Hotel Operations

Connect the restaurant bill to the guest stay

Hotels, lodges and resorts often operate two connected businesses: food service and accommodation. Menulyn brings rooms, reservations, stays and folios into the same platform as restaurant operations so eligible restaurant charges can follow the guest instead of being reconciled manually later.

Hotel accommodation guest folio and restaurant operations
Why it matters

The workflow matters as much as the feature

A guest may eat in the restaurant, add a service, pay a deposit and settle the room later. A folio gives those charges one guest-stay context. Keeping the restaurant and accommodation modules connected reduces duplicate billing records and makes settlement easier to trace.

Implemented capabilities

What Menulyn includes for Accommodation & Folios

These capabilities are part of the Menulyn operational feature set and are designed to work with the surrounding sales, stock, staff and reporting records.

Room Types & Rooms

Configure the accommodation inventory the property sells.

Guest Records

Keep guest information attached to reservations and stays.

Reservations & Walk-ins

Create planned stays or handle direct walk-in accommodation.

Stay Lifecycle

Track the guest from arrival through active stay to checkout.

Guest Folio

Maintain the financial ledger attached to the stay.

Restaurant Charge to Folio

Post eligible restaurant charges to the guest folio instead of requiring immediate restaurant settlement.

Folio Payments

Record guest payments against the stay balance.

Housekeeping

Move rooms through cleaning and inspection after checkout.

Room Maintenance

Record operational room-maintenance work when the room requires attention.

Accommodation Reporting

Review room/stay performance and accommodation profitability within Menulyn.

Restaurant + Hotel Context

Keep food-and-beverage operations within the same business platform.

Permissions

Control accommodation, housekeeping and maintenance visibility by staff role.

Connected workflow

How the operational record moves

Menulyn is designed around connected records, so each step has context from the step before it.

01

Reserve/check in

Select the room, guest and stay details.

02

Use the property

The guest can incur room, restaurant or other eligible charges during the stay.

03

Maintain the folio

Keep charges and payments in the guest-stay ledger until settlement.

04

Checkout & turn the room

Complete settlement, check out the guest and move the room into housekeeping for the next stay.

Package fit

Know where this capability sits

Accommodation is available from the Premium package and above. This includes the room/stay/folio workflows and associated housekeeping and accommodation operations.

Questions

Common questions about Accommodation & Folios

Can restaurant charges be added to a guest room?

Yes. Eligible restaurant charges can be posted to the guest folio so they can be settled with the accommodation account.

Does Menulyn manage housekeeping too?

Yes. Accommodation includes housekeeping workflows with room-cleaning and inspection states.

Which package includes Accommodation?

Accommodation is available from Premium and above.

Related Menulyn features

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Operational guide

Read the restaurant + hotel operations guide

See how restaurant sales, room charges, folios, checkout and housekeeping can remain part of one connected guest journey.

See Accommodation & Folios inside Menulyn

Start a trial and evaluate the workflow using the products, staff, stock and operating rules that match your business.