabletop is a Union POS reseller. We do not just sell you a license. We configure the bar layout for your room, set up the handheld fleet for your floor team, train the bartenders and the servers on the guest-led ordering flow, and stay on as your day-zero support contact. When the QR codes need swapping after a menu update on a Saturday morning, you call us.
Six things bar and restaurant operators need, in one platform.
Each piece is built into Union POS — not bolted on. Same database, same reporting, same updates. The handheld in the server's pocket and the terminal at the bar run the same software.
Guest-led mobile ordering
Guests scan a QR code or tap an NFC marker to open a tab on their own phone. They order, they pay, the tab closes when they leave — without flagging a bartender. The bar floor never bottlenecks at the terminal during a rush.
iPhone handheld POS with Tap to Pay
Every server runs a full POS on their iPhone. Take an order tableside, accept a card with the iPhone alone, close the tab, move to the next guest — no walk back to the bar terminal between rounds. Servers stay with guests instead of walking back to the bar between every drink.
1,000+ tab management with no lag
Built to support 1,000+ open tabs without lag. The terminal does not slow when the room fills up. Tabletop configures the specific tab and close-out workflows during deployment.
Offline mode
When the internet drops, Union POS keeps running. Offline mode captures funds during internet outages and syncs when the connection returns. The bar does not stop pouring. The tab does not get lost.
Real-time labor & sales reporting
Labor, sales, inventory, and guest behavior all roll into one real-time dashboard. Pull it on your phone Sunday morning instead of reconstructing the spreadsheet from receipts. The owner does not have to be in the room to know what the room is doing.
Kitchen routing & restaurant workflow
Modifiers, allergens, courses, multi-seat assignments, and time-tracked tickets — restaurant kitchen routing built into Union POS. The KDS displays orders with the same modifier and allergen detail the server entered tableside, organized by course and seat where needed.
The bar that closes more tabs without flagging a bartender.
The number of guests at a bar on Friday night is a labor problem dressed up as a service problem. The bar floor backs up because every order has to flow through the bartender at the terminal. Union POS lets the guest open the tab on their own phone, order rounds without flagging anyone, and close the tab when they leave by tapping pay. The bartender pours faster because they spend less time keying.
For high-volume rooms specifically. Brian and the Tabletop team will tell you on the cost analysis call whether your room volume justifies the system.
Run the bar without standing behind it.
The owner of a bar does not need to count tip-outs at the end of the night to know the bar made money. Union POS rolls labor, sales, inventory, and guest behavior into one real-time dashboard you pull from your phone. Step away on a Saturday and still catch a labor problem by Monday afternoon — not Friday after the books closed.
For multi-room operators, Tabletop configures menu, pricing, and reporting to roll up across the group or drill into a single room's bar program. The specific multi-room behavior depends on your stack and is set up during deployment.
Scheduling, payroll, and tip pooling that actually run from the bar's data.
Union POS integrates with 7shifts for staff scheduling and payroll, and with TipHaus for tip pooling. Tabletop configures the specific data flow during deployment so the bar manager doesn't reconcile the spreadsheet on Sunday morning.
For payments, Union POS plugs into whichever processing program Tabletop matches to your card volume and customer mix. The processing decision is separate from the POS decision; we walk you through both on the cost analysis call.
Union POS plus the systems you already run.
The POS is not the whole stack. Tabletop fits Union POS to the rest of your operation.
Scheduling and payroll connect through 7shifts; tip pooling runs through TipHaus. Tabletop configures the specific data flow during deployment so the bar manager doesn't reconcile the spreadsheet on Sunday morning. Sales and labor reporting roll into one dashboard you can pull from your phone.
For payments, Tabletop matches Union POS to whichever processing program makes sense for your card volume and customer mix — dual pricing, credit surcharge, cash discount, or traditional flat-rate. The processing program is a separate decision from the POS choice; we walk you through both on the cost analysis call.
Where Union POS earns its keep.
Union POS is bar-and-venue by design. Outside high-volume bar service, we recommend other products on Tabletop's stack — not Union POS.
High-volume bars
Nightlife rooms, busy neighborhood bars, multi-room venues. The core Union POS fit — guest-led ordering, iPhone handhelds, 1,000+ tab management, and offline mode for power-friendly outages.
Bar-led restaurants
Restaurants where the bar drives a meaningful share of the volume — gastropubs and full-service rooms with a real bar program plus a real kitchen. The same Union POS handles guest-led bar tabs on one side and modifier-and-allergen kitchen routing on the other — one platform across the full F&B floor.
Country clubs
Member-driven service environments with a bar program and a full dining room. The KDS routes course-and-seat detail to the line; the bar handles guest-led ordering and pre-pay at the same time on the same platform.
Multi-room hospitality venues
Event venues, hotels with multiple bar programs, entertainment rooms with a bar built in. Centralized menu and pricing across rooms with per-room overrides where the local program needs it.
No public rate card. Here's why — and what to do instead.
Union POS pricing depends on how many bars you run, how many stations behind each one, how many handhelds across the floor, what your monthly card volume looks like, and which processing program (dual pricing, surcharge, cash discount, or traditional) makes sense for your room. A public rate card would either be a lowest-case-only marketing number or so qualified it stops being useful.
What we do instead: a 5-minute statement review. Send us your most recent processor statement. We read it, compute your effective rate, sketch out what Union POS plus the right processing program would actually look like in your room, and tell you honestly whether switching is worth it. If your existing setup is already competitive — or if Union POS is the wrong tool for your bar — we tell you that.
Union POS questions, answered.
What kind of bar is Union POS built for?
Union POS is built for high-volume bars and venues — nightlife rooms, busy bar-led restaurants, multi-room hospitality venues with a real bar program. The engineered ceiling is 1,000+ open tabs without lag. If you run a small low-volume bar with a single bartender and a handful of tabs at a time, Union POS is more system than you need and we will tell you that on the cost analysis call.
How does the guest-led ordering work?
Guests scan a QR code or tap an NFC marker at the bar or table to open a tab on their own phone. They order, they pay, the tab closes when they leave — without flagging a bartender. The tab and payment route through Union POS the same way an in-person order does, so the bar floor never bottlenecks at the terminal during a rush.
What is the iPhone handheld POS?
Every server runs a full POS on their iPhone with Tap to Pay. They take an order tableside, accept a card with the iPhone alone, close the tab, and move to the next guest — no walk back to the bar terminal between rounds. Servers stay with guests instead of walking back to the terminal between every drink.
What happens during an internet outage?
Union POS keeps running. Offline mode captures funds during internet outages and syncs when the connection returns. The bar does not stop pouring. The tab does not get lost.
Does Union POS integrate with scheduling and tip pooling?
Yes. Union POS integrates with 7shifts for staff scheduling and payroll, and with TipHaus for tip pooling. Tabletop configures the integrations during deployment so schedule and tip data flow without manual reconciliation on Sunday morning.
Does Union POS handle restaurant kitchen workflow?
Yes. Union POS includes a kitchen display system that handles modifiers (half-and-half pizzas, no-onion, extra-cheese-type detail), allergen notes (a gluten-allergy flag rides with the ticket from the server's handheld to the line), course assignments, multi-seat layouts, and time-tracked tickets. The same Union POS terminal that runs the bar also routes restaurant orders to the kitchen — one platform across the full F&B floor. Tabletop configures menu, modifier groups, course flow, and KDS routing during deployment to fit your kitchen.
What does Union POS cost?
Union POS pricing depends on bar count, station count, handheld count, and which processing program fits your card volume. We do not post a rate card because real numbers depend on your statement and your room. Send us your most recent processor statement and we will come back with a real comparison — that is the cost analysis call.
Who installs Union POS and who supports it?
Tabletop is the Union POS reseller. We run the cost analysis, configure the bar and the handheld fleet for your room, train your bartenders and your floor team, and stay on as your day-zero support contact. When the QR codes need swapping after a menu update on a Saturday morning, you call us.
Get a real Union POS cost picture.
Send your most recent processor statement. We will run the numbers, walk you through what Union POS would actually look like in your room, and tell you honestly whether switching is worth it.
Complimentary Cost AnalysisStatement review, savings projection, and full tech stack recommendations.