In this guide, we give you an overview of some of the most popular and user-friendly table reservation systems so you can optimize your booking flow.
Why get an online table booking system?
As everything becomes more and more digitalized, we are all becoming more accustomed to the convenience of being able to do everything from our phone with just a few clicks. Restaurateurs are wise to keep up with this trend.
With table reservation systems, guests can easily and conveniently book a table, and as a restaurateur, you have all your reservations in one place. Walk-ins, phone bookings and online bookings can be handled from a single platform for desktop, mobile or tablet – 24/7.
Top 5 table reservation systems
1. easyTableBooking
This system is intuitive and easy to use for both customers as well as restaurant owners. The system can be used in all common browsers as well as on mobile and tablet devices and provides real-time table management.
Financially, the platform is one of the most favorable table reservation systems on the market, and with a fixed price of $70 per month, restaurateurs can avoid too many unforeseen costs. On top of the fixed price, there are optional SMS fees of between $.05 and $.015.
easyTableBooking focuses on customer exclusivity, which means that your customers cannot use points earned at your restaurant elsewhere, nor will your customers be exposed to marketing from other restaurants.
2. Bookatable
Bookatable’s booking platform is also one of the biggest table reservation systems on the market. The platform has over 15,000 restaurants in almost 40 countries and includes a mobile app, which is one of the system’s greatest strengths. This allows guests to book a table directly from their phone, which more and more people are finding convenient and taking advantage of.
For pricing information, restaurateurs should contact the company.
3. ResDiary
ResDiary is one of the table reservation systems that provides the most features and useful information for the restaurant. For example, the system has an interactive tool that provides a quick overview of the table plan, reservation details, calendar and more.
The price starts at $69 per month for 150 monthly reservations. For 450 and unlimited reservations, restaurant owners pay $149 and $225 per month respectively.
4. NexTable
One of NexTable’s distinguishing features is its Customer Relationship Management, which is tailored to the individual restaurant. It collects information about customers – such as eating preferences, allergies and special occasions – so that the restaurant can welcome them personally or target marketing.
5. TheFork
This is one of the table reservation systems primarily used in Europe. One of the benefits of using this system as a restaurant is that the restaurant will appear on both TheFork, TripAdvisor and their own website with a call to action reservation button.
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