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Guides, playbooks & use cases
Practical writing for the restaurants, cafés, food trucks, and bakeries actually using Tablefllow. No fluff — the stuff we wish we knew on day one.
How to get your first 100 customers with Tablefllow
A practical, week-by-week playbook to launch, capture, and retain your first 100 direct customers — without paying marketplace commissions.
Read article →QR ordering 101: setup, placement, and etiquette
Everything you need to launch QR ordering that guests actually use — where to put codes, what to write beside them, and how to handle the edge cases.
WhatsApp-first ordering in the Caribbean: a playbook
Why WhatsApp beats every app across the islands, and how to build a WhatsApp-first funnel that captures data instead of drowning in DMs.
Loyalty tiers that actually drive repeat visits
Points aren't a strategy — tiers are. How to design bronze/silver/gold that a guest can feel, and the math behind rewards that don't eat your margin.
Abandoned cart recovery: templates that convert
Real WhatsApp and SMS scripts we've seen recover 18–34% of abandoned carts — plus the timing and tone rules that make them work.
Reviews on autopilot: turning 4–5★ into Google traffic
The smart review loop that routes happy customers to Google and unhappy ones to your inbox — and how to reply so your listing keeps climbing.
Menu engineering with AI Menu Studio
How to use Tablefllow's AI Menu Studio to price for margin, write descriptions that sell, and cull the dishes quietly killing your kitchen.
Running a food truck on Tablefllow (mobile-first ops)
Pre-orders, pickup windows, moving locations, and daily broadcasts — the truck-native workflow that turns a line into a loyal following.
Bakeries & pre-orders: pickup windows and cake deposits
Custom cake deposits, weekend bread slots, and a pickup system that stops eight people arriving at the same time.
Cafés: subscriptions, punch cards, and morning rush ops
How specialty cafés use Tablefllow for pre-paid subscriptions, digital punch cards, and a mobile-order lane that shaves 90 seconds off every ticket.
The Trinidad restaurant playbook: TTD, Carnival & WhatsApp-first ordering
How Trini restaurants, doubles vendors, and roti shops use Tablefllow to survive Carnival surges and own their customer list in TTD.
The Jamaica playbook: JMD, jerk stands, and Reggae-weekend ops
From Kingston fine dining to a Portland jerk pan — how Jamaican operators price in JMD, take cash + transfer, and turn Sumfest into a customer list.
The Barbados playbook: BBD, Crop Over, and Oistins Fridays
How Bajan restaurants and fish-fry stalls use Tablefllow to handle cruise-day surges, Crop Over campaigns, and cash-heavy Friday nights.
The Guyana playbook: GYD, Georgetown lunch rush, oil-boom expats
How Georgetown restaurants use Tablefllow to serve the corporate lunch crowd, Mashramani, and the growing oil-and-gas expat base.
The Bahamas playbook: BSD, Junkanoo, and Arawak Cay conch stands
Fish-fry stalls, resort takeaway, and Nassau fine dining all fit on Tablefllow. Here's how they price, pay and promote.
The Dominican Republic playbook: DOP, Santo Domingo zones, Semana Santa
From Zona Colonial cafés to Piantini rooftops — how DR restaurants use Tablefllow to handle delivery zones, DOP pricing, and Semana Santa demand.
The Puerto Rico playbook: USD, La Placita nights, San Sebastián
How San Juan restaurants and food trucks use Tablefllow through La Placita weekends, San Sebastián week, and quiet Tuesday nights.
Small-island ops: St. Lucia & Grenada on Tablefllow
XCD pricing, spice tours, yacht-week bookings, and how a 40-seat kitchen serves both locals and cruise days without breaking.
Curaçao & Aruba: cruise Tuesdays and Plasa Bieu food halls
ANG and AWG pricing, cruise-day surges, and the multi-vendor food-hall playbook for the ABC islands.
How a fine-dining spot like Town Restaurant (Port of Spain) could use Tablefllow
A prix-fixe operator's playbook: reservations, wine-club loyalty tiers, and how a chef's-tasting menu becomes an automation.
How Buzo Osteria Italiana (Woodbrook) could run on Tablefllow
Italian neighborhood restaurant tactics: table QR add-ons, pasta-of-the-week broadcasts, birthday-diner automations.
How a rooftop like Nube Nueve (Santo Domingo) could use Tablefllow
Rooftop bar RSVP flows, cocktail-menu AI descriptions, and event-night campaign templates for a Santo Domingo skyline concept.
How a jerk chain like Scotchies could run on Tablefllow
Jerk-stand kitchen mode, pre-order pickup windows, and tour-bus group codes for the classic Jamaican jerk-pan format.
How Miss T's Kitchen (Ocho Rios) could use Tablefllow
Tourist WhatsApp ordering, Ital menu tagging, and cruise-day surge planning for a Jamaican destination restaurant.
How an Oistins Friday vendor could use Tablefllow
Stall-level QR menus, cash + bank-transfer split, and the weekly Friday broadcast that fills the pan.
How BB's Crabback (St. George's) could use Tablefllow
Waterfront reservations, catch-of-the-day updates, and yacht-guest referral loops for a Grenadian seaside restaurant.
How Backyard Café (Georgetown) could use Tablefllow
Tasting-menu deposits, limited-seat bookings, and the expat WhatsApp list every Georgetown chef should build.
How historic dining like Graycliff (Nassau) could use Tablefllow
Cigar and wine pairings, high-ticket loyalty tiers, and concierge referral commissions for a Nassau heritage venue.
How a paladar like La Guarida (Havana) could use Tablefllow
Reservation-only flow, USD pricing, and pre-payment for tourist-heavy dining in Havana.
How Marmalade (Old San Juan) could use Tablefllow
Tasting-menu automation, allergen tagging, and a quiet-night win-back offer for a San Juan fine-dining room.
Running a Caribbean food court on Tablefllow (Plasa Bieu-style)
Multiple storefronts under one QR, per-stall kitchen routing, and per-stall commission tracking for food-hall operators.
Hotel F&B on Tablefllow: room-charge, poolside QR, breakfast slots
How Caribbean hotels use Tablefllow for room service, poolside ordering, and breakfast-slot management without a full PMS integration.
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