For supper clubs

Twenty-four seats. Signups open Monday at ten.

A hard cap for the table, a weekly signup window, and a full state that tells the twenty-fifth person the truth. Guests see their seat number and you see dietary notes in one list.

Use this templateWhat you get

Free to start. You can modify all of this in the editor.

unwaited.com/long-table-supper/waitlist
Full

Waitlist full

All 24 seats for this dinner are taken.

Sound familiar?

The Instagram post goes up and your DMs become the guest list

You announce the next dinner, and within an hour there are 60 messages for 24 seats. You reply to each one, keep a list in Notes, and forget who asked about a nut allergy. Two people get told yes for the same seat. The night before, you are still messaging people to confirm.

What you get

The limits, hours, and questions, already set

This is exactly what the button creates. It is a starting point, not a cage: change any of it in the editor after.

Template

October dinner

  • 24 seats total. When the 24th is taken the form reads as full.
  • Signups are accepted Mondays only, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
  • Asks for name, number of seats (1 or 2), and dietary notes.
  • Guests see their seat number on the success screen.
  • After each dinner, clear the entries and the list reopens for the next one.
Capacity
24 in total
Signups open
Mon, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Form asks for
Email, Name, Seats, Dietary notes
Counter on the form
Shown
Use this templateFree. Change anything after.

Or by hand

Set it up yourself, step by step

The same values, typed in. About five minutes.

  1. Create the waitlist

    Open the "October dinner" template, change what you like, and press Publish. An emailed code makes it yours and puts it live; nothing is public before that.

  2. Set capacity to 24 in total

    In Settings, set the capacity to 24 in total. When the 24th person joins, the form reads as full and says so.

  3. Set the opening hours

    Under Hours, set signups to open Mon, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Outside those hours the form shows a closed screen with the next opening time, in the joiner's time zone.

  4. Add the form fields

    Email is built in. On the Form tab, add Name (required), Seats (required), Dietary notes. Labels and help text render as plain text.

  5. Show the counter

    In Settings, turn on the counter so the form shows how many spots are left. People join faster when they can see the number.

  6. Publish and share

    Click Publish. The Share tab has the hosted link, a QR code, and the script tag or iframe for your site. The submit button reads "Request a seat".

FAQ

Questions people here ask

Can guests pay for their seat in the form?

No. Unwaited does not take payments. Export the list and send payment links in seat order from your own tool.

Two seats count as two, right?

The capacity counts entries, not seats. If you allow couples, set the cap to the number of entries you can host, or ask for one entry per person.

Can I run two dinners a month from one list?

Add a dropdown for the date and export by that field. For a separate cap per dinner, create a second waitlist.

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