Cloud restaurant POS and billing for Nigeria — 7.5% VAT invoices in naira, Paystack and Flutterwave built in, and billing that keeps working on a phone when the power and the network do not.
| Jollof Rice & Chicken | ₦ 6,500 |
| Suya Platter | ₦ 5,000 |
| Egusi & Pounded Yam | ₦ 7,000 |
| Chapman × 2 | ₦ 3,000 |
| Subtotal | ₦ 21,500 |
| VAT 7.5% | ₦ 1,612.50 |
| Total | ₦ 23,112.50 |
The things that actually differ market to market — tax, currency, language and how people pay — handled rather than worked around.
Both are first-class integrations, not workarounds. Take cards, bank transfer, USSD and QR, settled in naira to your local account.
A lot of Nigerian restaurant payment happens by bank transfer. Record it as its own payment type so the day-end cash-up actually reconciles.
No expensive terminal required. Bill from an Android phone or a tablet, which also means the POS is not tied to one power outlet.
More than one tax can sit on the same bill, so where a state consumption tax applies you can show it as a separate line rather than merging it into VAT.
Stock deducts as you sell, with low-stock alerts and recipe-level costing — useful when ingredient prices move as fast as they do.
Run outlets in different states from one dashboard with per-branch pricing and group-level reporting.
Every payment type lands in the same day-end report, so cash, card, gateway and delivery money reconcile together instead of in four places.
Built in. Cards, bank transfer, USSD and QR from Nigerian customers, settled in naira to your local account.
Also built in. Cards, bank transfer and mobile money, with cross-border reach across West Africa.
International cards for corporate catering and diaspora bookings.
Keep your existing bank POS terminal and record the payment type in MealNix so the day-end still balances across cash, transfer and card.
What MealNix does, stated plainly.
One system that adapts to how your outlet actually runs.
Fast counter and parcel billing that runs on a phone, with shift-wise cash register closing and staff logins with roles.
Token numbers, quick-pick menus and order-ready displays for the high-turnover QSR trade in Lagos and Abuja.
Several delivery-only brands out of one kitchen, each with its own menu, pricing and reporting.
Modifier-heavy drink menus, table service, loyalty for regulars and split-bill handling.
Multiple outlets under one property with consolidated end-of-day reporting.
Advance bookings with part payments, bulk orders and ingredient planning against confirmed covers.
MealNix is cloud software with remote onboarding, so there is no install visit to wait for — wherever you are in Nigeria, you can be billing today.
Bill from a phone on the floor, a tablet at the table or a full terminal at the counter.
English ships as the interface language, and the Language Pack module lets you add and edit others if you need them.
Where a POS built for somewhere else tends to fall down.
| Capability | MealNix | Generic imported POS |
|---|---|---|
| Local tax handling | Vat at 7.5%, with per-item overrides | Often a single hard-coded rate, or none |
| Nigerian naira formatting | Correct symbol, placement and decimal precision | Frequently forces two decimals and a foreign symbol |
| Interface language | English | Usually English only |
| Local payment rails | Paystack, Flutterwave | International cards only, if that |
| QR menu & table ordering | Included on paid plans | Usually a paid add-on |
| Runs on a phone or tablet | Yes — Android, iOS and web | Often needs proprietary hardware |
| Free plan | Free Starter plan, no time limit | Rarely offered |
Remote onboarding, so there is no waiting for an engineer to be in your city.
Create your restaurant, set your Nigerian naira and your VAT rate. Takes a few minutes.
Import your existing menu rather than retyping it, then set modifiers, kitchen routing and pricing.
Link Paystack or another supported gateway, or keep your existing terminal and record payment types.
Train your staff on the terminal, phone or tablet you already have, and start billing. Support is available while you settle in.
Straight answers, including the ones that are not a simple yes.
MealNix is a cloud restaurant POS that runs in Nigeria: it calculates 7.5% VAT, invoices in naira carrying your TIN, has Paystack and Flutterwave built in for cards, transfer and USSD, and handles QR table ordering, kitchen displays, inventory and multi-branch reporting from Lagos to Kano. There is a free Starter plan and a 30-day free trial of the paid plans.
Yes, both are built-in integrations rather than workarounds. Paystack covers cards, bank transfer, USSD and QR from Nigerian customers with settlement in naira to your local account, and Flutterwave adds mobile money and cross-border reach across West Africa. Stripe and PayPal are also available for international cards.
Set the 7.5% VAT rate once and MealNix applies it to every order. Some states also levy a consumption tax on restaurant service on top of VAT — because MealNix supports more than one tax on the same bill, you can show both as separate lines rather than lumping them together, which keeps the invoice and your tax summary accurate for each.
Yes, and it matters here. A large share of Nigerian restaurant payment happens by direct bank transfer, so MealNix records it as its own payment type alongside cash, card and gateway payments. Your day-end report then actually reconciles instead of dumping everything into one bucket.
No. MealNix runs on any Android phone, tablet or web browser, so you can start with hardware you already own and add a thermal printer later. That also means billing is not tied to one power outlet, which is worth something in practice.
Yes. Small outlets use MealNix for fast counter and parcel billing from a phone, shift-wise cash register closing and staff logins with roles. The free Starter plan has no time limit and no per-user fee, so a single-outlet bukka can run on it indefinitely.
Yes. Paid plans come with a 30-day free trial, and the free Starter plan has no time limit, no per-user fee and no setup fee. You can import your existing menu instead of retyping it.
Running outlets in more than one country? Each market has its own page.
Free Starter plan with no time limit, or a 30-day free trial of the paid plans. No setup fee, no per-user fee.
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