Hospitality AppConceptTablefolk
Ordering, table booking and loyalty for independent restaurants.
A branded restaurant app: menu browsing, table booking, order-ahead and table ordering, and a points-based loyalty programme the restaurant owns.
- Category
- Hospitality · Mobile App
- Designed for
- iOS & Android
Why Tablefolk exists
The problem
Independent restaurants pay heavy marketplace commissions, lose the customer relationship and juggle separate tools for bookings, orders and loyalty.
The product
Tablefolk gives a restaurant its own app for bookings, order-ahead, table ordering and loyalty, so guests come back directly and margins stay with the restaurant.
Built for: Independent restaurants, cafés and small groups with one to twenty sites.
- Menu with dietary tags and modifiers
- Table booking by time, party size and seating
- Order-ahead for collection and at-table ordering
- Points-based loyalty and rewards
- Apple Pay, Google Pay and card payments
- Kitchen display and staff dashboard
Walkthrough
The Restaurant In Your Guest's Pocket
Designed to feel like the restaurant, not a marketplace: its menu, its rooms, its rewards.
- 01
Menu
Categories, dietary tags, bestsellers and quick add, in the restaurant's own branding.
- 02
Table Booking
Party size, date, live time slots, seating area and special-occasion notes.
- 03
Order Ahead & At Table
Collection, delivery or table ordering with rewards applied and a ready time.
- 04
Rewards
Membership tiers, points balance, redeemable rewards and visit history.
Every screen
The full experience.
What makes it different
Owned Customers, Not Rented Ones
Every booking, order and loyalty point belongs to the restaurant's own customer list, ready for marketing it controls.
Branded Experience
The restaurant's own name, photography and tone of voice throughout.
Smart Availability
Booking slots reflect real table capacity and turn times.
Built-In Loyalty
Points on every visit and order, redeemable for rewards the restaurant chooses.
Commission-Free Orders
Direct ordering and payment with standard card fees only.
How it’s built
The technology stack.
The architecture we would build this on today, and why each piece earns its place.
- Mobile app
React Native with Expo · TypeScript
One codebase for iOS and Android with native performance
- Offline data
SQLite on device with background sync
The app keeps working with a weak or no signal
- API
NestJS on Node.js · PostgreSQL
Shared business rules with the web platform
- Notifications
APNs and FCM via Expo push
Timely alerts without a third-party marketing SDK
- Payments
Stripe with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Fast checkout and payouts without marketplace fees
- Real-time
WebSockets for live orders and table availability
Kitchen and guests see the same state instantly
- Release
EAS Build, over-the-air updates, staged store rollouts
Fixes reach users in hours, not store-review days
More inside
Book, Order, Come Back.
Everything a regular guest does, and everything the team needs behind it.
Staff Dashboard
Bookings, live orders and covers for the day in one view.
Guest Marketing
Birthday offers and win-back messages to the restaurant's own customer list.
What comes next
On the roadmap.
What a second release would add once the first one is in real users’ hands.
- 01Kitchen display system
- 02Gift cards
- 03Multi-site groups with shared loyalty
- 04Waitlist for walk-ins
- 05POS integrations
Related
Services and industries behind this work.
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Need Something Like This?
This is concept work: the product design, screens and architecture we would start from. If your business needs a restaurant, café or hospitality app, we can scope a first release with you, usually within a week.
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