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    Chowly

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AChowly, headquartered in Chicago, integrates 3rd party online ordering apps with restaurant POS applications, providing a consistent ordering system.N/A

    Restaurant365

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ARestaurant365 in Irvine, California offers what they describe as a complete restaurant management solution; it is back office oriented and so includes accounting and payroll, workforce management, scheduling, food costing and inventory controls, as well as analytics and reporting. Finally, the vendor boasts easy connections with external systems (e.g. POS systems).

    $435

    monthly (billed quarterly) per location

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    ChowlyRestaurant365
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    Essential
    $435
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    Professional
    $635
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    ChowlyRestaurant365
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    ChowlyRestaurant365
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    User Testimonials
    ChowlyRestaurant365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chowly
    I would not recommend Chowly to any restaurant that is trying to push orders through to their POS from a third party delivery site. Any restaurant would be much better off finding a third party site that integrates directly with their POS. Using Chowly was more of a headache than it needed to be and our company switched to Checkmate (also not great) after a year with Chowly.
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    Restaurant365
    I think any business that needs to track its expenses and create a P&L and balance sheet could benefit from this program. Once you get the training on it, it really makes the whole thing a breeze, saves you time, and creates beautiful reports. I don't know any business that wouldn't need it. Maybe if your business is selling one thing, maybe it won't be worth it for you. I think the sales would need to back up the subscription price, so I would weigh that into the equation. But there is nothing R365 doesn't do. It does inventory, it does waste tracking, it gets into the nitty gritty of business.
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    Pros
    Chowly
    • Responsive support team
    • Their team's knowledge of Toast POS
    • Their sales team is aggressive and confident in their product
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    Restaurant365
    • Invoice tracking.
    • Expense tracking.
    • Sales tracking.
    • Labor tracking.
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    Cons
    Chowly
    • Promises of ways to avoid mapping errors were never followed through on
    • Many mapping errors which required constant attention
    • To use requires multiple hidden modifiers in Toast, clogging up the menu
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    Restaurant365
    • Credit cards and banks don't always connect, so sometimes you have to manually import transactions or reconnect the bank.
    • When classifying transactions, the program can lag at times.
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    Chowly
    Chowly was not as good as Checkmate, though I cannot in good faith recommend either. We ended up switching over to Checkmate after a year with Chowly due to our dissatisfaction with the service.
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    Restaurant365
    The sales integration and labor integration with our POS is really where it is light years better than QB. Quickbooks is good, but R365 is like QB on steroids. The drill down feature is fantastic, which QB doesn't have, and again, the sheer number of reports and customization is an asset. There is so much customization on R365 that I forgot to mention earlier on. And the level of support! You can go to their online support center and get answers so fast! You chat with a live person, not a bot, and they are real people giving you real answers.
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    Return on Investment
    Chowly
    • Required a lot of attention from upper management to maintain
    • Enabled orders from Caviar to go through to the POS without staff needing to enter the orders manually, saving on time and labor
    • Due to frequent changes in our menu, Chowly could not handle these and needed to remap every single time there was a menu change.
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    Restaurant365
    • Accuracy! Accuracy all around.
    • Now we know exactly how much money we are making, rather than a roundabout guess based off a spreadsheet.
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