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Software for restaurants

All the software a restaurant needs in one place.

Restaurant software helps you reduce manual task loads, increase profitability and deliver an exceptional experience to your customers.  

Our comprehensive suite of restaurant management software solutions includes our intuitive EPoS system, stock and inventory management software, online restaurant reservations and bookings, HR and workforce management software, marketing and CRM solutions and property maintenance.  

Why use our restaurant software?

Deliver an exceptional guest experience that will increase repeat business

From promoting your restaurant to help you attract new customers, to ensuring a smooth booking process, order and pay at table technology and post-visit communications, we have software that supports every stage of the customer journey.  

Our technology helps you control costs and operate with optimal efficiency 

Save hundreds of hours in manual admin tasks with cloud-based restaurant software that supports everything from staff rotas to stock control and kitchen management.  

Recruit and retain more engaged team members with our training and development software

Hiring and retaining staff presents an ongoing challenge for restaurant owners and operators. Our comprehensive hospitality people management and training software helps you train team members quickly, meet legal compliance requirements and facilitate staff development to keep your teams engaged.  

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Software to improve your restaurant’s processes and reduce operating costs.

EPoS for restaurants

Drive more sales through a robust and reliable solution that is easily configured for quick-service, kiosk and mobile ordering as well as table service.

With faster and more accurate service times our modern restaurant PoS solution offers payment and partner integrations with over 80 service providers and facilitates the day-to-day service at the heart of your operation.

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Better effectiveness in running your front-of-house to improve speed of service
  • Handheld ordering with direct feed to the kitchen display system
  • Real-time business reporting
  • Stock result dashboards help you reduce waste
Table booking software

Automated restaurant reservations and table bookings help you save time by handling all your booking enquiries. Your guests can easily book a table online 24/7 and with online pre-payments and deposits you can guarantee more conversions and fewer no-shows.

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Guest notifications send reminders ahead of bookings to help reduce no-shows 
  • Multi-channel enquiry management handles enquiries through web, social media and email 
  • Drag and drop table management tool allows you to flexibly manage and optimise your venue space 
Order and pay system

Improve efficiency and generate more sales with easy-to-use order and pay at table software. Your guests will love the convenience of our QR code accessed order and pay solution that helps deliver speedy service and frees up time for your floor teams.

Already used in 3,000 sites across the UK our order and pay software delivers market-leading functionality for restaurants.

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Improves speed of service as your guests can order and pay in under 60 seconds
  • Quicker turnaround of covers as guests can process orders faster without waiting for table service
  • Seamless integration with your POS, CRM and feedback tools to help you manage your guests’ experience
Restaurant CRM

Manage customer data with a restaurant CRM that enables you to deliver highly targeted marketing campaigns that drive more repeat visits to your restaurants.

Manage loyalty schemes, feedback collection, vouchers and more with real-time data reporting that helps you understand the effectiveness of every campaign. 

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Build a powerful single customer view that records all your customer data 
  • Manage customer communications through email and social media from one platform 
  • Data insights that help you understand the visit and spend behaviour of your guests 
Digital hospitality checklists

Ensure compliance and replace complicated paper processes with digital checklists for a smarter way to run your restaurant.

Accessible on any device and guiding your teams through the essential daily tasks such as opening checks, food safety protocols and cashing up.

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Get new team members up to speed quickly
  • Complete food safety checks and prove compliance to secure your food hygiene rating
  • Help your teams keep on top of daily tasks and maintain brand standards
Menu management and purchase to pay software

Control costs and manage stock with Access Procure Wizard, our fully integrated purchase to pay and menu management system.

Our software delivers full visibility over your menu, helps you monitor and reduce waste, prevent overstocking or empty shelves and manage allergen and nutrition labelling information. 

Benefits for restaurants include: 

  • Accurate forecasting helps you control costs 
  • Real-time data reporting helps with more accurate ordering 
  • Track and choose suppliers and monitor cost changes of items

Its modular solution enables you to get the functionality you need now with the ability to scale as you grow. Click the links below to find out more about:

Event ticketing software

Easy ticketing helps you create unique dining experiences and events in your restaurant. 

Attract new customers and promote your venue with our ticketing software that allows you to efficiently manage the ticket and guest administration of an event.  

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Fast, automated enquiry management leads to more booking conversions 
  • Quick and easy check-in for guests with our scanner app 
  • Additional marketing activity on the designmynight website which attracts over 12 million page views a month
Payroll

Simple automated payroll and HR solutions for restaurants allow you to manage everything from rotas, time tracking, absence and holiday requests to your in-house payroll function all in one secure, easy-to-use workspace. 

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Fast, easy and automated payroll functions 
  • Track hours worked and manage staff holiday and absences easily 
  • CIPP Gold Standard software recognised by HMRC 
Restaurant HR software

Streamline people management with intuitive cloud-based HR software designed for hospitality.

From optimising labour and employee scheduling and delivering industry-leading compliance and product training to facilitating staff development to help you train and retain your workforce.

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Easily manage staff sickness and holidays on an online portal
  • Automate payroll functions for easy admin processes that take less time
  • Reduce emplyee turnover by providing career development and training
Property maintenance software

An easy-to-use, cloud based CAFM solution. Enables you to see, in real time, all maintenance work being carried out and the associated cost. 

Manage maintenance call outs, bookings and manage costs from an easy-to-use, cloud-based CAFM solution in real-time across your entire estate. Reducing manual admin tasks and generating quicker fixes when needed to keep your restaurant running smoothly. 

Benefits for restaurants include:

  • Complete control over contractors and maintenance budgets 
  • Full visibility across entire estate on one easy-to-use platform 
  • Achieve more first-time fixes and keep on top of annual checks 
Hospitality accounting software

Get full visibility of your hospitality business’ finances and operations – gain a full picture of costs and expenses, revenue and profit at the click of a button.

Our accounting software for the hospitality industry provides medium to large operators with powerful tools and features that streamline financial operations, enhance cost control, and optimise revenue generation.

An end-to-end restaurant management software solution

See what our customers say about our restaurant software solutions...

Hubbox

The Hubbox team tell us how Access’s EPoS technology has made a huge difference to their operations seeing an increase in overall GP of 6% in 12 months.

As Hubbox implement Access hospitality HR & scheduling software into their business and begin to the process of bringing in Access Procure Wizard, they discuss the impact they expect it to have on processes and overall business efficiency.

Commercial Manager, Jonny Findlay tells us why he’s genuinely excited about the prospect of Access Workspace which brings EPoS, reservations, ticketing, purchase to pay, HR and scheduling, property maintenance and finance analytics in one window with a single sign on and consistent UI.

The reporting capabilities are incredible and the amount of visibility of data we have compared to a couple of years ago. I’ve easily saved myself two days per week on administrative tasks which has given me the freedom to work at a more strategic level focusing on improving business performance.

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Further reading to help your restaurant to increase profitability and deliver an exceptional experience to your customers.

Restaurant software FAQ's

Which software is used in restaurants?

The typical software utilised by restaurants includes; EPoS and stock management; customer relationship management (CRM) software; HR and workforce management software; payroll systems; online property maintenance; purchase-to-pay software, and reservation and booking systems.

Having the right software in place in a restaurant helps businesses streamline operations by eliminating manual administrative tasks and optimising profitability through a more effective sales process.

Online software supports most of the day-to-day operations in a restaurant from consumer functions such as booking a table online or paying for their order either in person or through a delivery partner. Back-of-house operations are supported through kitchen management software which enables stock ordering, menu planning, recipe costing and order processing. The software also supports the business side of the restaurant operation with staff training, payroll and T&A management.

What is a restaurant management system?

A restaurant management system is a powerful software solution that optimises and automates key aspects of restaurant operations. It encompasses a wide array of features, such as order management, inventory tracking, staff scheduling, table reservations, and point-of-sale (POS) functionality.

Using a restaurant management system can enhance operational efficiency, deliver exceptional customer service, and provide valuable insights through data analytics and reporting functionality.

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What does restaurant management software do?

Restaurant management software supports the restaurant operation from end to end, reducing the time spent on traditionally manual tasks and freeing up staff to concentrate on delivering an exceptional guest experience. Cloud-based software securely stores all your operational data and helps you optimise your operations by tracking everything from sales, staff and inventory to enquiry management and marketing communications.

The day-to-day running of a restaurant is supported through restaurant software to process payments through your EPOS, order processing from the POS to the kitchen, online bookings and staff management such as rotas, kitchen inventory management and menu planning. Restaurant software enables businesses to streamline these operations and use data to make changes to menus, change stockists, identify sales opportunities and support customer communications.

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Explore our restaurant software solutions

Industry leading restaurant software to drive efficiencies, improve profit margins and reduce administration time

Simplify the customer experience with EPoS system for restaurants

Track every guest interaction to create a powerful Single Customer View with hospitality CRM

Control your procurement process with complete visibility of expenditure for maximum savings with purchase to pay software and restaurant recipe software

Make bookings, reservations and enquiries easy for your staff with restaurant booking system and table management software

Simplify and automate employee management with restaurant HR software, restaurant hiring software and hospitality LMS

Easy-to-use online gift voucher management software that allows you to make extra sales in your bar, restaurant or hotel with no set up costs

Manage your tickets and guest administration, promotions and sales of any kind of event with ticketing software

Replace your paper processes with digital checklists and record logs 

Automate workflow, reduce paperwork and make speedy fixes with property maintenance software