{"question": "best reservation systems for restaurants", "category": "reservation-systems", "category_name": "reservation systems", "audience": "restaurants", "audience_name": "restaurants", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-18T01:03:16Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/reservation-systems-restaurants-2026-10-18", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/reservation-systems/restaurants", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "OpenTable", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "Resy", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "Tock", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "SevenRooms", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Yelp", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Yelp Guest Manager", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "Eat App", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Tablein", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://www.servmeco.com/resources/best-reservation-system-for-restaurants", "domain": "servmeco.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://sevenrooms.com/blog/restaurant-reservation-system-comparison-guide/", "domain": "sevenrooms.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://restaurant.eatapp.co/blog/best-restaurant-reservation-software-apps-in-united-states", "domain": "restaurant.eatapp.co", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://servmeco.com/blog/top-7-opentable-competitors-alternatives-in-2026/", "domain": "servmeco.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.tablein.com/blog/tock-alternatives", "domain": "tablein.com", "source_type": "vendor"}], "answer_text": "## The short answer\n\n**OpenTable** - the default for most restaurants, because it's the biggest diner network in the US. You're effectively buying marketing: people browse OpenTable and find you. The trade-off is per-cover fees (~$1.50/diner from the network, $0.25 from your own widget on Basic) on top of $149-$499/month, and OpenTable owns a lot of the guest relationship.\n\n**Resy** - the pick for upscale, reservation-hard restaurants. Strong brand with the dining-out crowd, good host-stand UX, and critically **no per-cover fees** - flat $249-$899/month. If you do volume, that math beats OpenTable quickly. Amex-owned, so it comes with a built-in affluent audience.\n\n**Tock** - the right call if you sell tickets, not tables: tasting menus, chef's counters, wineries, anything $150+ a head. Prepaid/deposit bookings mean a no-show still pays you. $79-$769/month plus a cut of prepayments. For a normal à la carte neighborhood spot it's overkill.\n\n**SevenRooms** - choose this when you care more about CRM than discovery. It's a guest-data platform that happens to take reservations: profiles, preferences, spend history, automated marketing, and no commissions. Quote-based, roughly $400-$1,20", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}