A pub or bar is one of the toughest environments for an EPOS terminal. Beer spills, sticky fingers, three-deep queues and staff tapping the screen hundreds of times an hour. The right pub EPOS terminal keeps service fast and simply keeps going.
What a bar EPOS terminal needs
- A sealed, easy-clean housing – no exposed screws or vents for liquid to get into.
- A bright, responsive touch screen – staff need to find the right drink fast, even in low light.
- Plenty of ports – receipt printer, cash drawer, kitchen printer, card machine link and possibly a customer display.
- Reliable processor – busy tabs, split bills and happy hour pricing all add load.
- Software compatibility – most pubs run Windows hospitality EPOS such as ICRTouch.
Our recommendation: HiStone HK568
The HiStone HK568 / HK568U was designed for exactly this. Its sealed housing has no visible screws or external cables and is built to resist liquids, dust, oil and soot. The 15.6″ Full HD capacitive screen rotates 180°, and you can add a 10.1″ or 15.6″ customer display. With Intel options up to Core i5, three serial ports, powered USB and a 24V cash drawer port, it runs hospitality software comfortably.
Large menus and cocktail lists: HiStone HK788
If your screen layout is packed with spirits, mixers and cocktail modifiers, the 18″ HiStone HK788 gives staff bigger buttons and fewer page changes.
Table service and beer gardens: HiStone HM628N
Take orders at the table or in the garden with the HM628N 10.1″ Windows 11 tablet. Its smart dock adds a 58mm printer, serial ports and a cash drawer port when it is back behind the bar, and it is accredited for ICRTouch.
Food-led pubs: add a kitchen display
Replace paper tickets with a HiStone kitchen display system such as the Windows HD220E or Android HD220R. See our KDS guide for more.
A typical pub EPOS setup
- 2 x HiStone HK568 EPOS terminals on the bar
- 1 x HiStone HM628N for table service
- 1 x kitchen display or kitchen printer
- Receipt printers and cash drawers from the HiStone peripherals range
Talk to B-Spoke Systems about HiStone EPOS terminals
B-Spoke Systems supplies the full HiStone EPOS range in the UK from our Leicester base, for EPOS resellers, software houses and businesses alike. You can build and price a HiStone EPOS terminal in our configurator, book a visit to our Leicester showroom to try the hardware with your own software, or call 0116 260 3100 / email sales@b-spokesystems.com.