How Wingman works

Set your standard. Train your team. Keep your guests.

Wingman builds a complete culture, training, and accountability system around your restaurant — then runs it with you, shift after shift. Here's the whole loop.

The idea

Four things that turn a first visit into a regular.

Great hospitality isn't luck or a poster on the wall. It's four connected systems — and Wingman runs all four in one place.

Culture

A statement and five values in your voice — the standard the whole team shares.

Training

Role-by-role training and sign-offs, from the interview to daily habits.

Accountability

Spot-checks and checklists that measure whether the standard is actually kept.

Retention

Every guest journey tracked, so first visits turn into loyal regulars.

Step 01

Define your standard

Wingman asks a few sharp questions about your concept, price point, and what great service looks like at your place. From your answers, it writes a culture statement in your voice and five core values — the standard everything else is built on.

A culture statement written in your voice, not generic corporate language
Five core values, specific to how you want guests treated
Hiring guidance matched to those same values
Your culture statement
"Every guest leaves feeling like a regular — even on their first visit."
Core values
Warm, not scriptedOwn the momentAnticipateEvery guest a regularLeave it better
Sign-off log · Downtown flagship
Greeting within 30 seconds
Host · M. Reyes
Signed off
Wine pairing knowledge
Server · J. Okafor
In progress
Recovery on comped check
Manager · A. Bianchi
Needs coaching
Bar close checklist
Bartender · T. Nguyen
Signed off
Step 02

Build the team around it

Hiring guidance matched to your values helps you screen for the right people. Then each role — Host, Server, Bartender, Chef, Manager — gets department-specific training with a real sign-off log, so you always know who's ready and who needs another pass.

Interview guides and scorecards built from your values
Department-specific training for Host, Server, Bartender, Chef, and Manager
A real sign-off log — not a binder no one reads
Step 03

Run the daily habits

The standard only matters if it happens every shift. Daily checklists and pre-shift rituals turn it into muscle memory, and manager spot-checks measure whether the moments guests actually feel are landing — open to close.

Daily opening and closing checklists per role
Pre-shift rituals that keep the standard front of mind
Manager spot-checks that measure the moments guests feel
Opening checklist · Server
4 / 5 done
Stations stocked and wiped down
Specials and 86 list reviewed
Section assignments confirmed
Guest notes checked for regulars
Pre-shift tasting complete
Step 04

Track every guest's journey

Wingman logs first-time guests and the incentive that brought them back — visit by visit, across every location. Every discount and service recovery gets a reason attached, so recurring problems surface instead of hiding in a spreadsheet.

Visit 1
First impression
Logged with the incentive or channel that brought them in.
Visit 2
The bounce-back
Wingman flags who came back — and who almost didn't.
Visit 3
Becoming a regular
Preferences and notes travel with the guest, every location.
Visit 4+
Loyal regular
The profitable relationship you built on purpose, not by luck.
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Coaching flag
Raised 2 hours ago · Bar
Comped checks are up 3 shifts running, all tagged "wait time." Pattern flagged for the closing manager before it becomes normal.
Assign coachingView trend
Step 05

Coach before it becomes a pattern

Spot-checks, daily manager checklists, and automatic flags mean coaching happens in the moment — not during a quarterly review when the habit has already set in. Small corrections, early, compound into a team that holds the standard on its own.

Automatic flags when discounts or recovery spike
Reasons attached to every comp, so patterns surface
Coaching assigned in the moment, tracked to resolution
Built for every location

One system. The right view for everyone.

Built-in permissions mean everyone sees exactly what they need — nothing more, nothing less.

Super Admins

See everything, everywhere.

Every location, side by side
Standards, sign-offs, and trends org-wide
Where culture is strong and where it's slipping
Managers

Focused on their own floor.

Their own floor, in full detail
Their team's training and daily checklists
Coaching flags for their shifts

See the whole loop
on your own floor.

Set your standard once, and Wingman runs culture, training, and accountability with you from the first shift.