Restaurant reservation software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank restaurant reservation software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Reservation platforms used by restaurants to manage bookings, waitlists, seating, guest profiles, and front-of-house demand across channels. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
SevenRooms holds the top composite score (45.0) despite OpenTable achieving higher raw visibility (50.0 vs 37.5%). The gap matters because SevenRooms' citation rate of 62.5% — more than double OpenTable's 25.0% — signals that Google AI Mode treats SevenRooms as a trusted reference source, not merely a named brand. OpenTable is mentioned more frequently in AI-generated responses but is cited as a source far less often, suggesting the AI surfaces it descriptively rather than anchoring on its own content as authoritative evidence.
The visibility-citation divergence across this category is unusually pronounced. Eat App has only 12.5% visibility yet a 87.5% citation rate — the highest in the dataset — indicating its content is being used as a source even when the brand itself isn't being foregrounded in AI responses. Conversely, Resy sits at 37.5% visibility with a 0.0% citation rate, meaning it appears in AI answers but its domain is never pulled as a cited source. TouchBistro and TheFork Manager replicate this pattern: both have 0.0% visibility yet citation rates of 75.0% and 50.0% respectively.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine for every brand in this dataset, with no outlier performing better on an alternative engine. The top cited sources list reveals the AI is anchoring on a mix of brand-owned content (restaurant.eatapp.co, touchbistro.com, sevenrooms.com), third-party review and comparison platforms (reddit.com, tablein.com, getbento.com, restaurant365.com), and YouTube. The presence of reddit.com and non-category-specific sites like restaurant365.com suggests AI responses are drawing on user-generated discussion and adjacent hospitality content rather than relying exclusively on vendor websites.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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OpenTable 0% → 50% · rank #0 → #2+50pp
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SevenRooms 0% → 38% · rank #0 → #1+38pp
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Toast Tables 0% → 38% · rank #0 → #4+38pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
sevenrooms.com
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38% | 62% | Google AI Mode |
SevenRooms leads on composite score (45.0) with a citation rate of 62.5% — five times the category average of 19.4% — making it the most trusted source in the category despite lower visibility than OpenTable. |
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| 2 |
opentable.com
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50% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
OpenTable achieves the highest visibility in the category at 50.0% (five times the 10.0% average) but its 25.0% citation rate keeps its composite score below SevenRooms, signalling named presence over source authority. |
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| 3 |
eatapp.co
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12% | 88% | Google AI Mode |
Eat App's 87.5% citation rate is the highest in the dataset despite only 12.5% visibility, indicating its domain content is being pulled as an AI reference source far more often than it is mentioned as a brand. |
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| 4 |
toasttab.com
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38% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Toast Tables matches SevenRooms on visibility at 37.5% but its citation rate of 25.0% trails SevenRooms by 37.5 percentage points, resulting in a composite score 11.2 points lower. |
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| 5 |
resy.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Resy appears in AI responses at 37.5% visibility — equal to SevenRooms and Toast Tables — but records a 0.0% citation rate, the joint lowest alongside Yelp Guest Manager and Tock, meaning AI never anchors on its content. |
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| 6 |
touchbistro.com
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0% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
theforkmanager.com
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0% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
yelp.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
tock.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
resdiary.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
nowbookit.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
hostmeapp.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
tableo.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
quandoo.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
tablecheck.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
wisely.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
spoton.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
ivvy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
simpleerb.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
wisk.ai
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on restaurant reservation software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about restaurant reservation software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in restaurant reservation software?
SevenRooms leads on composite score (45.0), driven by a 62.5% citation rate, while OpenTable leads on raw visibility at 50.0% — the highest in the category.
Which restaurant reservation software brand is most cited as a source by Google AI Mode?
Eat App has the highest citation rate at 87.5%, appearing as a cited source in the vast majority of relevant AI responses despite a visibility rate of only 12.5%.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on when answering restaurant reservation software queries?
The AI draws on brand-owned domains (restaurant.eatapp.co, touchbistro.com, sevenrooms.com), third-party platforms (reddit.com, tablein.com, getbento.com, restaurant365.com), and YouTube.
Are there brands with high visibility but low citation in this category?
Yes — Resy and OpenTable both illustrate this pattern; Resy has 37.5% visibility with a 0.0% citation rate, and OpenTable has 50.0% visibility but only a 25.0% citation rate.
Are there brands that are heavily cited but rarely mentioned by name in AI responses?
TouchBistro (75.0% citation, 0.0% visibility) and TheFork Manager (50.0% citation, 0.0% visibility) are both used as source material by the AI without being surfaced as named recommendations.
How does the category average compare to the top performers in restaurant reservation software AI visibility?
The category average visibility is 10.0% and average citation is 19.4%; SevenRooms' citation rate of 62.5% and OpenTable's visibility of 50.0% both exceed these averages by a factor of three or more.