The restaurant employee app your staff will actually open.
Crewli gives every server, cook, and bartender one app for the shift: their checklists, the menu, training, the handbook, and today's specials. Built around how your restaurant runs, branded with your name and logo, in English and Spanish.
$150/mo flat for the whole staff, plus a one-time setup fee we quote you upfront. No per-employee fees.
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Crewli builds a custom operations app for one restaurant at a time: menus, recipes, prep lists, line checks, closeouts, training and the numbers behind all of it, under your own brand. We load your content and keep it current, so your team runs the shift instead of the software.
What is a restaurant employee app?
It's the one app your staff opens on their phone to do the job. The shift's checklists, the menu, training, the handbook, and today's announcements, all in one place. Instead of a binder in the office, a group chat, and whatever got said at lineup, your team has one place to look, and you can see what they've done.
What does a restaurant employee app do?
A good employee app answers the questions your team asks a manager twenty times a shift. What comes with the short rib? What's the special tonight? What's on my closing list? Where's the dress code? When those answers live in the app, new hires get up to speed faster, and your managers stop being the only source of information in the building.
It also works in the other direction. As staff work through their checklists and training from their phones, everything rolls up to the manager's dashboard, so you know who finished their side work, who passed the menu quiz, and what's still open. Because Crewli is built around your restaurant, the app your staff opens has your menu, your routines, and your name on it, not a generic template.
Your staff learns the job by asking around.
In most restaurants, the information a server or cook needs is scattered. The menu details live in the chef's head. The handbook is a binder in the office. The closing list is taped to a wall. Tonight's special and what's 86'd go out in a group chat that half the team has muted. So the new hire shadows whoever's on and hopes they learn the right way.
That's where shifts start slipping. A server who doesn't know what's in a dish guesses at the table. A closer skips a step nobody showed them. An announcement gets buried under forty messages before the next shift reads it. Your managers spend the night answering the same questions instead of running the floor.
It gets worse with turnover. Every new hire restarts the cycle, and every good employee who leaves takes what they knew with them. An employee app puts everything the team needs in one place they already carry, so the standard stays the same no matter who's on.
What your staff sees on their phone.
One app for the whole team. They work from it every shift, and you see it all from the manager dashboard.
Lessons, videos, documents, and quizzes, so new hires learn your standards from day one and everyone can look it up later.
Photos, descriptions, allergens, and pairings for every dish, so servers answer guests with confidence instead of guessing.
The week's shifts for front and back of house, right next to the bulletin with tonight's specials and what's 86'd.
Everything your staff needs, in one app.
Opening, pre-service, side work, and closing lists by station, checked off from their phone with their name on it.
Your lessons and menu quizzes in the app, so you can see who's learned the material instead of hoping they did.
Every dish with photos, allergens, and pairings for the floor, and recipes and prep for the kitchen.
Specials, 86'd items, events, and updates posted in one place, so nothing gets buried in a group chat.
Your policies, values, and dress code on every phone, so "I didn't know" stops being an answer.
Built in both languages, so every member of your team works in the one they're most comfortable in.
Cheaper, and more.
Most employee apps charge per person and hand you a blank tool to fill in. Crewli is one flat price for the whole team, built and loaded for you, with a real person behind it.
app ★ Best value
One flat rate for the whole team.
Many platforms charge $250+/mo just for access to a generic app.
How the pricing works
It starts with a one-time setup fee, quoted upfront, because we don't hand you an empty app and ask your managers to fill it. We sit down with you, learn how your restaurant runs, and load the app with your menu, checklists, training, and handbook before your staff ever downloads it.
From there it's a flat $150 a month for the whole restaurant. Hire five people or fifty, the price doesn't move. That covers hosting, the database, updates, and maintenance, along with the real person on your team who handles changes whenever you need them.
Menus change, specials rotate, and new hires come through the door. When something changes, tell us and we update the app, so your staff is always looking at the current version instead of last season's menu.
Set up for you, not by you.
We sit down and map how your restaurant runs and what your staff needs to know and do every shift.
Your menu, checklists, training, and handbook go in, under your name and logo. Nothing to set up on your end.
The team works from their phones every shift, your managers see it all on the dashboard, and we handle the upkeep.
Built around your kind of team.
Because it's built for you, the app fits how your staff actually works, not a one-size-fits-all tool.
Servers learn a deep menu and its pairings, and the kitchen works from the same recipes every night.
High turnover means constant onboarding. New hires get the same training every time, from their phone.
Specs, pours, and closing duties in one place, so every bartender makes the drink and closes the bar the same way.
Drink builds and opening routines on every barista's phone, so the morning rush runs the same no matter who's on.
We're not a software company that wandered into restaurants. We've worked the line, run the floor, and built Crewli for the people still doing it.
— The Crewli team, decades of restaurant & tech experience
The restaurant employee app, answered.
What is a restaurant employee app?
It's the one app your staff opens on their phone to do their job: the shift's checklists, training, the menu, the handbook, and the day's announcements. Instead of a binder in the office, a group chat, and whatever a manager remembers to say at lineup, everything a server, cook, or bartender needs lives in one place.
What can my employees do in Crewli?
Staff work through their opening, pre-service, and closing checklists, study the menu with photos, allergens, and pairings, take training lessons and quizzes, read the handbook, check the bulletin for specials and 86'd items, and see who's on the schedule. Everything they complete rolls up to the manager's dashboard.
Is Crewli a scheduling or time clock app?
No. Crewli isn't a scheduler, a time clock, or a payroll tool. Your team can see who's working, but Crewli is built for the work itself: checklists, training, menu knowledge, and communication. It sits alongside whatever you already use for scheduling and payroll.
Does it work in Spanish?
Yes. Crewli is built in English and Spanish, so every employee can work in the language they're most comfortable in.
How much does Crewli cost?
Crewli is $150 a month for the whole restaurant, plus a one-time setup fee we quote you upfront. There are no per-employee fees, so adding a new hire doesn't raise your bill. The monthly covers hosting, the database, updates, maintenance, and a real person on your team for changes.
How do we get started?
Book a demo and we'll walk through how your restaurant runs and what your staff needs every shift. We build the app under your brand with your checklists, menu, training, and handbook already loaded, then your team downloads it and starts using it.
Give your staff one app for the whole shift.
Let's talk about how your restaurant runs and build the employee app that fits it.
$150/mo flat for the whole team, a real person included. Setup fee quoted upfront.