Desk for restaurants

Party of four at eight,by the window. Held.

Tables are booked by capacity: the party size decides which tables fit and how long the turn is. The table is held while you check the floor, walk-ins take the next free one, and a full night offers the waitlist.

Restaurant starterblueprint.json · v7
Labels
GuestReservationTable
Turn time
1–2: 75 min3–4: 90 min5–8: 120 min9+: 150 min
Outcomes
ReservedWaitlistedDeclined — full
Policy
5-min holdReminders 24h + 3hNo-show after 20 min

The reservation script

How a booking call goes.

  1. 01

    Number to hold the table

    Then the party size, the day and the time.

  2. 02

    Check the floor

    Tables that fit the party, for the turn time its size needs, held for five minutes.

  3. 03

    Preferences and occasion

    Seating, birthday or anniversary, dietary needs such as Jain or nut allergy, a high chair.

  4. 04

    Deposit for large parties

    Parties of eight or more are asked about a deposit, as your script says. Desk records the answer; it does not take payments.

Service

Built for a busy night.

  • Walk-ins

    The next free table from now, in one button, counted like every reservation.

  • WaitlistBusiness

    A full slot offers the waitlist; when a table frees, the first party that fits is offered it.

  • No-shows marked for you

    Twenty minutes after the time, an unseated reservation is marked a no-show.

  • Sources that matter

    Phone, walk-in, Zomato and Google Maps as named sources, so you see which bring covers.

No marketplace

Your guests, your list, no cut.

Desk charges per desk, never per cover or per booking. The guest list is yours, and so is the export.

  • Your own booking pageBusiness

    Guests reserve themselves through your booking link, into the same floor and rules.

  • Remembered guestsAll plans

    Window seat, veg only, always the corner table: offered the next time they call.

Questions

Asked before buying.

Is 500 enquiries a month enough for us?
It is about seventeen a day. A busy restaurant can pass it; the warning comes at 80%, and more can be added in blocks of a thousand.
Can we take deposits?
Not inside Desk. The script can ask about a deposit and record the answer; payments are not part of Desk today.