r/restaurant
197k members
r/restaurant is a subreddit with 197k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses restaurant, looking, annoying, worst, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review pos, non slip shoes, and pos system.
A subreddit for restaurant owners, managers, FOH, BOH, and patrons to ask questions and discuss their restaurants, and the business.
Popular Themes in r/restaurant
#1
Advice Requests
: "Manager in brand-new restaurant is teaching us all how to do everything. I mean everything."
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Restaurant owner here, thoughts on commercial PoE systems for break-in prevention?"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Restaurant charged $10 tip on pick up order I did not authorize. What do I do?"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "20 years in commercial furniture: The technical reasons restaurant tables wobble (and how to fix them for good)"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Meet LOKAL: run your whole local business — POS, AI receptionist, online ordering & website — from one app"
2 posts
#6
Opportunities
: "Is it possible to start a profitable weekend pop up business?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/restaurant
#1
Restaurant
: "Restaurant charged $10 tip on pick up order I did not authorize. What do I do?"
41 posts
#2
Looking
23 posts
#3
Annoying
23 posts
#4
Worst
20 posts
#5
Hate
20 posts
#6
Customer
17 posts
#7
Work
13 posts
#8
Frustrating
10 posts
#9
Management
8 posts
#10
Struggling
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/restaurant
Pos
23 reviews
#1
Toast
4.8★ from 13 reviews
#2
Aloha
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
TouchBistro
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Non Slip Shoes
16 reviews
#1
Shoes for Crews
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Dansko
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Birkenstock
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Pos System
16 reviews
#1
Toast
4.8★ from 9 reviews
#2
Square
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Cake
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/restaurant
#1
What do?!
: "Friend is hiding a wedding reception inside 4 dinner reservations. Will this go badly?"
24 posts
#2
RANT
: "Hey so can we NOT yank our servers to the floor???"
9 posts
#3
Operations
: "Denny's franchise owners to pay $440K after New York wage investigation"
7 posts
#4
Tipping Question
: "Tips distribution"
4 posts
#5
Check Out My Restaurant
: "I’m taking on a few website projects — affordable rates & fast turnaround"
1 post
Member Growth in r/restaurant
Yearly
+22k members(12.6%)
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Last updated: August 12, 2026