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.
Waitlist full
All 24 seats for this dinner are taken.
The problem
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.
The recipe
Exactly what the button sets up
Capacity, reset time, opening hours, and the form fields. It is a starting point, not a cage. Every value is editable in Settings and the builder.
Recipe
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
How it works here
How the list works
Cap the table
Set 24. The 25th person sees a full message, not a form that pretends.
Open on one day
Opening hours for Monday only. The rest of the week the form shows the next opening.
Count seats, not people
A number field for seats lets a couple take two. The export shows the total per entry.
Collect dietary notes
A long text field per guest, in the same CSV as their name and seat count.
Share one link
The hosted page works from a Linktree or an Instagram bio. No website needed.
Reset for the next dinner
Export the list, clear the entries, and the same form opens next Monday.
Why it holds up
What matters most
Nobody gets told yes twice
Seats are assigned under a database lock. Sixty people clicking at 10:00 AM get 24 seats, in order.
The seat number is the ticket
Guests screenshot their number. You match it against the list at the door.
You stop answering DMs
The full state and the closed state answer the two questions everyone asks.
The form looks like the menu
Serif font, warm background, your accent color. Set once.
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.