A real AI takes your bookings 24/7, seats every party on the right table, remembers your regulars, and flags the risky bookings before they cost you a table. One plan, £29.99/month — the whole product, with reminder texts, waitlist, reviews and events. Your first 30 days are free, no card to start. No commission, nothing per cover, ever.
This isn't a video — it's our demo restaurant running on the same live system yours would get. Tell it "table for 4 Friday at 7pm" and watch it book — you'll see the confirmation your guest gets — an email as standard, or a text if you've switched texts on — right there on screen.
Your restaurant gets exactly this — your name, your hours, your tables. The only difference: on your live page, that confirmation is really sent to your guest — by email as standard, or by text if you've switched texts on.
The booking you just made would land on a live owner dashboard — the run sheet for the night, the floor plan, the guest book and the no-show flags. This one's a self-contained demo on sample data for a made-up restaurant: no sign-up, no account, and no real guest is ever contacted.
That's around three months of TableTango gone in one sitting. So every booking here carries a risk score — big party, prime slot, no number, a history of not turning up — and the risky ones get flagged on your dashboard. We email the confirmation and a day-before reminder as standard; switch on reminder texts too — one of the most effective ways to cut no-shows, a text with a one-tap "Yes, we're coming" — using the text credit that's included. More on cutting no-shows →
Everything TableTango does — the 24/7 AI booking, smart tables, guest book, no-show flags, reminders, waitlist, reviews and events — on one simple plan. No per-cover fees, no commission, ever. Your first 30 days are free from go-live; no card to start.
£29.99/month, per venue — the whole price. No per-cover, per-deposit or per-event fee, ever, and your guest list stays yours. Cancel any time with one email.
Or email sales@tabletango.co.uk — either way a real person replies, usually within a working day.
On the roadmap — gift vouchers you sell and keep 100% of: no commission, paid straight into your own account. See the roadmap →
After a visit, TableTango can send one polite text inviting your guest to leave a Google review — and the Google link is shown to every guest, whatever they thought. We never send only your happy diners to Google: review gating breaks UK and US consumer-protection rules, so your reviews stay real and your listing stays safe.
Fair question — both are real options, and we won’t pretend otherwise. A free form costs nothing. A marketplace can genuinely send you new diners. Here’s the honest trade-off, side by side.
| A free form | A marketplace | TableTango | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it really is | An inbox of requests | A diner-discovery app you list on | A booking book that runs itself |
| Stops double-bookings | No live availability | Yes | Yes — prevents conflicting bookings |
| Email confirmation & reminder | You email by hand | Varies by plan | Included as standard |
| Confirmation & reminder texts | You text by hand | Varies by plan | Included — 100-credit starter grant, top up any time, never per cover |
| What it costs | Free — paid in re-keying & no-shows | Sub + a per-cover fee, typically | £29.99/mo — 30 days free, never per cover |
| On repeat regulars you brought in | — | A fee when they rebook via it | Always free — they’re yours |
| Your guest list | A spreadsheet you tidy | The platform typically owns the relationship | Stays 100% yours |
“A marketplace” describes the common per-cover / discovery model used by platforms such as OpenTable, Resy and DesignMyNight; specifics vary by provider and contract.
You can run both — a marketplace for discovery, TableTango for the bookings you already attract (your website, Instagram link, the regulars who just turn up). Free to start, no cut taken. Dig into the detail on free booking tools and our commission-free OpenTable alternative — or see the no-commission maths on a no-commission booking system.
No phone calls, no meetings, no training day, no hardware, no waiting. Create your account, verify your mobile, add your tables and hours with a guided checklist, then tap 'Go live'. One plan, £29.99/month — every software feature included, and your first 30 days are free from go-live.
Sign up with an email and password, then verify your UK mobile with a quick 6-digit text code. Takes seconds. No card details to start, no contract — your first 30 days are free from go-live.
Name your restaurant, then a guided checklist (with an AI helper) walks you through your tables, hours and details — about five minutes. Your page stays paused until you tap 'Go live'.
Tap 'Go live', then drop your booking link on your website, Google profile, Instagram bio, Facebook — even a QR code by the door. You're taking bookings while you sleep.
Stuck at any point? Email support@tabletango.co.uk — we aim to sort it within one working day, usually sooner.
— I'm Graham, the founder. I built TableTango in the UK after watching independents lose £80 covers to missed calls. There's a real person (me) behind every reply.
One plan, £29.99/month, per venue — no card to start and your first 30 days are free from go-live. You get the whole product: AI chat booking and the booking form on your own site and socials, smart table assignment, the live floor plan, your guest book, the insights dashboard, a no-show risk flag on every booking, confirmation and reminder texts, waitlist auto-fill that texts the next guest when a table frees, post-visit review invites, bookable events, and optional card-secured no-show fees. Confirmations and day-before reminders reach guests by email wherever a guest gives an email address. Want text reminders, waitlist and review texts too? A 100-credit starter grant is included to try them, then you add a text bundle when you want more. Never any commission or per-cover fee, and no contract — cancel any time.
No — they're off until you switch them on, with you in control. The waitlist only texts the few earliest matching guests when a table actually opens — with quiet hours and a daily cap. Review invites are one polite message after a visit, capped daily, with a one-tap opt-out. Guest texts draw on your text credit, so nothing goes out that you haven't chosen to turn on.
By email as standard: where a guest gives an email address, TableTango emails the confirmation and a day-before reminder. Your booking page decides which contact details a guest has to provide. Prefer text reminders too? Switch them on — a 100-credit starter grant is included to try them, then add a text bundle when you want more; any guest who also gives an email still gets email copies.
Completely. Names, numbers and visit history belong to your restaurant — never sold or shared. You also get a built-in guest book: who your regulars are, their usual table and any allergies, surfaced automatically the next time they book. And if you ever leave, email us and we'll send you your complete guest book and booking history as a spreadsheet — free.
They come with you. Any booking can be added in your dashboard in a couple of taps — the same way you'd take a phone booking — so it's quick to key in the week or two ahead. Moving from another system? Email us your export and we'll load your upcoming bookings and guest list for you as part of getting set up, free. Guests keep their original date, time and party size, and nothing double-books because the floor plan sees everything in one place.
£29.99/month, per venue, no contract — cancel any time by one email. Your first 30 days are free from go-live, for everyone, with no card to start. Every software feature is included in the one price — no commission, ever, and nothing per cover. On the texts: confirmations and reminders reach guests by email as standard, and guest texts (reminders, waitlist offers and review invites) run on a 100-credit starter grant that's included to try them, then you add a text bundle when you want more. You're always in control of what goes out. The only hard rule: it's for your own guests' booking messages, not marketing blasts or bought lists.
A form just collects requests, it doesn't run your book. A form can't see your live table availability, so bookings clash or you re-key them by hand; there's no guest history, no live floor, no risk flag on a dodgy booking. TableTango is one plan at £29.99/month, with your first 30 days free — a real booking engine with live availability, a guest book and email confirmations, plus the reminder texts and waitlist that quietly stop no-shows and refill cancellations. At a typical UK cover, one saved four-top a month more than covers it — with no commission and nothing per cover. More detail on our free booking tools page.
It is, and you should keep doing it — TableTango is built to capture, not replace. The snag with a phone and a paper diary is that they're invisible: the diary can't remind a guest, doesn't keep a number you can re-contact, and the phone rings during service when you're plating. TableTango quietly answers bookings 24/7 (a good chunk now happen after you've closed), drops walk-ins and phone bookings into the same floor view, and turns the diary into a guest list you actually own. You still pick up the phone for the regulars — you just stop losing the late-night calls you never hear.
The same AI that books your tables answers your questions. Type anything, or tap one to start.
Prefer a human? WhatsApp us or email hello@tabletango.co.uk — either way we'll get right back to you.
One plan, £29.99/month — no commission, no per-cover fees, ever. Your first 30 days are free from go-live, with no card to start. Set it up yourself in minutes and start taking bookings today — waitlist fill and events included, with a 100-credit starter grant to try reminder texts.
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