Restaurant365

Restaurant365 (R365) is cloud back-office software for restaurants that combines restaurant-specific accounting, inventory and purchasing, scheduling and time tracking, payroll and HR in one system. A newer AI layer answers questions and flags variances across those areas. It is sold on subscription to single-site owners, multi-location groups, franchise brands and restaurant accounting firms, with modules chosen per customer.

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Multi-location restaurant groups, Franchise brands and franchisees
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web, iOS, Android

Who it is for

  • Multi-location restaurant groups

    Consolidated accounting, food-cost and labour reporting across locations and concepts, with multi-entity books.

  • Franchise brands and franchisees

    Vendor has dedicated franchise pages and franchisee-specific landing pages for several brands.

  • Operators leaving QuickBooks or generic accounting

    Restaurant-specific ledger fed by daily POS sales, with AP automation and bank reconciliation.

  • Restaurant accounting firms

    The vendor has a page for accounting firms that serve restaurant clients.

  • Smaller operators

    The vendor also markets a small-business offering and says plans can be built per module.

What it does

  • Restaurant-specific general ledger and financial reporting

    Restaurant chart of accounts, daily sales entries from the POS, customisable P&L and multi-location reporting.

  • Accounts payable automation

    Invoice capture and approval workflows, with payments made from the platform.

  • Banking and reconciliation

    Bank feeds with automatic transaction matching and daily sales reconciliation.

  • Budgeting and forecasting

    Budgets and forecasts built inside the accounting system.

  • Fixed asset management

    Tracks fixed assets within the accounting module.

  • Inventory management and food-cost tracking

    Mobile-friendly counts, waste and transfers, and theoretical versus actual food cost variance.

  • Recipe costing

    Recipes and menu items costed against live ingredient prices, with price alerts.

  • Purchasing and receiving

    Purchase orders, receiving and vendor invoice matching, with vendor integrations.

  • Commissary management

    Catalogues, order guides and ordering between commissaries and restaurant locations.

  • Prep planning

    Prep tools that follow expected demand to reduce waste.

  • Scheduling and sales forecasting

    Drag-and-drop schedules built against a sales forecast, with built-in labour rules and shift swaps from a mobile app.

  • Time and attendance

    Digital time clock and punch management, connected to scheduling and payroll.

  • Task management, logbook and chat

    Task lists, a manager logbook and team messaging.

  • Employee training

    Customisable training programmes for staff.

  • Tip automation

    Tip pooling and distribution feeding into payroll.

  • Payroll

    Payroll with POS data sync, automated federal, state and local tax filing, and a same-day pay option.

  • Hiring and onboarding

    Applicant tracking and new-hire onboarding.

  • R365 AI and dashboards

    AI layer on the combined financial, labour and inventory data for variance alerts, natural-language dashboards and timecard review, launched in 2026.

  • Mobile app

    Sales, labour and prime cost metrics, approvals for invoices and checklists, and schedules for staff.

  • Open API

    The vendor says an open API supports custom integrations and two-way data flows.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published. The pricing page groups the product into four modules (Accounting, Inventory and Purchasing, Workforce Management, Payroll and HR) and offers a custom quote. The vendor's AI information page says pricing is subscription-based and depends on location count, modules chosen and group size.

How it compares

Compared with the 23 products in All-in-One Restaurant Management Platform that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 15 integrations. The median in this category is 12.
  • One of 13 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 12 products in this category with an Android app. 22 products in this category state their platforms.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Stripe, Uber Eats, ADP, Deliverect, Deliveroo, Oracle Micros, Toast, WhatsApp, Clover, Just Eat. Of these, this product's listing names Oracle Micros, Toast, Clover.

Works with

Payments
Bank feeds (banks not named)

The vendor says it connects to more than 100 POS systems plus banks, food distributors and payroll providers, and offers an open API; the POS names listed are examples it gives. Integration depth varies by system.

Where and how it runs

Available in
United States
Languages
English, Spanish (mobile app)
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Apps
R365 Mobile App: Sales, labour and prime cost metrics, approvals, schedules, time tracking and messaging
Hardware
No proprietary hardware stated. It runs in a browser and a mobile app, and connects to time clocks and the restaurant POS.

The vendor's pages describe it as serving customers across the United States (Irvine HQ) and give no other countries. It has international offices in Mexico City and Palestine, but no non-US sales region is stated.

The company

Company
Restaurant365, LLC
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Irvine, United States
Other offices
Austin, Akron, Mexico City, Palestine
Founders
Tony Smith, Morgan Harris, John Moody
Funding
  • Growth round, $175M, May 2024 (ICONIQ Growth (lead), KKR, L Catterton)
  • Growth round, $135M, May 2023 (KKR, L Catterton)
Customers named by the vendor
Sbarro, Freddy's Frozen Custard, Black Bear Diner, Blaze Pizza, Marco's Pizza, Shipley Do-Nuts, Lenny's Grill & Subs, PrimoHoagies

Security and support

Security and compliance
SOC 2 Type II (reports for 2023 to 2026 listed in its trust center), SOC 1 Type 2 (2023 to 2025 reports listed), Data encryption and penetration testing listed as controls
Support
A support centre, a partner login and a trust centre are linked from the site. The vendor does not state support hours or channels on its site.
  • SynergySuite

    SynergySuite is a modular back-of-house platform for multi-unit restaurant brands.

    Names 39 integrations, against 15 for Restaurant365.

  • Nory

    Nory is cloud software for restaurant operations that combines sales forecasting, staff scheduling, inventory, payroll and reporting in one system.

    Names 16 integrations, against 15 for Restaurant365.

  • Altametrics

    Altametrics is a cloud back-office suite for restaurants covering employee scheduling, time clock and payroll prep, inventory and purchasing, business intelligence, accounting automation and food safety checklists.

    Names 19 integrations, against 15 for Restaurant365.

  • Restroworks

    Restroworks is a unified cloud-based restaurant technology platform serving over 25,000 restaurants in 50+ countries.

    Names 4 integrations, against 15 for Restaurant365.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price, plan tier or free trial (custom quote only)
  • Contract length and renewal terms
  • Employee count
  • Countries outside the United States
  • Support hours and channels
  • Number of customer locations: the vendor own pages say both 40,000+ and 50,000+
  • Which of the listed POS names are available for each module
  • Names of the app store listings

1 more not listed here.