Built for Restaurants
Staff Management Software for Restaurants and F&B Businesses
Restaurants and food businesses run on precise staffing and tight margins. Managing shift attendance, calculating payroll for part-time and full-time staff, and keeping the team coordinated without relying on WhatsApp groups is a daily operational challenge. DeskPanda gives restaurant owners and managers the tools to handle all of it in one place.
The problems Restaurants teams face
These challenges slow teams down — and they compound as you grow.
Shift attendance tracking
Manual sign-in sheets and phone check-ins for shift workers are unreliable and create payroll disputes at the end of the month.
Payroll for mixed staff types
Restaurants often have full-time, part-time, and daily wage staff with different pay rates and deductions — managing this in Excel is slow and error-prone.
Staff communication and announcements
Getting consistent messages to kitchen and front-of-house staff about schedule changes, menu updates, or policies through WhatsApp groups is unreliable.
Task delegation for operations
Daily operations tasks — cleaning schedules, inventory checks, prep lists — need to be assigned and tracked without a verbal-only system.
How DeskPanda helps
Purpose-built workflows for the way your team actually operates.
Clock in/out attendance
All staff clock in and out digitally from their device. Managers see real-time attendance for every shift across the restaurant.
Payroll processing
Calculate wages for full-time and part-time staff from attendance data. Manage deductions and generate payslips each month.
Announcements
Broadcast shift changes, menu updates, and policies to all staff instantly from the admin panel.
Task boards for operations
Create daily and weekly task lists for kitchen prep, cleaning, and inventory checks. Assign to staff and track completion.
Leave management
Staff submit leave requests digitally. Managers approve and track balances — ensuring coverage for every shift.
Restaurant operators who move from manual timesheets and WhatsApp to DeskPanda process payroll faster, have fewer attendance disputes, and maintain clearer operational accountability.
Free plan for up to 8 users. No credit card required. You can be set up today.