Restaurant Operations, Built Around You

You run the restaurant.
We run everything else.

From reservations and guest briefings to staff schedules, menu costing, and custom operational tools. We build and manage whatever your restaurant needs to run better, every single day.

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The operations team
your restaurant
always needed

Your manager is good. But they are one person, with one set of hours, pulled in ten directions before noon. Upsell sits alongside them and takes care of everything they can't get to.

We handle the reservations, the inbox, the guest details, and the briefings. We cost your recipes, build your schedules, and design the tools your operation needs to stay consistent and profitable. And if there is something your restaurant needs that does not exist yet, we build it.

We slot in without disruption. No onboarding period. No learning curve. Just the support your team has always needed, ready from day one.

"It's not all about the freshness of the herring. It's about knowing what your guests ordered last time, why they came back, and how to make sure they do it again."
The Upsell Philosophy

The real problem

Great restaurants don't fail
on the food.
They fail on the operation.

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Costs that nobody is watching

Food cost, recipe margins, staff hours. Most restaurants are losing money on dishes they think are profitable. Without proper costing, you are guessing every time you price a menu.

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Consistency walks out with every staff change

Every time someone leaves, knowledge leaves with them. The way things are done, the guest relationships, the systems. Without the right tools in place, you start again from scratch.

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Your manager can't do everything

Reservations, inbox, briefings, scheduling, menu updates, supplier costs. One person cannot manage it all at the standard a great restaurant demands. Something always slips.

An assistant manager
is priceless.
Until you see the bill.

An assistant restaurant manager in Copenhagen earns kr. 28,000–36,000 gross per month. Add holiday pay, pension, and statutory costs and the real number is closer to kr. 45,000 before they've answered a single email.

And when they are sick on a Friday, on holiday, or hand in their notice, the restaurant still has to run.

Upsell is your permanent, tireless assistant manager for a fraction of that cost. No recruitment fees. No sick pay. No notice periods. No bad days.

True monthly cost: in-house restaurant manager

Gross salary kr. 30,000–40,000 base
Holiday pay +12.5% mandatory
Employer pension +8–10% mandatory
ATP + AES contributions +~1.5% mandatory
True employer cost kr. 37,000–50,000+

On-costs alone add 22–24% on top of whatever you negotiate. Recruitment fees add a further kr. 35,000–70,000 when the role turns over. The average hospitality manager stays 18–24 months.

Upsell delivers more, for a fraction of the price. No sick days. No notice periods. No gaps.

~57% less than in-house

We run the operation.
You run the restaurant.
Together, nothing slips.

We are not here to replace your manager. We are the operations team behind them. We handle the day-to-day detail work, build the tools your restaurant needs, and make sure everything runs at the same standard regardless of who is on shift. If you need it, we build it. If it needs managing, we manage it.

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The Inbox

  • Monitor and respond to the restaurant inbox daily
  • Draft replies in the restaurant's tone and voice
  • Handle press, influencer, and partnership inquiries
  • Manage complaints with care and professionalism
  • Flag anything that needs the restaurant's direct attention
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Guest Details & Briefings

  • Research each guest ahead of service: history, occasion, and preferences
  • Identify VIPs, critics, regulars, and first-timers
  • Compile allergen and dietary flags per cover
  • Format a single briefing document for FOH and kitchen
  • Delivered before doors open for every service
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Menu Updates & Engineering

  • Map all 14 EU allergens per dish, updated every time the menu changes
  • Flag dietary compatibility: vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and more
  • Write accurate, guest-facing dish descriptions
  • Analyse which dishes drive margin and which hold the menu back
  • Recommend positioning changes based on sales mix and food cost data
  • Design menus that sell the right dishes to the right guests
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Recipe Costing

  • Cost every dish on the menu down to ingredient level
  • Track food cost percentage per dish and per menu
  • Account for prep waste, portion size, and supplier price changes
  • Calculate ideal selling prices based on your target food cost
  • Flag dishes where margin is being lost without you realising
  • Update costs automatically when supplier invoices change
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Staff Scheduling

  • Build weekly schedules based on covers, events, and budget
  • Track hours against labour cost targets
  • Flag overstaffed and understaffed shifts before they happen
  • Keep the whole team in one place with a live, shared schedule
  • Adjust in real time when shifts change
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Custom Tools & Dashboards

  • We build whatever your restaurant needs and does not yet have
  • Custom dashboards for costs, covers, and performance
  • Briefing systems, menu management tools, and internal platforms
  • Built around how your team works, not how a generic product thinks you should
  • No technical knowledge required from your side
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Something Else?

  • Every restaurant is different and not every problem fits a list
  • If something in your operation is not working, tell us
  • We will figure out what needs to be done and do it
  • No brief too big, no detail too small
  • Just get in touch and we will take it from there
"Every restaurant is different. We do not arrive with a template. We learn your operation, find where things are slipping, and build exactly what you need to fix it."

How it works

A process as precise
as a tasting menu

1

We learn your restaurant

Your guests, your systems, your tone of voice, your service philosophy. We take the time to understand before we start.

2

We build your recipe

A personalised plan: which services you need, in what order, and what to expect at every step.

3

We get to work

Reservations managed. Inbox handled. Schedules built. Recipes costed. Briefings delivered before doors open. Your team walks in prepared and your manager can focus on what matters.

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We build what you need

As we learn your operation, we identify what is missing. Custom tools, dashboards, systems. If it would make your restaurant run better, we build it and hand it over.

No fixed packages.
No unnecessary extras.

Every restaurant is different. What a 20-cover tasting menu needs is not what a 120-cover neighbourhood bistro needs. We scope every engagement from scratch based on what you actually need, nothing more.

We start with a conversation. You tell us where things are working and where they are not. We come back with a clear proposal: what we will do, how we will do it, and what it will cost. No surprises after that.

Let's talk.

Time to upsell.

Tell us about your restaurant and we will come back to you within one business day. No commitment required. Just a conversation.