RightPlace with Heartland

Heartland POS: keep Heartland on payments, give the door its own screen.

Heartland’s restaurant point of sale, now sold under the name Genius, runs your orders and payments. RightPlace runs beside it in a web browser to handle the waitlist, the kitchen pass and the guests deciding where to go tonight.

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Keep Heartland doing what it does best

Heartland rings up the sale, runs the card and keeps your menu, checks and payments. RightPlace leaves all of that alone. It covers the parts of the night that happen before and around the check: the door, the line, the kitchen pass, the guests who are deciding where to go tonight, and the regulars you want back next week.

Nothing to install on Heartland, nothing to switch off, and nothing to retrain on the register. No hardware required.

Where RightPlace runs on a Heartland setup

Heartland’s restaurant point of sale now goes by Genius. If you run it on an iPad, open RightPlace in Safari on that same iPad (turn off Guided Access first if the iPad is locked).
Plan on a separate screen for RightPlace if yours can’t open a web browser: any tablet, laptop, phone or other device with one.
Set it at the host stand or the kitchen pass, sign in with your spot’s code, and you’re running.
If your Heartland device opens a web browser, RightPlace runs there too; Heartland (Genius) can tell you.

Genius for Restaurants Classic on the App Store: Heartland’s Genius restaurant app listing for iPad.

Tip: keep a spare device or two charged in case a server’s phone dies. Staff can use their own devices if they like.

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Get more out of Heartland (advice any spot can use)

Use your Heartland sales reports to find your slowest night and hour, then put one deal on exactly that window.
Keep the waitlist off the register on busy nights, so checkout never waits behind the door.
Keep a spare device or two charged. If one dies mid-service, the door keeps moving.
Tell the floor about an 86 at once. Tap “86 an item” in RightPlace’s kitchen screen and server phones, the host stand and the Door TV all show it sold out.
Tap Rung in with the Heartland check number when a RightPlace ticket goes on the register, so nothing gets made without being rung.

What RightPlace adds beside Heartland

A posted wait guests can see: The host posts the wait with one tap. Guests looking for a spot tonight see it with the time it was updated, and can tap On the way.
Deals that fill slow nights: Post a deal from the host stand with a start, an end and a photo. Guests see a countdown, so a Tuesday special works on Tuesday.
A kitchen screen for RightPlace orders: Food ordered ahead and server phone orders show on a kitchen screen. A "Rung in" list shows which tickets still need to go on Heartland, with the check number once they do.
A TV by the door: Any smart TV shows the wait, tonight’s specials, games and photos from tonight.
Table requests by scan code: A guest scans the code on the table to ask for a refill, the check or a to-go box. It goes to that table’s server.
A Night Report in plain numbers: Parties seated through RightPlace, deals used and times, counted from your staff’s taps. Your sales numbers stay in Heartland.

Already have a waitlist or reservations?

If you already use a waitlist or reservations tool with Heartland, keep it. RightPlace’s biggest help is bringing people in: guests looking for a spot tonight see the wait you posted and your deals, tap On the way, and come back for the perks you set. You can also run the waitlist on RightPlace; pick whichever your host likes.

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Set it up in a few minutes

Pick a screen: Use a screen you already have where it can open a web browser, or any tablet, laptop or phone beside the register.
Open getrightplace.app: Sign in with your spot’s 6-digit code. There is nothing to download from an app store.
Bring your menu over: Export your items as a CSV file, or paste your menu or your website’s menu page. You see everything before it saves.
Run a night: The host stand, kitchen, servers and Door TV each open on their own screen. Payments keep going through Heartland.

Heartland is a trademark of its owner. RightPlace is a separate company, not affiliated with or endorsed by Heartland, and RightPlace does not connect to Heartland: it runs beside it in a web browser.

Where to go next

Grow my business: Founding spots get the preview of every host screen now, and help shape RightPlace before launch.
Every register we cover: Square, Toast, SpotOn, SkyTab, TouchBistro, Revel, Heartland, Aloha, MICROS, HungerRush, Clover, Lightspeed and any other register.

Questions owners ask

Can RightPlace run on my Heartland device?

Plan on any tablet, laptop or phone with a web browser beside it. If your Heartland device opens a browser, RightPlace runs there too; Heartland (Genius) can tell you.

Can I import my Heartland menu?

Export your items as a CSV file, or paste your menu or your website’s menu page. You see everything before it saves.

Does RightPlace replace Heartland?

No. Heartland keeps every sale, card payment and check. RightPlace never takes payment and runs beside your register in a web browser.

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Updated October 2026