You’ve identified your neighbourhood’s best coffee shops, discovered where to find the silkiest, sauciest lasagne in your town, and written a bucket list of restaurants that serve cheesy chilli poppers. You’ve read about restaurants’ creamy cheese boards, the juiciest craft burgers, and family-friendly restaurants. In fact, you’re practically drooling on your keyboard…  Now all you need to do is book a table.

Eat Out now offers you the opportunity to reserve a table directly from a restaurant’s listing. To make a booking, click BOOK ONLINE NOW beneath the opening times on the restaurant listing. A pop-up form will appear. Select your date and time, fill in your details (ensuring that you give a valid email address) and click CONTINUE.

You’ll receive a preliminary email to acknowledge receipt of your request, a second email once your booking has been confirmed with the restaurant, and a third on the day of your booking to serve as a reminder. Your booking should take a few hours to be confirmed. You also have the option to forward the confirmation email to your fellow diners or add it to your Outlook or Google calendar.

You can change or cancel your booking at any time prior to dining by following a link on the confirmation email.

If a restaurant is not available for bookings online, you’ll be given the option to vote for them to be added. The restaurant will then be approached to participate in the system. Alternatively, you can email us at info@eatout.co.za to request a restaurant to be added, and we’ll do our best.

Photographs: El Burro