Use the Reservations app

The book and nothing else, at /app/{restaurant}/reservations, installable on a phone.

The Reservations app is the book and nothing else: no sidebar, no floor dock, no other screen. It is made for the person who answers the phone and takes bookings, and it works on a phone as well as a tablet.

Pro

The Reservations app is part of Bookings, which is a Pro feature. On Free it opens to the Bookings preview with Get Pro.

The Reservations app on a phone: tiles for people booked, seats left and requests, the date bar, a booking card with Finish, and a tab bar with Today, Floor, New, Walk-in and Search — The Reservations app on a phone. The day's numbers, the bookings, and the tab bar under your thumb.

Open it

1
From the dashboard
Choose Service & Reservations at the foot of the sidebar → Reservations.
2
From its own address
Go to /app/{restaurant}/reservations on the phone or tablet. Bookmark it, or use your browser's Add to Home Screen to install it as an app.

Someone whose only role is Reservations lands here straight after signing in.

Find your way around

On a phone, a tab bar sits at the bottom. On a tablet and up, the app's top bar carries the same things.

Todaytab

The day's book, with the date bar and the List, Timeline and Floor views.

Floortab

The floor plan with who is booked on each table.

Newtab

Opens New booking. The solid button in the middle.

Walk-intab

Seat a party that just walked in.

Searchtab

Find a booking on any date by name, phone or booking code.

Two gestures make it feel like an app on a phone:

Swipe left or right to move between days.
Pull down at the top of the list to refresh. The app says Pull to refresh, then Let go to refresh.

The tiles at the top show People booked, Seats left and Requests for the day. A booking card shows the time, party, table and status, with the next action as a button (for example Seat or Finish).

Give someone the Reservations role

Reservations is a ready-made role: "Takes bookings, sees only the book". It holds one permission, Take, seat and cancel bookings, and nothing else on the floor or in the dashboard.

1
Create the role
Go to Settings → Roles, press New role and start from the Reservations template. Save it.
2
Give it to a team member
In Settings → Members, invite the person or change their role to Reservations.

A member with a read-only role sees the book but gets no New or Walk-in tab. Team members beyond the owner are part of Pro.