TalkBeam for Restaurants & food service
TalkBeam is a push-to-talk walkie-talkie app that connects hosts, servers, the kitchen and managers on channels through a single earbud, so tables turn faster and nobody runs to the back to ask a question.
CH 01The problem
Hosts sprint to the back, servers hunt for a manager, and a busy Friday runs on shouting.
Hosts and servers leave the floor to ask the kitchen or find a busser.
With TalkBeam
Floor and kitchen channels through a single earbud, so the question takes two seconds.
Comps, voids, allergies and complaints all need a manager who’s somewhere else.
With TalkBeam
Managers hear the floor wherever they are, and direct talk handles the quiet word.
Trays and plates don’t leave a hand free to press a button.
With TalkBeam
Hybrid mode opens the mic with a tap on an earbud and closes it with another.
An area manager covering four locations can’t hear any of them.
With TalkBeam
Join every location’s channel, and use an all-call to reach them all at once.
Catering crews at an off-site event are beyond any radio.
With TalkBeam
TalkBeam runs over cellular data, so the event and the kitchen stay on one channel.
Radios, earpieces and batteries add up, and they break.
With TalkBeam
Staff use their own phones and an earbud, so there’s nothing to buy for each new hire.
CH 02A day on TalkBeam
A 180-seat restaurant runs floor and kitchen channels on TalkBeam Teams. Staff wear one earbud.
Nobody sprinted to the kitchen, and the host quoted real wait times all night.
Illustrative scenario. People, places and times are made up; the features are real.
Party of eight just walked in. Is table 40 clearing?
40 is paying now, two minutes.
40 is reset.
Manager to 22, please. Guest has an allergy question.
On my way to 22.
We’re 86 on the short rib. Push the halibut.
CH 03What you get
Everything a two-way radio does, on the phone, headset or vehicle your people already have, plus the things a radio never could.
A channel per crew, site, shift or job, and the people who need each one. Supervisors can sit on all of them.
Talk through AirPods, a Bluetooth or wired headset, Ray-Ban or Oakley Meta glasses, Apple Watch, CarPlay or the phone itself.
Tap once to open your mic, tap again to close it. Built for people whose hands are busy.
Private one-to-one talk for the conversation that shouldn’t go to the whole channel, still kept in company transcripts.
Supervisors cut through the chatter mid-sentence, or reach every channel at once with one hold.
Every transmission becomes text with a time and a name, so anyone can scroll back or search what was said.
TalkBeam stays live with the screen off or another app open, like a radio on your belt.
Add people, set roles and build channels from a browser. Share one company code and your crew is in.
Features marked Enterprise are part of the Enterprise plan. TalkBeam isn’t an emergency service and doesn’t contact 911.
CH 04Plans
Both start with a 14-day free trial for up to 50 people. No credit card.
Recommended
$8per person / month
or $6 billed yearly · 5–50 people
Restaurants with 5 to 50 staff: floor and kitchen channels, all-call, direct talk and transcripts.
$15per person / month
billed yearly · 25+ people · $13 from 100 · custom from 500
For restaurant groups with 25 or more people across locations: single sign-on, retention, an audit log, priority support and an uptime SLA.
Weighing it against your radios? Compare three years of costs, or read the 30-day radio replacement playbook.
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CH 05See it in action
In our 2½-minute demo, a fictional ambulance company dispatches with an all-call, reroutes a crew over private direct talk, hears a flood warning read aloud in every unit and reviews it all in the transcripts. Every feature in it is real.
Or try the demo company yourself. In the TalkBeam app, open Me → Company and enter this code:
HCEMS247
TalkBeam for iPhone is in early access. Get early access.
CH 06FAQ
Yes. Staff install TalkBeam on their iPhone (Android is coming soon on Google Play) and join with your company code. You can remove anyone from the console when they leave.
With an earbud, yes. TalkBeam plays through AirPods, any Bluetooth earbud or a wired earpiece at the volume each person sets.
Yes. Create as many channels as you like, such as Floor, Kitchen, Bar and Managers, and choose who’s on each.
No. TalkBeam is for staff-to-staff talk. It doesn’t connect to drive-thru speaker posts or timers.
Yes. Put each location on its own channel, and add the area manager to all of them.
Teams is $8 per person per month, or $6 billed yearly, for 5 to 50 people, with a 14-day free trial.
Try TalkBeam free for 14 days with up to 50 people. No credit card, and no radios to buy.