JOURNAL / INDEX · 410 ENTRIES · PAGE 30 OF 34 LAST ENTRY 2026-10-24
THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED FROM LONDON · 51.5072°N 0.1276°W

Everything we learn, written down

Bookings, menus, online ordering, search. Written by the people building the product, between services.

Last published 24 Oct 2026 — the TableSpark team, London
ARTICLES403
FILMS33
TOPICS9

All entries

349–360 of 403 Newest first · Articles Articles ✕

August 2026

2026-08 12 entries
FIG. 350 Rules and compliance
Rules and compliance 2026-08-06

Restaurant cancellation terms on mobile: a CMA prominence check that prevents disputes

Your deposit and cancellation terms may exist and still never reach the guest booking on a phone. That gap turns a routine cancellation into an argument.

FIG. 351 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-06

Restaurant contact form not working: the send-to-receipt test for lost enquiries

A guest can see a success message after sending a restaurant enquiry while nothing reaches the owner, so private-dining and group business quietly disappears.

FIG. 352 Rules and compliance
Rules and compliance 2026-08-06

Restaurant food recall customer notice UK: pull the dish, publish the notice

A recall alert can name a product already prepped into tonight’s dishes. Stopping sale is only half the job, and the customer notice has its own content and channel rules.

FIG. 353 Cost and comparison
Cost and comparison 2026-08-05

WooCommerce Restaurant Booking Cost UK: Price the Full Stack

A booking extension can look inexpensive until hosting, deposits, updates and restaurant operations turn one licence into a stack of bills and owners.

FIG. 354 Cost and comparison
Cost and comparison 2026-08-05

Shopify Restaurant Online Ordering Cost UK: The Full 2026 Price

A low software headline can hide a longer billing commitment, recurring transaction charges and location costs, leaving a restaurant’s launch budget incomplete.

FIG. 355 Guest data and privacy
Guest data and privacy 2026-08-05

Restaurant Website Cookie Consent UK: The 2026 Pre-Publish Check

A restaurant can add one booking embed or advertising pixel and start non-essential tracking before a guest has chosen, leaving banner and behaviour out of step.

FIG. 356 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-05

Restaurant website analytics: track calls, directions and booking clicks

Page views can rise while a restaurant’s call, map and reservation routes fail. A weekly action check exposes faults before traffic totals hide them.

FIG. 357 Building the website
Building the website 2026-08-05

Restaurant Website Accessibility: What the 2026 Code Means

An image-only menu can block text resizing and text-to-speech, leaving guests unable to read key details and restaurants exposed to avoidable service risk.

FIG. 358 Menus and allergens
Menus and allergens 2026-08-05

Restaurant allergen information online: the two-stage UK check

A guest can reach checkout without clear allergen information, then receive a different answer with the order. Build one reliable two-stage check.

FIG. 359 Building the website
Building the website 2026-08-05

Restaurant Events Page Checklist: Publish, Check and Expire

A new restaurant event can miss the guest journey while an expired one still looks bookable. Use a dated publish, guest-view and expiry check.

FIG. 360 Guest data and privacy
Guest data and privacy 2026-08-05

UK Restaurant Booking Email Consent: Service vs Marketing

A booking email can confirm a table without authorising promotions. Mix the two, and a routine guest record can become a PECR compliance risk.

FIG. 361 Ordering and payments
Ordering and payments 2026-08-05

Late-Night Restaurant Ordering Hours: Set the Right Last Order

A late-night ordering window can accept a hot-food order that cannot be supplied in time, creating guest disputes, staff rework and licensing risk.

The pass · every other Thursday

One short note. No noise.

The best of the Journal plus one thing worth stealing for your restaurant's website — twice a month, unsubscribe in a click.

We'll only ever email you the Journal. Promise.