Lancashire — home turf
Built in Lancashire.
Running in Lancashire restaurants.
Eightish wasn't built in a London accelerator and pointed at "hospitality". It was built here, with our first venues on the Fylde coast, for the independent food-led restaurants that make this county worth eating in — from Preston and Lytham to Blackpool, Lancaster, Clitheroe and the villages between.
Why a Lancashire booking system is different
Why local matters for setup
Your setup call is with someone who knows what a wet Tuesday in February does to a Lancashire dining room — and can, where it helps, come and see the room. Floor plans are easier to build when you've stood in them.
The problems are local too
Seasonal swings on the coast, race days and match days inland, and the same no-show problem everywhere. Autopilot's whole job — filling a specific quiet night from your own regulars — was designed for exactly this rhythm.
Independent, food-led, 40–120 covers
That's who Eightish is for. If you take phone bookings, keep a diary, and have been stung by no-shows, you're squarely the restaurant we built this for. Chains with procurement departments: we'll get to you.
The offer
First venues, looked after properly
We're deliberately growing outwards from Lancashire — a 15-mile circle at a time — because a booking system is a relationship, not a licence key. Early Lancashire venues get founder-level attention: same-day answers, opinions on your deposit rules, and a product team that's heard your feedback by Friday service.
A table for two, at eightish.
Start free, or book a setup call with someone twenty minutes up the road.