Bookings on the real floor
A restaurant reservation system that knows your tables
A booking is worth something only if it lands on a table that exists. Here the book and the floor are the same screen.
Last reviewed 1 Oct 2026
- 1BookingA time, a party size and a guest, holding a table: Priya, three, T6
- 2Host decidesOver its cap the slot turns amber; the cap warns, it does not refuse
- 3T6 seatedSeated, no order: the booking holds the table until its first order
- 4T3 freeFree, 2 seats: open for the next walk-in on the waitlist
- 15 minslots on the timeline, each with a cover cap
- Amberwhen a slot goes over its cap; red at one and a half times
- Waitlistfor walk-ins, with the wait you quoted beside the wait so far
- Seateda booking becomes a table on the floor, ready for its order
Running26m
₹1,323
In kitchen12m
₹1,775
Free
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In kitchen3m
₹935
Bill printed1h 4m
₹987
Seated, no order2m
- T6 · Seated, no orderA party of three under Priya’s name, seated two minutes ago. The booking holds the table until its first order arrives.
- T3 · Free, 2 seatsOpen for a walk-in, or for a booking of two.
- T2 · In kitchen, 12mFive guests and eight items in service: not a table to promise to the next booking.
- T5 · Bill printedPaying up. Once it is paid and cleared, the next party can sit.
01At a glance
What the book does on a busy night
- A booking on a tableA reservation records the time, the party size and the guest, and can hold a particular table, so the corner four-top is not promised twice.
- Slots with a cover capThe evening runs in 15-minute slots. A slot over its cap turns amber, and red at one and a half times, before the host confirms one more.
- The host makes the callThe cap warns; it does not refuse. A host who knows the kitchen can still take the booking.
- Walk-ins on a waitlistEach walk-in waits on a list with the wait you quoted beside how long they have waited, so the host seats in order.
- Seat the bookingWhen the party arrives, seating the booking puts them on the table as Seated, no order, until the first order arrives.
- Guests are not messagedCountStand does not send guests reminders. Cancelling a booking says so on screen: the guest is not notified automatically.
02In detail
Why not keep a diary at the door?
A diary works until two things happen at once: a busy Friday and a host who did not take the booking. The diary lives at the desk, the floor lives in the manager’s head, and the kitchen hears about a party of twelve when they walk in.
With the book on the same floor the till bills from, a booking can hold the table it was promised, and the host stand sees the same tables as the captains. A seated booking shows on the floor straight away, so nobody sits a walk-in at a table that is already taken.
How does the cover cap protect the kitchen?
Overbooking rarely looks like overbooking. It looks like four reasonable bookings that all landed at 8:15 pm, and a kitchen that plates forty covers in a quarter of an hour. The timeline puts each slot’s covers against a cap you set and colours the slot when it goes over.
The colour is a warning, not a lock. The host can still take the booking, now knowing what it means. It is the same judgement a good host makes from memory, made from a number on a busy night.
03Questions
Questions about reservations
It can. A booking records the time, party size and guest, and can hold a particular table on your floor plan.
The slot turns amber on the timeline, and red at one and a half times. It warns the host; it does not refuse the booking.
Yes. Each walk-in goes on the waitlist with the wait you quote, shown beside how long they have waited.
No. CountStand does not message guests, and a cancelled booking is not notified automatically.
No. It is in every plan, from ₹2,999 a month per outlet.
Put the book on the floor
Reservations and the waitlist are in every plan. Apply for access, and we reply within two working days.
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