---
title: "Customer stories: restaurants, cafés and bars on Carbonara"
description: "How cafés, pizzerias, cocktail bars and beach clubs in 30 countries run their walk-ins and reservations with Carbonara, in their own words."
url: "https://www.carbonaraapp.com/customers/"
language: "en-GB"
updated: "2026-11-11"
---

# Stories from busy places

Cafés, pizzerias, cocktail bars and beach clubs in 30 countries run their waitlists and reservations with Carbonara. Here's how, in their words.

> “I tried Carbonara and liked it: simple and intuitive.”

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## [Dysh Coffee & Kitchen](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/sheffield-cafe-cafe-management-software/)

Sheffield, UK

Reservations for a café and kitchen, every day since 2021.

- Reservations

Café

UK

- Reservations

## L'Atelier de la Cheffe

Provence, France

A chef's table in Provence, booked online by guests from everywhere.

- Reservations

Restaurant

France

- Reservations

## [Ciauru Anticu Ortigia](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/quandoo-alternative-ciauru/)

Syracuse, Italy

Seafood in Ortigia, switched from Quandoo in an afternoon.

- Reservations
- Switched from Quandoo

Restaurant

Italy

- Reservations

Quandoo

## [Maggie Fu](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/maggie-fu-asian-street-food-digital-waitlist/)

Liverpool, UK

Liverpool's Asian street food, from a line on the pavement to a list on the phone.

- Waitlist

Restaurant

UK

- Waitlist

## El Chivito

Lyon, France

A Latin American cantina, busy every night in four French cities.

- Group of venues

Group of venues

France

## BH Pinares

San José, Costa Rica

Breakfast to dessert, with every table on one list.

- Café and bakery

Café and bakery

Costa Rica

## What owners tell us.

> “With Carbonara the switch was very smooth, barely an hour.”
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> — Ciauru Anticu Ortigia, Syracuse, Italy · switched from Quandoo

> “Carbonara makes it easy for us to manage our reservations efficiently, and it gives us a lot of flexibility.”
>
> — Mar Vázquez, Casa Grande de Cristosende, Ourense, Spain · translated from Spanish

> “We’re pleasantly surprised by what Carbonara offers at such an affordable cost.”
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> — Norberto Viana, Japonês, Coimbra, Portugal · translated from Portuguese

## Run a busy place with Carbonara?

We'd love to tell your story. Twenty minutes on a call, a few photos, and you approve everything before it goes live.

[Tell us about your venue](https://www.carbonaraapp.com/contact/)