Lavu POS API
Lavu advertises an open API, but the surface is a legacy POST endpoint (admin.poslavu.com/cp/reqserv) documented on a page marked confidential. Merchants pull key and token credentials from in-app settings; reviewers say the docs are insufficient to self integrate, and no official SDKs exist.
Frequently asked questions
Lavu POS scores D+ on Supergood's API Report Card. Lavu advertises an open API, but the surface is a legacy POST endpoint (admin.poslavu.com/cp/reqserv) documented on a page marked confidential. Merchants pull key and token credentials from in-app settings; reviewers say the docs are insufficient to self integrate, and no official SDKs exist.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Lavu is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale and operating system covering POS, kitchen display, payment processing, online ordering, inventory, labor/payroll, and (newer) AI-driven margin analytics. It is the system-of-record for a restaurant's transactions and operations.
POS / Hospitality, Typically for independent and multi-unit restaurants, bars, and high-volume food-service concepts. Servers ring up orders, route tickets to kitchen displays, process card payments, manage menus, track inventory and labor, and run online ordering; operators use reporting and (Marty AI) analytics to manage margins across locations.
Used by 'thousands of restaurants' across many countries; established G2/Capterra/Merchant Maverick footprint, though smaller than Toast or Square.
Yes, Orders, order contents, payments, menus, inventory/ingredient usage, and labor data are the restaurant's core operating data, trapped behind a login.
Founded ~2010. Mature iPad-POS product; recently adding AI analytics, but core API surface is legacy.
'API documentation is insufficient to integrate Lavu with your app'. Legacy/confidential POST API, no official SDKs (community gem only). Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Toast, Square for Restaurants, TouchBistro, Clover, Aloha (NCR). Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Yes, via a managed API layer. Supergood builds REST APIs and MCP servers for authenticated enterprise web apps, so AI agents and internal tools can read and write data programmatically. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Not that we could find. As of August 2026 there is no official Lavu POS MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. Lavu POS doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.