Cafe queue management and reservation app

Save your guests from long lines with Waitwhile – the intelligent waitlist app. Create a free waitlist for your business with SMS notifications in under 3 minutes.

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With Waitwhile, businesses have saved 100 million customers more than 10,000 years of waiting in line...
...and counting

Say hello to a waitlist
without the wait

Make it easy for your guests to join the line from anywhere

Let your guests check-in from a kiosk tablet, from their own home, or by sending a text to join the line. Say goodbye to frustrated diners with a smart online waitlist that works on any device, even without WiFi. No app required.

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Let your guests do what they want while they wait

No one likes to wait, especially when they are hungry! Empower your guests with time and allow them the option to spend their wait however (and wherever) they like. Our ‘alert’ features make it easy to keep your guests informed about the status of their wait wherever they go.

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Unchain your staff and let them manage the line from anywhere

With Waitwhile, your staff can login and control your waitlist on any smartphone, tablet or computer. Both staff and guests can view the current wait time from anywhere, staff can alert guests that their table is ready, or even change the order of the line. We’ve even still got you covered if your Wi-Fi goes down.

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Manage your walk-ins and appointments in the same line with ease

Let guests join the line or book a reservation in advance. With a powerful bookings feature that automatically syncs reservations with your waitlist, your guests have total flexibility on when (and where) they wait.

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Updates, alerts, surveys: Turn your ‘Thank you, come again’ into marketing gold

Use our ‘easy to customize messages’ to thank your guests, send them to your favorite social media channel, or ask them to fill out a quick survey. The possibilities are endless!

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Waitwhile works great with the tools you love

Waitwhile lets you connect your waitlist with your CRM, POS, Calendar, Ticket Manager, Slack channel, Website, App... you name it.

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“We've saved over 3 million customers queued through Waitwhile more than 140,000 days of waiting in line. It's been seamless.”

Cliff Stefanuk

Product Owner, Best Buy

95% of user feedback about our ordering app is how easy it is to use. It has been called magic. And that’s thanks to Waitwhile.

Kevin Yim

VP Marketing & Communications, Zippy’s

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“Waiting for family members during surgery can be stressful. Our teams love Waitwhile because it brings empathy into a difficult process.”

Andrew Turczak

Managing Director, Hartford HealthCare

Best in Class

We’re thankful for the great reviews from our happy customers.

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Capterra

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GetApp

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G2

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