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Restaurant table management

Your floor, modelled. Your capacity, optimised.

Define zones, physical tables, and combinations once. Auto-assign sends each booking to the optimal table. Real-time planning shows you the whole service on one screen.

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Four pieces to model any dining room

From table 1 to the chef’s table

Independent zones

Terrace, indoor, private, bar. Each with its own capacity, hours, and restrictions.

Physical tables

Min and max capacity, symbol, colour. Individual or recurring blocks.

Virtual tables

Predefined combinations (e.g. 3+4 = 8). Auto-block when in use.

Auto-assignment

The optimal table, picked in milliseconds. Proposes alternatives when it doesn’t fit.

Optimal assignment

Don’t burn an 8-top on a party of 2.

Reserver assigns the smallest-sufficient table that doesn’t break other bookings in the service. Big tables are saved for big parties; small ones fill first. Your real capacity goes up without touching a single chair.

  • Prefers min-sufficient capacity, not the first free table.
  • Avoids fragmenting the floor (concentrates bookings per zone).
  • Proposes virtual combinations if no single table fits.
  • Operators can reassign manually any time.
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Pattern detection

If your team pushes two tables together every Friday, the system learns.

Reserver detects when the same set of individual tables is used together repeatedly. It proposes turning it into an official virtual combination, and from then on auto-assign considers it by default.

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Table management FAQs

What people ask when configuring the floor.

What is table management in a restaurant?

It’s the layer of reservation software that decides where each booking sits: which zone, which table, whether to combine several. Good table-management software models your floor (zones, capacities, virtual tables), auto-assigns, respects blocks, and proposes alternatives when a request doesn’t fit.

How is table management different from planning?

Table management is the model (zones, tables, rules); planning is the real-time view (who’s seated, who’s arriving). They’re complementary: planning renders what table management defines.

What are virtual tables or combinations?

Virtual tables are predefined groupings of physical tables. E.g. "table 3 + 4 joined = 8-top". When a party of 8 books, the system proposes that combination and auto-blocks the individual tables.

How does auto-assignment work?

When a booking arrives, the system looks for the smallest-sufficient table available in the time slot, respecting zone and block rules. If no single table works, it tries a virtual combination. If nothing fits, it offers time alternatives or the waiting list.

Can tables have variable capacity?

Yes. Each table can have a min and max capacity (e.g. 2-4 people). Auto-assign picks based on party size and avoids wasting seats.

How do I manage tables that change (e.g. seasonal terrace)?

Block the whole zone in the weekly or yearly calendar. Bookings reroute automatically to open zones. When you reopen the terrace, you recover the capacity at once.
Your floor, in 20 minutes

Model zones, tables, and combinations. Take bookings after.

Initial setup takes less than half an hour. The rest, the system learns watching your service.

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