Built for the host stand.
SeatNow turns the wait into a warm welcome. We make a waitlist your guests actually check — a live link that pings them the second their table's ready, so nobody hovers at the door and nobody gets forgotten.
The wait is part of the meal. We make it feel that way.
Every busy restaurant runs on a stack of small, stressful moments at the door: a name scrawled on a clipboard, a buzzer that dies in someone's pocket, a host shouting "Rodriguez, party of four?" across a full room. SeatNow exists to retire all of it — and to give the people running the floor a calmer, clearer way to seat a full house.
From clipboard to live link
SeatNow started with a simple frustration: the tools restaurants use to manage a wait haven't really changed in decades. Pagers break, get lost, and only work within a block of the building. Paper lists can't tell a guest where they stand or how long it'll really be. And every "table ready" hand-off depends on someone being within earshot at exactly the right moment.
We thought the answer should be obvious by now — the guest already has a phone in their pocket. So we built a waitlist where the host adds a party in seconds and the guest gets a live status link. They can step into the shop next door, watch their place in line climb in real time, and get pinged the instant their table opens up. No app to download, no hardware to buy, no deposit to lose.
The result is software that respects both sides of the door: guests feel looked after instead of stranded, and staff get a single, honest source of truth for who's waiting, who's been notified, and who's been seated.
Everything the front of house needs
One browser tab runs the whole wait — from the moment a party walks up to the moment they sit down.
Live waitlist
Add a guest in seconds and track the whole queue in real time. No refresh, no double-booking, no guessing who's next.
Table-ready alerts
One tap sends a "your table's ready" ping to the guest's own phone — no pagers to hand out, charge, or chase down.
Display board
Put a branded board on the lobby TV so guests can see exactly where they stand without crowding the host stand.
Customer history
Every guest builds a visit history automatically, so regulars get recognized and you learn how your room really flows.
Guest self-scan
A QR code lets guests add themselves to the waitlist and check their place — even when the host is slammed.
Honest pricing
A genuinely useful free plan, and Pro for the extras. No hardware fees, no per-cover charges, no long contracts.
The principles behind the product
Guests first
The wait should feel respectful, not anxious. Clear status and a reliable ping beat a buzzer every time.
No hardware
If it runs in a browser, it runs everywhere. We'd rather you spend on your room than on pagers and tablets.
Earn the floor's trust
Software for a busy shift has to be fast and dependable. We obsess over the small interactions staff repeat a hundred times a night.
Ditch the clipboard.
Start free in a couple of minutes. Add your first guest and see the wait turn into a warm welcome.