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Restaurant Cleaning and Operations Audit Checklist

by Guadalupe Arroyo, from the Community

This quick service restaurant checklist covers exterior cleaning and repairs, signage, drive-thru lanes, dining room cleanliness, and restrooms. It guides back-of-house checks for grills, fryers, holding units, and smallwares; verifies food prep, sauce labeling, bread toasting, and temperatures; confirms uniforms and required job aids; and records needed repairs to uphold speed of service, safety, and brand standards.

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Use this Guest Experience Review checklist to assess quick service restaurant standards across exterior areas, dining room, restrooms, and back-of-house. Verify cleaning, signage, POP, lighting, and repairs; review grill, fryer, toasters, holding units, and refrigeration programming and condition. Check food prep, sauce labeling, bread toasting, and temperatures. Confirm uniforms, training certifications, shift leadership, job aids, and iPad availability. Evaluate drive-thru, speed of service, front counter organization, and overall compliance.
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This comprehensive operations excellence assessment helps quick service and restaurant teams audit guest experience and operational standards across the site. It covers drive-thru performance, exterior and signage, dining room cleanliness, restrooms, service area and kitchen readiness, fryer and grill procedures, assembly and prep standards, storage practices, and general food safety and holding times. It also includes manager questions on staffing, training, inventory, and deployment to improve compliance, efficiency, and overall restaurant performance.
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Restaurant Food Safety and Operations Audit Checklist
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Guest Experience Review Checklist (GER)

Use this Guest Experience Review checklist to assess quick service restaurant standards across exterior areas, dining room, restrooms, and back-of-house. Verify cleaning, signage, POP, lighting, and repairs; review grill, fryer, toasters, holding units, and refrigeration programming and condition. Check food prep, sauce labeling, bread toasting, and temperatures. Confirm uniforms, training certifications, shift leadership, job aids, and iPad availability. Evaluate drive-thru, speed of service, front counter organization, and overall compliance.

by Ashley Bullock, from the Community

10+

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Template

Operations Excellence Assessment

This comprehensive operations excellence assessment helps quick service and restaurant teams audit guest experience and operational standards across the site. It covers drive-thru performance, exterior and signage, dining room cleanliness, restrooms, service area and kitchen readiness, fryer and grill procedures, assembly and prep standards, storage practices, and general food safety and holding times. It also includes manager questions on staffing, training, inventory, and deployment to improve compliance, efficiency, and overall restaurant performance.

by Stephanie Latino, from the Community

20+

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Restaurant PM Audit Checklist

This restaurant preventive maintenance audit checklist helps technicians and managers assess the condition and performance of key back-of-house equipment and facilities. It covers small appliances like coffee and smoothie machines, fryers and grills, walk-in refrigerators and freezers, ice machines, and HVAC for kitchen and dining areas. The checklist guides cleaning, calibration, inspection of wiring and belts, gasket and hinge repairs, filter changes, and verification of filter systems and safety controls. It also includes roof and drain checks, ensuring panels are secured and units are left operating properly. Designed for restaurant operations to support uptime, safety, and consistent food quality.

by Paola Velazquez, from the Community

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Restaurant Food Safety and Operations Audit Checklist

This comprehensive restaurant audit template covers food safety and operations across back and front of house. Sections include cooking and holding standards for chicken, nuggets, strips, and waffle fries; temperature checks and holding times; sandwich assembly and packaging; beverage quality; and cold entree specs. It also reviews drive‑thru and counter service behaviors, uniform and appearance, restroom and dining room cleanliness, exterior upkeep, and BOH areas such as breading tables, thaw cabinets, ice machines, walk‑ins, reach‑ins, fryers, and holding stations. Use it to verify compliance, maintain quality, and identify corrective actions for quick‑service restaurants.

by Nathan Anthony 1224, from the Community

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Restaurant Cleaning and Operations Audit Checklist

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