Hi! We're Hostme.

For years we've been the reservation book, the waitlist and the floor plan behind thousands of restaurants — from tiny cafes to growing groups. This update is the biggest thing we have ever shipped: we rebuilt Hostme from scratch.

Not repainted buttons — rebuilt. It's noticeably faster, smarter and, honestly, just nicer to use. Everything you had is still here, and most of what you kept asking us for finally is too.

What's inside:

• Guest book and a real CRM — we remember every guest: visit history, favorite table, allergies, birthdays. Tags and auto-tags sort your guests for you, and from there — segments, campaigns, reports and funnels. A guest walks in a second time and it feels like you've known each other for years.

• Floor timeline — the whole day's load at a glance. You instantly see where it's busy, where it's empty and where to seat a party of eight.

• Floor plan — drawn like in a proper editor, not a millimeter at a time with the mouse. You can even generate it from a photo or a hand-drawn sketch.

• Waitlist done properly — promised wait time, place in line and a call timer, with the guest kept in the loop.

• Chats from every channel in one window — SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram and the rest are no longer scattered across ten tabs.

• Call history — who called, when and what about. Nothing gets lost.

• Dashboard and clear reports — bookings, guests and floor load on one screen. In plain language, no spreadsheets to decode.

• "Restaurant today" widget on your Home Screen and Lock Screen: floor occupancy, bookings, requests, the waitlist and the guests worth preparing for — VIPs, birthdays, large parties, allergies.

• Online bookings from your website, Instagram, Facebook and Google — with deposits, prepayments and your own cancellation rules.

Plus a dark theme, push notifications about bookings, and a search that finds any setting and any help article at once — in a couple of seconds.

And what hasn't changed: one simple subscription. No per-cover fees. Ever.

Noticed something odd, or got an idea? Write to us — we read every message and fix things fast. Your wins are our wins, and the rough edges are ours to fix.

Thanks for being with us. Let's go!

— The Hostme team

P.S. We're pretty sure this one deserves a Michelin star for best sequel. We've been told that's not how the stars work.