The Reservations APIs provide all the functionality required to create and manage restaurant table reservations.
This article contains a comprehensive list of the various terms and concepts used in Reservations and its APIs.
Manual approval is a setting that determines whether reservations made online are automatically accepted, or require manual approval from a human.
A party is a group of guests that come to dine together at a restaurant.
Party pacing is the maximum number of party reservations that can start within a 15-minute period.
A reservation is a set of tables and seats reserved for a party at a restaurant for a specific period of time.
A reservation location is a representation of a physical restaurant location at which reservations can be made.
A reservation location conflict is an attempt to make a reservation that doesn’t comply with the restaurant’s party pacing or seat pacing rules.
A reservee is the person a reservation is made for. Not to be confused with the person making the reservation, although they may be the same.
A seat is a chair or place for one person in a restaurant.
Seat pacing is the maximum number of seats that can be filled by new reservations within a 15-minute period.
The source of a reservation is how the reservation was made. For example, if it was booked online, in person, through an app, and so on.
The status of a reservation represents its position in the reservation lifecycle. For example, RESERVED, CANCELED, or FINISHED.
A table combination conflict is an attempt to make a reservation that doesn’t comply with the restaurant’s table management or online reservation rules.
A time slot is a period of time in a restaurant’s calendar.
Scheduled time slots are time slots within a restaurant's opening hours as defined in the reservation location's businessSchedule. For more information, see Get Scheduled Time Slots.
Turnover time is how much time a party needs for an entire reservation - from being seated to leaving the restaurant.
Experiences are unique dining offerings that override standard reservation location settings with their own custom rules for pricing, scheduling, approval, and booking forms.