86Paper20 years of restaurant
expertise. Starting at $49 a month.
86Paper isn't another scheduling app. It's a virtual restaurant consultant — the systems, standards, and instincts of someone who's run rooms for two decades — built into software your whole staff actually uses.
Three plans. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Why we built it
The tools chains pay six figures for. Priced like you.
Enterprise workforce software wasn't built for the 12-table bistro or the neighborhood taproom. It's built for corporate ops teams with lawyers and IT departments.
Independent owners get stuck stitching together group texts, spreadsheets, and paper binders — while the chain down the street runs on real systems.
86Paper is those systems, translated. The playbook of a 20-year operator, in an app your host can use on a Tuesday.
What you get
Every part of running a floor — handled.
40 employees? They onboard themselves.
Print a QR code. Staff scan it, add their name, phone, email, emergency contact, experience, and availability before their first shift. No chasing paperwork.
AI writes your schedule. You approve it.
Builds a full week in seconds based on availability, role, and minimum staffing. Someone requests off — it suggests the replacement. You never drop below coverage.
They prove the menu before they touch a table.
AI-generated menu knowledge test on your actual menu — allergens, preparations, wine pairings. New hires pass before they hit the floor.
Screen applicants in five minutes.
Send a video interview link before you commit to a shadow shift. Sort the serious from the not-so-serious without burning an evening on no-shows.
Sick call at 3pm? Handled by 3:04.
One tap posts the shift to eligible, available staff. First qualified pickup gets it. Manager approves — or not. Nobody's texting the group chat.
We help you see when you're not looking.
Quiz anti-cheat, test completion, onboarding behavior — the data quietly tells you who's serious and who's not. Long before they cost you a Friday night.