Free restaurant employee evaluation form (printable PDF)
A good restaurant employee evaluation form rates the same few things for everyone, on one clear scale, with room for specific examples. Ours covers 8 criteria from 1 to 10, works for kitchen and front of house, and fits on one page. Download it free below, no email needed.
Download the form
One page, letter size. Print one per employee.
What the form covers
- Speed during rushes
- Food safety and cleaning
- Teamwork and helping out
- Reliability and showing up on time
- Customer care
- Following recipes and standards
- Communication
- Attitude with coworkers
Each criterion gets a score from 1 to 10 and a line for a real example. Cross out any that don't fit your place and write in your own.
How to use it fairly
- Score everyone on the same criteria.
- Write a specific example for every score under 5 or over 8.
- Look at the whole period, not just last week.
- Ask at least one other person who works with them.
- Go over it with the employee, privately, and agree on one thing to work on.
The weak spot of any paper form
A form is only as good as what the person filling it out actually saw. If you aren't on most shifts, you're scoring from a slice of the week, and from memory. That's where most unfair reviews come from.
Where Wevree fits
Wevree turns this idea into something that runs every week. Coworkers rate each other on your criteria from 1 to 10, alone and anonymously, on their phones. Scores show as averages once at least 4 coworkers have rated someone, so one person's opinion can't decide it. You still have the talk with your employee; you just walk in with months of honest input instead of a guess.
What Wevree does not do
- It does not tell you who to fire, promote or pay more. It gives you one more honest input; the call stays yours.
- It does not replace talking to people. When scores drop, you still need a conversation to find out why.
- It needs at least 5 people working together, and at least 4 raters per person, before scores show. Very small or very split teams will see "not enough data" often.
- On a small team, one person can still move an average, so watch the trend over weeks, not a single week.
- It does not track location, cameras, cash or time clocks. It is about how people work with each other.
Honest answers to common doubts
Won't anonymous ratings turn into a popularity contest or a clique?
Coworkers rate the work criteria you pick, like speed, cleaning or helping out, not whether they like someone. Each score is an average of at least 4 raters, so one friend or one enemy cannot set it. Inside Anonymous nobody can see or prove how anyone else rated, so a group deal to boost or sink someone cannot be checked or enforced. Watch the trend over several weeks and compare it with what you see yourself.
On a small team, can't people guess who gave a low score?
Nobody, including Wevree and the owner, can see who rated what. You only see an average, and only after at least 4 coworkers have rated that person. That is why Wevree needs 5 or more people working together. On a very small team people may still suspect, which is a real limit to keep in mind.
Doesn't this replace real management?
No. Wevree does not tell you who to fire, promote or pay more, and it does not replace talking to your people. It gives you an honest view of the shifts you are not on, so your conversations start from facts instead of guesses.
People quit over pay and schedules. How does a rating app help with that?
It does not fix pay or schedules, and those matter. What it changes is recognition: the people who carry the team get seen every week, and their work builds a permanent record that belongs to them. Gallup and Workhuman found employees who do not feel recognized are about 3 times as likely to be looking for another job.
Is a permanent record bad for workers?
The WeResume belongs to the worker and nobody can edit or delete scores, including the owner. For a hard worker it is proof of real work that does not depend on one boss. Today it stays inside Wevree; sharing it with outside employers is not available yet.
Is there proof Wevree works?
There is no published study of Wevree itself yet, and we do not promise a result. The method rests on research about combining several peer ratings (Conway and Huffcutt, 1997). The fair test is your own team: the trial is 30 days, free, with no card.
Is it surveillance?
No. Wevree does not track location, cameras, cash or time clocks. It only collects what coworkers think of each other's work, on criteria you choose, and employees never pay.
Common questions
Is this form really free?
Yes. Download and print as many as you want.
How often should I evaluate restaurant staff?
At least twice a year for a formal talk, with small feedback every week.
Can I use the form for front of house and kitchen?
Yes. Cross out criteria that don't apply and add your own.
Related owner questions
- I treat my employees well, so why doesn't it help?
- I treat my employees well and they still quit. Why?
- When employees fight, how do I know who's right?
- My employees keep quitting. What can I do about turnover?
Sources
Try Wevree free for 30 days. No card. Free for teams up to 5 people.