34 years in hospitality. Now, technology built for the people who run restaurants every day.
José Soares · Founder & CEO
taevio. was born from a simple belief: technology should give teams time back, simplify operations and help restaurants deliver better service — never make the job harder.
34+ years in hospitality
More than 50 restaurants
Portugal
Luxembourg
Before technology came the dining room.
Decades in hospitality make it easier to recognise where restaurants lose time, opportunities and energy.
The best restaurant technology works at the pace of the team — without asking people to change their profession.
I started on the restaurant floor, where every detail matters and a poorly managed minute is immediately felt during service.
Over the years I moved into senior service, management and restaurant leadership while staying close to teams, guests and real operations.
I have worked across more than 50 establishments, from independent restaurants to hospitality groups and hotels.
Portugal, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Belgium exposed me to different service cultures but remarkably similar operational challenges.
The floor taught me what software alone cannot: restaurant tools have to keep pace with the team.
A second passion
More than 20 years teaching myself web development.
Alongside hospitality, I began teaching myself web development more than 20 years ago.
For years these two experiences developed together: understanding restaurant operations and understanding how technology can genuinely simplify them.
taevio. was created where those two paths finally met.
Why taevio. exists.
Not to add another piece of software, but to bring operations, communication and intelligence together in one system that works alongside the team.
The phone does not stop ringing because the dining room is full.
Reservations, messages, orders and information arrive through different channels and compete for attention.
Teams do not need more complexity. They need the right information at the right moment.
taevio. was built to connect those tasks, give time back to the team and keep people in control.
An ambition built from the restaurant floor.
Start close to operators, validate in real restaurants and grow without losing touch with the craft.
- 01Portugal
The starting point, where the platform is built and validated in the field.
- 02Luxembourg
The first expansion, in a multilingual and demanding market.
- 03Europe
The next growth stage, respecting European rules on data and AI.
The goal is to make advanced technology accessible to independent restaurants and hospitality groups while preserving human control, simplicity and trust.
The values
The principles that guide every decision.
We describe the profession as it is, with no promises the floor cannot confirm.
A feature only exists if it saves the team real time.
Whatever is used during service must be immediate.
Technology supports hospitality, it never replaces it.
What is delivered must hold for a full service, not only for a demo.
Clear information, traceable decisions, no hidden behaviour.
Guest and team data is processed according to European rules.
AI is assistive, documented and kept under human supervision.
Founder quote
The best restaurant technology works at the pace of the team — without asking people to change their profession.
Timeline
From the dining room to the Restaurant Operating System™.
- 01
34+ years in hospitality
- 02
More than 50 restaurants
- 03
20+ years as a self-taught web developer
- 04
Creation of taevio.
Portugal · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Belgium
taevio.
See taevio. working on the real problems in your restaurant.
Calls, reservations, orders, teams, guests and operations: the demonstration starts with what consumes your time today.