Tablehand builds next week’s rota from who is free, keeps track of the hours people actually work, and splits the tips fairly. For kitchens and dining rooms with 5 to 60 staff.
Free for 30 days. No card needed. Cancel from the app.
Week of 12 October
Main kitchen and floor, 5 people
Published Thursday
2 swaps approved
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Maya
Head chef
Off
10–6
10–6
10–6
2–11
2–11
Off
Dev
Sous chef
2–11
2–11
Off
Off
10–6
10–6
12–8
Ellie
Floor
11–4
Hol
Hol
Hol
5–11
5–11
12–6
Sam
Porter
Off
5–11
5–11
5–11
5–11
Off
12–8
Rosa
Bar
12–6
Off
12–6
5–12
5–12
5–12
Off
Labour this week
£3,412 of £12,600 forecast sales, 27%
What it does
Five jobs that used to live in a spreadsheet.
Tablehand replaces the shared rota file, the paper timesheet on the fridge and the envelope of tips in the office. Everything feeds the payroll export at the end of the week.
Rota
Next week, built in ten minutes.
Staff mark when they are free in the app. Tablehand drafts the rota against your covers forecast and everyone’s contracted hours, and you move the odd shift.
Maya
38 of 40 hours
Dev
40 of 40 hours
Ellie
22 of 24 hours
Timesheets
Clock in on the kitchen tablet.
Breaks are taken off automatically and late clock-ins are flagged, not argued about.
6 min
average payroll prep a week, down from two hours
Tips
Split by hours, shown to everyone.
This week’s £1,284 in card tips, split the way you set it up.
Kitchen
46%
£590
Floor
42%
£540
Bar
12%
£154
Holiday and swaps
Requests land on your phone.
Approve a swap in one tap and the rota, the timesheet and the payroll export all update.
Ellie asked for 14 to 16 October off
Approved by Maya
2 min ago
Payroll
One export on a Monday.
Hours, holiday and tips in the format most payroll software and bookkeepers already accept.
CSV
Spreadsheet
PDF summary
Switching over
Off the spreadsheet by Friday.
Most kitchens are running on Tablehand within a week. If you would rather we did the setup, send us the spreadsheet and we will do it for free.
01
Day one
Bring your team over
Paste names and phone numbers, or upload the rota spreadsheet you already have. Everyone gets a text with a link.
02
Day two
Set hours and roles
Contracted hours, who can close, who can run the pass. Staff fill in when they are free for the next four weeks.
03
By Friday
Publish next week
Check the draft, move a couple of shifts and publish. Staff see it on their phones and swaps come to you.
Pricing
One price for each person on the rota.
£3
per person, per month. No set-up fee, no tiers, no annual contract.
✓ Rota, timesheets, tips and holiday
✓ Unlimited managers and sites
✓ Payroll export every week
✓ Phone and email help from people who have run a pass
