Restaurant scheduling
Restaurant staff scheduling, simplified
Running a restaurant schedule means juggling front-of-house and back-of-house, split shifts, prep versus service, and the call-out that lands an hour before the dinner rush. Daypart keeps all of it in one place — without bolting on payroll, hiring, and an HR suite you didn't ask for.
Build the week by dragging shifts onto days, give servers, cooks, hosts, and bartenders their own color-coded roles, and publish in a tap. When someone calls out, post the shift as open and let the qualified crew claim it — no frantic group text.
- Server
- Line cook
- Host
- Bartender
- Dishwasher
Built for how restaurants actually run.
Cover call-outs before the rush
Turn an unfilled shift into an open shift and your crew can claim it from their phone. First tap wins, the gap closes, and nobody's blowing up the group chat at 4 p.m.
FOH and BOH on one schedule
Color-code roles — server, line cook, host, bartender, dishwasher — so the whole week reads at a glance and you can see coverage by station.
Overnight and split shifts
Late closes that cross midnight and split availability are first-class. Schedule a 6 p.m.–2 a.m. shift without fighting the tool.
Mark the nights that matter
Pin events, promos, and holidays above each day so the team sees the patio brunch or the big reservation block before they pick up shifts.
Built for how small shops actually work
The schedule, handled.
Four questions, answered fast: who's working, who's available, what's open, what changed.
Weekly schedule builder
Drag a shift onto a day, snap to half-hour cells, copy last week with one button. The week comes together in minutes.
Availability collection
Each teammate sets when they can work — split shifts welcome. The builder flags conflicts with a sunset ring before you publish.
Publish in one tap
Push the week live and every assigned teammate gets the update — in the Activity feed, by email, or both. No group text needed.
Shift swaps & trades
Crew requests a drop or a two-way trade. Manager approves with a 7-second undo. Full audit trail on every decision.
Open shifts to claim
Post an unfilled shift; qualified teammates see it on the app. First come, first scheduled — the row drops out of the list.
Time-off requests
A clean approval queue with the same undo-and-change-decision UX as swaps. Approvals flow straight onto the schedule.
Day-level events row
Pin an Event, Promo, Holiday, Closure, or Note above each day so the whole week reads at a glance. Color-coded chips, manager-edited, employee read-only.
Smart notifications
Schedule published. Swap approved. Shift starts in 30. Ten kinds of notifications, throttled so no one gets spammed during weekly planning.
Print-friendly schedule
Black-and-white weekly schedule for the fridge or the back-of-house corkboard. Density toggle for poster or handout sizing.
What we're not building.
No payroll. No tax filings. No HR onboarding flows. No multi-state compliance maze. Daypart is a scheduling command center — not another HR platform you have to babysit. We'll integrate with the tools you already use for the rest.
Honest pricing
Honest pricing for small teams.
Start with a 30-day free trial of Team — no credit card. When it ends, keep going on Team or Business; upgrade right in the app.
Free trial
$0for 30 daysFull Team features — no credit card.
- Everything in Team, free for 30 days
- No credit card to start
- Upgrade anytime to keep going
Team
Most popular$20/ monthWhere shops actually run their week.
- Shift swaps + two-way trades
- Time-off approvals + audit log
- Multi-manager delegation
- Up to 25 teammates · 3 locations
Business
$40/ monthReporting & multiple locations under one roof.
- Hours reporting + weekly email
- Overtime heads-up alerts
- CSV / payroll exports (Gusto, QuickBooks)
- Multi-location aggregate view
- Up to 75 teammates · 10 locations
Compare plans
Try it free. Grow into the workflow you need.
Every business starts with 30 days of full Team features — free, no credit card. After the trial, Team ($20/mo) is where shops run their week (swaps, time-off approvals, audit log); Business adds operator reporting (hours, overtime alerts, weekly email), payroll-ready exports (Gusto, QuickBooks), a multi-location overview, and higher caps. Until you upgrade, the account goes read-only — your data is never deleted.
Scale
- Team size252575
- Locations3310
- Price$0 / 30 days$20 / mo$40 / mo
Always included
- Weekly schedule builder
- Drag-and-drop + copy last week
- Conflict detection
- Availability collection
- Open shifts + claims
- Roles (assign + filter)
- Activity feed
- Email notifications
- Print-friendly schedule
- Light & dark mode
- iOS app (iPhone + iPad)
Team — the working product (yours during the trial)
- Role color coding
- Day-level events row
- Shift swaps + two-way trades
- Time-off requests + approvals
- Approval audit log
- Multiple managers
- Publish 2+ weeks ahead
Business — operator reporting & multi-location
- Hours reporting dashboard——
- Overtime heads-up alerts——
- Weekly email report——
- CSV / payroll exports (Gusto, QuickBooks)——
- Multi-location aggregate view——
Restaurants — FAQ
Common questions
Is Daypart a good scheduling app for small restaurants?
Yes. It's built for small, owner-run teams (3–75 people) and handles restaurant realities — FOH/BOH roles, open shifts, swaps, time off, and overnight closes. A 5-person shop is usually live in about 10 minutes.Does Daypart handle tips or POS integration?
No — Daypart is scheduling-only. It doesn't do tip pooling or connect to your POS. If those are essential, a restaurant-specific platform may suit you better; if you just need the schedule, Daypart is simpler and cheaper.Can servers swap shifts themselves?
Yes. A server can request a drop or a two-way trade from their phone; a manager approves it with a 7-second undo, and an approved trade reassigns both shifts automatically.Can I print the schedule for the back of house?
Yes — there's a print-friendly weekly and monthly view on every plan, with a density toggle for a poster or a handout.