Fort Lauderdale restaurants and bars lose margin in two places: card processing, and delivery marketplace commissions. Celt Payments addresses both. Lavu POS with a cash discount program takes on the first, and commission-free online ordering on your own site takes on the second.

Delivery without the 30% commission

Marketplace commissions can reach 30% of every order. With MenuDrive, your branded online ordering runs on your own site, synced to your Lavu menu, with orders landing directly on your POS. Through the MenuDrive and DoorDash partnership, those orders are delivered by Dashers for a flat per-delivery fee. On a $60 order that's roughly $18 to a marketplace versus about $6 in delivery cost. The exact flat fee varies by market and distance and is confirmed per agreement.

Show up when people search

A POS only counts the customers who already found you. We build and optimise your Google Business Profile, with hours, photos, menu, ordering link and review prompts, and structure your menu and location data so search engines, and the AI assistants people now ask for recommendations, can read it.

Built for bar service

Tap, chip and phone wallets on a handheld with a built-in printer, tips prompted on screen, and kitchen display native to the system. Lavu connects to bar tools such as Bar-i and Digital Pour, and to loyalty and reservations platforms.

Processing fees, handled

Your menu price is your card price. Customers paying cash or debit receive a discount at the point of sale, and there's no separate per-transaction fee on your statement. We configure the program, the terminal display and the receipt language to the rules that apply to your location.

The handhelds we install for Fort Lauderdale restaurants

Two ways to take payment at the table, both on Adyen processing. Pick one, or run both on the same floor.

Adyen S1F2 handheld terminal showing credit at the posted price and debit and cash at the discounted price — **Adyen S1F2 handheld terminal.** Tap, chip, swipe and phone wallets, with a printer built in so the receipt is handed over at the table. Charges over USB-C. It runs the cash discount program on its own: staff key the amount in and your existing POS stays where it is. If you move to Lavu later, the same hardware carries across.

Lavu handheld POS showing a full restaurant menu, with the Adyen NYC1 tap reader mounted on the back — **Lavu handheld with the Adyen NYC1 card reader.** The full Lavu POS menu on an iPad mini in a rugged case, with the NYC1 reader attached magnetically to the back and paired over Bluetooth. It takes tap, chip and swipe, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay.

The S1F2 shows credit, debit and cash as three separate buttons, and we set the display and receipt wording to the card network and state rules that apply to you. Amounts on the terminal screen are illustrative. You can also prove it on one station for sixty days on the S1F2 before changing anything else.

Is a cash discount program legal in Florida?

Florida's former statutory ban on credit card surcharging has been held unconstitutional, and cash discount programs are widely used by Florida restaurants. Our program is structured as a discount from one posted price, so nobody pays more than the menu price, and we configure the terminal display and receipt wording to current card network rules. Confirm your specific setup with your acquirer or your own advisor. The full answer is in our FAQ.

Restaurant POS and merchant services in Fort Lauderdale