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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/27/"
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.

- [Ollie’s Café: from placing customers on hold to maximising turnover with Carbonara App](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/ollies-cafe-virtual-queueing-system/): Discover how this English cafe solved problems with a virtual queueing system by Carbonara App, a restaurant waitlist app
- [5 Reasons Why Restaurant Apps Should Cost Less](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/low-cost-restaurant-app/): Journalists anticipate growth in the restaurant sector with technology playing a “key role” in maximising footfall; if this is the case do restaurants then deserve a low cost restaurant app?
- [Oh Crispa: the flavors of China in the streets of Turin and the virtual queue](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/oh-crispa-and-virtual-queue/): "Carbonara App has definitely improved the experience and productivity of our staff", says Chiara. Check out this article to understand why.
- [Don Peppe: Virtual Queue At The Mall Organized With The Carbonara App](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/don-peppe-virtual-queue/): How Don Peppe gain more customers and improve their guest experience by using Digital Waitlist and Virtual Queue by Carbonara App
- [18B Iseo: from pen and paper to the Carbonara digital waiting list](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/18b-restaurant-from-pen-and-paper-waitlist-to-digital-waiting-list/): Discover how this restaurant on the Iseo lakefront, Italy used a hospitality mobile app to boost restaurant efficiency.
- [Italy in Oslo: Mamma Pizza and the Digital Waiting List Experience](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/mamma-pizza-and-digital-waiting-list-experience/): "Intuitive, easy-to-control digital waiting list" - Read this article to learn how Mamma Pizza has used Carbonara to better serve customers