17:58 — Doors in two minutes
A table for two,
at eightish.Restaurant booking system for independent UK restaurants
Eightish is the booking system that fills quiet nights and cuts no-shows — built in Lancashire for independent restaurants.
18:40 — First seating
Tonight, someone won't turn up.
The food's bought. The server's rostered. The walk-ins were turned away. One widely cited study put the cost of no-shows to UK hospitality at £17.6bn a year — and most restaurants never work out their own number.
19:30 — The room is filling itself
Autopilot found next Wednesday's gap. Then filled it.
An agent that watches your book, spots the quiet night, and messages a handful of your own overdue regulars — with a held table, a reason, and proof it worked.
20:45 — Full swing
The pass is loud. The book is calm.
A live floor plan that knows Martin takes the booth, table 9's finishing, and the walk-in for four fits on T5 without breaking the 8:30. Reminders went out hours ago; the risks are already flagged.
22:58 — Last table reset
Every table has a story.
Eightish remembers all of them.
Start free with a real diary — 50 online bookings a month, phone bookings and walk-ins unlimited. From £69 a month for the whole system, with reminders included and no per-cover fees.
The system
Six rooms of one house
Host stand →
A live floor plan of tonight — states, zones, walk-ins, waitlist, and no-show risks flagged before they happen.
Autopilot →
The agent that fills quiet nights from your own regulars, with a holdout that proves every recovered cover.
Guest Graph →
Every guest remembered by phone number: rhythms, preferences, no-show history, PECR-proper consent.
Booking widget →
A mobile-first booking page with no diner accounts, returning-guest recognition and smart deposits.
Reports →
Your week in plain English: covers, no-show rate, recovered covers and what messaging actually cost.
Pricing — all of it, no form
Free to start. Flat from there.
Booking page, availability engine and host stand. 50 online bookings a month, then 40p each — never more than £69.
The complete system. Reminders included, no booking cap.
+ More Autopilot, holdout proof, smart deposits.
+ The biggest Autopilot allowance and group reporting. Extra restaurants 10% off.
Home turf
Built in Lancashire.
Proved on Friday nights here first.
Eightish grows outwards from the Fylde coast one 15-mile circle at a time, because a booking system is a relationship, not a licence key. If your restaurant's in Lancashire, the person who picks up the phone is up the road.
Run one Friday on it.
Every plan is self-serve, with no setup fee. Sign up and take your first booking today.