r/restaurateur
27k members
r/restaurateur is a subreddit with 27k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses restaurant, looking for, tired of, menu, and pos system, and they frequently recommend/review pos, scheduling app, and pos system.
A community for restaurant owners, managers and all those who want a behind the scenes look at how a restaurant actually functions.
Popular Themes in r/restaurateur
#1
Advice Requests
: "Took over a failing hotpot restaurant in China 3 months ago. Real numbers inside — how do I fix a brutal 1-hour dinner rush with dead weekdays?"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Anyone have backup power for a commercial reach-in fridge"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "kitchen sink backup disrupting service during peak hours in our restaurant"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "FULLY OPERATIONAL Food Truck Business For Sale In The Heart Of Downtown Portland! (W/ Customers!)"
3 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Looking to buy a restaurant"
2 posts
#6
Ideas
: "Would restaurant owners actually use an AI “ops assistant” for marketing, reviews, menu and CRM?"
1 post
#7
Opportunities
: "Confidential Business Opportunity – Established Full-Service Restaurant $695K"
1 post
#8
News
: "Sysco data breach: 2.7M customer and staff records leaked (names, emails, phones, business addresses, job titles). Be wary of personalized scams and watch for invoice-fraud and payment-change scams"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/restaurateur
#1
Restaurant
: "Took over a failing hotpot Restaurant in China 3 months ago. Real numbers inside — how do I fix a brutal 1-hour dinner rush with dead weekdays?"
42 posts
#2
Looking For
19 posts
#3
Tired Of
7 posts
#4
Menu
: "How often are you updating your Menu and promotions throughout the year?"
4 posts
#5
Pos System
2 posts
#6
Houston
: "Houston food businesses who do you trust for deliveries?"
2 posts
#7
Deliveries
: "Houston food businesses who do you trust for Deliveries?"
2 posts
#8
Ai
: "Would restaurant owners actually use an Ai “ops assistant” for marketing, reviews, menu and CRM?"
2 posts
#9
Reviews
: "How do small restaurants keep up with Reviews"
2 posts
#10
Employee
: "5 5-star review from an Employees friend"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/restaurateur
Pos
32 reviews
#1
Square
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Toast
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
Revel
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Scheduling App
16 reviews
#1
7shifts
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Homebase
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Hotschedules
2.5★ from 2 reviews
Pos System
9 reviews
#1
Toast
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Heartland
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
SmartTab
5.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/restaurateur
Yearly
+6k members(28.0%)
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Last updated: July 3, 2026