Tips, guides, and industry insights to help you manage reservations, reduce no-shows, and grow your restaurant business.
No-shows cost the restaurant industry billions annually. Learn proven strategies including automated confirmations, deposit policies, and waitlist management to dramatically reduce your no-show rate.
A comprehensive comparison of the top restaurant reservation platforms including Stolio, OpenTable, Resy, and TheFork. Compare pricing, features, and find the best fit for your restaurant.
Strategic table placement and dynamic floor plan management can increase your seating capacity by up to 25%. Learn how visual floor planning tools help maximize revenue per square meter.
Step-by-step guide to enabling Reserve with Google for your restaurant. Accept bookings directly from Google Search and Google Maps to increase reservations by up to 30%.
From no-show rates to peak hour occupancy, discover the key performance metrics that successful restaurant operators monitor daily to optimize their business.
Per-cover fees add up fast. Learn why hundreds of restaurants are moving to commission-free reservation systems and how much they're saving annually.
Side-by-side comparison of Stolio against OpenTable, Bookio, RESTU, TheFork, DISH.co, Resy, SevenRooms and Tock. See why independent restaurants choose Stolio for commission-free reservations, visual floor plans, and Google Reserve.
Stolio now integrates natively with Syrve POS. Tables, reservations, and changes sync automatically in real time — guests can pick their own table, and your staff never re-enter anything twice.
Commission-based platforms charge for every seated guest — the busier you are, the more you pay. Here is the real math of commission vs. flat-fee reservation systems, with concrete numbers for a typical Czech restaurant.
Ten questions that separate a reservation system you will love from one you will fight with every service — pricing model, floor plan, Google bookings, POS sync, guest data ownership, and more.