Free Restaurant Management Tools
Calculators, QR menus, reservations, loyalty, social replies, and AI content — built for restaurant owners and managers.
Operations & Team
Run the day-to-day: SOPs, shifts, and throughput.
Property Maintenance
Restaurant maintenance software with digital checklists, task tracking, and SOP management for every outlet.
Assign daily opening, closing, and cleaning tasks, upload SOP documents, and let AI answer your team's questions on the spot.
Table Turnover Calculator
Table turnover rate calculator — measure covers per table, seating efficiency, and peak-hour throughput.
Log seating, meal duration, and covers by shift to see how fast tables turn and where to unlock more revenue at lunch and dinner rush.
Tip Pool Calculator
Restaurant tip pool calculator — split tips fairly by hours worked, role, and percentage, with a shareable breakdown.
Choose points, hours, or percentage-based splits, save shift history, and print a transparent tip statement for every team member.
Menu, Recipes & Costing
Price dishes right and keep food cost under control.
Food Cost Calculator
Free food cost calculator — get accurate plate cost, food cost percentage, and profit margin for every recipe.
Enter ingredients, portions, and prices to see the real cost of each dish, plus target selling price and margin, in seconds.
Kitchen Yield Simulator
Kitchen yield calculator that compares standard recipes to actual batch output and flags wastage before it hits margin.
Log each production batch — inputs, outputs, and losses — then track yield trends by recipe, kitchen, and chef over time.
Buffet Planner
AI buffet menu planner — build event menus, scale servings by guest count, and see cost per plate instantly.
Get AI dish suggestions balanced across courses and cuisines, reuse saved recipes, and auto-scale ingredients for weddings, parties, and corporate events.
Ingredient Library
Master ingredient database with live pricing — update once and every recipe cost recalculates automatically.
Maintain one clean list of ingredients, units, and vendor prices, then reuse them across recipes and buffets with a single source of truth.
Menu Pricing Optimizer
Menu pricing optimizer — set dish prices based on food cost, target margin, and competitor benchmarks.
Enter your cost and margin goals, compare against local competition, and get a recommended price for every item on your menu.
Ordering & Booking
Take orders, reservations, and payments online — from QR menus to catering quotes.
Mess & Canteen Management
Mess and tiffin management software — subscription plans, QR meal check-ins, auto invoicing, and subscriber app.
Onboard subscribers, mark meals with a QR scan, auto-generate monthly invoices, and share menus and pauses over WhatsApp.
Free for up to 300 subscriptions/month
Open Mess & Canteen Management
Table Reservations
Free online table reservation system with visual floor plan, real-time availability, and no-show reminders.
Share a booking link or QR code, assign tables on a drag-and-drop floor plan, and send auto confirmations to cut no-shows.
Free for up to 1,000 reservations/month
Open Table Reservations
Catering Service
Catering management software — build menus, send branded online quotes, and auto-generate costing and BOM reports.
Create reusable menu templates, add cooking, serving, and transport charges, send password-protected quotes, and export detailed cost sheets.
Free for up to 50 quotes/month
Open Catering Service
QR Menu Generator
Free QR code menu generator — build a branded digital menu with photos, prices, and instant table-side scanning.
Pick a template, add dishes and photos, and download a printable QR code. Guests scan and see your live menu on any phone — no app needed.
Loyalty & Engagement
Bring guests back and reply faster across every channel.
Social Buzz
Restaurant review and social inbox — reply to Google reviews, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from one screen.
Track every mention and review as it lands, use AI-suggested replies to respond in your brand voice, and never miss a guest message.
Loyalty Program
Restaurant loyalty program with points, tiers, and WhatsApp rewards — no app download for your guests.
Enroll guests by phone number, award points on every bill, unlock tiered rewards, and send offers straight to WhatsApp.
Free for up to 1,000 members
Open Loyalty Program
Insta DMs
Instagram DM inbox for restaurants — reply to guest messages from your page as a team, without sharing logins.
Connect your restaurant's Instagram, receive DMs in real time, assign chats to teammates, and reply with saved templates.
Marketing & Content
Make menus, screens, videos, and imagery that sell.
Digital Signage Designer
Digital menu board and signage designer — create menu screens, offer boards, and promo displays with AI layouts.
Start from AI-generated layouts, drag-and-drop text and images, and export in any screen size — portrait or landscape — for your TVs and tablets.
Food Image Library
Free royalty-free food image library — thousands of dish photos for QR menus, social posts, and ads.
Search by cuisine, dish, or ingredient, save favorites to your library, and drop them straight into QR menus and signage.
Finance & Reconciliation
Match settlements and clean up the books.
Recon+
AI payment reconciliation for restaurants — match Swiggy, Zomato, UPI, card, and bank settlements in minutes.
Upload Excel, CSV, or PDF statements — AI auto-maps columns, matches transactions by UTR and reference, and flags short payments and missing settlements.
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