First Table Integration with Resos

What is First Table?

Connect your Resos booking system with the First Table platform. This integration allows First Table to display your real-time availability directly on their platform. When guests book through First Table, the booking is automatically created in your Resos system.

With the First Table integration, you can attract a new wave of guests - on average, 80% of bookings made through First Table across the UK are from first-time diners at that restaurant. This means you’re not just filling seats, you’re reaching brand-new customers at the exact day and time you want them.

When you activate it with Activate & send email, Resos sends your API key and restaurant details to the First Table team to help you set up the integration on their platform.

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Setup required to activate

To activate the First Table integration, you’ll need to complete two steps:

1. Activate the API add-on
   • Go to Menu → Settings & add-ons → Integrations → API, and click Activate add-on.
   • The API is a paid add-on and needs an active paid plan; see the pricing page for the current cost. First Table itself stays free, it’s only this prerequisite that’s paid.
   • This allows external platforms like First Table to sync bookings with your Resos system.
2. Generate an API key
   • Once the API add-on is active, create an API key on the same page.
   • This unique key will be shared with the First Table team so they can connect your restaurant to their platform and start sending bookings directly into your Resos calendar.

When both steps are complete, activate the First Table integration with Activate & send email. Resos then sends your API key and restaurant details to First Table so their team can set up the connection on their platform.

Resos emails the key to First Table’s support team when you activate the integration with Activate & send email, with the email address you enter in that dialog copied in. Nothing is sent if you choose Activate without sending email, and Resos does not update First Table if you later delete the key or generate another. A deleted key stops working immediately, so First Table can no longer send bookings with it. Switching the API add-on off pauses every key the same way; switching it back on restores them, and nothing needs resending.

If you deleted the key, generate a new one on the API page, then switch the First Table integration off and on again and choose Activate & send email so the new key is sent. Only one key is sent, and with several active keys it is not necessarily the newest, so check with First Table which key they received if you keep more than one.

Note: The First Table integration is currently available only in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

Read more about the integration here

How It Works

Step	Description
1. Activation	You need the paid API add-on active in Resos, with at least one API key, to use First Table.
2. Setup Offer Times	Choose the days/times when you want the First Table discount active (e.g. Monday - Thursday, early evening).
3. Guest Books via First Table	Diners make a booking through First Table, pay a booking fee to First Table.
4. Reservation Lands in Resos	The booking shows up automatically in your Resos calendar.