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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/5/"
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.

- [Quandoo Is Shutting Down: Why Carbonara App Is Quandoo’s Best Alternative](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/quandoo-best-alternative/): Quandoo, one of Europe’s most well-known restaurant reservation platforms, has announced it will cease operations entirely by December 31, 2026.
- [Floorplan for Restaurants: Build a Smarter Restaurant Map](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/floorplan-restaurants/): How a live floor plan helps you seat faster, combine tables and see the room at a glance.
- [Ultimate Guide to Starting Up a Restaurant](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/guide-to-starting-up-a-restaurant/): Starting a restaurant from scratch is an ambitious, high-committal venture. Like every business project, it requires careful handling and precautionary behaviour.
- [7 Ideas to Boost Employee Morale in Restaurants 2025](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/ideas-to-boost-employee-morale-restaurants/): Although every restaurant is different, our general advice can help boost restaurant employee morale and satisfaction anywhere in the industry.
- [Get the Best Tables at Fully Booked Restaurants](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/get-the-best-tables-at-fully-booked-restaurants/): Is it possible to get a table at a fully booked restaurant?
- [7 Ways to Sustain Restaurant Footfall in 2025](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/ways-to-sustain-restaurant-footfall/): There’s loads of ways to reel customers back to restaurant tables after their first visit.