r/restaurant

199k members
r/restaurant is a subreddit with 199k 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
: "Should I move to a restaurant that pays less than my current one if it'll help me learn new skills?"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "OpenTable vs Resy vs Toast"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Who’s the worst celebrity you’ve ever waited on?"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Why not just put the menu on the tablet?"
3 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Would you remove a profitable pizza size because it creates operational bottlenecks?"
2 posts
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I build Queue management for your cafes, Hotels and Restaurants. DM me or Comment below to build one for your business."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/restaurant

#1

Restaurant

: "I build Queue management for your cafes, Hotels and Restaurants. DM me or Comment below to build one for your business."
39 posts
#2

Looking

23 posts
#3

Annoying

23 posts
#4

Worst

: "Who’s the Worst celebrity you’ve ever waited on?"
22 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?!
: "What restaurant dish are you in a toxic relationship with?"
17 posts
#2
RANT
: "Why not just put the menu on the tablet?"
15 posts
#3
Tipping Question
: "Host in NYS"
6 posts
#4
Operations
: "Most effective way to communicate my daughter’s food, allergies"
5 posts
#5
Didn't Read the Rules
: "Jobs in Dallas"
3 posts
#6
Delivery App Issue
: "DoorDash Nightmare"
2 posts
#7
Catering
: "Event serving/per diem platforms?"
1 post
#8
Check Out My Restaurant
: "Unpaid wages from the restaurant in Colorado"
1 post

Member Growth in r/restaurant

Yearly
+23k members(13.1%)

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Last updated: September 11, 2026