For buffet & AYCE

Covers in,
time on table out.

Per-head or weight-based pricing, hourly windows for AYCE, deposits on large parties. The host counts covers; the kitchen sees the wave; the till charges the right person.

UK rails. Works on iPads. Per-head, per-weight, per-hour: your call.

What changes on a Sunday

The sitting that runs itself.

Cover counts the door agrees with.

Adults, children, infants, comped: each priced separately, each counted. The till and the host stand are looking at the same number.

AYCE windows that close on time.

90-minute or 120-minute sittings, with a soft warning at the hour mark. Reservations book against capacity, not against vibes.

Refill traffic that doesn't trample the room.

Stagger second seatings, surface the busiest stations in real time, and time the kitchen's restocks to the wave.

Built for the buffet line

The toolkit, tuned for buffet.

Pricing

Per-head, per-age, per-policy

Adults, children, under-fives, seniors: priced and counted separately. Group rates and corporate rates on the same menu.

Weighed

Weight-based AYCE pricing

Hook a scale, weigh on plate, price per gram. Works for poke, salad bars, hot buffets: wherever the model fits.

Windows

Timed sittings without a stopwatch

Set a 90 or 120-minute window per booking. Soft warning at the hour, gentle nudge near the end. Capacity caps prevent overbooking.

Bookings

Deposits on large parties

Take a card at booking, set a minimum spend, settle or release on policy. No more 12-tops walking out at 8pm.

Refills

Station traffic in real time

See which station is slammed, when refills landed, and what's still empty. The host can hold the next sitting if it needs another five.

Pace

Stagger second seatings

Reservations are spread across the window, not stacked. The pass and the buffet line breathe.

Sunday lunch, 13:45

The refill landed before the queue reached the carvery.

TablePortIn service

Sunday lunch, 13:45

Two parties of eight,
same sitting, no queue.

Both parties booked for the 13:30 window. The host seats them on arrival; the till already knows they're per-head. The kitchen has a heads-up on the wave; the refill at the carvery lands ten minutes before they reach it.

Buffet & AYCE answers

About buffet on TablePort.

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