Solana Hotel – Proud Users of Lightspeed Restaurant

5.5.2025

2 minute read

The Solana Hotel is a four-star property found in Mellieha which includes four restaurants and bars. Prior to making the shift to Lightspeed, Solana was facing issues working with a traditional POS system. Due to a lack of flexibility and struggling to integrate with their various systems, Solana was searching for a solution, and this solution was Lightspeed Restaurant.

Since making the switch, Solana has benefitted from Lightspeed Restaurant in many ways, such as:

Increased flexibility

• With Lightspeed being a cloud-based system, staff can log in from any device with an internet connection, thereby no longer being limited to one device.

• Inventory, menus and sales reports can be viewed and updated remotely, reducing the number of staff needed at a restaurant, and increasing efficiency for other departments.

• Even if an internet connection becomes unavailable, Lightspeed continues to function and syncs up once back online, ensuring uninterrupted service for guests and customers.

• With Lightspeed’s ‘Order Anywhere’ feature, guests can place orders from their phones, which will then be directly sent to the kitchen, eliminating the need for staff to take orders over the phone.

• Solana also benefitted from having all their restaurants on one POS system, allowing for better guest experiences, a whole view of performance across all restaurants, and easy staff training.

Detailed backend

A favourite feature for the staff at Solana was Lightspeed Restaurant’s backend, which provides deep insights and promotes smarter decision-making. Insights into sales organised by item, category or time of day help find out peak performance hours, best-selling items and staff performance. Having such insights helps managers make informed decisions and avoid future complications. Along with this, Lightspeed’s backend serves as a detailed log of all actions done across all outlets, thereby helping with accountability and loss prevention.

Solana’s experience with Lightspeed restaurant is nothing less than ideal. With their many restaurant and bar outlets, Lightspeed Restaurant creates a unified and easy to use system to manage their businesses. Contact us to find out if Lightspeed Restaurant is the ideal match for your business.

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