The retention layer for hospitality

The guest you already won is your best marketing channel.

Wingman turns every first visit into a second, third, and tenth — with the culture, training, and accountability system that makes teams deliver on it, every single shift.

ONE-TIMECome once, gone for good
CAFÉ
FOR LIFEThey come back, again and again
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Same guests. Two outcomes.
Cumulative guest visits, one-time traffic vs. retained
With Wingman — they come back
One-time visit
Loyal regularsOne and doneVisit 1Visit 2Visit 3Visit 4Visit 5
Repeat rate
back for visit 2
62%+4.2%
What a strong month looks like
62%
of first-time guests brought back for visit 2
2.1%
discount rate, down from a 7% baseline
128
culture moments recognized this quarter
The system

Guest experience isn't a poster on the wall.

It's a system.

Repeat guests are your most profitable ones

A guest who comes back spends more, forgives more, and tells their friends for free. Wingman tracks every guest's visit lifecycle — first visit through loyal regular — so no bounce-back opportunity slips through.

Visit lifecycleBounce-back flags

Make every marketing dollar work twice as hard

Wingman is the retention layer underneath your ad spend — turning guests you already paid to bring in the door into regulars who come back on their own.

Standards your team actually keeps

Department training, real-time sign-offs, and spot-checks that measure whether service felt like a transaction or an experience — so hospitality isn't left to chance, shift after shift.

Wingman builds it, you approve it

Upload your handbook or interview guide, or answer a few questions — AI writes the training and hiring program for every role, hospitality-first.

One system, every location

Owners see every location at a glance, and managers can be scoped to just their own floor. Built-in permissions mean everyone — owner, manager, or staff — sees exactly what they need, nothing more, nothing less.

Beyond the four walls

Turn the businesses around you into steady revenue

Catering, group lunches, private events, happy hours, and fundraisers are the revenue most restaurants leave on the table. Partners is a built-in CRM for your neighborhood — snap a business card to add a contact, log every touch, and Wingman flags any relationship that's gone quiet so your team always knows who to call this week.

Scan a business cardNeeds-follow-up alertsQuarterly goalsMonthly hit list
$7k+

A single quarter of booked community events, tracked in real dollars — not a guess. Every relationship, measured like the revenue channel it is.

See it running on your own floor.
Get your team started in minutes.
Built around you

Not a generic training binder. Your standard.

Every restaurant says "great service" means something different. Wingman asks a few sharp questions about yours, then builds the entire hospitality system around the answer.

You tell us

  • Your concept and price point
  • What great guest experience actually looks like at your place
  • The #1 gap you see right now, from guests or staff
  • Your top guest experience priorities
  • Any signature touch or ritual you already do

We build

  • A culture statement in your voice, not generic corporate language
  • Five core values, specific to how you actually want guests treated
  • Department-by-department training for Host, Server, Bartender, Chef, and Manager
  • Hiring guidance matched to those same values, so you screen for the right people
  • Accountability tools — spot-checks, daily checklists — ready to use on shift one
Your neighborhood is a revenue channel.
Turn local businesses into catering, events, and fundraisers — worked like the pipeline it is.
Role-based training

A standard for every role, from the first interview to the closing shift.

Wingman turns your culture into a concrete training system for each position — custom to your concept. It starts the moment you hire and shows up in the small daily habits guests actually feel.

1
Hire

Hire for it

Interview guides and scorecards built from your values, so you screen for culture fit before day one.

2
Onboard

Train to the standard

Department-specific training for every role, with a real sign-off log — not a binder no one reads.

3
Daily

Build daily habits

Checklists and shift rituals turn the standard into muscle memory, every open and every close.

4
Coach

Reinforce & coach

Spot-checks and manager checklists catch drift early, so coaching happens in the moment.

One path per position

Every guide, checklist, and value is written in your voice — your restaurant's standard, not a template.

Host
Greets within 30 seconds and sets the tone.
Server
Menu fluency and check-backs at the right moments.
Bartender
Craft standards and remembers the regulars.
Chef
Plate consistency, allergen discipline, ticket times.
Manager
Runs pre-shift and coaches on the floor.
How it works

From first visit to loyal regular — and beyond.

01

Track every guest's journey

Log first-time guests and the incentive that brought them back — visit by visit, across every location, shared org-wide.

02

Catch problems before they repeat

Every discount and service recovery gets a reason attached. Recurring issues surface automatically instead of hiding in a spreadsheet.

03

Train and sign off your team

Department-specific hospitality standards, technical training, and a real sign-off log — not a binder no one reads.

04

Coach before it becomes a pattern

Spot-checks, daily manager checklists, and automatic flags mean coaching happens in real time, not during a quarterly review.

05

Grow beyond your four walls

Track the local businesses around you and turn catering, group lunches, events, and fundraisers into steady, measured revenue — with follow-up alerts so no relationship goes cold.

One system for the whole journey — inside your four walls and out.

Ready to set your standard?
Takes minutes to get your team started.
Why Wingman exists
"We can send all the customers we want to a restaurant — if they don't come back, that's not good."

Everything in Wingman exists to move guests from Visit 1 to Visit 4 — and keep them returning for life.

FAQ

Restaurant staff training and guest retention, answered

What is Wingman?
Wingman is restaurant staff training and guest-retention software — the culture, training, and accountability system hospitality teams use every shift to turn first-time guests into regulars. It replaces the training binder, the checklists, and the guesswork with one place your team actually uses on the floor.
How do I get restaurant guests to come back?
The cheapest way to grow a restaurant is bringing back the guests you already won. Wingman makes that a habit: your team flags every first-time guest, follows a simple service-recovery and bounce-back play to give them a reason to return, and you track your repeat rate as a real trend over time — so you can see whether guests are actually coming back.
How does Wingman train restaurant staff?
Wingman delivers role-by-role training and sign-offs for every position — host, server, bartender, and kitchen — plus pre-shift rituals, SOP checklists, and spot-checks that keep standards alive on the off-night. Managers assign training, verify it on the floor, and coach in the moment instead of hoping it stuck.
Does Wingman work for multi-location restaurants and franchises?
Yes. Wingman is built for multi-location restaurant operations and franchises: your culture, standards, and guest journey are portable across every location, with per-location accountability and reporting so each site runs to the same standard.
How much does Wingman cost?
Wingman is $399 per month for your first location and $149 per month for each additional location. You can try a fully-loaded live demo with no signup, run your retention upside on the calculator, or book a call to see it on your own floor.

Set the standard.
Then keep it.

Bring your whole team onto one system for culture, training, and accountability — live on your first shift.