A SevenRooms alternative you can set up yourself, this afternoon

Two ways to open for business

SevenRooms' own pricing FAQ says setup works like this: "outside of the monthly subscription, SevenRooms charges a one-time setup fee", and once you sign on you get "a white-glove 1:1 onboarding with a dedicated support member" and "a customized venue floorplan" built for you, arriving, in their words, "within a few weeks".

Ours is the other shape entirely. No setup fee, no dedicated onboarding queue to wait in, and the floor plan is something you build yourself with the bulk table tool, the same day you sign up.

Genuinely the right process for a group that needs it. It is also a multi-week project, and most independent venues do not have a multi-week project's worth of setup to do.

What the setup fee and the weeks are actually buying

For a multi-venue group or a high-end brand with real complexity, a dedicated onboarding team and a floorplan built by someone else is worth paying for and worth the wait. That is a coherent product for that buyer, and this page is not arguing otherwise.

For everyone else, the same job is one action: name a run of tables, set the seat range, and up to 50 land on the floor at once, auto-arranged and ready to drag into place. No setup fee changes hands either way.

Function enquiries, in SevenRooms’ own words

SevenRooms’ own blog names the exact problem our enquiry inbox exists to answer, almost word for word: "what should be a smooth, high-value transaction is still handled through inquiry forms, inboxes, spreadsheets and manual, back-and-forth coordination."

Above your online party limit, the booking page replaces the time grid with an enquiry form instead of turning the guest away. Their message becomes a real thread in the same inbox as your bookings, and converts into a held reservation from the same screen once you have agreed the details, without anyone retyping a phone number.