

Trying to go to brunch on Sunday at 11am? With Notify Me you can easily let Yelp know when and where you would like to eat and we’ll send you a push notification when it’s time to hop on the waitlist, so you don’t have to keep checking back Sunday morning. After indicating the size of your party and when you’d like to eat, a push notification from the Yelp app will appear when it’s the best time to hop on the online waitlist. This handy tool allows diners to schedule a reminder to join the Yelp Waitlist later. You can now better anticipate or avoid longer wait times, making the most of your time with loved ones rather than using that time to wait outside. This helps spread out the influx of people that would normally arrive at peak and popular dining times. Diners are shown more predictive restaurant wait times through an easy to understand bar chart. By using actual wait time data from the restaurant, not your location data, Yelp Waitlist will show you the best times to dine at a restaurant. are using Yelp Waitlist to manage their front-of-house. Yelp’s in a unique position to deliver accurate wait times for diners because restaurants across the U.S. Starting this fall, people will find the following new features on their Yelp app at participating restaurants. After joining the waitlist, you’ll receive a designated time to arrive at the restaurant, as well as real-time updates on your place in line right from the Yelp app. Yelp Waitlist makes going out to eat more convenient by letting you join a restaurant’s waitlist from the comfort of your own home. Restaurants will also benefit from these new features because it’ll increase operational efficiencies and attract diners during less popular meal times. Now, you can focus on having a good time rather than wait times. These new features help diners to pick the right time to eat for themselves and grab a spot on the waitlist at the right time. Yelp Waitlist, our online restaurant waitlist experience, is rolling out two new ways to help you plan life better: Predictive Wait Time and Notify Me.

Gone are the days of idly standing around with a restaurant buzzer, or feeling like you’re missing out on a great meal because a restaurant doesn’t accept reservations.
