Restaurant Bookkeeping
Industries
Restaurant Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping built for restaurants, cafés, bars and food trucks — track food and labor costs, tips, and cash so you know your real margins.
Restaurants run on thin margins, high transaction volume, and a lot of moving parts: daily sales from your POS, delivery-app payouts, cash, tips, vendor invoices, and payroll that changes every week. Generic bookkeeping often lumps all of that together, so you can't see what's really happening.
We set up your books around how a restaurant actually works, so each month you can see your food cost, labor cost, and profit clearly.
Key Benefits
- See food cost and labor cost as a percentage of sales every month.
- Daily POS and delivery-app sales matched to your bank deposits.
- Tips and payroll recorded correctly to reduce compliance headaches.
- Vendor invoices tracked so nothing gets paid twice — or missed.
- Clean, tax-ready books for your accountant.
What's Included
- POS and delivery platform reconciliation (e.g. Toast, Square, DoorDash, Uber Eats)
- Cost of goods tracking by category (food, beverage, alcohol)
- Payroll and tip recording support
- Accounts payable tracking for food and supply vendors
- Monthly P&L with prime cost (food + labor) visibility
- Sales tax or Delaware gross receipts support where it applies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is prime cost?
- Prime cost is your cost of food and beverage plus your labor cost. It's the biggest expense in most restaurants, and watching it monthly is one of the best ways to protect your margins.
- Can you work with my POS system?
- Yes. We regularly reconcile sales from common POS systems and delivery apps against your bank deposits so your sales numbers are accurate.
- Do you help with restaurants that are behind on their books?
- Yes. We can catch up past months first, then keep you current with monthly bookkeeping.