widgeteerTaking bookings by phone means a ringing phone in the middle of service. This booking widget lets guests do it themselves on your website. They pick a date and how many are coming, choose from the times you have free, leave a name, phone number and any notes, and get a reference number at the end. The booking comes straight to you.
It knows when you are full
The widget remembers every booking it takes. Tell it you have four tables at 7pm, and after the fourth booking 7pm shows as fully booked for everyone else. No double booking, no spreadsheet, nothing to connect.
Set it up the way your restaurant runs
- First and last seating, and the gap between them
- How many tables you take at each time
- Closed days, so nobody books a Monday when you are shut
- Minimum notice for same day bookings
- How far ahead guests can book
- Smallest and largest party size
- 12 or 24 hour times
Notes that matter
The notes box is where guests tell you about allergies, a birthday, a high chair or a quiet corner. You see it with the booking, before they arrive, not when they sit down.
Why not OpenTable?
OpenTable is built for restaurants that want to be listed on its app. In the US its plans start at $149 a month on a one year contract, plus a fee for every diner who books through its network. If most of your bookings come from your own website, Google and regulars, this widget gives you the same pick a date, pick a time flow on your own pages. Each booking is emailed to you, pinged to the team on Telegram, logged in Airtable, or sent to Zapier, Make and a growing list of other tools.
And it is not just bookings. The same Widgeteer account builds your menu, your opening hours with a holiday notice, your events list and your gift voucher enquiry form. One tool for the whole website, not an app for each job.
