Full-Service Restaurants

Full-service tips, fully sorted.

Servers, bartenders, bussers, hosts, runners – every role tipping out, every shift, every state. Ferry handles the math, the pooling rules, and the compliance, automatically. Your closing manager can actually close.
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200+
BJ's locations on platform
66%+
Cash-carrying cost reduction
30
States covered
Days
Typical go-live time
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WHO IT'S FOR

Full-service restaurants of any size, with any structure

Single-location operators looking to professionalizse tip-out before scaling
Independent groups with 3–25 locations across one or more states
Casual chains using full-service formats (note: Restaurant Groups page covers multi-brand operators in more depth)
Restaurants with bar programmes, complex tip-outs, or seasonal menus that change pooling structures
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THE SHIFT-END SCENE

You know how this ends.

It's 11pm. Your closing manager has the till count, the credit card tip totals, three servers waiting for their cash, a busser whose shift ended at 9pm asking when they get paid, and a tip-out math problem that involves percentages of percentages. They're not bad at math – they're tired, the spreadsheet is wrong because Maria called in sick at 4 and someone manually adjusted her hours, and there's a customer at table 12 who still hasn't paid.That's the daily reality of full-service tip-out. Every location. Every shift. Every night.Ferry takes all of it off the floor.
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THE POOLING ISN'T BROKEN. THE PROCESS IS.

Full-service pooling isn't simple, and pretending it is doesn't help

Most full-service restaurants run percentage or point based pools – servers tip out a fixed share to bar, bus, host, and runner. But the rates differ by role, by shift, sometimes by location, and sometimes by who's actually working that night. A bartender working a Saturday brunch isn't pulling the same tip share as a Friday dinner shift. A host covering the door at lunch shouldn't be pooled the same as a host juggling a mile-long wait list  on a 10-top weekend.

Ferry handles all of it:

Tip-out percentages by role and job code
Different rates for AM vs PM, weekday vs weekend
Per-location overrides where state law or restaurant policy requires it
Late shift adjustments, call-ins, and split shifts handled automatically
You set the rules once. Ferry applies them every shift, every location
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COMPLIANCE WITHOUT THE HOMEWORK

Full-service is where tip credit gets complicated

In tip credit states, the math has to be airtight. If a server's hourly + tips falls below minimum wage, the employer makes up the difference – and that's only legal if the tip pool is structured correctly. Get it wrong and you're not just looking at angry servers. You're looking at wage theft exposure.

Ferry tracks tip credit rules across every state, applies them at the calculation layer, and produces an audit-ready record of every shift. If your CPA, your DOL inspector, or your franchise auditor asks for proof of compliant pooling, it's only a few clicks away.

Multi-state tip credit calculations
Tipped vs non-tipped role classifications
Audit-ready records per shift, per location, per employee
No Tax on Tips reporting documentation built in
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HOW FERRY HANDLES IT

Connect once. Run forever.

POS integrations
Toast, Micros, Aloha, Clover, Square. Tip data, transactions, and shift records flow in automatically.
HCM/Time & Attendance
Job codes, shift times, employee details – pulled in clean, no re-keying.
Tip Logic Filter
Your pooling rules applied to every shift, every role, every location, automatically.
Reporting per shift
Audit-ready records on demand, not at the end of the quarter when something's already gone wrong.
Ferry Pay (when you're ready):
Tips on the card at shift end, no envelope, no manager carrying a float
Full-Service Restaurants

At one location? Ferry still works or you

Fewer rules, fewer roles, faster setup. Ferry handles single-location operations with the same calculation engine and compliance tracking – just with less to configure on day one.
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See Ferry in action for full-service restaurants.

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