05Front desk

Booking

A booking service on web, iOS and Android: a staff app for the floor, a management portal for the rules, and Google reservation integration so guests can book you without leaving search.

  • Booking app
  • Booking portal
  • Google reservations
  • Auto table assignment
  • Waiting list

01Overview

Reservations that fill tables without tying up the phone.

The booking system covers online reservations, a mobile staff app and a management portal, facilitating automated table assignments and real-time availability tracking. Guests can also reserve directly from your Google Business Profile, without visiting your site or picking up the phone.

Features enable efficient table management, session settings, and customizable floor maps. The platform sends SMS/email confirmations, allows tagging and comments, and offers a waiting list feature.

02In detail

What you actually get

01

Booking app

The staff app runs the floor in service. Open it on iOS or Android to see the list of bookings lined up for the day and the table availabilities on the floor map.

Walk-ins are handled with 'Assign Now', which seats the guest and blocks that table out for online bookings straight away, so the floor and the internet never sell the same table twice.

02

Booking portal

The web portal is where managers set the rules. Session Management sets the period during which bookings are accepted and the guest limit before bookings close. Table Management sets flexible availability by period and lets staff open or close a table.

Floor maps are customisable and editable, with different table shapes and capacities and a minimum and maximum number of guests per table — which is what makes the automatic table assignment work. The Booking Calendar shows the number of bookings on each day, so managers can allocate staff against real demand.

03

Google reservation integration

OrderBuddy integrates with Google, so customers can book directly from your Google Business Profile. They search for you, press Book Now, and reserve without leaving Google — no website visit, no phone call.

The system updates in real time, so what Google offers is what you actually have free.

03Booking features

Everything the front desk needs

  1. 01Receive online bookings and auto-assign bookings to a table
  2. 02See the list of bookings lined up for the day and the table availabilities on the floor map.
  3. 03Quick assigning of tables for walk-in customers with ‘Assign Now’. This blocks out the table for online bookings.
  4. 04Maximising restaurant capacity with a ‘Waiting List’ feature where bookings waiting for an available table are held, in the case the restaurant can squeeze the booking in.
  5. 05‘Session Management’ allows staff to set a period during which bookings are accepted and a guest limit before bookings are closed.
  6. 06‘Table Management’ allows staff to set flexible availability for booking based on a period. Staff can also easily open/ close a table
  7. 07‘Booking Calendar’ shows the number of bookings on each day, which helps managers allocate staff and manage bookings.
  8. 08Sends SMS and Email booking confirmation/ reminder to customers
  9. 09Tags and comments will be provided so that staff can make notes on the booking. E.g. Special requests, customer blacklist etc
  10. 10Customisable and editable floor maps with different table shapes and capacities. Each table can also be configured to accept a min and max number of guests per table. (Helps with the auto-assigning of tables)

00Get started

See Booking running in your venue

Tell us about your business and we'll show you the whole system running — QR ordering, POS, kitchen display and reporting — on your floor, with your menu.