Faster service with tighter beverage control

Lounge & Bar Management Software

Run tables, bar orders, open checks, stock locations and settlements from one system designed for high-volume hospitality service.

  • Open table checks
  • Bar and kitchen coordination
  • Location-level stock
Nigerian lounge manager checking operations at an elegant bar
Nigerian lounge manager checking operations at an elegant bar
The operating problem

Night service moves quickly—and so can unrecorded value

A lounge may operate several environments at once: bar counter, VIP area, terrace, kitchen and store. Guests add drinks over time, move seats, order food, request split payments and sometimes question the final bill. If orders are carried in memory or on loose paper, missed lines and disputed totals become normal.

Beverage stock is high value and easy to move. Bottles can shift from the main store to a service bar, full bottles become measured serves, and one bar may borrow from another during a rush. A single end-of-night sales total cannot explain whether variance came from transfers, complimentary items, voids, breakage or inaccurate pours.

Management needs service speed without giving every employee unrestricted control. The right system records who performed important actions, where stock was sourced and how a check changed before payment.

The Storeboot approach

Keep the guest experience smooth and the operation visible

Storeboot adapts its restaurant service model to lounges and bars. Define areas and tables, open guest checks, add drinks or food in rounds and keep unsent additions distinct from items already sent for preparation. Service staff work from the active check instead of recreating a running tab.

Locations help represent the physical operation: main store, lounge bar, pool bar or kitchen. Staff can choose the appropriate source for physical products and authorised transfers can document movement between locations. Recipe and modifier logic can represent cocktails, mixers or food ingredients where detailed consumption is useful.

Bills, part-payments, service charges, split or merged checks and cashier till sessions help close the loop. Owners can review sales, stock movements, expenses and branch results rather than relying only on cash counted after closing.

Storeboot · Tonight’s service

Tonight’s service

3 service areas

14 open checks

Current tabs

₦492,800

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Sales

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Stock

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Customers

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Illustrative Storeboot product view. Available information depends on your plan, modules and business setup.

Capabilities that work together

The features behind a more controlled operation

Each feature is useful alone. The bigger advantage comes when the same sale, item, location, customer and payment keep their context across the platform.

01

Areas, tables and guest checks

Map VIP, terrace, indoor lounge or pool areas, open checks by table and keep the running order available throughout the visit.

02

Rounds and preparation

Add items as the guest orders and fire appropriate rounds toward the kitchen or preparation workflow without losing earlier items.

03

Bar-location stock

Track physical goods by location, identify the source used for a line and record transfers when one service point replenishes another.

04

Cocktail and food recipes

Connect selected menu items and modifiers to ingredients so recorded sales can create a more realistic consumption trail.

05

Controlled changes

Use permissions and recorded reasons around voids, cancellations and sensitive actions. Split or merge checks through explicit workflows before payment.

06

Till, payment and reporting

Manage cashier sessions, service charges and supported payment methods, then review activity alongside expenses, inventory and finance.

A practical rollout

From setup to useful daily records

Good software does not repair a process by magic. It gives the team a clear sequence, fewer places to record the same event, and better evidence for the next decision.

  1. 1

    Open the guest check

    Select the area and table, record the guest context and begin one running commercial record for the visit.

  2. 2

    Send service rounds

    Add food and drinks as requested, capture modifiers and send prepared work without closing the tab.

  3. 3

    Control exceptions

    Record void reasons, source stock from the correct location and handle table or check changes with appropriate staff access.

  4. 4

    Settle and reconcile

    Present the bill, split before payment if needed, record settlement and reconcile the cashier’s till at close.

Industry examples

What this looks like in a real business

Storeboot is configurable because two businesses in the same industry may sell, fulfil and account differently. These examples show common patterns—not rigid templates.

Neighbourhood bar

Run open tabs, track bottled drinks by service location and close the cashier shift with recorded sales instead of a notebook total.

Premium lounge

Manage VIP and general areas, service charges, bottle service and kitchen rounds while preserving a detailed guest bill.

Hotel pool bar

Separate the pool location from the main restaurant store, transfer stock when necessary and let management view both inside one business.

Straightforward pricing

Start free. Upgrade when operations demand more.

Basic is built for getting online and organised. Enterprise adds the branch, till, people, procurement and finance controls required by more complex teams.

Basic

For WhatsApp, Instagram & TikTok sellers, pre-order and dropshipping businesses.

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Free forever

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  • Free online store
  • Free subdomain
  • Unlimited products
  • Unlimited services
  • Unlimited orders
  • AI-powered & managed
  • Storeboot Payments
  • Customers & invoicing
  • Staff accounts
  • Inventory management

Enterprise

For in-house stores that need branches, POS and full back office.

₦5,000 /month

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  • Everything in Basic, plus:
  • Unlimited branches
  • POS / daily till support
  • Expense management
  • HR & payroll support
  • Roles & permissions
  • Offline POS / app sync
  • Supplier management
  • Payables & receivables
  • Procurement & finance

Yearly Enterprise billing is listed at ₦4,000 per month. Prices shown are in Nigerian Naira and may change; taxes, payment processing and any third-party services are separate where applicable.

A useful comparison

Storeboot versus a disconnected setup

A basic POS closes each basket immediately, while lounge guests often build a tab across several rounds and service points. Storeboot retains the open check and table context, then connects settlement to location-level stock and the wider back office.

NeedWith StorebootTypical manual setup
Running tabs Open checks with added and fired rounds Loose slips or repeated separate sales
Service locations Areas, tables and stock source locations One undifferentiated counter
Drink consumption Physical items plus recipe-based cocktails Only finished-menu sales totals
Exceptions Permissions and recorded check changes Manual corrections with little context
Frequently asked questions

Questions business owners ask before switching

Need an answer specific to your process? Tell us how your team works and we will help you map it honestly.

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Can Storeboot keep an open bar tab?+

Yes. A guest check can remain open while staff add items and send rounds, then be billed and paid at the end of the visit.

Can I track different bars or service points?+

Yes. Service areas represent the guest floor, while inventory locations can represent places such as the main store, lounge bar or pool bar.

Can it handle split bills?+

Yes. Staff can move selected quantities to a new check before payment, subject to the operational rules and permissions.

Can it track cocktails and mixers?+

Yes. Recipe items and modifier ingredient adjustments can represent drinks assembled from component stock.

Does it support food orders and a kitchen?+

Yes. Lounge food orders can use the same fired-round, modifier, kitchen display and recipe capabilities as restaurant service.

Can owners see more than sales totals?+

Yes. Storeboot also brings together stock movements, purchases, expenses, cashier sessions, branch results and accounting reports.

Your next working day can be clearer

Put sales, stock and the rest of the operation in one place.

Create your Storeboot account without a card. Start with the workflow that matters most, bring the team in, and add more control as the business grows.