The WhatsApp agent, in each guest’s language.
It replies, offers your real times and books, day and night. You see every conversation and take over whenever you like.
Your website, Google and WhatsApp land in a single diary. The Matably agent replies to every message, at any hour, and you never pay per cover.
From £49 a month£0 per cover21-day trial
‘I miss bookings when I’m on the floor. Nobody picks up, the WhatsApp message waits until the next day, and the guest has already booked somewhere else.’
‘A table of six that doesn’t show up is my Saturday. I don’t have time to call everyone back, nor a tool to ask for a guarantee.’
‘I pay a commission on my own guests. The platform’s statement charges every cover, even the regular who would have called me.’
A message arrives mid-service. The agent replies, table 7 is booked.
Illustrative example, fictional names.
Bookings, floor, guests, messages and marketing, in a single tool where everything is connected.
It replies, offers your real times and books, day and night. You see every conversation and take over whenever you like.
Photograph your dining room or a paper plan: Matably draws the tables, all you do is adjust.
No double bookings, no notebook to copy out.
The voice receptionist answers on your number and notes everything on the guest record.
Ask it about your evening, your guests or your figures, as you would your second-in-command.
Every booking adds visits, preferences and allergies.
Follow-ups, thank-yous and invitations, sent to the right guest at the right time.
Covers, channels and loyalty, against the previous period.
Your assistant reads your diary and your guests, with your permission.
Your team chooses the style of its tool, without losing anything.
Deposit on your Stripe account, 0% Matably fees.
The Matably WhatsApp agent replies to your guests day and night, in their language, with your real availability and your closing days. It books, or hands over to your team.
Every direct booking enriches your guest file: visit history, preferences, allergies. You export everything, whenever you like.
Automatic confirmation, a waitlist and a deposit for large tables, collected on your own Stripe account.
Zenchef charges 2% to 6% on card deposits, according to its pricing page (checked on 17 Oct 2026).
What you pay, what you keep, and how you get started.
Enter your figures, the ones from your last statement. The calculation stays on your screen.
If these covers book directly with you. Matably Pro billed annually, add-ons excluded.
Your restaurant, your plan and a card. Nothing is charged.
Every sign-up is checked by a person, not by a robot.
Floor plan from a photo, WhatsApp in one click, a booking button on your website.
Your trial starts at validation, not at sign-up.
For a small restaurant that wants its bookings direct.
Billed £490 excl. VAT per year
Try Starter for 21 daysTo reply to every guest and fill the room.
Billed £1,090 excl. VAT per year
Try Pro for 21 daysFor high-volume restaurants and large teams.
Billed £2,190 excl. VAT per year
Try Maison for 21 daysVoice receptionist add-on: the phone answered by the agent, £89 excl. VAT a month for 400 minutes.
Matably is a Meta Tech Provider: your number connects in one click, with no workarounds.
Deposits and your subscription go through Stripe. No card data touches our servers.
A code at every log-in, for the whole team. You export your data whenever you like.
Another question? Write to us at hello@matably.com
So your subscription carries on without a break when the trial ends. Nothing is charged for 21 days, we let you know before the first payment, and if you cancel before then, you pay nothing.
No. Our team imports your contacts and your history during setup. You can keep a platform as an extra channel, and make direct booking the rule.
Yes. Exchanges are encrypted, every account is protected by two-factor authentication and we never sell any data. You can export your data at any time, and it is deleted 30 days after cancellation.
It only books within your rules: opening hours, capacity, closing days. When it is not sure, it hands over to your team, and you see every conversation in your inbox.
About 10 minutes after validation. The floor plan imports from a photo, WhatsApp connects in one click, and our team helps you if needed.
Nothing is charged for 21 days. No commitment on the monthly plan. Cancel before the first payment and you pay nothing.