Rota software for Manchester pubs, cafés and restaurants
Rotahr is rota software for Manchester pubs, cafés and restaurants that handles the rota, clock-in, food safety records, bookings and receipts in one app — flat €49 a month, VAT included, no per-staff pricing.
Manchester's independent food and drink scene — the Northern Quarter especially — has grown fast on a young, student-heavy workforce and a nightlife trade that runs late and changes week to week.
What Manchester venues are actually dealing with
- —A large student population from the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan means availability resets every term — onboarding new staff onto a rota is a constant job, not a one-off.
- —Late-licence, nightlife-driven trade makes break timing and end-of-shift records worth getting right under the Working Time Regulations.
- —Manchester City Council runs food hygiene inspections under the national FHRS scheme — the same 0–5 rating used across England, so a clean paper trail for temperature and delivery checks matters at inspection.
- —Christmas Markets and match-day surges around the city centre create short, severe demand spikes that need fast cover, not a week's notice.
What's included
Rota & shifts
Build it once. Staff see it on their phone. Swaps come to you, not a group chat.
Clock in & out
On the phone, at the venue. Hours land straight into payroll, with UK Working Time Regulations rest-break rules built in.
HACCP records
Temperature checks, deliveries and cleaning lists. Print the lot for an inspector in one tap.
Bookings & floor plan
Your real table layout on screen. See what's free tonight at a glance.
Receipts & books
Photograph a receipt and it reads itself. Costs, VAT and P&L without the shoebox.
Stock & recipes
Know what a dish actually costs when supplier prices move.
Serving venues across Greater Manchester
Rotahr is used by independent venues in and around Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Deansgate, Chorlton and Spinningfields. It runs in the browser and on iOS and Android, so there's nothing to install on a back-office machine.
Billed in GBP, VAT included, with UK bank holiday and Working Time Regulations rest-break rules built in.