Reservations and private dining enquiries for Holywood restaurants
Everyday tables and an exclusive evening are not the same request. A Holywood restaurant can offer bookable table slots while collecting private dining enquiries to check and quote individually.
Built for: restaurants, cafés, wine bars with food, private dining venues.
Illustrative example
Example: a private dining enquiry
This is an example of how the workflow runs, not a description of a specific Holywood business.
- 1
A guest fills in the private hire form with the date, number of guests and any notes.
- 2
You receive the enquiry with everything needed to reply with a quote.
- 3
Regular table bookings keep coming in through the reservation slots you set.
- 4
Once the private date is agreed, you block any table slots that should no longer be offered.
Private dining without closing everyday tables
Table reservations
Everyday tables are booked into the times you open, with an alert for each one.
Reservations →Private hire and event enquiries
Private dining requests arrive as enquiries, so you check the date and quote before agreeing anything.
Private hire enquiries →Gift cards on your site
Guests who want to treat someone can buy a gift card online at any hour.
Gift cards →A private dining request is not a reservation
- 1.Opens the private hire form
- 2.Gives the date, guest numbers and occasion
- 3.Adds notes such as dietary needs
- 4.Waits for your reply and quote
Protecting a date for a private party
- ✓Open the times you want to take tables, and close the rest.
- ✓Block an evening once a private booking is agreed.
- ✓Reply to private hire enquiries with your own quote.
- ✓Mark guests as no-shows to keep an honest record.
Built in Belfast
What setup involves
For a Holywood restaurant, setup means your table booking times, a private hire form with the questions and add-ons you want, and gift card amounts.
Remote from Belfast, video handover, on-site visits quoted.
FAQs
Questions from Holywood venues
Are private dining requests confirmed automatically?+
No. They arrive as enquiries with the date, guest numbers, add-ons and notes, so you confirm and quote first.
Private hire enquiries →Can I stop people booking a night I have given to a private party?+
Yes. Block the evening in the dashboard and those times disappear from the booking page.
Can ordinary guests still book while I consider an enquiry?+
Yes, unless you block those times. An enquiry does not automatically close table availability. Once you agree a date, block the relevant slots yourself.
Reservations →Want to talk it through?
Tell us how your venue trades and we will suggest the right plan.