The back office for independent cafés.

Books and HST, bank feeds, menu, stock, bookings, orders, schedules and payroll. One app, with an assistant that does the routine work and asks you only what it needs.

Join the beta Private beta in Ottawa from early 2027 · Ontario first

Everything behind the counter

Books and HST

Every bank line, card charge, POS day and supplier invoice recorded. The HST return, statements and year-end pack ready when you need them.

Menu and stock

Edit the menu once and it reaches your POS. Recipes, food cost per item, stock counts and what to order next.

Guests

Table bookings, online orders, catering and custom-cake requests in one place, with replies, deposits and reminders.

Staff

Weekly schedules, a time clock on a shared tablet or each person's phone, and payroll that reads the hours, tips included.

How it works

Connect

Your POS and your bank

Square and your business bank accounts and cards connect in a few minutes. Your previous books come in too.

Let it run

The routine is done for you

Sales, fees, payouts and regular bills are recorded as they happen. Anything uncertain becomes a question in the app.

Decide

You answer, it learns

Snap a photo of an invoice, answer a question, approve a pay run. It remembers how you like things done.

Built inside a working café

Crema Books runs the books, menu, bookings, orders, stock and payroll of a busy Ottawa café every day. Every feature was used there before it was offered to anyone else.

  • Made for Canadian businesses: GST/HST, CRA payroll deductions, T4s and Records of Employment
  • Works with Square, with more point-of-sale systems to follow
  • iPhone, Android and the web
  • Your data stays yours: export it any time, delete it when you leave

Join the beta

We are opening Crema Books to a small group of independent cafés, bakeries and restaurants in Ottawa in early 2027. Write to us with your business name and the point-of-sale system you use.

hello@cremabooks.ca