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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/page/17/"
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.

- [Diners Prefer SMS Reminders to Restaurant Pager Systems](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/restaurant-pager-alternatives/): Many diners consider restaurant pager systems a thing of the past. A recent survey found that 40 per cent of respondents preferred text reminders when dining out.
- [Getting Started: Restaurant Tech is Really Easy to Pick Up](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/restaurant-technologies/): A common misconception lurks beneath the waters of restaurant technologies.
- [The Top Five Pre Order Benefits for Restaurants](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/pre-order-benefits/): Customers now want to pre-order alcohol online, but what are the benefits for you? Discover how a drinks pre-ordering system can help you fulfil today’s customer demands.
- [How to Cope with a Restaurant Staffing Crisis 2025](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/restaurant-staffing-crisis/): On both sides of the Atlantic, US and British restaurants face a worrying situation. They currently share a serious problem: staff shortages.
- [Mobile Drinks Ordering to Promote Restaurant Drink Sales](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/mobile-drinks-ordering/): What if you could walk into a restaurant and have your drinks ordered straight away?
- [Making Dinner Reservations with a Restaurant Management System in 2025](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/restaurant-management-system/): Using handheld technology, restaurant management systems have geared up the guest experience to stay level with our fast and instant world.