How It Works
Make a Rezzy is a subscription-free restaurant booking system built for small and independent restaurants in the United States. We started it because the big platforms were built to do one thing: own your diners and rent them back to you, month after month.
You spent years building your name. Why hand it to a directory that lists the place down the road in the same breath? With Make a Rezzy, diners book with you — on your own website, your social profiles, and your Google listing. Your branding, your guest list, your relationship. You stay in control of the whole journey.
And you only pay when we actually fill a seat: just $1.25 per cover, with no monthly subscription and no long-term contract. For bookings made through your own website, social media, or search engines, your fees are capped at $125 per month — so your busiest nights never cost you more.
Stop paying a platform to stand between you and your regulars. Own your bookings, own your data, and keep more of your hard-earned revenue where it belongs — in your business.
Built to put you back in control
Make a Rezzy isn't a stripped-back budget tool — it's a full booking engine with the premium features the big platforms charge a fortune for. The difference: every one of them is included, and every one of them works for you, not against you.
Own Your Brand & Journey
Get a fully branded booking widget and landing page that drop straight into your existing site — WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, Shopify, or plain HTML. Add it to your Instagram bio and Google profile, and every booking lands under your business' name, not someone else's.
Own Your Guest Data
Your guest list belongs to you. Every booking builds a real CRM profile — visit history, preferences, allergies, and tags for your regulars. Export it any time. We never hoard your diners or charge you to reach them.
Command the Room
Run service from a Live Floor Plan with real-time table statuses, drag-and-drop calendar reassignments, and walk-ins added without breaking stride. Your Analytics dashboard forecasts occupancy so you can staff with confidence.
Protect Your Revenue
Take deposits to secure large groups and peak slots, and sell tickets for events, supper clubs and set menus up front. The flaky bookings either commit or free the table for someone who will.
Hands-Off Guest Comms
The moment a diner books, they get an instant confirmation. Cancel, and the slot reopens automatically. A day or two after they've dined, Make a Rezzy automatically invites them to leave a review — building star ratings on your own listing.
Pricing That's On Your Side
No subscription. No per-feature upsell. You pay $1.25 per seated cover, capped at $125 a month for direct bookings. Quiet month? You pay next to nothing. Booming month? You're capped. Zero risk.
Is This Just Another Restaurant Reservations Platform?
It's easy to assume that Make a Rezzy is just another reservation service in a crowded market. You might wonder, "Is this like OpenTable or Resy, trying to replace my existing setup and take a cut of my profits?" We get the scepticism - many platforms do operate that way. But that's not the case with Make a Rezzy. We're here to complement your current setup and help you grow by bringing in more diners.
Works alongside your existing reservations system
Keep your current reservation workflow — we won't ask you to rip out what you have. Whether you use a system like Resy or SevenRooms, a simple Google calendar, or even a pen-and-paper booking diary, you can keep it. Make a Rezzy simply acts as an additional channel to attract online bookings.
No subscription fee
There are no monthly software fees with Make a Rezzy. Many reservation systems charge hefty monthly subscriptions regardless of whether they bring you customers; we think that's unfair. With us, if our platform doesn't send you diners, you don't pay a cent.
Flat fee of just $1.25 per cover booked
We charge a flat $1.25 for each guest who books and actually dines. For bookings made through your own website, social media, or search engines, your fees are capped at $125 per month. Predictable costs for your budget.
Your diners stay yours
Every booking builds your own guest list — names, contact details, full history. We don't lock it away or charge you to export it. You own the relationship, so you can turn first-timers into regulars without paying a toll each time they come back.
Excellent customer service and support
When you partner with Make a Rezzy, you get direct, personal support from our UK-based team. No call centres or week-long waits for a reply - you'll have a real, friendly person ready to help every step of the way.
Lives anywhere on the open web
One line of embed code drops your booking widget into WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, Shopify, or plain HTML — plus your Instagram bio and Google profile. Diners book where they already find you, with no app to download and no marketplace to get lost in.
Command the room in real time
Service moves faster than a list of names ever could. The Live Floor Plan shows you the room as it actually is — which tables are seated, finishing, turning, or free — so you can see your whole night at a glance.
Drag bookings between tables and timeslots on the calendar when a party of two becomes four. Add walk-ins and phone bookings in seconds. Set your party sizes, booking windows and seating intervals exactly how your dining room flows — your restaurant, your rules, without the complexity.
And your Analytics dashboard does the forecasting: occupancy trends, covers and turn times that tell you how to staff next Friday. The data is yours, and it works for you.
Protect your revenue from no-shows
A no-show on a Saturday isn't a missed booking — it's a table you turned covers away for, gone for the night. Make a Rezzy gives you the tools to stop eating that cost.
Take deposits to secure your large groups and highest-demand slots, so the bookings most likely to flake either commit or free the table for someone who will. You set the terms.
Running a supper club, tasting menu or set-menu night? Sell tickets for events and take payment up front. You fill the room with diners who've already paid — and protect the revenue you've planned your service around.
Stay in touch without lifting a finger
Running a restaurant keeps you busy enough. Make a Rezzy handles the routine guest communication for you, so you can focus on what you do best — the food and the room.
The moment a diner books through your booking widget, they receive an instant confirmation email with all the details. Cancel, and they're notified automatically while the slot reopens for someone else. Need to move or modify a booking by hand? It takes two taps.
And a day or two after the visit, Make a Rezzy automatically invites your guest to leave a review — building a star rating and real social proof on your own Make a Rezzy listing, where the next diner is deciding where to book. It's your reputation, working for you on autopilot.
What Our Restaurant Partners Say
"We've saved £250 per month in fees since switching to Make a Rezzy seven months ago, without seeing any drop in bookings.
Switching has been a smart move, and on top of that the transition was smooth, the platform's extra features have made managing our reservations much easier.
Definitely recommend it!"
The marketplaces work for themselves. We work for you.
The quickest way to see the difference is a short walkthrough. We'll show you how direct bookings work, how your staff manage the floor, and exactly what it would cost based on your typical covers.
Book a 10-minute walkthroughNo contracts. No pressure. If it's not a fit, we'll tell you.