Restaurant365 review

Restaurant365 ranks first because it is the one product here that treats the restaurant back office as an accounting problem first. It ships a general ledger and chart of accounts built for restaurants, daily sales and bank reconciliation, automated AP, and reports that can be cut by location, brand or concept. On top of that sit inventory and purchasing tools with real-time food cost tracking, recipe costing, waste and transfers, prep tools and price alerts. The workforce module adds drag-and-drop scheduling with sales forecasting and labor rules, and payroll and HR covers tax filing, tip pooling and onboarding. For a group of ten or fifty units, that means one login for the controller, the chef and the area manager. The trade-off is cost visibility: the pricing page offers only a custom quote, and a system this wide takes longer to roll out than a pure inventory app.

Who it is for

Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchisees that want accounting, food cost and labor data in the same system.

Price

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Key features

• Restaurant-specific general ledger and chart of accounts with daily sales and bank reconciliation
• Automated accounts payable and custom reports across locations, brands or concepts
• Real-time food cost tracking, waste, transfers, recipe costing and price alerts
• Drag-and-drop scheduling with sales forecasting and built-in labor rules
• Built-in payroll with automated tax filing, tip pooling, hiring and onboarding

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Covers accounting, inventory, labor and payroll, so a group can drop several separate tools
• Strength: Reporting rolls up across locations, brands and concepts
• Strength: Mobile app included for managers away from the office
• Weakness: No published prices; every plan starts with a custom quote
• Weakness: The breadth means a longer setup than single-purpose inventory tools
• Weakness: Small single-unit operators may pay for modules they do not use

Key facts

• Modules: Accounting, Inventory and Purchasing, Workforce Management, Payroll and HR
• Customers: 50,000+ restaurants, per Restaurant365
• Pricing: Custom quote
• Mobile app: Included

Where it ranks

Restaurant365 is No. 1 in our Best Restaurant Management Software verdict.