Print your QR sign for the host stand or front window. Guests scan it, see the live wait, and add themselves to the list from their own phone — then wander to the bar or down the block until their table-ready text arrives.
The join page is a plain web page — nothing to download, nothing to sign up for. Guests enter a name and party size; a phone number is optional. The wait time they see is your live quote, automatic from your seating pace or set by your host with one tap.
Guests choose texting by ticking the box themselves on their own phone — the documented, voluntary consent US carriers require for business texting. A number your host types in is never texted; the tablet marks those guests so staff know to call their name instead. If a guest changes their mind, rescanning with the same number keeps their place in line and records their opt-in.
One toggle takes the join page down instantly. If a printed code ever leaks or gets abused, generate a fresh one — every old sign dies at that moment, and your new sign is a click away. Guest replies to your texts land back on the kiosk, so “on our way!” reaches your host, not a void.
No. Guests can join with just a name and party size — your host calls their name the old-fashioned way. The number and the text-me box are optional.
Texts are 2¢ each from your credit balance, and your account starts with 100 included. The table-ready message fits in one text.
The join page only accepts parties during your open days and service windows, so nobody queues for a kitchen that is not open.
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