77 Reserve For Restaurants Testimonials

"Reserve makes our lives easier as it's not slot based and we can focus on our customers, not where people are going to sit. Their customer service and attention to detail that we need as a restaurant is exceptional."

“The ease and mobility of the system, the rapid response from the support team, and the lack of binding contracts make it a far superior product than the competitor who shall not be named.”

"Compared to OT, the data we receive from Reserve is amazingly thorough. The ability to track turn times, as well as observe trends over time has proven incredibly invaluable in creating space for more business. The communication options with guests has allowed us to better manage our book without an increase in our time spent doing so. We have been able to reduce no-shows and last minute cancellations and have seen more stability in numbers overall. Between the intuitive nature of the program, the data options, and the fact that this system was created with the focus on the benefit to the restaurant, as opposed to the guests, the cost is beyond worth it. Reserve truly is the future."

"The biggest concern that restaurants have in switching to a new reservation system is loss of business. I don’t think this is a valid argument when going to Reserve. Reserve has a growing presence across the country. Reserve is developing unique partnerships that help in exposure and ease of reserving. OpenTable claims that they drive guests to your restaurant. I don’t believe guests choose the restaurant they will try by going to OpenTable. There are many more valuable restaurant blogs and dining information sites. I have had many compliments from guests about the user interface—that it's much easier than OpenTable."

"Our team really likes Reserve's algorithm as we don't have to manage all of our slots on a day to day basis. When we opened, we were on Reserve's slot product, and while we had control, it was a lot of manual adjustment. The new V2 flex makes it so much easier because we still have all of that control with the additional help of the algorithm. Yes, we make adjustments here and there, but the algorithm is really smart and works in our favor in plotting out our room so our team can focus on other things. Additionally, the new dashboard on Reserve is amazing for being able to manage and anticipate reservation needs that come up while away from the restaurant, allowing myself and my team constant access."

"We have already saved SO MUCH MONEY! We are an extremely busy restaurant and we were averaging $1200 a month with Open Table! Our busiest month was $2000. That is some SERIOUS SAVINGS! It seems like we are doing the same amount of covers as we did with Open Table, but I will say we had our BEST DECEMBER (in sales) that we have ever had so maybe that's partly due to Reserve? We LOVE Reserve and will definitely recommend to our other restaurant friends."

"Reserve's waitlist function is quick, clear, and effective. People are surprised how quickly the texts go through and we can easily message international numbers. The text content is completely custom."

"The experience of our guests is our paramount importance to us, and Reserve stood out for not only sharing our focus on guest experience, but wanting to make dining better for chefs and restaurateurs as well."

"I would say that they have by far the best customer service, which is what made us switch from Resy to Reserve at Fat Baby. I also think the ability for restaurants to generate data from the app is super cool."

"Reserve makes our host staff much more efficient, so much so we have been able to cut labor costs by having fewer on the floor at a time. Also, Reserve has made training new hosts and managers so easy with its user friendly and intuitive platform."

"Working with Reserve has been a completely different experience all to the good. Communication and customer service has been excellent! And the system is very easy to operate...highly intuitive...allowing for easy training of new staff. This is our first online reservation experience (we never made it to going 'live' with the other company we were considering) and it has been enormously helpful to our staff. As a manager, I also love the stats that are available to me as we review things in hindsight and continue to make improvements to how we pace our reservations during different times of the year."

"It’s simple: stop building OpenTable's brand, and having your customers go to their website, and be processed through their system. They promote other restaurants instead of yours, their system favors large corporate establishments with all of their promotion offerings. Take the savings that you are going to experience and invest in your own branding, and send your customers to your own website. I have return customers that come to our restaurant three to four times per month with a party of 4. That is $144.00 per year in reservation cost. If you look beyond that and multiply that by 40 other returning customers that comes to $5,760.00. That is called wasted advertising dollars."

"Before signing with Reserve, we were afraid that we would lose reservations, but we did not see a dip in the weeks after the switch. Reserve is bringing more people to us through Google searches and we are getting more Google reviews, which helps improve our SEO ranking. Reserve has helped us save time in our day-to-day operations with the "shuffle." The pre-assignments mean we don't have to spend as much time plotting the dining room."

"The Reserve team has always been incredibly helpful, prompt and willing to work to make Contra a better restaurant."

"Our relationship with Reserve feels very personal; they understand the specifics of our business and how we run. There was an adjustment when we made the transition to the updated system, but after a close eye and fine tuning for the first few weeks, we felt the system improved the way we manage our bookings."