Ziosk review
A strong fit for restaurants prioritizing tabletop ordering and pay-at-the-table service.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Ziosk is a restaurant hospitality platform built around guest-facing tabletop tablets, server handhelds, and digital check presenters. It is designed for table-service restaurants and supports related bar, pickup, curbside, and line-busting workflows. Its core use case is bringing ordering, check presentation, payment, and guest engagement to the table while connecting with the restaurant’s existing point-of-sale environment. Restaurants can also use Ziosk for loyalty enrollment, guest surveys, promotions, upselling, receipts, and operational insights.
The payment and ordering feature set is its clearest strength. Ziosk supports pay-at-the-table card-present transactions, guest-facing tabletop ordering, and server handheld ordering and table management. Payment methods include EMV, P2PE, NFC, and mobile wallets, with Apple Pay and Google Pay listed among its integrations. The platform also connects with Aloha, Oracle Micros, Positouch, Rezku, and Xpient, along with processors and gateways including Fiserv, Worldpay, TSYS, Chase, Shift4, and FreedomPay. Loyalty integrations include Punchh and Paytronix. This makes Ziosk a practical fit for operators that want to extend an established restaurant technology stack rather than replace it.
Pricing is customized and requires a contact-sales quote. The published product details position Ziosk around card-present, tableside, and mobile payments, so restaurants seeking a dedicated online-payment workflow should evaluate fit separately. Its broader engagement tools—loyalty enrollment and redemption, feedback surveys, promotions, upselling, email and SMS receipts, remote-printer receipts, and AI-powered operational insights—add value when guest interaction at the table is central to the service model. Choose Ziosk if tabletop ordering and payment are priorities and integration with an existing POS is acceptable; consider another product if online checkout or an all-in-one POS replacement is the main requirement.
Ziosk pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Combines guest ordering, pay-at-table, loyalty, feedback, and promotions
- Supports EMV, P2PE, NFC, Apple Pay, and Google Pay
- Integrates with major POS, payment, and loyalty platforms
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires a customized contact-sales quote
- Payment scope centers on card-present and mobile transactions
- Works alongside an existing POS rather than replacing it
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