Tipping used to be a manual, time-consuming process at El Toro Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, until TipHaus changed everything. With automation, transparency, and lightning-fast setup, El Toro now runs its tip-outs on autopilot, saving hours each week and boosting employee satisfaction.
2 Min or Less
Time to pay out tips each day
20+ Hours
Saved per month on manual labor
75% of Staff
Now receive tips via next-day digital payouts
Washington
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Full-Service Restaurant
Rey Arias, Owner
El Toro relied on manual spreadsheets and trust-based tip-outs, which led to confusion, delays, and occasional disputes among staff. Even with newer POS systems, adjusting tip structures remained complicated and time-consuming.
TipHaus streamlined El Toro’s tipping process in under an hour, offering custom tip rules, automated payroll, and digital next-day payouts through Earned Tip Access. The integration with Toast now allows for seamless, equitable, and transparent tip management.
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El Toro Mexican Restaurant & Cantina has been serving up family-style hospitality and bold Mexican flavors since 1979. As a local, family-owned business, they pride themselves on providing a welcoming, celebratory atmosphere for every guest. But behind the scenes, managing the financial logistics of tipping for a busy team wasn’t always as smooth as the dining experience they deliver. With TipHaus, El Toro now runs its tip-outs on autopilot, saving hours each week and boosting employee satisfaction.
Before TipHaus, El Toro’s tip process was entirely manual. Servers tipped out bussers and bartenders based on sales, but the system relied heavily on employee honesty and hours of nightly oversight. Spreadsheets and hand-calculated payroll left room for human error, and disputes sometimes arose when team members felt payouts were inconsistent. They tried upgrading their systems, first with SpotOn and Teamwork, then Toast, then Kickfin, but none offered the flexibility or simplicity needed for their tip management. Each platform either lacked robust features or made it overly complicated to update tip structures. Even Kickfin, which promised a fast setup, couldn’t meet its needs. The tipping process was eating up 2–4 hours a night and creating unnecessary friction in an otherwise tight-knit team.
We tried SpotOn, Teamwork, Toast, and even Kickfin, but nothing offered the flexibility or simplicity we needed. Tip updates were complicated, and we were wasting 2–4 hours every night. It created friction in an otherwise tight-knit team.
Rey Arias
Owner
After being introduced to TipHaus by the Washington Hospitality Association, Rey Arias got El Toro up and running in under an hour. On a single 30–40 minute call, TipHaus configured their custom rules and integrations with Toast. Tip payouts began the very next day, reducing tip-related admin time from 2–4 hours per night to just 15 minutes. TipHaus eliminated the need for spreadsheets and manual payroll calculations. That’s a savings of 8 hours per month, over $1,000 in recovered admin time. With Earned Tip Access, 75% of front-of-house staff now receive next-day digital payouts, which has become a powerful recruitment and retention tool. The system’s intuitive interface lets management make updates easily, while the employee-facing app gives staff full visibility into their earnings. The entire process, once a nightly headache, now runs in minutes, with no errors and no disputes.
Part of our job as owners is to find what works, not just for us, but for the team, and what’s going to be fair. Ever since we got up and running, we haven’t had to touch anything. It’s been autopilot. The hardest part about TipHaus is logging in. Once you’re in, you hit a button and the tips are paid out in a minute or two. You forget about the cost because it just works. Why try to be the tip guru when you can pay TipHaus $100 a month? You can’t pay anyone $100 a month to do anything, and they’re the experts at it.
Rey Arias
Owner
With TipHaus, El Toro transformed a labor-intensive, error-prone tipping process into a seamless, transparent system that supports their values of fairness, hospitality, and efficiency. By automating tip payouts and empowering staff with real-time visibility, TipHaus didn’t just improve operations; it elevated the entire employee experience.
