Table turnover rate is one of the most underappreciated metrics in restaurant management. While most operators track covers per night, few actively measure average table occupancy time — and the gap between a 75-minute and a 90-minute average is worth more than most realise.
At a 50-cover restaurant running two sittings per table, shaving 15 minutes off average table time can unlock an additional 6–8 covers per service. At an average spend of €45 per cover, that’s €270–€360 in additional revenue per service, or over €100,000 per year for a venue running 300 services.
MealApp’s Live Mode gives you the data to understand where time is being lost. You can see when a table was seated, when their first order was placed, when the kitchen sent the last dish, and when MealApp Pay was used to settle the bill. The gaps between these events reveal your bottlenecks.
Common culprits include slow drink ordering at the start of the meal, long waits between courses, and the bill-request-to-payment gap. QR ordering and MealApp Pay solve the last mile of the experience — and our data shows venues using both see average table times drop by 12 minutes compared to traditional service.