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Your Bartender Is Your Real Hotel Concierge

Larry Mogelonsky

Yes, but sometimes guests don’t read the confirmation email, are ignoring your prearrival communications and are too ‘apped-out’ to want to download your hotel app. Have you built an organization where servers are part of the restaurant or the hotel? You must always stay cognizant of the ‘context’ of a particular guest.

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5 Essential Restaurant Management Checklist Templates

7 Shifts

There, you can download all our templates for free. Download: Free Restaurant Cleaning Template Restaurant server checklist template Your servers are the face of your restaurant, and their job satisfaction and overall happiness correlates to the quality of service they provide. Download it for free now.

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The Guide to Equitable Restaurant Tip Payout Methods & Systems

7 Shifts

Servers, sometimes other FOH staff. Incentivizes servers. Takes away a considerable portion of server's share requiring higher hourly wages. Servers, other FOH staff. A fair and formal way to divide tips amongst servers and other staff. All servers or cashiers, other FOH staff. Tip Out Methods and Systems.

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Introducing the 7shifts Academy: Free Online Restaurant Management Courses

7 Shifts

But we also recognize that many managers are often thrust into these positions with little to no formal training. They each cover important topics for restaurants, and feature a variety of lessons that are catered to every learning style, with video walkthroughs, blog articles, case studies, podcast episodes, and downloadable tools.

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Rotating Schedules and Shifts: The Ultimate Guide + Examples

7 Shifts

Outside of time off requests and shift swaps, things stay the same, meaning the server who has been working the same Friday night dinner shift for a decade will continue to do so. A rotating schedule means that all servers have the chance to work tip-heavy Friday nights or that employees take turns getting weekends off.

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Why Now is the Best Time to Upgrade Your Restaurant POS (Sponsored)

Modern Restaurant Management

Guests still need to speak directly with a server to place an order, and payment still takes place via cash, card and printed receipts. If they are comfortable ordering via QR code, your servers get to focus on the experience and save time swiping cards and taking orders. Gives your guests a consistent experience.

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How to Manage Multiple Restaurants and Locations

7 Shifts

If you're managing multiple locations of the same concept, you'll benefit from having a universal approach to hiring, training, suppliers, technology, and the overall guest experience. Standardized training across all of your locations unifies all employees to work within the guidelines you've created.

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