The booking system counts reservations and the till counts bills. Nobody joins the two, so your no show rate is a feeling, and the table that sat empty for 90 minutes on Friday never shows up in a report.
The diary sits at the door and the floor plan sits behind the bar, and somebody reconciles them by eye in the middle of service. Table 9 shows as booked in one and free in the other. A walk in gets turned away while a no show holds the table, and two parties land on the same table because two people were being helpful.
The waitlist is the half that gets forgotten. Guests go on the list, get a message when the table is ready and go for a drink. A queue in the doorway makes the room look chaotic from the street, and it is the reason the next group walks past.
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OpenTable and SevenRooms both connect to the till, so a booking, a walk in and an open ticket are the same table on the same plan. You see by service and by day how many booked covers arrived, and whether the problem is the Friday 7pm slot or the large parties. That tells you where deposits, tighter confirmations or an earlier release will pay. Tell us what you run and we will confirm it connects before you commit to anything.
Included with SkyTab POS
The connection is part of SkyTab POS at £39 a month with £0 upfront. The booking platform is a separate company and charges its own subscription for its side. We take no cut of that, and we will tell you what each platform charges so the total is clear before you decide. Prices exclude VAT.
OpenTable and SevenRooms both connect to the till. Tell us what you run and we will confirm it before you commit to anything. If we do not connect to it, we will say so.
Yes. A booking, a walk in and a live ticket all sit on one plan, so your team works from one picture of the room.
Yes. Walk ins go on the list and get a message when the table is ready, so nobody stands in the doorway blocking service.
Because bookings sit against the till, you can see which booked covers arrived and which did not, by service and by day. That tells you where deposits or tighter confirmations will earn their keep.
The connection is part of SkyTab POS. Booking platforms charge their own subscription for their side, and we will tell you what each one costs.
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