RightPlace with Square

Square for Restaurants: more guests, shorter waits, same Square.

Square is built to ring up sales and take payments fast. RightPlace runs beside it in a web browser, often on the same iPad, to handle the waitlist, the kitchen pass and bringing guests in on slow nights.

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Keep Square doing what it does best

Square 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 Square, nothing to switch off, and nothing to retrain on the register. No hardware required.

Where RightPlace runs on a Square setup

Square on an iPad or Android tablet: open RightPlace in that tablet’s own browser. On an iPad, Split View shows Square and RightPlace side by side.
If the iPad is locked to Square with Guided Access, turn it off to switch, or give RightPlace its own device.
Square Register, Square Terminal and Square Handheld are built to run Square only, with no web browser, so RightPlace runs on a device beside them.

Square community: no browser on Square Register: Square staff answer on running a browser on Square Register.

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

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

Use Square’s sales reports to spot your slowest night and hour, then aim one deal at exactly that window.
Keep your Square item library tidy. A clean export makes every add-on match your buttons, RightPlace included.
On a busy night, give the door its own screen so the person on the register isn’t also running the list.
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 Square ticket number when a RightPlace order goes on the register, so nothing gets made without being rung.

What RightPlace adds beside Square

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 Square, 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 Square.

Already have a waitlist or reservations?

Many Square spots add a waitlist or reservations app from the Square App Marketplace. If yours works, 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.

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 from Square as a CSV file and pick it in RightPlace. You see everything before it saves, and the names match your Square buttons.
Run a night: The host stand, kitchen, servers and Door TV each open on their own screen. Payments keep going through Square.

Square is a trademark of its owner. RightPlace is a separate company, not affiliated with or endorsed by Square, and RightPlace does not connect to Square: 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 the same iPad as Square?

Yes. Open RightPlace in Safari on that iPad and use Split View to see both apps side by side. Turn off Guided Access first if the iPad is locked to Square.

Can I import my Square menu?

Yes. Export your item library from Square as a CSV file and pick it in RightPlace. You see everything before it saves, and the names match your Square buttons.

Does RightPlace replace Square?

No. Square 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