General
table turn
What does table turn mean?
A single complete cycle on a table: sat, ordered, fed, paid, cleared, reset. Restaurants measure a night in turns — two turns on a Tuesday is fine, four on a Saturday is the difference between rent and ruin.
"We got three turns on every four-top last night, manager was buzzing."
Frequently asked questions
What is a table turn in a restaurant?
It's one full cycle of seat, serve, and clear — the unit a restaurant lives or dies by.
How do you use table turn in a sentence?
"We got three table turns out of that booth during the dinner rush."
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