Restaurant Bookkeeping Services record income and costs for a restaurant business, match them to your bank and send a clear monthly report. A trained person does the work in your own software, and a team lead reviews it. You pay by the hour.
Restaurant Bookkeeping Services keep your money records in order, so you can see how the restaurant business really performs. A trained person records the items, matches them to your bank and sends a clear report every month.
Why restaurant books get messy
A restaurant takes many small payments every day, pays many small supplier bills, and works on thin margins. Cash, cards, tips and delivery apps all land in different places. If the records fall behind, you cannot see your food cost until it is too late to act.
What restaurant bookkeeping services should track
- Daily sales. Cash, card and delivery app sales, taken from your point-of-sale reports, such as Square, Toast or Clover.
- Food and drink cost. Supplier invoices matched to deliveries, so you can see cost against sales.
- Tips and payroll. Recorded apart from sales, so wages and tips are not mixed with income.
- Sales tax. Collected amounts tracked for each filing period.
- Waste and comps. Noted each week, so cost figures make sense.
You may also hear this work called restaurant accounting, food cost tracking or restaurant bookkeeper. The goal is the same: records you can trust.
Restaurant Bookkeeping Services: what to hand off first
- Entering supplier invoices and matching them to deliveries.
- Recording the daily sales report and checking it against the bank deposit.
- Month-end bank reconciliation.
- A simple monthly report with food cost and labour cost.
Keep tax advice and filing with your accountant. Share access with limited permissions, and remove it when the work ends.
How to check the work
- Compare five daily sales reports with the matching bank deposits.
- Pick two supplier invoices and trace them to the books.
- Ask for food cost as a share of sales each month and watch the trend.
Give any notes in writing, and your assistant will correct the entries.
Where AI helps
Your assistant is a real person. AI helps sort items and flag odd amounts. A person checks each entry, and a team lead reviews the result.
What it costs
Pay-as-you-go is $12 an hour, and hours never expire. A dedicated assistant starts from $5.62 an hour. See the bookkeeping service, the pricing page, or read about bookkeeping services for small business.
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Frequently asked questions
What do restaurant bookkeeping services include?
Recording income and costs, matching them to your bank each month and sending a simple report. For a restaurant business that means daily sales, food and drink cost and more.
Can a virtual assistant do restaurant bookkeeping?
Yes. A trained assistant can record items, code them and prepare the monthly report in your own software. Tax advice and filing stay with your accountant.
How much do restaurant bookkeeping services cost?
Pay-as-you-go is $12 an hour. A dedicated assistant starts from $5.62 an hour. Cost depends on how many items you have each month.
What is doing this yourself costing you?
Doing it yourself: $2,165 a month of your time.
The same hours at our $12/hr pay-as-you-go rate: $520. Dedicated plans start at $5.62/hr.
Simple maths from the numbers you enter. It assumes a VA can take on those hours.
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