July 20, 2024

ReDi Restaurant Reservation Plugin

Get your restaurant booming with the ReDi Reservation plugin! Simplify bookings, offer instant confirmations, and customize settings. Try today!

Restaurant reservations are made easy and quick. Receive and accept online client reservations. Display available spaces at a specific time. Allow instant client reservations, with personalized notifications about the reservation status. In short, convert website visitors into restaurant guests.

Introduction video of the plugin

Overview of the plugin

Focus on your business and don’t waste time reading emails to confirm reservations manually. ReDi Restaurant Reservation is a fully automated reservation system. Everything is done without human involvement.

You may easily handle reservations for your restaurant using the ReDi Restaurant Reservation plugin. This plugin facilitates online customer reservations, your clients can view available space at a predetermined time and make reservations with instant confirmation.
Simply, configure the maximum number of reservations per person, the hours of operation, and the restaurant information. That’s it!

So. looking for the fastest and most simple restaurant reservation WordPress plugin? You are in the right place!

Get the plugin downloaded first. The process is quite simple.

Go to your WordPress website from the backend.
Click on Plugins > Add New.
On the search line, type “ReDi Restaurant Reservation.”
Click on Install > Activate.

Start your WordPress restaurant reservation page, with 3 steps:

Register & Generate/Create the API key.
Check the new Reservation page (it automatically creates a reservation page after registration).
Make all the necessary configurations and customizations.

It is not unexpected that there is an increase in demand for online restaurant reservations because most of us spend more than 24 hours per week using our mobile devices. So a credible restaurant reservation system is a must for a successful business, don’t you agree?

The benefits of using a restaurant reservation system, such as ReDi, are numerous:

Increase Conversion Rates: Extensive and catchy CTA’s (calls to action) help to increase conversions and offer visitors immediate restaurant reservations.
Save Time: As far as ReDi is fully automated it will save a lot of time from your workers, which can be used on other things.
Additional Analytics: Track the website visitors and reservation data to make more result-based decisions for your business.
Satisfied Clients: In the age of technology clients prefer to have everything easy and quick at hand. That’s why online restaurant reservations will greatly boost customer satisfaction.
Capture Abandoning Customers: Without an instant reservation confirmation, a visitor will most probably go to a few more restaurants to make a reservation. Thus, the restaurant may lose that client.

REDI RESTAURANT RESERVATION PLUGIN FEATURES, ADD-ONS, AND ADVANTAGES

KEY FEATURES

The ReDi Restaurant Reservation plugin works well for all types of businesses, including little cafés, bars, and large restaurants. The plugin includes several helpful functions and highlights.

INSTANT CONFIRMATION

Checking and confirming availability in an instant without any delays. This ReDi feature is one in its category, other reservation plugins are missing this availability. That’s why it makes ReDi stand out in the market.

RESERVATION FORM

Reservation form available for all devices (mobile, tablet, PC, etc.), allowing visitors to view all of the available reservations for that day.

RESTAURANT CAPACITY CONTROL

The ability to control and set a maximum number of seats based on the weekday.
Show the restaurant timing: when and how long your restaurant is open and working (also set multiple open/close times a day).

BLOCKED TIME

Establish a specified timeframe from which bookings can no longer be accepted.

EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Fully customizable and multilingual email templates to send instant confirmation letters to clients.

All these features prove Redi is not a simple reservation solution, but powerful software that allows checking various aspects before making a confirmation, such as:
Is the restaurant open on that day/hour?
Is the restaurant’s capacity enough for receiving guests?
Can the kitchen serve guests without delays?
Are there free seats available?

Thus, it provides the fastest availability check and confirmation.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Also, the ReDi restaurant booking system offers additional restaurant reservation features and services by request, and the price of those varies from business to business. Some examples of other services include:

FACEBOOK INTEGRATION

Use Facebook for your business and turn your Facebook fans into clients. Moreover, you can further enhance your business experience with Facebook integration, and we will provide you with the profile pictures of your customers if found. When a consumer visits, especially on their first visit, you might impress them by recognizing their face.

WHITE LABELING

Upon request, you can get white-labeled reservation applications for Facebook Application, iPhone/iPad Application, Windows Phone Application, or Android Application.

Please send a request by email: [email protected] or through our contact form: reservationdiary.eu/contact

RESTAURANT FEEDBACK

Do you want to know what your clients think about their last sit? Are they satisfied with your service? We will get that info for you. Our plugin allows feedback collection to know the impressions of your clients from their last visit.

REMINDER EMAILS

Send fully personalized reservation reminder emails to your clients and remind them about upcoming reservations.

PRE-PAYMENT SERVICES

Pre-payment services. Many clients may reserve a seat and forget to show up, even after the reservation reminder email. So, to motivate them to show up or not lose profits if they do not, you can set pre-payment services for reservations.

This plugin emphasizes simplicity. However still offers everything you need, even some additional useful services.

BIRTHDAY PROMOTIONS AND RESERVATIONS

With the integration of MailChimp, you may send birthday promos or invites to return to your restaurant.

FREE VERSION

The free version allows:

Instant Availability check in a matter of seconds.
Both instant & manual confirmation.
Custom fields & Awaiting List System.
Also, you can easily send confirmation emails.
Reservations are limited to 100 guests per month.

BASIC VERSION

The Basic Version costs 19 EUR + VAT* per month.

VAT is applied to businesses and residents of the EU. VAT rate depends on the country where the customer is located. 0% VAT is applied when an EU VAT number is provided.

The basic plan offers features such as:

Everything listed in the free version
No reservation limits per months
Amazing and full-featured, yet simple in-usage dashboard for reservation management
You can enter multiple working hours per day
Reports & overall statistics
More customization options, especially when it comes to email templates
The dashboard allows you to put daily notes and any other comments inside
Feedback request that users who visited the restaurant get after their visit. This feature is quite useful as good feedback will motivate you; meanwhile, some construction criticism will give you a basis for further improvement plan implementation.
Reservation export option (CSV) that can be easily opened with Excel.
Personal Demo of how the plugin works for clients.
Also, you get a 30-day free trial period to check the Basic Version’s features.

ADDONS

So, with a one-time payment, you will get the following features:

Pre-payment for the reservations so that clients feel more responsible.
Discount functionality.
Integrations with Facebook, MailChimp, Sendinblue, BulkSMS, and others, will work perfectly fine for email marketing and notification campaigns.

Plugins and add-ons can be purchased from our landing page. Open the landing page.

ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS

Along with the centralized and fully remote restaurant booking system, restaurant owners and managers from more than 90 countries in the world can control everything from any place they wish. Moreover, the Redi Restaurant plugin completely solves the language problems between the customers and restaurant staff.

Now, let’s see other benefits of the Redi Restaurant plugin:

The plugin is available in multiple languages (including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and many more). Plus, you can add a language on request by contacting [email protected] or through our contact form: reservation diary. EU/contact.
Reservations are handled entirely automatically by the plugin.
Create fully customized reservation forms for your website with the CSS code.
Compatible and responsive reservation form that works perfectly on all devices.
Easy to install and manage
Quick automated response to your client
When a customer’s request is approved, send a copy of the confirmation to them through email.
Receive alerts each time a new reservation is made.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

You can check more info about us on our website: reservation diary.eu
See our video tutorials on youtube Video tutorials
Check out our recent news on a Facebook page

Supported languages

Català
Czeck
Danish
Deutsch
English
Español
Eesti
Français, check out video review
Italiano
Latvian
Lithuanian
Magyar
Nederlands
Norwegian
Polski
Português
Türkçe
Slovak
Svenska
Suomi
Русский
עברית (Hebrew)
日本語 (Japanese)

If you need more languages, please contact us by email: [email protected] or through our contact form: reservationdiary.eu/contact

Basic package functionality

View your upcoming reservations from your Mobile/Tablet PC and never miss your customer. This page should be open on a Tablet PC and so hostess can see all upcoming reservations for today. Page refreshes every 15 min and shows reservations that in past for 3 hours as well as upcoming reservations for next 24 hours. By clicking on reservation you will see reservation details. Demo version can be accessed using this link: reservationdiary.eu/free-demo
Setup maximum available seats for online reservation by week day
Open times. This option will enable you to choose between various working hours whichever is most convenient to you.
Support for multiple places. Number of places depends on number of subscriptions.
Blocked Time. Define time range when online reservation should not be accepted. Specify a reason why reservations are not accepted at this time to keep your clients happy.
Send client reservation confirmation emails from WordPress account
Email template customization for all supported languages

Plugin and addonds can be purchased from our landing page. Open landing page.

Additional services (by request)

Use your Facebook account for your business. Make clients from your Facebook fans. View presentation.
We can offer you white labeled restaurant reservation application for Facebook Application, iPhone/iPad Application, Windows Phone Application or Android Application. Please send request by email: [email protected] or through our contact form: reservationdiary.eu/contact
Enhance your business experience by using our Facebook integration service where we try to provide you with profile pictures of your customers if found. You can amaze your customer by knowing him by face when he visits you, especially at the time of first visit.
Do you want to know what your client thinks about his last visit? We will collect it for you.
Remind your customer about upcoming reservation via Email or by SMS. More information here: reservationdiary.eu/pricing
Collect pre-payment for reservations
Discouns per reservation module
Send birthday promotions or reminders to visit your restaurant again with MailChimp integration. More information here: reservationdiary.eu/pricing
If you are building a catalogue of restaurants and looking for the perfect reservation plugin for it, we can provide it to you. Just let us know through contact form: reservationdiary.eu/contact
Do you want to write your own module? We have an API. Contact us to get more information. Contact form: reservationdiary.eu/contact

If you would like to add some new functionality or have any other queries, please contact us by email: [email protected] or through our contact form: reservationdiary.eu/contact

Installation

Click on “Install now” to install plugin
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Go to Settings/Redi Restaurant Reservation page
Follow instructions on the page to setup plugin

When plugin is activated, new page is automatically created and you can make your first reservation straight away. You can also create page manually and enter [redirestaurant] short code. Plugin is based on a public ReservationDiary API. We do not share any of our user’s information with third parties.
In case you have any problems with plugin installation or you need some customization, please don’t hesitate to contact us by email: [email protected]

Screenshots

Example of plugin first page installed into default theme. When plugin is activated, new "Reservation" page is created. Step 1: Requests from user to select reservation date and time, and number of seats. User has to click on a button "Check available time". System will query online database for available places at specified time and shows result.
Example of calendar control.
Example of time control.
Step 2: On this step user is requested to select available time if any.
Step 3: Once user selects available reservation time, user will be requested to fill reservation form with contact information and custom fields.
Reservation confirmation screen. At this time user has to receive confirmation email. Same time restaurant owner receives list of all upcoming reservations.
Setup screen with number of seats available, maximum persons per reservation, opening times and days of the week.
Setup screen with info on the restaurant including name, address, country, phone, email, URL
List of upcoming reservations on Mobile/Tablet PC (Available only for Basic package users). Demo version can be accessed by this link: Open demo version
Detailed reservation information on Mobile/Tablet PC (Available only for Basic package users). Photo is taken from Facebook public profile. Photo, Visits and Rating are available only by request.
Cancel reservation from Tablet PC version
Configuration for maximum available seats for online reservation by week day. (Available only for Basic package users)
Setting for custom fields that user should fill during reservation
List of Time shifts (Available only for Basic package users)
Open/close time for time shift (Available only for Basic package users)
Time before reservation for time shift by weekday (Available only for Basic package users)
Step 1: Select place, date and time (Multiple places available only for Basic package users)
Blocked Time list. (Available only for Basic package users)
Edit Blocked time. (Available only for Basic package users)
Step 1: Setup Goal with Google Analytics Tracking Code (google analytics/Conversions/Goals/Overview/Set up goals/New goal).
Step 2: Setup Goal details (Category: ReDi Restaurant Reservation, Action: Reservation confirmed)
Cancel reservation page for clients.
Step 1: Display all available time grouped by Opening Times (Available only for Basic package users)
List of all emails available for customization
Example of Email customization page
Change reservation from Tablet PC version

Changelog

= 24.0712
* Fixed Broken Access Control vulnerability
* Fixed issues when admin page brakes for French translation
* Updated according to Plugin Check recommendations
* + Scroll calendar to first available month

= 24.0422
* Support for multilingual text in message for large groups and fully booked message
* Updated catalan translation
* Fixed issue with changing and modifying places

= 24.0303
* Fixed XSS vulnerability injection in admin panel

= 24.0128
* Added option to control if reason is required when guest is canceling reservation

= 23.1219
* Added more options to alternative time step, 10 min and 20 min

= 23.1124
* Added open time validation settings
* Hide unnecessary form elements for cancel reservation, when one required fields is filled in

= 23.1106
* Removed nonce check for reservation form
* Improved admin setting form validation
* Added subscribe to newsletter box

= 23.0926
* Email Sending Update: Now, when an email is sent, the plugin will use the email address configured in the plugin settings instead of the WordPress admin email.
* Enhanced Welcome Page: We have enhanced the welcome page to include convenient links for obtaining personalized assistance and connecting with us through our social channels.
* Admin Settings Page Makeover: The admin settings page has been given a fresh, redesigned look for improved user experience.
* Translation Support: We’ve introduced support for a translation folder located outside of the plugin. This means that with each update, your translations will remain intact, ensuring a seamless multilingual experience.

= 23.0907
* Added Lithuanian and Latvian languages. Updated French translation
* Added Select place option when there more than one restaurant

= 23.0629
* Fine tuned registration flow
* Added collecting feedback about reservation experience and plugin usage for future plugin improvements
* Fixed security finding
* Added nonce check for CSRF
* Added permission check for changes in admin settings
* Added page to reconfirm reservation by guest before on a day of visiting restaurant

23.0211

Added support for reservation duration when there are multiple restaurants on one page

23.0123

Fixed bug: After first plugin installation generate API Key by email gives an error.
Fixed bug: When calendar is in popup mode, and dates are loaded, then the user has to open it again.
Fixed bug: After installation, by default reservation page does not show success page.
After installation by default calendar is click to show, changed to show always.
Timeshift normal mode is hidden for new installations
TimePicker type setting is hidden for new installations
Fixed bug: Cancel reservation error in wordpress.
Pre-selection of the country in the settings after the first installation.
Fixed bug: When saving settings after installing the plugin, an error occurred.

22.1130

Reverted settings block with time shift

22.1117

Fixed calendar to disable closed days

22.1018

Fixed custom fields appearance
Fixed hide steps setting default value
Updated Spanish translation

22.1017

Added support for discount addon
Changed date parsing from gmdate to date
Changed the way local time is obtained

22.1016

fixed date format when submitting waitlist form
split into multiple files so that loco translate picks files that is less than 100kb
added separated setting for email via SMTP
removed session init
updated calendar to show fully booked days
check box custom fiels extended to have default values
changed order between date and guests
fixed option to collect phone number with country code
added possibility to define later reservation time in minutes, hours and days

22.0322

fixed reservation form for iPad and Safari browser

22.0303

fixed date bug in wait list
updated local time preview in admin settings
added video for Reservation Form settings and Reservation settingsadded video for Reservation Form settings and Reservation settings
added more videos for settings
added support for flexible reservation duration time per time block
updated time format on modify reservation page

21.0819

Added First/Last name enable option
Added Phone number country flag disable options
Updated/Shown ‘End reservation time’ front end during reservation
Added video instructions
Added link to documentation
Reorganized place reservation settings

21.0601

Renamed Upcoming to Waiter Dashboard
Added return back to WordPress admin dashboard from Basic package settings and Waiter Dashboard

21.0524

Updated custom fields
Added new custom field Birthday for using in promotions
Fixed new key warning

21.0503

Removed unneeded folders and files
Removed settings iframes
Removed diagnostics data collection
Added data sanitization
Updated calling of files locations
Renamed constants to plugin specific

21.0426

Fixed XSS vulnarability

21.0307

Added Català language
Added link to videos
Updated German translations
Sorted admin settings
Added information where reservation was created
Fixed session creation

20.0810

Select number of guests instead of pre-selected value

20.0727

Settings to set max time before reservation in hours and days
Custom fields as dropdown and options

20.0608

Fixed date format when changing places
Added option to show seats left when time is selected
Extended size in database for custom fields

20.0516

Added edit reservation form
Fixed entry to wait list
Save custom field to local database

20.0402

Save reservations to local database
International phone number selection
Added captcha
Added children drop down
Allow to customize fully booked message
Improved first available date selection
Allow to enter into waitlist when part of the day is closed

20.0315

Added login via social network accounts on reservation form

20.0312

Fixed cancel reservation form

20.0229

When plugin is not working user can send direct email to restaurant
Fixed custom fields issue when there are multiple restaurants
Added option to enable/disable cancel reservation form
Improved reservation form auto-complete
Moved logic of showing available times to script

19.1220

Added support to override default reservation confirmation page

19.1126

Fixed blocked dates with new line in reason

19.1030

Added field for time to wait list form

19.1003

Fixed issue with waitlist and gdpr checkbox
Fixed blocked dates when ‘ is included in reason

19.0914

Removed extra slash from path
Fixed wait list to not pickup custom fields validations
Blocked wait list for current day
Added support for overriding frontend file and styles file from current theme directory
Added phone to wait list
Added GDPR checkbox to wait list

19.0513

Added Wait List feature, that allows guests to enter their information when fully busy

19.0302

Excluded custom fields from printing when specified

19.0224

Added tool tip to calendar for disabled dates
Replaced Email field to Email, Phone or Name on cancel reservation form
Allow to pre-populate fields in reservation form from the link
Added new parameter to custom fields to exclude parameter from printing
Added possibility to change API key

18.1003

Improved reducing number of seats without losing reservations

18.0610

Fixed updating disabled dates in calendar when place is changed in dropdown
Changed “allow to contact by SMS”, “Send newsletter and promotion”, “Reminder” checkbox default values to unchecked to comply with GDPR

18.0322

Fixed issue with missing custom fields

18.0225

Added specific field types for SMS/Email reminders
Added more strict validation for Phone number

17.0114

Fixed check of available time when minimum number of guests is more than one
Added reservation number to thank you page
Disabled in calendar non-working days. Limited calendar max time to 1 year.
Added support for manual reservations
Added Norwegian translation
Scroll to top of the form instead of page to support single page sites
Added no translate directive to fix Google translate issues

15.0422

Fixed cancel reservation with space in number
Changed country from free form field to dropdown
New variation is added to plugin, that displays all possible times for selected date
Updated list of languages and translation
Added diagnostics for installation troubleshooting
Added support for translation to Upcoming Reservations TabletPC version
Added description to each setting
Added widget to collect new feature requests
Disable blocked dates in calendar
Added list of reservations

14.0904

Extended view for basic package settings
Removed warnings
Improved error handling during first registration
Added support for Email CC for reservation notifications

14.0630

Limit maximum time before reservation
Fixed warnings
Fixed upcoming reservation list
New style for upcoming reservation email
Increased time out for API call
Added check for comments size

14.0511

Added settings to select Min and Max party size
Added message to client when he select Large group
Added setting to specify alternative time step
Added Portuguese (Brazil) translation
Added Swedish translation
Fixed multi language support
Fixed time displayed in drop down
Removed line brakes from javascript to prevent WordPress inserting p elements there when content formatting is turned on
Removed direct dependency from curl library
Added Google Analytic Tracking Code to thank you page
Add extra attribute to br to prevent controls displacement
Added ability to cancel reservation by client
Added possibility to override errors returned by API
New client reservation confirmation email template

14.0221

Added alternative time picker for better reservation time selection on mobile devices
Added limits to text areas
Moved all texts to language files

14.0114

Added support for multiple places (for basic package users)
Added better error handling to Admin console
Changed style of confirmation message
Scroll up page to confirmation message
Set calendar style to display on top of all elements
Moved cancel functionality to separated Tab
Fixed double click on reservation
Fixed manual date input

13.1022

Added setting for maximum persons per reservation
Added support for custom fields that user should fill during reservation
Added Polish language

13.0919

Added Portuguese language
Added German language
Refactored calendar localization support to work on PHP 5.2 version
Improved error handling

13.0817

Added calendar localization support

13.0815

Added cancel reservation from admin panel

13.0716

Added possibility to specify date format in emails
Added to configuration reservation duration time

13.0625

Added timezone support

13.0618

Fixed problem with double escaping of ‘ or \ symbols

13.0530

Added Dutch translation
Added Danish translation
Added Spainish translation

13.0505

Added support for different time formats

13.0406

Added French translation
Added possibility to provide Short and Full description about restaurant
Added language selection for emails that are sent to administrator
Added configuration of minimum time in hours before reservation

13.0316

Fixed incompatibility with plugins that resides on same page
Added multi language support to reservation form
Added translations on Russian and Estonian

13.0302

Fixed incompatibility with some themes

13.0203

Changed persons from free form text to drop down
When user changes date, time or number of persons, form is closed and user has to check reservation availability with new form data
Added required field validation on a client side
When fully booked added information message

13.0128

Added settings saved message box to admin page
Added check box that asks for permission to publish restaurant details into reservationdiary.eu catalogue
Fixed pre populating of URL field in admin page

13.0119

Updated reservation confirmation text
Selected reservation time highlighted with bold style
Added loading icon
Applied time zone of the general WordPress settings
Removed links from confirmation email

13.0114

Initial version