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setting up your restaurant

set your reservation rules.

Which reservations you take — pausing them, same-day, the bar, phone numbers for big groups, how far ahead.

2 minManagers & owners

In short

Settings ▸ Reservation rules → flip the switches you need → Save rules.

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Open Settings, then Reservation rules

The reservation rules and their switches

A list of switches:

  • Accept reservations — the emergency brake. Off, and new reservations are turned away; the reservation button on Book reads Paused. The reservations you already have are not affected.
  • Accept waitlist — the same for the waitlist. Off, and the Add to waitlist button reads Closed.
  • Allow bar reservations — off keeps the bar walk-in only.
  • Require phone for large parties — a big group can't be booked without a phone number, so someone can confirm. A large party is sets how big: more than 6, out of the box.
  • Allow same-day reservations — off means the earliest anyone can book is tomorrow. Walk-ins and the waitlist still work.
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Set how far ahead guests can book

How far ahead guests can book is the furthest day a reservation can be made for — 30 days out of the box. Each tap moves a week.

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Tap Save rules

Nothing changes until you save. Save rules — Rules saved, on every device. Changed your mind before saving? Discard.

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