The floor plan and tables
The floor plan is how your restaurant is represented in Service: its rooms, sections, and tables. It is what lets Service place reservations on the right tables and compute your availability. You configure it under .
The building blocks
Section titled “The building blocks”The floor plan
Section titled “The floor plan”A restaurant can have several floor plans (for example a summer plan with the terrace and a winter plan). One of them is the default plan. Use Manage floor plans to create and organize them.
Sections
Section titled “Sections”A section groups tables from the same area. Each section has an Area type: Indoor, Outdoor, Terrace, Bar, Lounge, Private room, Patio, or Rooftop. From the editor, Add section creates a new area whose outline you draw.
Tables
Section titled “Tables”Each table has:
- a Name (for example
T1), - a Section,
- a Type (round, square, rectangle… with a number of seats),
- a minimum and maximum Capacity,
- the Bookable online option.
Combinations
Section titled “Combinations”A combination groups several tables to seat a large party. You manage them under Combinations (Add combination). Without a combination defined, Service cannot seat a party larger than your biggest table.
Assignment priority
Section titled “Assignment priority”The Assignation priority screen sets the order in which Service offers tables. The Assignation mode offers two choices:
- Automatic — Service assigns tables automatically to maximize occupancy. In automatic mode, Section ranking lets you prioritize tables by section: turn it on and rank your sections to, for example, fill the indoor room before the terrace. Turned off, tables are ranked globally to maximize capacity.
- Manual — you set the tables’ Priority order yourself by reordering them one by one.