Toast Tables
Toast's own reservations and waitlist app. It's in the same system as your POS and is sold to Toast restaurants. It's a natural first look if you want one vendor.
Waitlist apps
Apps like TablesReady or Yelp Guest Manager text guests when their table is ready and handle a simple list. They're cheap or free and quick to set up. Most don't connect to Toast, so they can't see what happens after the guest sits down.
Mesa
Mesa runs the host stand and reads Toast live. The host seats a party in two taps and Mesa picks the server and table. The team screen tells servers what each table needs next: go greet, take order, food is ready, paid. Insights shows what slow service cost in dollars, which Toast can't see on its own. Mesa also works with no POS at all.
What to ask before you choose
- Do my servers know the moment a table is seated?
- Can I see which tables waited 10 minutes for an order?
- When a server says they were skipped, can I show the record?
- Does it work in Spanish for my whole team?
See it on your own floor.