Text marketing for restaurants — fill every table.
Reservation reminders, daily specials, table-ready alerts, and VIP perks — sent in a few taps. 98% get read, so your seats don't sit empty.
No card required · TCPA-compliant · Plans from $29/mo
Ways restaurants use TextSpot
Pick a goal to see how it works — and grab a sample text you can send today.
Confirm every reservation the moment it’s made
Let guests book from your site, Instagram bio, or a text, then fire back an instant confirmation so they know they’re locked in. No phone tag, no double-booked Fridays.
Win back the revenue empty tables cost you
Automatic reminders the day before and a few hours out give guests an easy, one-tap way to confirm or cancel — so you can fill the gap instead of staring at an empty four-top.
Turn a quiet Tuesday into a full house
Push a same-day special and watch the seats fill. Blast happy-hour deals, new menu drops, and event invites to your whole list before the doors even open.
Seat walk-ins without the crowded host stand
Add walk-ins to a digital waitlist and text them the second their table opens up. Guests can grab a drink next door and still make it back in time — no clunky buzzers required.
Turn first-timers into Friday-night regulars
Guests text a keyword to join your VIP list, then get birthday perks, members-only offers, and early access to events — all running automatically in the background.
Catch happy guests while the meal’s still fresh
A friendly text an hour after they leave nudges happy diners to leave a 5-star review — and lets you flag an unhappy one before it goes public. Text your team about shift swaps, too.
How restaurants use the TextSpot app
Tap any tool to see how it works on a busy night — every plan comes with the full set, standard.
Shared inbox
Confirm bookings, answer “are you open?”, and handle reschedules from one screen your whole team shares — texting a guest feels exactly like texting a friend.
Mass texting
Send tonight’s special or an event invite to your entire list at once. Each guest gets their own personal text — no group threads, delivered in seconds.
Keywords
Put a keyword like WINGS on your menu, receipts, and table tents. Guests text it to join your VIP list and get an instant welcome — your list grows while you run the kitchen.
Autoresponders
Set trigger words and after-hours replies that fire instantly, day or night. “Are you open?”, “What are your hours?”, “Do you take reservations?” — answered the second a guest asks.
Scheduling
Line up your Friday happy-hour blast, weekend brunch reminders, and event invites in advance — recurring sends run themselves on a simple calendar.
Link tracking
Shorten links to your menu, reservation page, or offer and watch clicks roll in live — know which specials are landing and which fall flat.
Templates
Keep your reservation reminders, nightly specials, and VIP perks one tap away — build a message once and never retype it during the dinner rush.
Turn one-time diners into regulars with a keyword
Put a text-to-join keyword on your menu, receipts, and table tents. Guests text it once and they’re on your VIP list — opting in, fully TCPA-compliant, no app required.
Grow your list wherever guests already are
The keyword is just the start. TextSpot gives you every on-site and online way to turn a diner into a subscriber — all 100% opt-in.
on your first visit ?
Why not just email or call?
Texts get opened. Almost everything else gets ignored.
TextSpot SMSMessages your guests will actually open
{first_name}Guest’s first name{reservation_time}Their booking date & time{party_size}Number in the party{table_number}Assigned table{last_visit}When they last dined with you{favorite_item}Their usual order{loyalty_points}Rewards points balance{birthday}Birthday for auto-perks{location}Which of your locationsMake their mouth water — send the photo
A plate of your special does the selling for you. Attach photos and scannable offers right in the text — no link, no app, nothing to download.
Built for every kind of restaurant
Independent neighborhood spots run on regulars. Fill a quiet night with a same-day special and keep your best tables booked solid.
Run one campaign across every location, or let each store text its own neighborhood. One dashboard, total control.
Turn the morning rush into a loyalty habit. Reward your regulars and bring back the mid-afternoon crowd.
Pack the house for tap releases, trivia, and live music — your crowd hears about it first, every time.
Tell fans exactly where to find you today, and ping them the second their order is hot and ready.
Confirm prized reservations, fill tasting-menu seats, and make every VIP feel like a regular.
Connect the tools your restaurant already runs on
Link TextSpot to your POS, scheduling, and booking software through Zapier — 8,000+ apps, zero code. Tap an app to see what you can automate.
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Tables filled, one text at a time
“Texts fill our slow Tuesdays now. One ‘$5 off bone-in wings’ blast and we’re slammed by 6.”
“We cut no-shows by almost a third just by texting a reminder the day before. It pays for itself.”
“Our trailer runs on texts — subscribers know where we’ll park and they show up before we’re even set up.”
Pay less per text as you grow
Every plan includes your own number and the full feature set. Pick your monthly credits — pay annually and get 2 months free.
One-time $19 A2P registration fee: a carrier fee (not a TextSpot charge) paid once to verify your business for texting — required by all U.S. carriers. Extra team members are $10/mo. Need more than 25,000 credits/mo? Talk to us about custom pricing.
Restaurant SMS, answered
Can I text guests when their table is ready?
Yes. Quick "your table's ready" texts are a simple way to seat guests fast without crowding the host stand or handing out buzzers.
Can customers reply to my texts?
Yes. TextSpot gives you a shared inbox so you can confirm bookings, answer questions, and handle reservations right from your computer.
Can I schedule texts in advance?
Absolutely. Set up reminders, promotions, or event announcements once and they’ll send automatically — even on a recurring schedule.
How much does it cost?
Plans start at $29/month for 500 message credits, with no hidden carrier fees. You can upgrade, downgrade, or pause anytime.
Do guests need to download an app?
No. Messages land in their phone’s native texting app — no downloads, no logins. And there’s nothing to install on your end either.
Protect your guests & your reputation
TextSpot keeps your restaurant on the right side of the rules — automatically.
Set up on your own — humans here when you need them
You run a kitchen, not a call center. Get up and running on your own in minutes, and reach a real person whenever you actually need one.
A 5-star experience before they even sit down
Cut empty seats. Free your staff from the phone. Start texting your guests today.