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, menu, marketing, and delivery, and they frequently recommend/review pos, scheduling app, and pos systems.
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
: "Do small restaurant owners actually track monthly profitability?"
27 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Restaurant banking that handles daily deposits and vendor payments without nickel and diming you on fees"
22 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I assumed this spot would work, I was wrong"
7 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Menu prices are up ~25–30% since COVID. How much higher can we realistically go"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "YT channel created for restaurant accounting and operations. Sharing it here for owners who want to understand their numbers better."
3 posts
#6
Ideas
: "I've been tossing around the idea of a soup/sandwich spot with a twist, tell me why/why not."
2 posts
#7
Opportunities
: "Have you tried renting out your space during off‑hours to boost revenue?"
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/restaurateur

#1

Restaurant

: "Restaurant banking that handles daily deposits and vendor payments without nickel and diming you on fees"
112 posts
#2

Looking For

19 posts
#3

Menu

: "Menu designer looking for real projects"
12 posts
#4

Marketing

: "best platform for mobile Marketing campaigns looking for a simple tool for my restaurant"
10 posts
#5

Delivery

: "Sysco Delivery"
10 posts
#6

Restaurant Owners

: "Restaurant Owners: How do you handle disputed orders?"
8 posts
#7

Tired Of

7 posts
#8

Feedback

: "For restaurant owners, how do you get honest Feedback from customers before it becomes a public review?"
6 posts
#9

Owners

: "Do small restaurant Owners actually track monthly profitability?"
6 posts
#10

Business

5 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 Systems

9 reviews
#1
TouchBistro
4.5 from 2 reviews
#2
POSlavu
4.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Square
4.5 from 2 reviews

Member Growth in r/restaurateur

Yearly
+6k members(27.6%)

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Last updated: June 4, 2026