Card machine guide · Restaurants
For Chinese restaurants the Clover Station Duo is the usual starting point: heavy takeout volume and phone orders. Below: what the setup looks like, who it suits and where owners go wrong.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
At Merchant Fund Express, we set up Clover for which credit card machine is best for a chinese restaurant: the right devices, the features that matter in your workflow and on-site training for your staff.
For most Chinese restaurants we start with the Clover Station Duo. On the Station Duo the staff work on a large 14-inch display while the customer sees and tips on a second 8-inch screen. Tap, chip and swipe are all accepted and the printer is built in.
Takeout drives much of the volume, with a phone ringing constantly and delivery drivers waiting by the counter, alongside dine-in family tables on weekends.
Large menus with numbered items, lunch specials and family dinners. Items can be searched by number so the phone order is entered quickly.
Cards and cash, with phone orders paid at pickup or by card over the phone. Tips on delivery are collected by drivers.
Phone staff, kitchen and drivers each need something different from the system: orders to the wok, a name on a ticket and a way to get paid at the door.
A Station Duo at the counter for walk-in and phone orders, a printer in the kitchen, and Flex handhelds for drivers.
Setup is done with you in the room: devices placed where they will really be used, items and modifiers entered in your language, a test of each payment type and a short training session for opening and closing.
| Role | Device | Why it earns its place |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Station Duo | Counter and phone orders |
| Add-on | Flex | Delivery drivers |
| Add-on | Kitchen Display 24" | Wok line board |
Writing phone orders on paper and re-keying later causes errors; enter them directly into the register as you speak.
With Merchant Fund Express you deal with the people who set the system up. We come on site, train your team and stay reachable by phone, and our funding side is there if you later need capital or equipment financing.
Yes. A Flex with cellular connectivity lets drivers collect payment and tip at the customer's door.
The virtual terminal lets you take a card number over the phone securely instead of writing it down.
Yes. A handheld Flex lets servers take payment at the table, split by seat and capture tips, which shortens table time.
It helps but is not required. A recent processing statement lets us compare your effective rate to what a Clover setup would look like for your sales mix.
No. Equipment and processing are quoted to your business, because the right number depends on your volume, card mix and how many stations you need. Call (305) 384-8391 for a personal quote.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
