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title: "Blog: guides for busy restaurants, cafés and bars · Carbonara"
description: "Practical guides on walk-ins, waitlists, reservations and running a busy venue, from the Carbonara team."
url: "https://www.carbonaraapp.com/blog/"
language: "en-GB"
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# Ideas for busy places

Practical guides on walk-ins, reservations and running a busy venue, from the Carbonara team.

- [Why it’s so important to give customers an estimated wait time](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/restaurant-wait-time/): The wait itself isn’t what drives customers away. Not knowing how long it will be is. What the research says, and how to get wait times right.
- [Sheffield Café Thrives with a Cafe Management Software](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/sheffield-cafe-cafe-management-software/): Read how Dysh Coffee & Kitchen successfully used Carbonara App, as cafe management software to manage a busy guestlist.
- [Alternative to Quandoo: Pizzeria Reale's switch to Carbonara](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/alternative-to-quandoo-pizzeria-reale/): Many restaurants are already making the switch to an alternative to Quandoo. Among them is Pizzeria Reale in Caserta, run by Gianluigi.
- [8 reasons why a digital waitlist is better than buzzers](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/digital-waitlist-is-better-than-buzzers/): Buzzers run out, get lost and only work nearby. A text reaches customers wherever they are.
- [Predictive Wait Times: Carbonara Uses AI for Restaurants to Tell Wait Times](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/predictive-wait-times-restaurants/): How Carbonara learns from your own service to give every customer a fair estimate.
- [5 Things to Know about a Virtual Waitlist App](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/what-to-know-about-virtual-waitlist-app/): With a virtual waitlist app, restaurateurs no longer have to stay on site! It’s not just a trend; it’s a shift in lifestyle.
- [Why use a Digital Waitlist?](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/why-use-digital-waitlist/): It is no secret that the world is becoming ever more digitized and that includes the restaurant industry.