Restaurant & café scheduling, built for Saudi teams
F&B teams change fast: rush hours, part-time and student staff, and high turnover. Rosterna builds the monthly rota around your busy periods, fills every shift it can and flags any it can’t, and shares the tough shifts fairly — so they don’t always land on the same people.
Start free for 45 daysCover the rush, not just the day
Make lunch, dinner and the late rush their own shifts, and set how many people each one needs, day by day — by role too, if the kitchen and the floor need different people. Rosterna fills each shift up to the number you set and flags any it can’t fill. Split shifts — one shift in two parts with an unpaid break — let one person work both the lunch and the dinner rush.
Part-timers and students, handled
Staff send the days they prefer and the shifts they can’t work — classes included — from their phone. Once a manager approves, Rosterna schedules around them, so you stop chasing people on WhatsApp.
Share the hard shifts fairly
Losing a trained person means hiring and training someone new. Sharing nights and weekends fairly — and being able to show it — removes one common complaint. Rosterna counts each person’s nights, weekends and overtime and carries the count from month to month.
Ramadan and the late rush
In Ramadan, the rush at many restaurants moves to after iftar. Under Article 98 of the Labour Law, actual working hours for Muslims in Ramadan are reduced to no more than 6 hours a day or 36 hours a week. Because Rosterna sets what each shift needs date by date, you can add Ramadan shifts and staff them on Ramadan dates only, without rebuilding the rest of the year.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best scheduling software for restaurants in Saudi Arabia?
Rosterna is built for Saudi F&B teams: fully bilingual Arabic/English, with data hosted in Saudi Arabia, and able to schedule around rush hours, part-timers and availability — building a fair rota automatically.
Can staff swap shifts when something comes up?
Yes. Staff request swaps from their phone and managers approve in a tap — the rota stays covered without a flood of messages.
Is it in Arabic for frontline staff?
Yes — the whole experience is Arabic-first with full RTL, so every team member sees their schedule in the language they actually use.