ERP for restaurants & hospitality
Requirements
Floor plans, KOT/kitchen screens, splits, tips and delivery-app orders. Usually a must-have.
Counter billing, payments, offline mode, returns and day-end cash-up. Usually a must-have.
Formula-based production with yield, by-products and recipe costing. Usually a must-have.
Stock across branches and warehouses, barcode scanning, transfers, cycle counts.
General ledger, GST/VAT returns, bank reconciliation, financial statements.
Several legal entities, inter-company transactions, consolidation.
Comparison
Baseline ranking for a typical 11–50 person business with no strong budget or hosting preference. Your own answers below will change it.
Best fit
90%fit
Full Odoo suite with Studio, full accounting, quality, PLM and official support.
Low licence cost · Moderate setup · Cloud or on-premise
Strong at
#2
88%fit
Best-in-class table service and delivery integrations; back office is limited.
Low licence cost · Light setup · Cloud or on-premise
Strong at
Watch out for
#3
75%fit
Open-source Odoo: no licence fee, extend with community and custom modules.
No licence fee · Substantial setup · Cloud or on-premise
| Capability | Odoo Enterprise90% fit | Restaurant POS software88% fit | Odoo Community75% fit | ERPNext72% fit | SAP Business One37% fit | Oracle NetSuite37% fit | Dynamics 365 Business Central34% fit | TallyPrime31% fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table service & kitchen displaymust | Strong | Strong | Good | Basic / custom | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Point of salemust | Strong | Strong | Good | Good | Basic / custom — Through partner POS add-ons. | Good | Basic / custom — Through AppSource POS add-ons, or LS Central. | Basic / custom |
| Recipes, formulas & yieldmust | Good | Strong | Good | Good | Good | Good | Basic / custom | Basic / custom |
| Multi-location inventory & barcode | Strong | Good | Good — Barcode app is Enterprise-only. | Good | Strong | Strong | Good | Basic / custom |
| Full accounting & tax | Strong | Basic / custom — Usually basic; many shops still export to an accounting package. | Good — Full accounting needs Enterprise or community (OCA) modules. | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| Multi-company & multi-currency | Strong | Basic / custom | Good | Good | Good | Strong | Strong | Basic / custom |
Strong StrongGood GoodBasic / custom Basic / customNot available Not available* see note (hover)
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Buyer's checklist
Sales should consume ingredients by recipe so theoretical vs actual food cost is visible daily.
FAQ
Single outlets rarely do. Groups with a central kitchen, several outlets and shared purchasing benefit from POS and inventory in one system.
Next step
We'll review your shortlist against your actual processes — and tell you if something we don't implement is the better fit.