Every so often a feature jumps the queue. NomNom Web — the full reservations app, running right in your web browser — was something we'd earmarked for later down the road. Then the requests started coming in, thicker and faster than we expected, and we realised our customers were telling us something loud and clear: this is the one you should build next.
So we bumped it up the list. And we're thrilled with how it's shaping up. Today we want to give you a first look — because a beta version is landing next week.
What is NomNom Web?
It's exactly what it sounds like: NomNom, opened in a browser tab. No app to download, no store to visit, no installer to run. You go to a web address, sign in with your usual details, and there's your diary — the same bookings, the same tables, the same live view your team already knows.
If you've got a computer with a web browser, you've got NomNom. That means a Windows PC, a Mac, a Chromebook — the machine that's already sitting on your reservations desk. Nothing to install, nothing to keep updated, nothing new to learn.
Sign in with the details you already use — and your diary is right there in the browser.
The answer to a question we hear a lot
If you've read our note on the devices NomNom runs on, you'll know the question we're asked more than any other: “Does it run on Windows?” Plenty of restaurant desks have a PC or a laptop on them, and up to now our honest answer was “not yet — pop a tablet on a stand.”
NomNom Web changes that answer. Because it runs in the browser, it runs on the computer you already have — Windows included — with none of the upkeep a traditional desktop program brings. No slow installs, no update prompts mid-service, no security software suddenly deciding it doesn't like a file it was happy with yesterday. You open a tab, and you're working.
Built on 25 years — and a layout your team already trusts
We didn't start from a blank page. For nearly two decades our previous system, e-Res, ran the reservations desks of restaurants up and down the country, and its layout was honed over years of real service — the diary, the table plan, the flow of a busy Friday night. People knew it inside out.
So we took that trusted, battle-tested layout and gave it a thoroughly modern makeover for the web. The bones are familiar; the finish is brand new. Clean, quick, and designed for a big screen and a keyboard — the way people actually work at a desk.
A familiar diary, rebuilt for the browser — the whole day laid out at a glance.
Made for a desk, and a keyboard
A phone or tablet is perfect for some venues. But if your team works from a fixed desk — a hotel reservations office, a busy front-of-house station — a big screen, a mouse and a proper keyboard are hard to beat. NomNom Web is built for exactly that.
Everything you need sits on one screen: pick a date, choose a room, and the whole service lays out in front of you, with a live line showing you where you are in the day. Click a booking and its full details slide open in a panel beside the diary — no jumping back and forth.
Click a booking and its details open right beside the diary — no losing your place.
And for the people who live in the diary all shift, we've built it keyboard-first. Move through the day, jump between rooms, open a booking, mark an arrival — a lot of it without ever reaching for the mouse. Press ? in the app and every shortcut is right there. Once it's in your fingers, it's genuinely fast.
Keyboard-first by design — press ? any time to see every shortcut.
Getting better every single day
Here's the exciting part: this is moving fast. We're adding features and polish to NomNom Web daily, and the pace isn't slowing down. Every day it does more, feels smoother, and edges closer to the full power of the app you already use. What you'll see in next week's beta is a strong start — and only a start.
You'll even be able to set up a brand-new restaurant straight from the browser, start to finish, and be up and running in minutes.
Set up a whole new venue from a browser tab — no app required.
Why we think this is a big deal
We'll be honest — we think NomNom Web is a game changer. It removes the last real barrier for a whole set of restaurants: the ones tied to a desk, the ones on a PC, the ones who've asked us for years for a version that just opens in a browser. Now there's nothing to install and nothing standing in the way.
It also makes NomNom a seriously strong alternative to the big, established booking systems — one flat, commission-free price, on your phone, your tablet, and your desktop, all speaking to the same diary. We think it makes an already-compelling case even harder to argue with, and we couldn't be more optimistic about where it's heading.
Want to be among the first to try it?
The beta lands next week, and we'd love for you to kick the tyres. If you'd like early access — or you just want us to give you a shout the moment it's live — drop us a line. We can't wait to show you what we've been building.