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Restaurants & cafés

Take reservations, manage table availability and reduce no-shows with automated reminders — for restaurants, cafés and private dining rooms that need to match covers to tables across services.

The day-to-day problem

The scheduling problem in restaurants and cafés

A restaurant reservation is more than a name and a time. It is a party size, a table that fits that size, a service (lunch or dinner), a seating duration, and often a note — high chair, window table, birthday. A busy service might turn tables two or three times, so a booking at 7pm depends on the 5pm table being free by 6:45. Pen-and-paper reservations and phone messages cannot track those dependencies, so hosts juggle a floor plan in their head, turn away walk-ins for tables that are actually about to free up, and lose track of no-shows who never confirmed. The result is empty covers on a full night and stressed staff on the door.

How it fits

How Aftersolves Booking fits restaurants and cafés

Aftersolves Booking treats a reservation as a table-and-time problem. You define your tables, their seat capacities and the standard seating duration per service; the system finds a table that fits the party and frees up in time for the next booking. Guests reserve online at any hour, and automated reminders by email and SMS cut no-shows on the nights that matter most. Special requests, allergies and occasion notes travel with the booking, so the floor team sees them before the guest arrives. For cafés and private dining, the same system handles time-slot bookings without a fixed table assignment.

What you get

Capabilities for your business

The parts of Aftersolves Booking that matter most for restaurants and cafés.

Table & seat management

Define tables, seat capacities and seating duration; the system fits parties to tables automatically.

Multiple services

Run lunch and dinner as separate services with their own hours and turn times.

Automated reminders

Email and SMS reminders reduce no-shows on fully booked nights.

Special requests

Allergies, seating preferences and occasion notes travel with the reservation.

Waitlist & queues

On eligible plans, manage a waitlist so a cancelled table fills immediately.

Custom domain

Take reservations on your own domain on eligible plans.

How it works

From discussion to launch

Discuss

We map your floor plan, table sizes, services, seating durations and how reminders should reach guests.

Configure

We set up tables, services, turn times and reminder timing to match your service style.

Launch

Your reservation page goes live, guests book online, and the host sees the floor plan at a glance.

Support

We adjust tables, services and seasonal hours as the menu and the room change.

Questions

Questions restaurants and cafés businesses ask

Can it handle different seating durations per service?

Yes. Lunch and dinner can have different default turn times, and you can override the duration for a specific booking when a party needs longer.

What happens when a table is double-booked?

It cannot be. The system checks table availability and seat capacity before confirming, so two parties are never assigned the same table for overlapping times.

Can guests leave a note, like a high chair or an allergy?

Yes. Guests can add a note when booking, and it appears with the reservation so the floor team sees it before service.

Next steps

See if Aftersolves Booking fits your restaurants and cafés

Explore the plans, or tell us about your business and we will recommend the right setup.

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