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Find dining options near you, today.

Restaurants with spare tables tonight, sent straight to your phone.

Where we are

Now in London, with more cities on the way.

For diners

Your favourite cuisine, at a table near you tonight.

Tell us what you feel like eating and where you are. Restaurants nearby with spare tables are sent right to your phone. Pick one, pay in the chat, and you're booked.

  • No app to download
  • No booking fee
  • WhatsApp, Telegram or web chat
Find a table
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Hi, I'd like to book a table

Hi! What do you fancy eating, and roughly where are you?

Thai, for 2, near London Bridge

Good news: Baan Siam, 400 m away, has a table for 2 at 7:30pm tonight. Want it?

Yes please!

Booked ✓ Show this QR code at the restaurant on arrival.

An example chat

How it works

  1. 1

    Message us

    Say hi on WhatsApp, Telegram or our web chat. There's nothing to install.

  2. 2

    Say what you fancy

    Tell us the food, how many of you and where you are. We find restaurants nearby with a spare table.

  3. 3

    Book and go

    Pay in the chat and you get a QR code. Show it at the door when you arrive.

For restaurants

Pre-sell your spare tables at short notice.

List a table for tonight and diners nearby can book it straight away. They pay when they book, and the money goes to your bank through Stripe.

An empty restaurant dining room A diner checking her phone outside a restaurant Diners at tables, seen from above
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A busy restaurant at dinner time

Restaurants, reach diners in your area today.

Only diners within 3 km who've asked to hear about tables get told about yours, so your offer reaches people who can actually get there tonight.

From £24.99 a month
Plus 5% of each table you sell.
No contract
Cancel any time.
Set up in about 10 minutes
Message us, say "I run a restaurant", add your restaurant and connect your bank.
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Questions and answers

For diners

Is there a booking fee?

No. You pay only the price shown for the table, including VAT. The restaurant pays us a commission out of that price.

What am I paying for?

Each listing says which kind of table it is. A set menu has a fixed price per person, and you can read the menu before you book. A pre-paid discount means you pay an amount now and get a bigger amount off your bill at the restaurant. That credit is only for that booking, at that restaurant, and isn't paid out as cash.

Is it safe to pay in the chat?

Payments go through Stripe, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your card details go straight to Stripe. We never see them, and we never hold your money: the restaurant is the seller.

Can I cancel or get a refund?

A paid booking is final, so you can't cancel it. If the restaurant can't honour your booking, it's cancelled and you get a full refund. For any other problem, message us in the same chat: we'll look into it and may refund you in full or in part. Refunds go back to your card, usually within 5 to 10 business days. You can still dispute a payment with your card issuer.

What if the table goes while I'm paying?

We hold a table for 15 minutes from your request. If your payment doesn't finish in that time, you aren't charged. If it goes through after the table has gone, you get a full refund automatically.

Am I chatting to a person?

No. Replies come from an automated assistant, and it can get things wrong. The booking confirmation and the payment page are what count, so check them before you pay.

Who can use it?

Anyone 18 or over. We're in London for now.

What do you do with my details?

We use them to run your bookings. The restaurant gets your name, party size, time, the amount you paid and the offer. We only send you alerts about tables nearby if you say yes, and you can stop them any time by replying STOP. To delete your data, send "Delete my data" in the chat. See our privacy policy.

For restaurants

What does it cost?

Basic is £24.99 a month. Advertiser is £49.99 a month and also sends alerts about your tables to diners nearby who've asked for them. On top, our commission is 5% of each table you sell, at least £1 a booking. The subscription is billed monthly by card.

How are the commission and card fees taken?

Both come out of the payment automatically when the diner pays: our commission, and Stripe's card processing fee. You can see them on each payment in your Stripe Express Dashboard. The minimum table price is £5.

When do I get paid?

Stripe pays you on its payout schedule, straight to your bank. We never hold your money.

What if I can't honour a booking?

Cancel it. The diner gets a full refund, and we return our commission to you.

How does check-in work?

The diner shows a QR code when they arrive. Scan it with a phone camera and accept the booking. Scan every diner: the scan is our evidence if a payment is disputed.

What if a diner disputes a payment?

We answer the dispute using the check-in record. If the dispute is lost, only your share is taken back (the price less our commission). We cover our commission and Stripe's dispute fee.

Can I leave?

Yes. There's no contract, and you can cancel your subscription any time in the billing portal.

These answers are a summary. What applies is in our terms of use, the diner payment terms and the restaurant payment terms.

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