Online table booking for restaurants
Guests choose how many people, a day and a time on your booking page, and get a confirmation straight away. Each booking gets a free table with enough seats. Reminder emails go out on their own, and phone bookings and walk-ins sit in the same list.
Updated November 1, 2026
A day at Harbour Table
Harbour Table is a made-up example, set up with the starter services below. Here's how an ordinary day goes.
The night before, 9:40 PM
Priya books a table for 4 from Google
Priya finds you on Google Maps late in the evening, opens your booking link and picks 4 people and a time for tomorrow. She gets a confirmation at once, and the booking goes on a free table for four.
10:00 AM
Reminders have already gone out
Everyone booked for today got a reminder email with a link to cancel or move. When someone cancels, the time opens up on your booking page straight away.
12:40 PM
Two people walk in at lunch
A couple walks in without a booking. Add them in a few taps with just a name, and the table they take is no longer offered online for that time.
4:30 PM
Sofia moves her dinner to later
Sofia's train is running late, so she moves her booking from the link in her email, before your cut-off. Her earlier time opens up for someone else.
5:45 PM
Check the notes before dinner
Daniel added a note when he booked: it's his mum's birthday. Notes show on today's bookings, so your team knows before the party arrives.
11:00 PM
Close up and check tomorrow
Mark any no-shows, then see tomorrow's bookings and how many people are coming. Each guest's no-shows stay on their record.
Today
6 bookings · 7:00 PM
12:30 PM
Kenji
Table for 2 · Table 1
1:00 PM
Amara
Table for 4 · Table 7
6:30 PM
Lukas
Table for 3 · Table 9
7:00 PM
Daniel
Table for 6 · Table 11
7:30 PM
Priya
Table for 4 · Table 8
8:30 PM
Sofia
Table for 2 · Table 2
What gets in the way, and how Fairlybook helps
The phone rings in the middle of service
Guests book online at any hour and get a confirmation straight away. When someone does call, add the booking yourself in a few taps.
Empty tables on a busy night
Reminder emails go out on their own, and guests can cancel or move from a link, so a table opens up early instead of sitting empty.
Two parties for one table
Each booking gets a free table with enough seats, so a table is never booked twice. Online bookings, phone bookings and walk-ins share one list.
We set you up with these to start
Starter services and lengths for restaurants. Rename, add or remove any of them.
| Table | 90 min |
Default opening hours
Tue–Sun, 12:00–15:00
Tue–Sun, 18:00–23:00
Starter tables
6 tables with 2 seats
4 tables with 4 seats
1 table with 6 seats
Switched on for restaurants
- Customers book a table that fits their group
- Customers say how many people are coming
- Customers can leave a short note
- Booking page in 5 languages
- No fees on your customers' payments, ever
Questions from restaurants
Set up your booking page for restaurants
Your services, hours and booking rules come pre-filled. Change anything before you share your link.