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Stories, updates and notes from the team.

Product news, launches, and what we're learning building reservations for restaurants.

Chef plating a dish in a candlelit restaurant

Guide · October 5, 2026 · 7 min read

Organising a dinner show or theme evening, how to handle the reservations

From format and fixed seatings to capacity, price per person, deposit or full prepayment, selling the evening and the run-of-show on the night.

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Warmly lit restaurant dining room during service

Guide · October 5, 2026 · 7 min read

More, and more honest, Google reviews for your restaurant

When and how to ask guests for a review, why you never filter or buy reviews, and how to handle criticism and replies.

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Plated dish on a warmly lit table

Guide · October 5, 2026 · 7 min read

How to prepare your reservations for Christmas and New Year's Eve

A practical holiday plan, from opening days and a set Christmas menu to two seatings, deposits, large groups and staffing.

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Sunlit restaurant terrace with guests at their tables

Guide · October 5, 2026 · 7 min read

How to reduce no-shows at your restaurant

Why guests don't show up and what you can do about it, with reminders, easy cancellation, deposits and a clear, fair cancellation policy.

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Freshly plated dish ready to be packed for takeaway

Product · August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Takeaway without the commission platforms — meet Tablejoy Ordering

Your own ordering site for pickup and delivery, in your own branding, on your own domain. Delivery zones, deals, iDEAL and live order tracking — for €0.35 per order instead of a percentage.

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Dishes lined up on a warmly lit kitchen pass

Product · August 12, 2026 · 2 min read

One screen for the whole kitchen — the Tablejoy KDS

Dine-in and online orders on one kitchen display: stations, courses, rush tickets and printing — on any tablet, included in every plan.

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Warmly lit restaurant dining room during service

Product · August 11, 2026 · 2 min read

A register that talks to your floor — the Tablejoy POS, in early access

Courses, split bills, till sessions with Z-reports and clean revenue reporting — a full POS that shares its menu and guests with reservations and ordering. Now in early access.

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Two warm geometric forms meeting in the centre — a visual nod to partnership

Product · May 26, 2026 · 2 min read

Become a Tablejoy partner — bring better reservations to your clients

We're opening up Tablejoy to integrators, agencies and POS providers. Resell or recommend Tablejoy to your hospitality clients and earn a recurring commission on every restaurant you bring in.

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Glowing constellation of connected nodes representing a restaurant group

Product · May 25, 2026 · 2 min read

One brand, many restaurants — meet Tablejoy Groups

Groups let you manage multiple restaurants under one umbrella: one team, one place to switch between locations, and a public landing page that ties them together.

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Soft cream and amber composition of floating UI elements: search bar, bell, cards

Product · May 24, 2026 · 2 min read

Small updates, big quality-of-life — what shipped this month

A roundup of the smaller things we shipped recently: a universal search, large-party blocking, granular notification preferences, and daily/weekly summaries for your team.

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Top-down view of chefs plating dishes on a warmly lit kitchen pass

Guide · May 21, 2026 · 4 min read

How to improve restaurant operations: a practical guide

A no-fluff guide to tightening every part of service — floor plans, capacity, turn times, prep, and guest data — without buying ten new tools.

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Top-down view of a restaurant floor plan with glowing AI connections between tables

Product · May 20, 2026 · 2 min read

AI table management — let the floor plan itself

Tablejoy's new AI planner takes a service full of reservations and lays them out across your floor in seconds — respecting VIPs, preferred tables, turn times and the real shape of the room.

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Chef plating a dish in a candlelit restaurant

Product · May 20, 2026 · 1 min read

Introducing Tablejoy — reservations that live on your site

Today we're launching Tablejoy: a drop-in booking widget that matches your brand, runs anywhere, and gives your team a real dashboard behind it.

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