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Rostering and staff management for restaurants

Split shifts, evening rates and a kitchen and floor that both need covering. Build the roster with a live wage forecast, run clock-ins and timesheets from the same app, and get the hours to payroll without retyping them.

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Chefs working the pass in a busy restaurant kitchen

Built for how restaurants actually run

Split shifts without the spreadsheet gymnastics

Lunch service and dinner service for the same person on the same day, side by side on the roster. Drag and drop shifts to move them, copy a week that works, and publish when it is right.

Evening and weekend rates on the forecast

Set an evening rate for hours after a set time, plus your Saturday, Sunday and public holiday rates, and the wage forecast applies them live as you build. No surprises when Friday night service hits the timesheets.

Kitchen and floor on one roster

Shifts are colour-coded by role, so you can see at a glance whether Saturday night has enough chefs and enough floor staff. Multi-location groups can filter the roster per venue.

Clock-in that matches the pass, not the car park

Staff clock in and out from the Shiftbreeze app with GPS recorded, or set up a tablet kiosk by the office where everyone punches in with their own PIN. Timesheets are built from real punches, ready for you to approve.

Also in the box, at no extra cost

  • Daily opening and closing checklists
  • Food safety temperature checks
  • Cash-ups and reconciliation
  • Stock takes per location
  • Incident and maintenance logs
  • Team messaging and shift swaps
  • Leave requests and approvals
  • Staff app on iOS and Android

Paying under the Restaurant or Hospitality Award?

Our free guides list the common hourly rates from 1 July 2026, including Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and late-night rates.

Restaurant questions, answered

Can I roster split shifts?+
Yes. You can give the same person more than one shift on the same day, so a lunch service and a dinner service sit side by side on the roster. Drag and drop either one to move it.
Does Shiftbreeze handle evening penalty rates?+
Yes. You can set an evening rate that kicks in after a set time on weekdays, alongside your Saturday, Sunday and public holiday rates. The roster shows a live wage cost estimate that applies them as you build the week.
Can the kitchen and the floor have their own view of the roster?+
Shifts are colour-coded by role, so chefs, wait staff and bar staff are easy to tell apart at a glance, and you can filter the roster by location. Staff see their own shifts in the app the moment you publish.
Does it work with my payroll software?+
Approved timesheets push straight to Xero, or you can download a CSV ready for KeyPay and Employment Hero. MYOB and QuickBooks connections are built and on the way.

Run your restaurant on Shiftbreeze

$5 per active user, per month. 7-day free trial, no credit card required.