On a busy day, bookings taken over the course of a week rarely land on the tables you'd have chosen if you'd seated them all at once. The table optimiser in NomNom Web looks at the whole day and suggests a better arrangement — freeing up your bigger tables, closing awkward gaps, and making room for more bookings. Nothing moves until you say so.
Run the optimiser
First pick the day you want to look at, using the day arrows and the Today button in the top bar. Then open the optimiser from the Optimise tables icon (the sparkle) in the top bar. If your browser window is narrow, that icon tucks itself into the More menu instead — open More and choose Optimise tables.
In NomNom Web: the Optimise tables icon in the top bar (or the More menu on a narrow window).
On the mobile app: use the Actions menu → Optimise Tables.
Review the suggestions
The optimiser shows you a preview: a summary of what would improve, and the list of suggested moves — which booking, from which table, to which table. This is only a preview; your bookings haven't changed yet.
What it will never touch
- Bookings you've pinned with the Requested table switch stay exactly where they are — a lock icon marks them in the List and Chart views.
- Parties who are already seated, or due to be seated imminently, are left alone.
- Bookings are never moved between rooms.
To pin a booking yourself, open it and turn on the Requested table switch. From then on neither the optimiser nor a colleague can move it.
Apply the moves
Happy with the plan? Select Apply and the moves are made in one go. If bookings changed while you were looking at the preview — a new online booking came in, say — the optimiser plays it safe: it won't apply anything that no longer fits, and it will tell you if only some of the moves were applied so you can preview again.
A good habit is to run the optimiser before service on your busiest days — it takes seconds, and often finds room you didn't know you had. If you'd like to see the results laid out visually, switch the top-bar view toggle to Plan.