Restaurant time clock software

Track restaurant employee hours and fix missed punches before payroll.

Employees clock in from a shared device at the restaurant or their own account. Managers keep hours with each service or work area, then review breaks and corrections before payroll.

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  • Shared kiosk or personal account
  • Hours by service or work area
  • Fix missed punches before payroll
A restaurant kitchen lead and floor manager reviewing the dinner-service plan before the shift

Clock in

Dinner Service

4:02 PM

Click to change

Clock In

Time Entries

Dinner Service

Submitted

6h 45m

In4:02 PM
Out11:17 PM
Breaks30m

Edit Requests

Missing clock-outPending
OriginalMissing
Requested11:17 PM

Stayed late closing the kitchen

One restaurant time record

Keep each restaurant shift covered, recorded, and ready for payroll.

Scheduling responses, clock-ins, service or work-area labels, breaks, corrections, and final approval stay connected.

Step 1

Fill open dinner shifts before service starts

Publish assigned and open shifts, require confirmations where they matter, and let eligible employees request the work they can cover.

Step 2

Keep the hours with the right service or work area

Use Clockspot jobs for Lunch Service, Dinner Service, Kitchen Prep, Closing Side Work, or another label your managers review.

Step 3

Approve one complete restaurant time card

Review breaks, open entries, overtime, and requested corrections before approving employee time.

Restaurant hoursReview by employee, service, date, or status
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Time Entries

EmployeeDate DayInOutDurationBreaksJobApproval

Marcus Brown

Aug 4Tue8:02 AMClocked in3h 18mDinner ServiceNot submitted

Priya Patel

Aug 4Tue7:58 AM11:05 AM3h 7mRest · 15mLunch ServiceApproved

Angela Rivera

Aug 4Tue8:24 AMClocked in2h 56mBalboa Park Private EventNot submitted

Keisha Williams

Aug 3Mon8:37 AM10:52 AM1h 45mLunch · 30mClosing Side WorkApproved

Aaliyah Robinson

Aug 3Mon8:45 AM1:15 PM4h 30mRest · 15mBar ServiceSubmitted

Sandra Ortiz

Aug 3Mon9:01 AM11:31 AM2hLunch · 30mLiberty Station CateringApproved

Tuan Le

Aug 3Mon9:12 AM12:48 PM3h 36mKitchen PrepSubmitted

Marcus Brown

Aug 3Mon8:05 AM4:35 PM8hLunch · 30mDinner ServiceApproved

Priya Patel

Aug 3Mon8:10 AM4:40 PM8hLunch · 30mLunch ServiceApproved

Review the workweek

Find incomplete shifts and break questions before payroll.

Review the employee, service or work area, duration, break, and status behind every restaurant time entry.

See the service or work area beside each entry

The selected Clockspot job stays with the employee hours your manager reviews.

Review recorded breaks and total hours together

Open one workweek to check duration, breaks, overtime, and approval status.

Find employee time that still needs a fix

Open entries and pending corrections remain visible before payroll reports are exported.

Fix time before approval

Fix missed punches while the shift details are still fresh.

Keep the incomplete entry, requested fix, employee reason, and manager decision in one review flow.

Step 1

Find shifts with no clock-out

Open entries stay visible beside the rest of the completed restaurant hours.

Step 2

See the requested time and the employee reason

The manager can review the missing value and the explanation before making a decision.

Step 3

Approve the corrected employee time

The finished time card keeps the correction and manager decision with the entry.

Keep each system focused

Track employee hours in Clockspot. Keep restaurant operations in your other systems.

Give managers one clear employee time record without replacing the restaurant tools that handle guests, sales, tips, or payroll.

Clockspot

Employee hours before payroll

  • Employee schedules and clock-ins
  • Services, work areas, and breaks
  • Missed-punch corrections and approvals
  • Time reports and payroll exports

One reviewed time card for each employee

Your restaurant systems

Guests, sales, tips, and operations

  • Guest checks, sales, and payments
  • Tips, tip pools, and pay rates
  • Orders, inventory, and food cost
  • Reservations, tables, and restaurant operations

Keep the restaurant tools you already use

A neighborhood restaurant dining room and open kitchen prepared for dinner service

Verified customer result

Spend less time correcting employee time before payroll.

“We used to spend hours reconciling time cards and doing payroll. Now we are able to do payroll in a minute every time.”

Neil Abramson

Everything Cutie, Inc.

Verified customer

At shift close

Work Checklists help opening and closing employees follow the same shift routine.

Clockspot opens the checklist that applies when an employee clocks out from their own account. Employees record what was completed and flag anything a manager needs to follow up on.

  • Keep opening and closing steps consistent

  • Bring supply or equipment issues into view quickly

  • See which checklists were submitted and which are still waiting

9:41
Restaurant closeoutClosing shift

Required before clock-out

  • 1Stations and shared areas resetDoneFlag
  • 2Equipment securedDoneFlag
  • 3Supply or maintenance issue reportedDoneFlag
Submit and clock out
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Explore Clockspot

See scheduled restaurant shifts become reviewed employee time.

Open the schedule, review recorded entries, and compare a correction in a complete Mission Bay Grill sample account.

No login or setup required.

9:41
Schedule
Jul 27 – Aug 2
EmployeeMon 27Tue 28Wed 29
Marcus Brown42h

8am–4:30pm

Dinner Service

8am–4:30pm

Dinner Service

9am–5pm

Confirmed

Lunch Service

Priya Patel41h

5am–8am

Dinner Service

5am–8am

Dinner Service

9am–5pm

Lunch Service

Angela Rivera30h

7am–3pm

Balboa Park Private Event

7am–3pm

Balboa Park Private Event

Time off

Vacation · 8h

Keisha Williams40h

10am–6pm

Closing Side Work

10am–6pm

Draft · Closing Side Work

10am–6pm

Closing Side Work

Aaliyah Robinson24h

8am–4pm

Bar Service

Time off

Vacation · 8h

Time off

Vacation · 8h

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Common questions

See whether Clockspot fits your restaurant before you switch.

  • Shared device or personal account
  • Breaks and corrections on the record
  • Manager review before payroll
Can restaurant employees clock in from one shared device?
Yes. Run a Clockspot kiosk on a shared tablet or computer, or let each employee sign in to their own account from a phone, tablet, or computer browser.
Can we keep hours with each service or work area?
Yes. A Clockspot job can represent Lunch Service, Dinner Service, Kitchen Prep, Closing Side Work, a private event, catering, or another label your managers need to review.
Can employees record mileage for catering or off-site events?
Yes. Employees can record the date, distance, purpose, origin, destination, and optional catering job or event work site for each work trip. Managers get one reviewable history for the restaurant’s reimbursement or business-mileage process.
Can managers review breaks, overtime, and missed punches?
Yes. Breaks stay on the time entry, configured overtime is visible, and open entries or requested corrections remain available for manager review before reports are exported.
Does Clockspot replace our restaurant POS or payroll system?
No. Clockspot tracks employee schedules, time, breaks, corrections, approvals, and reports. Guest checks, sales, tips, tip pools, pay rates, orders, inventory, payroll processing, and broader restaurant operations stay in their own systems.

Ready to make restaurant time cards easier to review?

Set up your services or work areas, give employees a practical way to clock in, and review one complete workweek before payroll.

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