Live Availability Checker

A booking form that shows every hour of the day is lying to the guest. Half those slots are full. Some don't fit a party of 6. Some fall inside a shift-change buffer. If the guest picks one of those and the form says yes only to reveal "sorry, we're actually full" on the next screen, you've broken their trust.

The Live Availability Checker surfaces real-time slot state directly on the form. As the guest types their party size and picks a date, the form re-queries availability and shows only times that can actually seat them. Full slots disappear. Partial slots for the wrong party size disappear. What's left is bookable.

This is the guest-facing side of the same availability engine that prevents overbooking across all channels. The engine knows your tables, areas, turn times, and current bookings; the form renders what the engine returns. Nothing more, nothing less.

The result: the guest picks a time and gets a confirmation. No second-screen rejection, no frustration, no abandoned booking. A simple UX change with measurable impact on completion rate.