The waitlist for your restaurant opening.
People hear about you before the first service. Let them join a waitlist with one link, tell them the date with one email, and hand out the first seats in a fair order: first come, or a draw.
Set up for free. Live for €9.99 a month. Guests never pay.
- Opening
- March
- Seats
- 12
- Courses
- 7
- Seating
- 19:30
The buzz comes before the tables.
- People ask in the comments when you open, and you have no way to tell them all at once.
- Opening week goes to whoever happens to see the post first, often friends of friends.
- A supper club with twelve seats gets far more messages than seats, and you answer each one by hand.
- Someone cancels the night before and the seat stays empty because nobody knew it was free.
From first rumour to a full table.
- 01
Make your page
Name, the idea, a photo of a dish, and the questions you need: how many guests, which night, any dietary needs. - 02
Share the link early
In your Instagram bio, on the papered-over window as a QR code, in the newsletter of the place you cook at. - 03
Announce with one email
Opening date set? Write to everyone on the list. Each email carries their own status link. - 04
Offer the seats
Tap “Offer 12 spots”. The next guests get 24, 48 or 72 hours to accept. You confirm the booking with them your way.
For the nights everyone wants in.
A fair draw for opening week
A random order, fixed when people sign up and revealed when you run the draw. Fast thumbs don’t win.
Questions for the kitchen
Party size, preferred night, dietary needs, as buttons, a dropdown or short text.
One list per series
Opening week, each supper club date, a guest-chef night: as many waitlists as you like.
Announcements to everyone
Opening date, new menu, an extra seating: one email to everyone waiting, replies straight to your inbox.
Timed offers for late cancellations
Give 24 hours when the date is close. An unanswered offer expires, and you offer the seat to the next guest.
A page that tastes like you
Eight styles, plus your own colour, font and corners, and a photo from your kitchen or Unsplash.
One plan. Everything in it.
€9.99per month
or €99 a year, save 17%
- Unlimited waitlists
- Unlimited people on your lists
- Every page style, photo and colour
- Sign-up and spot emails included (fair use)
- 5,000 announcement emails a month
- More announcements: €1 per 1,000, prepaid
Set up and build your page for free. You only pay when it goes live. People waiting never pay.
Is this a table reservation system?
No. Waitlisted takes no reservations and no payments, and it isn’t made for the queue at the door on a busy night. It’s for the time before: collecting interest, announcing the date and deciding fairly who gets the first or freed-up seats. The booking itself stays with you.
How do I tell everyone when we open?
Write one email to everyone on the list. It arrives with their personal status link, and any replies go to your own inbox.
Should I use first come or a draw?
For a hyped opening or a tiny supper club, a draw is fairer: the order is random and fixed when people join, so there’s no point in camping on your profile. For a slow build-up, first come, first served is simple.
Can guests ask for a table for four?
Add a question for party size, as buttons or a dropdown. You’ll see every answer in the list and can filter by it. Each sign-up is one entry, and you confirm the details when you book them.
We do a supper club every month. One list or many?
Both work. Keep one list and email everyone when a new date is set, or make one waitlist per date with its own link and QR code.
How much does it cost?
Building your page is free. Going live costs €9.99 a month or €99 a year, with unlimited waitlists and guests and 5,000 announcement emails a month included (sign-up and spot emails always included). Guests never pay.
Open the doors to a list that’s already full.
Set it up before the first post. You only pay when it goes live.
Make your opening waitlist