Configure reservation rules
Set automatic confirmation, table turn time, booking intervals, party limits, lead time, and advance-booking limits.
Open Reservations → Settings to control how guests can book at the selected store. These rules affect the public booking form and the availability shown to guests.
Configure the rules
- Auto-confirm requests — Confirm new bookings immediately instead of reviewing each request manually.
- Turn time — The expected length of a table booking.
- Buffer between bookings — Extra time between bookings for preparation and resetting the table.
- Time-slot interval — The interval used when Menuella offers reservation times.
- Maximum party size — The largest party that can book online.
- Minimum lead time — How close to the current time a guest can make a booking.
- Maximum advance — How far into the future guests can book.
Save changes
- Confirm the correct store is selected.
- Open Reservations.
- Choose Settings.
- Update the booking rules.
- Select Save.
Test a representative booking time after changing these values. Turn time, buffers, table capacity, and existing bookings work together to determine availability.