nollie
Our own product, so read it last. Bookings on your own page, one guest list, and the campaigns sent from it. £99 a month to 500 covers, then £179 and £279, per venue, no per-cover fees.
Best restaurant booking system, UK 2026: 13 compared
nollie is the booking system with marketing built in, at £99 a month, no per-cover fees. OpenTable, ResDiary, SevenRooms and TheFork Manager quote rather than publish. Access Collins starts at £149 per site, simpleERB at £21, Seatly at £59, Tablein at £60, NomNom at £29.99. Resos publishes euro, Eat App dollars, Tableo no sterling at all.
By Jordan Foord, Founder & CEO of nollie
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How we evaluated.
We read each vendor’s own pricing page and recorded what it says: the wording, the address and the day we read it. Only a figure a vendor publishes itself reaches the price column. Where a page geo-switches or draws its currency in JavaScript, we say so rather than borrow a number from a rival. We score nobody out of ten.
How to read the price column
- Published
- on the vendor’s own site, read there. Only these are stated as fact.
- Quote only
- the vendor publishes no figure, so the cell says so.
- Last published
- withdrawn or contradicted since. Never repeated as a current price.
- Reseller-reported
- only on a reseller’s or rival’s page. Attributed by name, or left out.
With no row to stand on, a cell says “Not published” or “Ask the vendor”: we hold no verified source, not that the vendor lacks the feature.
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Thirteen systems, side by side.
| System | Headline price | Per-cover fee | Contract | Marketing built in | Diner marketplace | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nollie | £99 a monthSource: our own price | None | See terms | Yes, email included | No, your own page | Bookings and marketing in one |
| OpenTable | Quote onlySource: quote only | Yes, seated network diners | One year, auto-renews | Ask the vendor | Yes | Being found by new diners |
| ResDiary | Quote onlySource: quote only | No commission | Not published | Paid add-on, on its Singapore price list | Yes, Dish Cult | A commission-free diary |
| SevenRooms | Quote onlySource: quote only | None on its marketplace | Not published | Ask the vendor | Yes, DoorDash and Deliveroo | Quoted packages |
| TheFork Manager | Quote onlySource: quote only | No, a share of the bill | Not published | Ask the vendor | Yes | Marketplace reach |
| Access Collins | From £149 per siteSource: published | 0%, its own table | Not published | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | A published UK price |
| Resos | Euro only, from €45Source: published | Ask the vendor | Not published | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | Euro billing, free tier |
| simpleERB | From £21Source: published | Ask the vendor | Billed monthly or yearly | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | The lowest published sterling plan |
| Tablein | From £60Source: published | None via Google Reserve | Billed monthly | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | Predictable volume |
| Tableo | Not published in sterlingSource: not published | Commission-free | Billed monthly or yearly | Email allowance included | Ask the vendor | Starting on a free tier |
| Eat App | Dollars only, from $99Source: published | Ask the vendor | Billed monthly or yearly | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | One guest record, many venues |
| NomNom | £29.99, plus VATSource: published | Ask the vendor | No contract | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | One venue, one price |
| Seatly | From £59, plus VATSource: published | Ask the vendor | Monthly rolling | Ask the vendor | Ask the vendor | Two or three sites |
Every competitor figure above is as published on each vendor’s site, checked September 2026. Confirm with the vendor before you sign. nollie’s SMS add-on is £39 a month.
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What each one actually is.
OpenTable
OpenTable prices neither main plan in public; both answer “Contact us for pricing”. Its standard contract runs a year and auto-renews annually unless you give 30 days’ notice before the renewal date. Cover fees reach only the seated diners it sent you, and no amount is published. The one UK figure that is published is the SMS add-on, at £19 a month.
When OpenTable is the right choice
If being found by people who have never heard of your room is the job, OpenTable sells exactly that. Get the fee in writing.
ResDiary
ResDiary publishes no sterling plan price on its pricing page. It does publish its commission posture: none on a booking, whatever channel it came through, Dish Cult included. A 1% surcharge applies to deposits and payments.
When ResDiary is the right choice
If a proven, commission-free diary is all you want, ResDiary is a fair call on its own merits.
SevenRooms
SevenRooms prices none of its four packages in public: Starter, Growth, Premium and Essential Operations each answer “Get a quote”. Its DoorDash and Deliveroo marketplace carries no cover fees.
When SevenRooms is the right choice
SevenRooms quotes for its four named packages rather than publishing prices, so it suits a buyer who expects to be quoted.
TheFork Manager
Two plans, Performance and Enterprise, neither priced: both say “Ask for pricing”. The fee on a reservation TheFork sends is set as a percentage of the average bill per guest, and no percentage is published. Its free widget takes bookings commission-free.
When TheFork Manager is the right choice
A large marketplace puts you in front of people already planning a meal out, and charges only for those.
Access Collins
Access Collins Evo publishes a sterling price, which most large incumbents do not: from £149 a month, per site, depending on site type, size and features. Its own table puts Collins at 0% commission.
When Access Collins is the right choice
If you want a published UK price from a large supplier, Collins is the straightforward pick.
Resos
Resos prices in euro: a free tier capped at 25 bookings a month, then €45, €85 and €125. A sterling switcher exists, but no pound figure reaches the served page. Resos also owns a guide that ranks it.
When Resos is the right choice
For a small room that wants a real free tier and can live with euro billing.
simpleERB
simpleERB publishes a plain UK price list: £21 a month to 300 covers, £47 to 1,200, and £80 for unlimited covers with payments included.
When simpleERB is the right choice
If your covers are modest, simpleERB is the lowest published sterling plan price on this page.
Tablein
Tablein publishes sterling beside euro: £60, £105 and £157 a month, per restaurant, billed monthly, with reservation allowances below the top tier and multi-site discounts published rather than negotiated. Its FAQ contradicts its own cards on the overage rate, so we quote neither.
When Tablein is the right choice
If your volume is steady, an allowance beats a fee on every diner, and Tablein is easy to model.
Tableo
Tableo publishes a free tier for up to 100 covers a month and three paid plans above it, with reservations commission-free on every channel, Reserve with Google included. It publishes no sterling price: its UK address redirects to a US page, and the currency symbol is drawn by JavaScript.
When Tableo is the right choice
A free way to begin, on a sterling price you will have to ask for.
Eat App
Eat App publishes in US dollars only, with no sterling anywhere: $99, $199 and $389 a month, above a free plan capped at 100 guests and a 14-day trial. Enterprise is quoted, for groups of eight or more venues on one guest record.
When Eat App is the right choice
If you run a group and want one guest record across every venue, that is what Eat App sells.
NomNom
NomNom publishes one plan at one price: £29.99 a month per venue plus VAT, with a 14-day free trial and no contract. A lower figure in search caches is out of date, and its comparison pages carry rival figures those rivals never published.
When NomNom is the right choice
If you want a diary and nothing else, NomNom asks least of you.
Seatly
Seatly publishes £59, £89 and £129 a month excluding VAT, on a monthly rolling term, with extra sites at £49 each. It also publishes the sourcing legend these four labels come from.
When Seatly is the right choice
If you run two or three sites and want the per-site cost priced up front, Seatly makes that easy.
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Best by venue type.
- One room, quiet midweek
- The published-price end of the table: simpleERB, NomNom, or a free tier from Resos or Tableo. nollie if you want the marketing beside the bookings.
- One room, chasing new faces
- A marketplace earns its fee here. OpenTable or TheFork Manager, with the fee basis understood before you sign.
- Two to five sites
- Seatly prices extra sites up front, Access Collins publishes a per-site figure, Tablein discounts by location, nollie prices per venue.
- A group on one guest record
- Eat App quotes its Enterprise tier for groups of eight or more venues on one guest record.
- Steady volume, no surprises
- Tablein’s reservation allowances, or a flat monthly price per venue.
nollie makes a competing product. Read this the way you would read anything written by a rival.
Also useful: compare booking systems, what a booking system should do, who nollie is for, pricing and switching.
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Questions operators ask.
How do I choose a restaurant booking system?
Ask four questions. Bookings only, or bookings and the marketing that fills the room? A flat monthly price, or a fee on every diner? Do guest details land in your list or a marketplace’s? And how much help do you get moving across?
Which UK booking systems publish their prices?
Access Collins, Tablein, Seatly, simpleERB, NomNom and nollie publish sterling prices on their own sites. OpenTable, ResDiary, SevenRooms and TheFork Manager quote instead. Resos publishes euro, Eat App US dollars, and Tableo amounts with no currency attached.
What does a booking system cost in the UK?
The published sterling prices here run from £21 a month to £149 a month per site; the systems that quote sit inside and above that. nollie is £99 a month per venue to 500 covers, with no per-cover fees.
Do booking systems charge per cover?
Some do, and not all on the same basis. OpenTable charges cover fees only for diners who find you through OpenTable, and only for the ones who are seated; a booking taken on your own site or over the phone is not charged. It publishes no per-cover amount. TheFork charges on a different basis: its pricing page states “Fee based on a percentage of your average bill per guest”, and reservations from your own website, Instagram and Facebook are included at no fee. It publishes no percentage. ResDiary charges no commission on a booking, whatever channel it came through, and nollie is a flat monthly price per venue with no per-cover fees.
Is switching booking systems safe?
Yes, done properly. A good move imports your guests, sets up your page and swaps your links, venue by venue, with a rollback if you need one.
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