Restaurant scheduling that forecasts the covers, not just the calendar
Casual-dining and bistro groups live and die on covers per labour hour. MiseOrbit forecasts your covers by daypart, then auto-builds the rota for FOH, kitchen, and runners — keeping labour-vs-sales inside the band you actually want.
A restaurant rota is not just a calendar — it is a labour-cost decision happening 168 times a week per site. MiseOrbit treats it as one. We forecast covers and check average, then build the rota that hits your target labour percentage automatically. No more Tuesday-morning rota panic.
Why scheduling is harder than it should be in restaurants
Covers move; the rota does not
Most restaurant groups still build rotas from a 4-week rolling average. When a Bank Holiday weekend, a school break, or a TikTok-led spike hits, the rota stays the same and labour blows past target.
FOH, kitchen, and runners need separate forecasts
Your kitchen needs prep lead time. Your FOH staff to demand at the door. Your runners cover the gap. A single-rota tool that treats them as one team will always be wrong somewhere.
Bookings + walk-ins is two demand curves
Reservations are predictable. Walk-ins are not. Most rota software pretends covers are one number; you know it is two.
Group GMs publish rotas late and miss labour targets
Without a forecast they trust, GMs over-staff to be safe. The Ops Director sees the labour overrun on Wednesday — too late to act.
Built for the operating reality of restaurants
Cover-aware demand forecasting
Forecasts blend POS history, local events, weather, and bookings to predict covers per daypart with stated 95% rolling accuracy on the live product page.
Auto-build rota by role
FOH, kitchen, and runner schedules built separately from a single forecast — with lead times, prep windows, and break rules applied automatically.
Free staff app for the whole team
Shift swaps, availability, leave, and open-shift claims in one mobile app — manager approves with one tap. Free for every team member.
What you get on day one
Live labour vs sales mid-shift
Watch labour percentage track through the night. Catch a slow Saturday at 7pm and call in or send home before the damage is done.
POS + reservation system integrations
Lightspeed, Toast, and other UK POS platforms feed in directly. Bookings data folds into the forecast where supported.
Multi-site benchmarking
See which of your sites is running at target and which needs coaching. Group GMs get a real-time scorecard, not a Monday-morning spreadsheet.
Compliance you do not have to think about
WTR, NMW, NLW, and break rules enforced at build time. No clopens, no missed breaks, no last-minute rota panic from compliance flags.
Hospitality operators on MiseOrbit
95%
rolling forecast accuracy (vendor-stated)
“MiseOrbit transformed how we manage our 12 sites. We reduced labour costs by 8% in the first quarter while improving service quality.”
Common restaurants questions
We have 5 sites running different cuisines. Will MiseOrbit work?+
Yes. Each site is configured separately with its own cover patterns, role mix, and labour target. The portfolio dashboard rolls them up to the group view, but the forecast respects that a wood-fired pizza concept is a different beast from a tasting-menu bistro.
How does the forecast handle bookings vs walk-ins?+
Where your reservation platform is integrated, we ingest bookings as a known demand floor and forecast walk-ins on top. Where it is not, we still forecast total covers from POS history and external drivers.
Does it integrate with our POS and payroll?+
Native integrations with leading UK POS and payroll providers. Setup of the underlying platform is under 48 hours; full operational rollout across multiple sites is typically 7–14 days.
What if our group is growing fast?+
Flat per-location pricing means adding a site is predictable — no headcount-based bill jumps when you onboard a new team. The platform itself scales without re-implementation up to 50 sites.
Ready to tighten your labour across every site?
Book a 30-minute demo. We will run a forecast on your real venues during the call.