Software for restaurants and hospitality businesses

Reservations, orders, staff and stock in tools that fit how your venue runs.

Talk about your venue

A typical first version

  • Reservations and depositsOnline booking with deposits or card guarantees for busy nights, and reminders that reduce no-shows.
  • Online orderingDirect ordering for collection and delivery, so you keep the customer relationship.
  • Staff schedulingRotas built from forecast demand and availability, shared with staff on their phones.
  • Inventory and supplier ordersStock counts, waste and supplier orders tracked against what you actually sell.

Same building blocks as Thomas Boivin (Boivin Coaching) and IST Networks

What I build

Software for restaurants and hospitality

Reservations and deposits

Online booking with deposits or card guarantees for busy nights, and reminders that reduce no-shows.

Online ordering

Direct ordering for collection and delivery, so you keep the customer relationship.

Staff scheduling

Rotas built from forecast demand and availability, shared with staff on their phones.

Inventory and supplier orders

Stock counts, waste and supplier orders tracked against what you actually sell.

Multi-site dashboards

Sales, labour and food cost for every site in one view.

Guest feedback and loyalty

Feedback, offers and repeat-visit tracking in one place.

AI, right now

Where AI genuinely helps

Restaurants and hospitality businesses run on tight margins and busy teams. Industry reporting in 2026 shows AI used first for marketing and admin, then for scheduling, ordering, inventory and reservations: the jobs that eat managers’ time.

I haven’t built for a hospitality business yet, so I won’t pretend otherwise. What I bring is the same building blocks I’ve shipped for real clients, shown below.

Research behind this page

  • Answering the phone and messages

    Reservation and opening-hour questions answered automatically, with bookings made in your system.

  • Demand-based ordering

    Supplier orders suggested from sales history and upcoming bookings, to cut waste.

  • Smarter rotas

    Staffing suggested from predicted busy periods; managers approve.

  • Menu and marketing copy

    Descriptions, social posts and offers drafted, then edited by you.

Similar work

I haven't shipped a project for restaurants and hospitality yet. These real projects use the parts a first version would need: accounts and roles, payments, dashboards, document handling and AI on your own data.

Data, security and access

  • Guest data kept to what's needed and visible only to the right staff.
  • Payments and deposits through Stripe or your provider.
  • Built to connect with your POS where it offers an API.
  • Managers approve schedules and orders that AI suggests.

How a project runs

  1. Call

    A 30-minute call about what you need, who it is for, and what success looks like.

  2. Scope

    A written scope: features, architecture, timeline, price range and risks.

  3. Build

    Working increments you can click through, not a big reveal at the end.

  4. Ship

    Live on your domain and hosting, with a handover so you know how it runs.

More in how I work, or see internal tools.

Questions

Common questions

Will it replace our POS?

Usually not. The POS handles payments at the counter; custom tools fill the gaps around it, like ordering, scheduling, inventory or multi-site reporting, and connect to it where possible.

Why custom instead of OpenTable, 7shifts or similar?

If they fit, use them. Custom tools make sense for multi-site groups, unusual workflows, or when you want direct ordering and guest data you own.

Can staff use it on their phones?

Yes. Everything runs in the phone's browser.

How much does it cost?

A focused first version is a fixed-price project, scoped and priced after a 30-minute call (MVPs start from $3,000). Ongoing work can run on a monthly retainer.

Running your venue on too many tools?

A 30-minute call is enough to tell whether it fits, what the first version should include, and how long it takes.

Talk about your venue

Prayag Dalal · Top Rated on Upwork, 34 jobs completed

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