Naoki Sonoda’s Post

"Just make my drinks whenever you get to them," said no server--ever. Working as a bartender for many years, I know firsthand that servers can never get their drinks fast enough. Why are they under so much pressure? Because their livelihoods depend on how quickly they can get back to their tables. More face-time with guests means: ✅ More engagement ✅ More opportunities to sell ✅ Better tips, more income, and a better life. Sounds like I'm joking, but it's true. That's why servers put bartenders under so much pressure to make their drinks fast. 🤔 Come to think of if, maybe I invented Auto-Rinse to deal with on-the-job trauma... Either way, when I finally made my first prototype to test, it was satisfying to see how much faster Auto-Rinse helped me make drinks. And, how quickly I could get servers out of my face and back in front of their guests. If you want to decrease ticket times to give your servers more time to sell, Auto-Rinse will help you do that. #barequipment #restaurants #bars #specialtycoffee #bubbletea

The more time that bartenders and servers spend with their guests, the more revenue they generate—it’s a simple concept. ⏱️= 💵 That’s why you want to give your FOH staff as much time as possible to have face-time with your guests. They can only suggestively sell, upsell, or sell loyalty cards if they have the time to do so. If they’re running around in survival mode, they’re just trying to survive the shift—and the last thing on their minds is engaging with guests. One way to keep them in sales mode—and out of survival mode—is to reduce drink ticket times, so they can get back to their tables faster. And the best way to cut drink ticket times is to give your bartenders automatic rinsing with Auto-Rinse™. 🙌🏻 When bartenders no longer have to worry about rinsing their tins, jiggers, mixing glasses, and strainers, they can make drinks faster than ever before. This means that servers spend less time waiting for their drinks, and more time managing the guest experience. It’s time to step into the future and equip your bars with Automatic Rinsing, to enable your bartenders and servers to generate more revenue by delivering the best guest experiences. Learn more about how Auto-Rinse™ can speed up service for your entire front of house: https://lnkd.in/et9MuYD #bars #restaurants #cocktails #foodsafety #restaurantdesign

Auto-Rinse™ isn't just a new machine--it's a new process. And this improved process helps the entire front of house work faster. Let me explain. When bartenders can make drinks faster, servers can: ✅ get back to their guests faster ✅ handle more volume ✅ turn tables faster When your bar is more efficient, so are your servers. Maximum efficiency for your servers means: 📈 more engagement 📈 more sales These are the obvious benefits. But there are less obvious, but equally important benefits. When servers spend less time waiting for drinks, they can: ✅ run food ✅ buss tables ✅ talk about specials ✅ push older product ✅ get loyalty card signups ✅ help other team members ✅ promote upcoming events And there are so many other small but highly-impactful things that your FOH staff can do to improve the guest experience and profitability when they can work more efficiently. The windows of opportunity in a restaurant are very limited, and that's why you need to give your staff the tools to work as quickly as possible. Automatic Rinsing with patented, award-winning Auto-Rinse™ makes this possible. Find out more about Auto-Rinse™ here: https://lnkd.in/et9MuYD #bars #restaurant #cocktails #foodservice #specialtycoffee #bubbletea

Happy servers sell more. So what makes a server happy? A key part of server happiness is having the right tools to do the job, so they can work quickly and provide great service. Because that means they can handle more tables and increase their tips. The most frustrating thing for a server is when they don't have the time to do the 10 things they needed to do 5 minutes ago. You want your servers to: ✅ Upsell? ✅ Engage? ✅ Sell loyalty cards? ✅ Manage the guest experience? Well, then you need to make sure they can do their jobs as efficiently as possible. When I invented Auto-Rinse and Auto-Burn, I was solving a problem for myself--as a bartender. But then I realized how much it helped the servers, because if I worked faster, they worked faster. I realized pretty quickly it was a win-win. If you want to speed up service for your entire FOH, think about implementing Omni-Rinse equipment in your bars. Come see us at the National Restaurant Association Show--booth 9734 in Lakeside--in a couple of weeks to see how our products can be used in a wide variety of foodservice environments. #bars #restaurants #cocktails #coffee #bubbletea

Making it easy for your servers to work faster is critical for your bottom line.

What does Auto-Rinse™ have to do with your servers being more efficient and profitable? More than you might think... When servers are standing in line waiting for their drinks, they can't: ✅ engage ✅ build trust ✅ generate revenue ✅ manage the guest experience That's why you need to get them back to their tables as quickly as possible. When bartenders have Automatic Rinsing at their disposal, servers get their drinks faster--so they can get back to their tables ASAP. Award-winning, patented Auto-Rinse™ is the only equipment designed to quickly & thoroughly rinse a set of bar tools--allowing them to work faster than ever before. When bartenders work faster, so does the entire front of house. And a more efficient front of house is a more profitable front of house. When you invest in automating tasks to help your staff work faster, your bottom line simply improves. #bars #foodservice #restaurants #specialtycoffee #bubbletea #cocktails

You Know You're a Restaurant Person When: You help pre-bus the table. Pre-bussing the table—clearing it as diners finish their meal—is one of my must-haves for full service. But it’s also something I do myself, to help the wait staff and clear space on the table. It reduces the load on servers, allowing them to focus more on engaging with guests rather than managing our table clutter. It shows support and collaboration. And we need more of that! Do you pre-bus and stack plates and silver? #restaurants #RestaurantManagement #restaurantindustry #HospitalityIndustry #Teamwork #CustomerService

Most bartenders understand the basic idea of Auto-Rinse™ right away--it's a no-brainer to them. 💡 After all, Auto-Rinse™ was born from my thousands of hours working as a bartender. 🍸🍹🍸 However, there are some workflow tips and tricks about Auto-Rinse™ that are not so obvious to the first-time user. That's why we made the Auto-Rinse™ Quick Start Video. 🙌🏼 Not only does it show the basics of how to use the machine, it goes a bit deeper to help bartenders and baristas improve their workflow. ✅ ✅ While Auto-Rinse™ is fairly intuitive, we wanted end users to know everything there is to know about it--so they could get the maximum value from it. Food equipment manufacturers often leave end users like bartenders, servers, baristas, and bussers out of the loop about how to use their equipment. 👎🏻 We want to change that by informing end users as much as possible about the equipment we made for them. 🥳 They're the ones that will be using it every day, so they should know exactly how it works. 👍🏼 Share this video with any bartenders and baristas you know! To learn more about Auto-Rinse™, click here: https://lnkd.in/et9MuYD #bars #restaurants #cocktails #foodsafety #restaurantdesign #bardesign

In the restaurant business, faster ticket times allow bartenders and servers to pull in more revenue. One way to achieve faster ticket times? Automatic Rinsing. When bartenders can automatically rinse their tools, they can crank out drinks faster. This means: ✅ servers have more face time with guests ✅ which means more opportunities to sell ✅ which means more sales Plain and simple. Your servers can't sell when they're standing in line, and your bartenders can't make drinks when they're rinsing their bar tools. Invest in Automatic Rinsing with Auto-Rinse™, the only device that can quickly rinse a complete cocktail shaker set--including the strainer. #bars #restaurants #cocktails #specialtycoffee #bubbletea

I am seeing more and more restaurants losing the basics when it comes to giving great service Greet times are way too long. Servers are lacking menu knowledge. Suggestive selling is non existant. These issues can be easily remedied with steps of service and menu descriptions. We need todo a better job of setting our teams up for success. Systems like these benefit guests, servers pocketbooks and the restaurant’s bottom line. It’s time to get back to basics. #restaurant #training