Reservations in RMS

Know who's coming. Seat every table with confidence.

Give the host one place to read demand, place parties, handle walk-ins, and carry guest context into service.

Dinner service

Friday, 11 August

Live6:30–10:30 PM

42

covers

12

bookings

3

need attention

Next up

Search

7:00

Aanya Mehta

Arriving

4 guests

Anniversary · window preferred

7:15

Kabir Shah

Confirmed

2 guests

Nut allergy · confirmed

7:30

Mira & team

Watch

6 guests

High chair · main room

Main room

8 open

T01

2 seats

T02

4 seats

T03

2 seats

T04

6 seats

T05

4 seats

T06

8 seats

T04 clears at 7:08 · best fit for Mehta, party of 4

One

Live service board

Bookings, tables, and attention items in one operating view.

3 views

List, calendar, and floor

Change the lens without losing the state of service.

7 states

Explicit guest lifecycle

From pending confirmation through seated, complete, or no-show.

Host-led

Every assignment

Recommendations inform the team; the team stays in control.

The host workspace

See the room, the book, and the next hour together.

Move between a detailed queue, a time-based calendar, and the table board without fragmenting the service picture. Search, filters, density, and attention states keep the important work visible.

01

Service list

Search by guest, filter by status or source, and isolate the bookings that still need a table.

Same service · another lens
02

Calendar

Read the day by time and density before a rush becomes a surprise.

Same service · another lens
03

Table board

Match party size, section, and availability against the physical room.

Same service · another lens

Guest context

A booking should carry more than a name and time.

Keep contact details, occasions, seating preferences, dietary and accessibility notes, reminder choice, source, and customer history close to the reservation.

Link a returning customer without losing the booking.
Read the reservation timeline and prior changes.
Keep sensitive operational context visible to the right team.
AM

Aanya Mehta

4 guests · 7:00 PM

Confirmed

Occasion

Anniversary

Seating

Window preferred

Accessibility

Step-free route

Source

Direct booking

Dietary note

One guest has a nut allergy. Confirm with the kitchen on arrival.

TimelineGuest historyDining session

Explicit lifecycle

Every arrival has a next action.

The team can see exactly where a reservation sits and move it deliberately—from confirmation and table assignment to check-in, service, and close.

01

Confirm

Turn an enquiry into a committed booking.

02

Assign

Choose a table or review a suggested fit.

03

Check in

Mark the guest arrived and seat the party.

04

Serve

Carry table and dining-session context into POS.

05

Close

Complete, cancel, expire, or record a no-show.

Due reservations and linked visits put useful arrival context beside POS—without pretending the host stand and the bill are the same job.

7:00 PM · party of 4

Advisory

Best fit: Table 04

Window section, correct capacity, and expected to clear 12 minutes before arrival.

Matches seating preference
Preserves the six-top for a larger party
No table pin or policy conflict
Review anotherAssign T04

Nothing moves until the host approves it.

Availability and planning

Make a better call, then keep the human in charge.

Check the requested slot, compare nearby availability, and review table-aware assignment recommendations. Pins, policies, and host judgment still decide what happens on the floor.

Nearby slots

Offer a workable alternative instead of a dead end.

Section-aware fit

Respect table capacity, room, and explicit pins.

Walk-ins

Keep the queue beside the book—not buried inside it.

Timed reservations and walk-in parties have different promises. Give staff a dedicated queue for estimated waits, return-by times, arrival, seating, cancellation, and no-shows while preserving one view of demand.

Walk-in queue

6 parties · 24 covers

Avg. 18 min
1

R. Iyer · 3 guests

Arrived

12 min

2

S. Patel · 2 guests

Return by 8:05

18 min

3

N. Bose · 5 guests

Waiting nearby

26 min

Status updates stay attached to the party.

Control and accountability

The quiet systems behind a composed service.

Reservations stay useful when rules are explicit, signals are explainable, and operational changes leave a trail.

Rules

Shape service by branch.

Turn times, overbooking controls, auto-release rules, table sections, and service windows stay explicit.

Signals

See why something needs attention.

Deterministic risk context highlights arrival drift, no-show patterns, reminder priority, and service pressure.

Ledger

Keep deposit context with the booking.

Track amount, status, method, processor reference, due date, and notes in a processor-agnostic ledger.

Ready for the next service

Turn arrivals into a service your team can see coming.

See how reservations, walk-ins, tables, and POS context fit into the same restaurant operating layer.