The website
Menu, drinks, specials and events pages, with the hours guests need. Changed from my phone, not by calling a developer.
Case study · our founder's own restaurant
Built in our own diner first.
Manjano started at Jenny's Diner, a breakfast and lunch spot in Chesterfield, Missouri. We've owned it for almost 10 years. We built Manjano because we needed it, and now we're opening it to other independent restaurants.
Full disclosure: Jenny's Diner and Manjano have the same owner. This page only uses what's public on jennydiner.com. We never share Jenny's guest list or anyone else's.
The problem
Jenny's ran on SpotHopper, like a lot of independent restaurants, and paid about $200–$300 a month for it. That's a lot for a small diner, and keeping up with posts, reviews and requests still landed on us after a long shift. So we built Manjano. It's simpler, it costs less, it does the work for us, and it always checks with us before anything goes out.
Before: SpotHopper~$200–$300a month
Same features on Manjano Growth$149a month, no contract
What runs at Jenny's today
Requests in one place
Reservation, party and catering pages that land in one inbox, with replies drafted for me to send.
Regulars on purpose
A “Join the Regulars” newsletter and a Birthday Club, so guests hear about specials and come back.
Reviews that sell
Real Google reviews on the site, and calm AI reply drafts for every new one.
Posts I just approve
Facebook and Instagram posts written from our real menu and specials. Nothing goes out until I say yes.
Ordering stays on Toast
We kept the ordering we already had. The site sends guests straight to it, with no extra fees from us.
Why this matters to you
Every feature in Manjano was used in a real kitchen before it went on sale. If it doesn't save a busy owner time on a Saturday morning, it doesn't ship. The admin behind jennydiner.com is the same one your restaurant gets.