Live, or any time
In Live mode the map follows the clock. Pick any date and time to see the room as it will be, such as tonight at 21:00.
Table management
Table management software for restaurants
Draw your floor plan once. Bookanty gives every booking the best free table and shows your team the whole room, from the first arrival to the last free table.
Live table map
The whole room at a glance
Move the clock, filter by status or area, and click a table to seat guests, free it or seat a walk-in. This is how the map behaves in Bookanty, shown with a demo restaurant.
Interactive demo
The interactive table map needs JavaScript. In Bookanty, each table shows as Available, Reserved today, Reserved or Occupied, and you can seat guests, free tables and seat walk-ins from the map.
Held before arrival
A booked table shows as Reserved from one reservation length before the guests arrive, so it isn’t given away just before they come.
Counters that matter
Tables available, reserved and occupied, plus covers: guests at their tables compared with your total seats.
Floor or list
Switch to a list with table, area, seats, status, guest, time and notes, or hover a table on the floor for its details.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Available | No open booking for this table on the day shown. |
| Reserved today | The table has a booking today, but not at the time shown. |
| Reserved | A booking is due, and the table is held for it. |
| Occupied | The guests are seated. |
Automatic table assignment
The right table, without thinking about it
When a booking comes in, Bookanty picks the table for you. Change the party size, time or area and watch how the tables rank.
Interactive demo
Example: a party of 2 in the dining room at 21:00 gets T6, a two-seat table with priority 1, because the smallest table that fits comes first and priority breaks the tie.
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Tables that fit
Only tables in the booking’s area that seat the whole party, and whose minimum party size is met.
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Smallest first
The table with the fewest seats comes first, so large tables stay free for large groups.
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Your priorities
Among tables of the same size, priority 1 comes first, then 2 and so on. Priority 0 means no preference.
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No clashes
Tables with an open booking that overlaps the new one are skipped. If nothing fits, the booking is still saved, without a table.
Floor plan configurator
Draw your real room once
Start from your areas, drag in tables and obstacles, and save. The live map and automatic assignment both work from your plan.
- New builds a first draft with one walled zone per area, each in its own colour.
- Drag in round and rectangular tables, walls, doors, pillars, counters and planters.
- Move, resize and rotate with handles. Snap lines items up and rotates them in 15° steps.
- Set each table’s ID, area, seats (1–12), minimum party and priority.
- Your draft is kept in the browser while you work. Save makes it the active plan.
- Export or import the plan as JSON, for a backup or to start another venue.
Built for service
Made for the busiest hour of the night
Walk-ins
Leave the name empty and the party is seated straight away as a walk-in.
A warning before you squeeze in
If the party is larger than the table, Bookanty asks for confirmation before going ahead.
Seat and free
Seat reserved guests when they arrive. Free table finishes the booking and frees the table.
One set of bookings
Everything done on the map updates the same bookings shown in the booking list and on the dashboard.
Export the day
Export the day’s table occupations as JSON for your own records.
On when you need it
Table management is off by default. Turn it on for your venue whenever you’re ready.
FAQ
Table management questions
Do I need table management to use Bookanty?
No. Table management is optional and off by default. Cover and table-count limits per area work without a floor plan. Turn it on when you want the live map and automatic table assignment.
How does Bookanty choose a table?
It looks at tables in the booking’s area that seat the whole party and whose minimum is met, picks the one with the fewest seats, uses your priorities to break ties and skips any table with a clashing booking.
Can I keep certain tables for larger groups?
Yes. Give a table a minimum number of guests and smaller parties won’t be assigned to it. Because the smallest fitting table is always chosen first, large tables also stay free for large groups.
Can I seat walk-ins from the table map?
Yes. Click a free table, set the number of guests and leave the name empty: the party is seated straight away as a walk-in.
What if a party is bigger than any table?
Automatic assignment only uses tables that seat the whole party, so the booking is saved without a table. On the map you can still seat a party at any table; Bookanty asks for confirmation when the party is larger than the table.
Put your floor plan to work
Try Bookanty free for 6 months, with no obligation and nothing to install.