Booking a table
At restaurants that take online reservations, diners book a table on selflane.com, the restaurant's website or the apps: pick a party size, date and time under a seating option, pay any deposit, and get a confirmation with the booking details.
At a glance
- Where to find it
- consumer-site › selflane.com › Restaurant page › Book a table
- consumer-site › selflane.com › Account › Activity › Reservations
- Restaurant website › Reservation (phones: Book Table)
- Selflane Order app › Restaurant › Reserve
- Branded app › Reserve tab
What's included
Your Selflane account
One Selflane account works on selflane.com, every restaurant website and both kinds of app: the same profile, saved cards and saved contacts everywhere. Sign in with Google, Apple, or an email or phone number and password.
Joining a waitlist
At restaurants that run a waitlist, diners scan the restaurant's waitlist QR code or open its link, join with a name, mobile number and party size, and get a text when the table is ready. No account is needed.
- Each seating option (for example Dining room or Patio) shows its party-size range and any deposit per person. Times show in the restaurant's time zone; full times read "Sold Out".
- Paying: deposit times party size, plus any extras, tax and tip the restaurant uses. Without signing in you can pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay; a card, or a booking with nothing to pay, needs sign-in. Gift cards can't pay for reservations.
- After booking: the reservation details open, with a PDF receipt and Add to calendar for upcoming bookings. All your reservations are under Account › Reservations.
- Status: Booked, Seated, Completed or Cancelled.
- Reviews: in the apps, a past reservation can be reviewed once its time has passed.
- Changes: diners can't cancel or change a booking themselves; contact the restaurant. Deposit refunds follow the restaurant's refund policy, shown at booking.