Social Media Restaurants

You’ve been there before. You show up with your friends at a restaurant, but lo and behold, there are no tables available. You have to wait. Countless couples, trios, foursomes are called before you.

“Were they here before us?” your friend whispers.

“I don’t know.”

In short, it sucks.

But after flying under the radar since graduating from the ER Accelerator last year, BuzzTable is ready to come out of the restaurant pantry, as it were, and disrupt our dining experience. The company has essentially released two apps, with one forthcoming, that keep both the merchant and the customer in the know about when they’ll be seated, with a mobile loyalty platform built right in.

It starts with a consumer iOS and Android app, BuzzTable, which lets people watch their progress on the wait list while engaging with content from the restaurant itself. Users can send feedback, sign up for rewards, and check out trending dishes as sourced from OpenTable, Yelp, foursquare, etc