MinutkaRestaurant waitlist without pagers or an app
Guests scan a QR code at the door, say how many they are and walk off for a drink or a stroll. The host sees every party with its size, calls the right one when a table frees up, and the guest gets Your table is ready on their phone while the board at the door says it out loud. No buzzers to hand out and collect, no names shouted across the room, no app for guests to install.
- Free for one location
- No terminal, no installation
- No app for your visitors
Sound familiar?
A crowd blocking the door
On a Friday night the entrance fills with people waiting for tables. New guests cannot get in, and the ones waiting keep asking the host how long.
Pagers that walk away
Coaster pagers cost money, run out of battery and go home in pockets. And they only work within a short range of the door.
Guests who give up
Without a clear wait time, people leave for the place next door, or they put their name down at three restaurants and never come back.
How this works where you are
Create a queue from the Restaurant template
It asks each guest how many they are, names your host stand, labels the board Waiting for a table and Your table is ready, and sends a heads-up when one party is ahead.
A QR code at the door, a tablet at the host stand
Guests join from their phone, and the host adds walk-ins without a phone by hand. A tablet by the door can also work as a kiosk.
Call the party whose table is free
Tap Next for the party at the front, or Invite from queue to seat the party that fits a free table for six. The guest gets a Telegram message or a browser push.
What you will actually use
Party size on every ticket
Guests pick how many they are when they join, and the host sees the number next to each ticket. The line counts parties, so a guest sees three parties ahead rather than twelve people. Included in the free plan.
Seat the party that fits
Invite from queue lets the host call any party, not only the next one, when a table for two or for six frees up. Everyone else keeps their place.
On my way or running late
The guest answers from the ticket page with one tap: On my way, I’m here or Running late. The host can write a short message too, and the guest can reply.
A board at the door
Any TV or tablet shows who is next and announces Guest number 27, your table is ready out loud. Included in the free plan.
Join on the way
With Join in advance switched on, people can take a number on the way, but staff cannot call them until they tap I’m here inside the radius; their place is kept meanwhile. Included in the free plan.
Reviews after dinner
After the visit guests rate it. Happy guests are sent to your review page, unhappy ones write to you directly.
What it costs
You pay for windows, not for locations or visitors, with no hardware and no setup fee. One or two desks run free.
Common questions
No. Scanning the QR code opens the line in the phone browser, with no app and no signup. People see their number, how many are ahead and roughly how long it will take.
Yes, on the Business plan: guests book a time slot, get a reminder and can move the booking themselves. On Business Pro booked guests and walk-ins share one line, so the host sees both in a single list.
It starts from the average time per table you set (20 minutes in the template) and follows how fast parties are actually being seated that evening. Guests see how many parties are ahead and an estimate in minutes.
Your staff can add that person to the line by hand in one tap, or you can put a tablet by the door as a kiosk: press the button, get a number, print a paper ticket if you want one. The board calls numbers out loud, so nobody has to watch a screen.
One or two desks run free: up to two windows per account and two staff accounts per queue, notifications via Telegram and browser push, a display board with voice call-ups, a kiosk and daily stats. Business is $49 a month for 10 windows and adds services with routing, appointments, your own branding and analytics over any period. Business Pro is $79 a month for 30 windows: no badge from us, Excel export, forecasting, a network of branches and integrations. Extra windows are added one at a time; you pay for windows, not for locations or visitors. Business Pro is on for 5 days when you sign up, and no card is asked for.
Try it at your place
Free, no signup. A minute from now you will have a QR poster and a display board.
Create a queue from the Restaurant template