Outdated recipe costs
Your suppliers' prices change every week; your menu doesn't. Without living recipe costs, any dish may be selling below its real cost.
Restaurants
Your restaurant, with clear numbers
Recipe costing and purchasing up to date, margin per venue and a team that knows what's next. We bring the method; the app keeps it in order.
A restaurant wins or loses in the details: the price you buy at, the recipe cost nobody updates, the invoice left in a drawer and the shift covered at the last minute. Hostelella combines an expert restaurant-operations team with an AI app that centralises sales, expenses, invoices and staff — so you run the business on data, not gut feeling.
We work with independent restaurants and multi-venue groups. We always start the same way: a free 45–60 minute assessment at your venue or by video call, where we analyse your sales, purchasing and costs, and you leave with a margin plan full of concrete actions. Whether you work with us or not, the plan is yours.
Then you choose: hand operations to our team (purchasing, suppliers, costs and staff organisation, with a monthly review), run it yourself with the app — free today, no card — or combine both. Either way, you confirm every record: the AI proposes, you approve.
Restaurants
The three holes your margin leaks through
Invoices out of control
Delivery notes and invoices pile up in a drawer. By the time they reach your accountant it's too late to react: the month is closed and the margin is gone.
Last-minute staffing
Shifts in a WhatsApp group, unrecorded swaps and overtime nobody counts. The floor works, but nobody knows what it costs.
What we do
How we solve it
Service and technology, together or separately. You decide how much to delegate.
An operations team at your side
Operations leadership for your restaurant, with margin targets and a monthly review. You keep the final say on every decision.
- Purchasing and supplier renegotiation
- Recipe costing and menu cost control
- Team and shift organisation
- Monthly KPI review with you
The day-to-day, in order from your pocket
Sales, expenses and margin per venue. Snap the invoice and the AI extracts supplier, amounts and VAT; you confirm before anything is recorded.
- Real-time sales and expenses dashboard
- Invoices and delivery notes with OCR + AI
- Ella, your assistant on your real data
- Internal chat and shifts in one place
Results, not promises
−14%
in purchasing costs in 4 months, renegotiating suppliers and unifying orders across venues.
We used to close the month blind; now we see the margin every morning.
— Group ownerData from clients with the management service active for at least 4 months. Every business is different: your assessment will show what's possible in yours.
Frequently asked questions
Questions from restaurateurs
Does it work for a small restaurant or only for groups?
Both. The app is free today and useful from the very first venue; the management service adapts to the size of the business. Many clients start with one venue and add the next ones to the same account.
How do you control recipe costs and menu costs?
We cross your real purchases (read from your invoices with OCR + AI) with your menu, detect supplier price increases and propose adjustments. With the management service, recipe-cost reviews are part of the monthly routine.
Do I have to change my POS or my accountant?
No. Hostelella coexists with your POS and your accountant: we record sales and expenses, and your accountant receives tidy documentation. No forced migrations.
How long until it's up and running?
The app: 24 hours. The management service starts with the free assessment and the margin plan in week one; by weeks 2–3 the processes are running.
Start today
Do you know the margin on every dish?
Free 45–60 minute assessment at your restaurant or by video call. You keep the plan, whatever you decide.
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