Switching from Square
A Square alternative for restaurants: bring your menu, gift cards and customers.
Export your item library and gift cards from Square, upload the files, check the preview, and you are ready to take orders.
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Your menu, sizes included
The item library export is recognised by its column names, and variations become sizes.
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Gift cards keep their codes
Each card comes across with its balance and expiry, and guests use the code they already have.
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Restaurant tools included
Bookings, a kitchen display and QR ordering at the table work from the same menu.
What comes with you
- Your menu: categories, dishes, prices and sizes from the item library export.
- Your gift cards: each balance and expiry, with the code guests already hold.
- Your customers: names, phones and emails, with marketing consent only where the file shows it.
Moving over in an afternoon
- 01Create your account with Google, Microsoft or an email address.
- 02Export your spreadsheets from Square and import them under Bring your data. A preview shows every change first.
- 03Print your new QR codes, place a test order from your phone, and open.
How it works
Take a cafe that runs on Square and wants to move its menu and unused gift cards to a restaurant POS.
- In Square, export your item library and your gift card list as CSV files. Open Bring your data in the BookNDish admin and choose the menu import.
- Upload the item library file. The columns Item Name, Variation Name, Categories and Price are recognised, and rows for the same dish become one dish with sizes.
- Read the preview, which lists new dishes, changed prices and rows that cannot be read, with a reason for each. Then start the import, which runs in the background.
- Repeat with the gift card file (columns GAN, Balance and Expiration Date) and, if you want, a customer list. Download the list of skipped rows, fix them and upload again.
What you need
- CSV files exported from Square: the item library, and the gift card list if you have cards outstanding. Files can be up to 5 MB and 10,000 rows each.
- An admin login that can edit the menu. Importing gift cards also needs permission to manage gift cards and a plan with gift cards.
- A customer list needs a marketing consent column with a yes or no per person. The browser on a laptop is enough for the upload and the preview.
What it does not do
- Only dishes, categories, sizes, descriptions and prices come across. Photos, modifiers, tax settings and stock counts are not read from the file.
- Sales history, order history and payment history stay in Square. Square card readers and other hardware are not transferred.
- Gift cards in another currency than your restaurant, expired cards and cards with no usable balance are skipped and listed. A dish that already has sizes here keeps them.
Questions owners ask
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