Apicbase Restaurant Management Reviews

Pros

To make it easier for me to do my job.

Cons

It facilitates work and makes me a professional.

Pros

Very efficient to use and nice overview of all the features

Cons

Sometimes issues loading. When multiple users of our company are logged in, the site runs a bit slower

Pros

The software is very clever and can follow most of the frills and needs to satisfy most of our colleagues in the accounting and operational level. The ease of starting and making big changes with the excel import and exports.

Cons

There are quit a few function and fields that would be a lot easier if a lot more options/choices could be filled in with personal choice text, instead of making new boxes, and having to leave the old ones not used.
Lot of functions could and should be attached to authority, so we can switch them of or on depending user or library user. It would also give more control and ease of use depending the needs of the company.

Pros

Highly customizable, easy to use once it's running for things such as : ordering, receiving, counting inventory.

Cons

Complicated to setup, bugs and connection problems within suppliers and POS

Pros

I have been using this software in several hotels and restaurant and use it myself as well for the School I am teaching at. The software is continually developing and becomes more and more complete. The ease of use becomes evidend when I implement the system in a Hotel or restaurant and the time it takes me to teach the staff is minimized by the logic the program has.

Below my Pros one by one

* This software is easy to use and even easier to teach others to use it.
* The databases are easy to transfer through up-loadable csv files which also makes it easy to ensure your data is is correct and it saves you time with switching back and forth on screens.
* Amazing multi language options which makes it possible to translate not only your ingredients but also the directions.
*The step by step option in this software makes it eay to train staff on how to mcreate dishes
*The Apicbase studio is a great tool (and toy) for chefs to get the perfect picture all the time
*It is easy to customize your version of Apicbase thru customization and creation of custom fields that allows you also to filter out your data.
* Multiple databases at hand for nutritional value and allergy adding is another tool which is mandatory these days and Apicbase fulfills all of them, plus the data is exportable so you will not have to go through this process every time.
* Multiple packaging per ingredient and multiple suppliers per ingredient makes it also easy to analyse your stock.

Cons

There are not a lot of cons, but if I have to mention something the following applies:

* As they are in development face the production module is not active yet (but soon will be)

Pros

It's very user friendly, customer support is great

Cons

Would be nice to have more forecasting options & a few items changed for example showing the delivery date of an order instead of the order date

Pros

Our company operates food services in correctional facilities, which is a unique niche. ApicBase has created software that fits ALL of our specific needs because the software is so dynamic. It's also user-friendly. It took me about 2-3 weeks to learn it and use it daily as we do. We are very pleased and thankful for how ApicBase has changed our operations for the better, helping us manage our expenses and raise our profitability.

Cons

No cons so far. ApicBase is still growing and adding features, which is great.

Pros

What I like most about this software is the easy user experience. Every button is self explanatory and all features are there for a reason. If something is not clear straight away, I can alway have a look at the large support page where everything is explained in detail or contact the support team. I feel like their customers are really their priority and they would do anything to please them.

The software allows me to collect my existing recipes or to create new recipes easily. Thanks to the hardware combination, it's really easy to add a picture with every step of the recipe. This way, it's easy to turn the recipe sheet from words to images.

The APIC Kitchen Manager also gives great insights in food cost calculations and even calculates the ideal selling price for the margin I want to achieve.

Cons

It might take some time to transfer all your existing recipes into the software, but the team helps you transitioning. Also, after spending a little bit of time on the transition, it saves you a lot of time afterwards.

Pros

Instant link between studio and software, enabling tagging of photos for navigation and searching, as well as the ability to animate, create GIF and step by step recipe detail.
Customisable recipe cards and the ability to insert QR codes to link to the recipe is also invaluable

Cons

IOS use has become tricky recently, losing the ability to search.
Would like the ability to scale recipes by a percentage of an ingredient

Pros

User friendly, it's easy to use on a daily basis. Importing and exporting bulk data works well.

Most of all, the system is good for creating photographic step-by-step training material - this is something I haven't found elsewhere.

Cons

Not much to complain about. It can be a bit complex to learn but customer support is great so this is overcome quickly.

Pros

Easy to work with, correct calculations, able to implement over several countries within a day.

Cons

Not knowing all of the features that apicbase has to offer, there needs to be more information on what can be completed :)

Pros

This software makes it worth the investment because you can actually measure your returns in terms of food cost optimisation etc...

Cons

The solution covers many aspects of the operational challenges for restaurants. This makes it a little time consuming to really exploit all features.

Pros

High definition pictures, ease of use & overall chef friendly platform, very impressed.

Cons

Only issue would be that random pictures get linked to random recipes.

Pros

If I were to sum it up, I would have to say ease and functionality. What a blessing it is not to have to spend a full day training staff how to use a new software.

Cons

I wish there was a way to schedule updates perhaps at a certain hour as in after midnight. So they can run through the evening and not affect business during the daylight hours.

Pros

easy to use, functionalities, in depth development on kitchen and food management

Cons

It is not about what we do not like, but somethimes the client demands goes more to a pos and inventory system, and less on the the focus that Apic has.

Pros

Product is very easy to use, is cross functional throughout our wholesale business.

Photo's are great and perfect for e-commerce, customer solutions and Marketing funtions.

Cons

Only issue we have found is that it was not straight forward to link it to our inventory software. However this was never going to be a simple task from the outset which was highlighted before we trailed the software.

Pros

Our common customers rave about Apicbase's experience and their ability to manage and represent complex inventory setups in meaningful ways.

Working across multiple teams at the company we've had a great experience in problem-solving through technical/integration kinks, managing comms quickly with mutual customers, and staying on task across projects.

Apicbase also integrates with many of our other partners, particularly those in the cutting-edge of the restaurant-tech space, and I've heard positive comments about the professionalism across the ecosystem both from other technology platforms and consultants on the tech & operations space.

Cons

Because of the nature of the inventory management world, Apicbase requires a knowledgeable and committed restaurant team to manage it correctly and set up, which means it's a relatively advanced tool to think about as a restaurant operator.

Given that our tool is often needed by similar customers with a certain level of sophistication this tends not to be a barrier at all, but it's something smaller operations usually need to think through before the implementation.

Pros

Easy to use. Links well with our till system, great product. Highly recommend.

Cons

Found difficulty with par levels for ordering, an option to toggle between counting stock (singularly) and ordering stock (case/bulk) would be nice. Option to print date labels etc. like another system we use.

Pros

How modern and intuitive everything is, also the tutorials are very, very good

Cons

Not much to complain about, really. Would be lovely to be able to reopen accepted orders in the current stock period in case mistakes were made.

Pros

It has become a massive decision maker in our business. It allows us to setup truly cost efficient menus, while still keeping the quality in top and reducing our food waste significantly.

Cons

I see no cons in the product. It really depends on the effort you put in. Fully setup and used properly it's a massive benefit for the business. Half hearted efforts and setup doesn't do the product justice.

Pros

Quckly answer by team members if something is not clear (how to do something). Helpful with food cost and inventory tracking.

Cons

Should be easier to import beverage: it should not follow same step as per food.

Pros

The flow of ingredients to recipes to menus is astounding. Automated stock is also the best I've seen out there.

Cons

The setup needs attention, but all good softwares do.

Pros

The APIC kitchen manager is a great and complete software package for managing daily tasks. It automates recipe management, food photography, cost calculation and so on!

Cons

The APIC kitchen management software is a bit overwhelming at first thanks to its various features, after a little getting used to it all feels natural and intuitive to use!

Pros

Easy to use. When is instalt correct. It tog som time at first.

Cons

Missing that could manually adjust on the light.

Pros

The who system is so easy to use and the integrations are effortless

Cons

None at moment as i've only just started using the system