Restaurant POS in Costa Rica

The 4Labs PRO point of sale connects tables, digital order tickets, kitchen and checkout. Take orders, split bills, and review cash counts and shift closing within one restaurant management system.

Built in Costa Rica

Support and documentation in Spanish, on local hours.

E-invoicing v4.4

Receipts and invoices compliant with the Ministry of Finance.

Real FIFO inventory

Food cost and per-lot valuation, fit for tax reporting.

Data isolated per branch

Row-Level Security, encrypted in transit and at rest.

The side that already runs the shift.

This is not a promise: these are the screens real restaurants cook, charge and close the register with today.

The kitchen sees every order the moment it lands

Kanban board with per-order timers, highlighted modifiers and cancellations that reverse inventory automatically.

  • Real-time sync
  • Modifiers and notes always visible
  • Prep times by station
  • Works on any tablet or screen
KDSLive· 4labs
4 orders
#85623
19m 05s
MESA 9
2×Arroz con Mariscos
1×Chifrijo
Sin Aguacate
2×Flan de Coco
Notify waiter
#9a566
13m 05s
MESA 3
2×Casado con Carne en Salsa
Sin Cebolla
bien cocido
2×Fresco de Tamarindo
1×Yuca Frita con Chicharrón
Notify waiter
#abbb1
9m 05s
MESA 5
1×Huevos Rancheros
Sin Tomate
1×Gallo Pinto Tradicional
1×Batido de Fresa
1×Arroz con Leche
Notify waiter
#5e708
3m 05s
MESA 7
1×Arroz con Mariscos
alergia a maní
1×Chifrijo
1×Cerveza Imperial
Start (cooking)

Takes orders with no paper and no mistakes

Each server works their section from a phone. They see open tables, running tabs and dishes ready to run, and take payment on the spot with tips, change and split bills.

  • Floor plan with the status of every table
  • Separate checks and split payments in seconds
  • Modifiers and notes that reach the kitchen instantly
  • Notifications when dishes are ready

POS · Floor

Tables · 4labs

Open checks

5/8

Table

1

David

2₡12.800
Table

2

Free

Table

3

Mesa 3

4₡8.400
Table

4

Andrea

3₡6.200
Charge
Table

5

Free

Table

6

Mesa 6

1₡4.100
Table

7

Familia López

5₡18.500
Charge
Table

8

Free

Awaiting payment

₡50.000

Decisions with data, not hunches

Sales, margins, cost per dish and branch comparisons. You know which product earns most, which day is strongest and where the money is leaking.

  • Real food cost with FIFO valuation
  • Margin by product, dish and branch
  • Weekly trends with a closing projection
  • Export CSV for your accountant or your board

Sales · last 14 days

₡0

+18.4% vs. previous 14 days

Top products · this week

Casado con Carne en Salsa142
Arroz con Mariscos98
Chifrijo76
Gallo Pinto64

Register and cash count

The whole shift, in one register.

Tables, active orders and payments live on the same screen. Open a check, add a product or send an order to the kitchen without losing the rhythm of the floor.

  • The state of every table, updated in real time.
  • Dine-in, takeaway and staff orders from the same place.
  • Payments, tips, split checks and cash count at close.
4Labs PRO register view with tables, active orders and payment actions.
Live

Your restaurant wherever you go

Open the app and see how the day is going: sales, active orders and average ticket across all your branches, from your phone, without being on site.

  • Every branch summarized on one screen.
  • Inventory and profitability alerts reach you on their own.
  • Approve an absence or a discount without going back to the restaurant.
A hand holding a phone with the 4Labs PRO dashboard open on the demo branch: total revenue, orders and average ticket for the month.

Ten modules, one system

  • Kitchen Display (KDS)

    Real-time tickets, no paper. The kitchen sees the order instantly.

  • Waiter POS

    Table-by-table ordering, separate checks, tips and split payments.

  • Reservations

    Calendar, WhatsApp confirmations and automatic reminders.

  • FIFO inventory

    Real FIFO with lots, stock alerts and food cost per product.

  • E-invoicing

    Costa Rica tax receipts, receiver messages and automatic ledgers.

  • AI copilot

    Daily brief, proactive alerts and questions in plain language.

  • Human Resources

    Schedules, selfie clock-in, absences and payroll in one place.

  • Real-time analytics

    Sales, margins, cost per dish and branch-by-branch comparisons.

  • Loyalty club

    Points credited at checkout, tiers, promos and redemption at the register.

  • CRM and campaigns

    Guest book, segmentation and WhatsApp campaigns with automatic opt-out.

The details that only show up on a full night.

None of these came out of a brainstorm. Each one is something that happened on a real floor and is already solved.

Keep selling without internet

The tablet stores what you do and uploads it when the signal returns. The server never charges the same check twice, even if the upload retries.

A bridge on your own network

A mini-PC in the restaurant carries waiter tickets to the kitchen screen and the thermal printer, without going through the cloud.

The pizza split three ways

Checks split by person, by product, or by shares of a single line. Service charge and discount are prorated by consumption, to the cent.

Change, without doing the math

Tap the bill they handed you and the system builds the change out of the denominations in the drawer. It prints on the receipt.

The receipt over WhatsApp

The same paper receipt, on the guest's phone. It opens the chat with the message ready, and it never sends itself on the restaurant's behalf.

Rush one dish, not the table

Whoever arrived late to their friends' table jumps to the front of the kitchen queue, and the priority clears itself once the dish goes out.

Voiding asks for authorization

Voids, waste and over-limit discounts ask for a supervisor PIN, and the permission is enforced in the database, not only on screen.

Blind physical count

The sheet hides the theoretical figure while you count and the adjustment is applied as a delta, so sales made mid-count survive.

A close you can file away

The Z report with six identities that have to balance, every order and every line of the shift, exportable to PDF and Excel.

Bring your menu and your stock

Import the catalog and opening inventory from CSV, with a dry run first, plus the sales history from the system you used before.

Two brands, one kitchen

Branches that share a grill, a stockroom, a menu or a cash drawer, each with its own register, invoicing and reports.

A simple view for newcomers

Fewer buttons and bigger type on the waiter's tablet, without taking features away from the rest of the team.

See how PRO brings you more customers

We don't just hand you a username and a password.

The software is half of it. The other half is that on opening day everything is loaded, printed and working.

Full migration

Our own importers for catalog, opening inventory and sales history, with a mandatory dry run that shows what will happen before a single row is written.

Guided installation

We configure your branch, print your table QR codes and leave the tablets paired. You get a handover sheet with every credential.

Support in Spanish

From people who know your operation, on Costa Rica hours. We don't promise 24/7, because we aren't yet.

The simplest way to grow your restaurant.

Tell us how you work today and we'll show you what changes. No commitment, nothing to install.