Attendy

Restaurants and cafes

Restaurant staff attendance with QR codes and Telegram

In a restaurant, one late cook holds up the whole kitchen. Attendy is staff attendance tracking for restaurants, cafes, teahouses and fast food. Employees scan a QR code at the door in Telegram, and you see in real time who's in, who's late and who hasn't shown up.

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Restaurants and cafes

Problems it solves

  • 1

    The kitchen isn't ready for opening

    When a cook shows up half an hour late, prep isn't done and the first orders wait. Usually you only find out once a guest is already unhappy.

  • 2

    Everyone starts at a different time

    The kitchen starts early, waiters arrive just before opening, and the evening shift comes in after lunch. Tracking that in a notebook or in a manager's head barely works.

  • 3

    Staff clock in for each other

    In a paper log or a group chat, anyone can mark a late coworker as present. And there's no way to check.

  • 4

    Branches you can't see

    With several locations, you can't visit each one every morning. And at month-end, adding up late arrivals and fines turns into days of manual work.

Attendy

How Attendy works in this industry

  1. 01

    A QR code for every branch

    Print the code and put it up by the staff entrance. Employees scan it in the Telegram mini app — nothing to install.

  2. 02

    Check-ins only on site

    A scan only counts within 150 meters of the branch and with its current QR code. Checking in from home or from an old photo of the code won't work.

  3. 03

    Today's attendance, live

    See who's in, who's late and who's missing — no page refresh needed. Before opening, you already know who to call.

  4. 04

    Late minutes and fines, calculated for you

    Late minutes and fines are calculated by your rules. Export the month's attendance and fines to Excel in one click.

How restaurant attendance tracking works

You add your branches and set a work schedule for each. The default is 09:00–18:00, Mon–Fri, with a 60-minute break, but it's easy to adjust to your hours — for example, an earlier start for the kitchen and a later one for the floor.

  1. Print the branch QR code and put it up by the staff entrance.
  2. Employees send their phone number to the Telegram bot and are linked to their branch automatically.
  3. They scan the code when they arrive and leave — it takes a few seconds.
  4. You and the branch manager see attendance in real time.

A typical morning: the cook comes in early and scans, and waiters arrive in time for opening. If someone is running late, they show up right away in the late list — so the manager can call them and decide who covers the floor or the kitchen before the first guests arrive.

Why no one can clock in for a coworker

The biggest problem with manual tracking in hospitality is staff covering for each other. Attendy blocks this in two ways. First, geofencing: a scan is only accepted within 150 meters of the branch, so no one can check in for a waiter who's still at home without their phone. Second, only the branch's current QR code works, so a photo of the code shared in a chat won't help.

Suspicious scans — signs of an emulator, identical coordinates, impossible jumps in distance — are flagged for the manager. You make the call.

Multiple locations and roles

The owner sees every branch, admins see what they've been given access to, and branch managers see only their own location. Everyone sees only the data for their role, and all data is sent over HTTPS.

RoleWhat they see
OwnerAll branches, reports and settings
AdminData they've been given access to
Branch managerAttendance for their branch only

Monthly timesheet and reports

Late minutes and fines are calculated automatically by your company's rules. At month-end, export attendance and fines to Excel in one click — no reconciling notebooks or arguing with staff.

  • No turnstiles, terminals or other hardware needed.
  • Setup takes about 15 minutes.
  • Pricing depends on the number of employees and branches — see the pricing page for details.
  • Pay with Payme or Click; companies can pay by bank transfer under a contract.

Get your restaurant's attendance in order today

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When the trial ends, your data is kept and your dashboard stays open in read-only mode, so reports remain available. New actions and employee scans resume once you pay.

Restaurants and cafes

FAQ

Each branch has its own editable schedule. The default is 09:00–18:00, Mon–Fri, with a 60-minute break — adjust it to your restaurant's hours.

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