✦Compare · Square for Restaurants

Square for Restaurants or TableSpark? Count the whole stack.

A £0 plan is where the bill starts, not where it ends. On Square’s own UK pricing pages, a custom domain and QR code ordering sit on Square Online Plus at £20/mo billed annually, floor plan customisation and close-of-day reports sit on Square for Restaurants Plus at £69/mo per location, and Square Loyalty starts from £25/mo per location. TableSpark Full is one published plan at £69/mo with your own domain, online and table ordering, bookings with deposits, floor plans, rewards, rota and kitchen tickets, at 0% TableSpark commission. For an independent UK restaurant that takes bookings and orders, it is the best-value choice, and the one we recommend.

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A human replies by email No obligation · straight answers
A warm, busy restaurant room
✦Your room, your domain
Guest list stays yours
exportable CSV, always
✦0% TableSpark commission, always
Free plans
No domain, no QR ordering

Square Online Free has no monthly fee; connecting a custom domain, removing Square branding and QR code ordering are listed on Plus at £20/mo, billed annually.

Restaurant tools
£69/mo per location

Floor plan customisation, close-of-day reports, live sales and shift reports are marked not included on Square for Restaurants Free and included on Plus.

Add-ons
Loyalty, marketing, inventory

Square Loyalty from £25/mo per location, Square Marketing from £9/mo per location, and restaurant inventory at +£79/mo per location on Plus.

Figures as published on Square’s UK pages (squareup.com/gb/en/online-store/plans and /point-of-sale/restaurants/pricing), checked 8 October 2026. Square prices are shown as published; TableSpark prices exclude VAT.

No. iWhat moves

Move to a platform built around your restaurant.

TableSpark brings your website, menu, live-availability bookings, tables and floor plans, guest data and service workflow into one owned system, with a managed migration shaped around the way your restaurant operates. For an independent UK restaurant it is the best-value destination and the one we recommend: one flat monthly plan, 0% TableSpark commission, and the guest list stays on your side of the table. Use the booking-system switching guide to map the handover around live service.

Ready today

Your own restaurant website on 50 finished designs, on a free tablespark.uk address or your own domain with managed SSL on Growth and Full
Live structured menu: photograph it and the AI reads dishes, prices and dietary tags
Direct bookings on live table availability — instant confirmation or booking enquiry, into one inbox and your own guest list at 0% TableSpark commission
Your data stays yours: every booking, enquiry and guest record is exportable CSV
First-party, cookieless analytics on your own traffic

Configured for your service

Table inventory, floor plans and assignment workflows
Automated reminders, deposits and no-show policies
Reserve with Google booking-link connection and POS connections
Online ordering on your own site at 0% TableSpark commission. Stripe’s standard card-processing fees apply to online payments.
Your own domain with managed SSL, and managed search readiness: a live link is not the same as being indexed by Google

Tell us how your restaurant operates and which systems you use. We configure the complete migration around your service.

No. iiThe whole stack

What a restaurant that takes bookings and orders actually pays for.

Each Square figure below is quoted from Square’s UK pricing pages; the total is arithmetic on those published figures for one location, not a quote. Replace them with the numbers on your own account before you decide.

What you needOn Square (published UK pricing)On TableSpark Full
Website on your own domainSquare Online Plus, £20/mo billed annuallyIncluded
Table QR orderingSquare Online PlusIncluded
Floor plansCustomisation on Square for Restaurants Plus, £69/mo per locationIncluded
Daily sales reportClose-of-day reports on Square for Restaurants PlusOperations report: net sales, refunds, tables, reservations
Loyalty and rewardsSquare Loyalty, from £25/mo per locationGuests’ app with points, rewards and stamp cards
Table bookings with depositsNot listed in the Square for Restaurants plan comparisonIncluded, with reminders
Monthly software before card feesFrom £114/mo (£20 + £69 + £25), per location£69/mo excl. VAT

Figures as published on Square’s UK pages (squareup.com/gb/en/online-store/plans and /point-of-sale/restaurants/pricing), checked 8 October 2026. Square prices are shown as published; TableSpark prices exclude VAT. Card processing: Square lists 1.4% + 25p per UK card online; on TableSpark, Stripe’s standard card-processing fees apply to online payments.

No. iiiManaged migration

Plan a managed switch.

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✦Your menu, read by AI
What happens next
A real person replies by email, usually within one working day.
We build your site, live menu and booking capture from your export and menu photo.
You review everything before anything goes live.
No. ivFair questions

Questions owners ask when comparing.

Is TableSpark cheaper than Square for a restaurant?+

It depends on what the restaurant needs, so count the whole stack. Square’s free plans carry no monthly fee, but on its own UK pricing pages a custom domain and QR code ordering sit on Square Online Plus at £20/mo billed annually, floor plan customisation and close-of-day reports sit on Square for Restaurants Plus at £69/mo per location, and Square Loyalty starts from £25/mo per location. TableSpark Full is £69/mo excl. VAT with your own domain, online and table QR ordering, bookings with deposits, floor plans, the guests’ app with rewards, team rota and kitchen ticket printing in one plan, at 0% TableSpark commission. For an independent UK restaurant that takes bookings and orders, TableSpark is the best-value choice.

Does TableSpark take table bookings with deposits?+

Yes. Growth and Full include live table availability, floor plans, deposits and reminders, with a Reserve with Google booking-link connection. Table bookings with deposits do not appear in the Square for Restaurants plan comparison, so on Square they are a separate decision.

Can I take card payments at the till?+

Yes. Growth and Full include Stripe Terminal card readers: charge an order or a walk-up amount on a reader, settled into your own Stripe account. Stripe’s standard card-processing fees apply.

What does TableSpark cost?+

Flat plans from £19/mo with 0% TableSpark commission on bookings and orders. Stripe’s standard card-processing fees apply to online payments. Building is free until you publish — no card required.