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Thoughts, updates, and stories from the NomNom team.
You turned them away at seven. At eight, a table came free.
NomNom now keeps the day's waitlist for you — who you couldn't seat, what they'd have taken, and how to reach them. When a table comes free you choose who gets it, and they confirm it themselves from a link that only works once.
NomNom now speaks five languages
NomNom Web is now available in English, Espanol, Francais, Deutsch and Cymraeg - chosen per person, switched in two clicks. Here is what we translated, what we deliberately left alone, and what is still to come.
The last step is where you lose bookings. Now it's one tap.
Apple Pay and Google Pay have arrived on your NomNom booking page, right where diners so often drift away — the card step. One tap and a glance instead of sixteen digits, whether you take a deposit or simply hold a card. Nothing to switch on.
Two guests, one table, the same split second
One of our restaurants spotted two bookings on the same table at the same time. The cause turned out to be astonishingly rare — two guests confirming online in the very same split second — and here is how we found it, fixed it within the hour, and made sure it can never happen again.
A smarter way to seat your service
Meet the NomNom table optimiser: it quietly rearranges a day’s bookings to seat more guests, keep your big-table joins free, and trim the dead time between covers — suggesting every move so you stay in control. It never touches a table a guest asked for, a party that’s already seated, or an online booking in flight — and it’s safe to run in the middle of service.
NomNom, now in your browser — a first look at NomNom Web
NomNom is coming to the browser. NomNom Web brings your whole reservations diary to any computer — Windows PC, Mac or Chromebook — with nothing to install. Built on the trusted e-Res layout, reimagined for the modern web, with a beta landing next week.
Restaurant Booking System Pricing Compared: NomNom, OpenTable, ResDiary, SevenRooms, TheFork, Sugarvine & resOS (2026)
A side-by-side pricing comparison of seven UK restaurant booking systems — what each really costs, who hides their price, and who charges per cover.
Turn great visits into great reviews — automatic follow-up emails
NomNom can now email your guests after their visit to ask how it went, sending happy diners to Google or Tripadvisor and quietly routing anything less than perfect straight to you.