As a restaurant or bar owner/manager, you juggle dozens of responsibilities daily. From keeping your team on schedule, managing inventory, coordinating deliveries, and ensuring your guests have an excellent experience—there is never a dull moment.

But outdated key systems can make that work harder. Physical keys get lost, copied, or passed around, creating unnecessary risks and inefficiencies. Whether you are running a bustling restaurant or an intimate bar, access management is crucial—yet often overlooked.

Access management challenges within restaurants and bars

Hospitality environments come with their own set of access control challenges. These are the ones we see most frequently:

1. Managing staff access during shifts
Bars and restaurants operate with a constantly rotating team of chefs, waitstaff, bartenders, and cleaners. Ensuring that each team member has the right access can become a full-time job. Lost or forgotten keys, unauthorised access, and handovers at shift changes increase the risk of mismanagement.

2. Handling supplier deliveries securely
Deliveries arrive early in the morning, in the middle of service, or even after closing hours. But if there is no structured access system in place, staff must interrupt their workflow just to let a supplier in—or worse, leave doors open.
With Bold, you no longer need to choose between security and convenience.

Unlocking innovation: the Bold Smart Lock solution for restaurants and bars

The Bold Smart Lock is the most flexible and user-friendly access management solution for the hospitality sector. Installation takes just 5 minutes and immediately brings your business to a new level of control and security.

Let us show you how Bold can work for your bar or restaurant in six simple highlights:

1. Digital key management
Traditional keys belong in the past. With the Bold app, you assign digital access to staff or teams—tailored by shift, role, or location. Every entry is logged in real time, giving you a clear overview of who entered where and when.

Managing multiple venues? The Smart Access Manager lets you group locks and users with custom permissions for each site.

2. Scheduled or temporary access
Set precise access windows for different roles—like kitchen staff from 12:00 to 23:00, or bartenders from 16:00 to 01:00. Freelancers, cleaners, or suppliers can get temporary access without you needing to be on-site. It’s the smart way to stay secure while keeping operations running smoothly.

3. Easy onboarding and turnover
High staff turnover? With Bold, it takes just seconds to revoke access for someone leaving and grant it to a new team member. There’s no need to retrieve physical keys or worry about duplicates—just tap, assign, and move on.

4. Grant or revoke access remotely
Expecting an early delivery or a maintenance visit while you’re away? Bold Connect lets you unlock doors remotely over Wi-Fi—securely and in real time.
Ideal for owners managing multiple venues or working off-site.

5. Control everything from anywhere
The Bold app and the Smart Access Manager let you manage everything from your phone or laptop. Assign access, monitor logs, and tweak settings—no matter where you are. You stay in full control, whether you're behind the bar or on holiday.

6. Top-tier security, hospitality-grade design
Bold Smart Locks meet the highest security standards (SKG***) with encrypted communication and two-factor authentication. And they look the part—sleek, modern, and seamlessly fitting any door with a Euro-cylinder.

Happy teams, secure operations, seamless access

Smart access is not just about convenience—it is about making daily operations easier for your team and giving employers full control. With Bold, employees enjoy seamless access to the spaces they need, exactly when they need them. No more searching for keys, waiting for someone to open a door, or managing handovers during shift changes.

Everyone carries a smartphone, so getting started is simple. Just install the Bold app, and you are ready to go. Access is fast, secure, and completely keyless—perfect for a fast-paced hospitality environment where every second counts.

And if someone forgets their phone? No worries. A secure backup PIN can be used via the rotating outer knob—just like a vault. For those less tech-savvy (like senior staff or volunteers), the Bold Clicker offers push-button access with zero hassle.

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