Set up tables and the floor plan

Last updated 14 Oct 2026

F&B - this article applies to food and drink businesses.

The floor plan is how your room appears on the till. A cashier taps a table rather
than remembering which order belongs to whom, so arrange the plan to match the room.

Before you start

  • Your shop takes eat-in orders. Tables is only in the menu for shops that do.

1. Open Tables

Open Shop → Tables. It has two tabs: Floor plan, the arrangement itself, and
Sections, the areas you group tables into.

The floor plan

2. Add your sections

Sections are the areas of your room: indoors, outdoors, a terrace, a floor. They let a
busy plan be filtered by area. Tables without a section do not appear on the floor
plan, so set up sections first.

On Sections, type a name under New section and select Add. The section is
listed with its number of tables.

The sections view

3. Add a table

On Floor plan, select the round + button (New table).

The new table form

Field What it decides
Name What the cashier taps. Digits only, and the next free number is filled in for you
Seats How many it holds
Shape Round, square or rectangular, so the plan resembles the room
Status Active, or Inactive to take it out of use without deleting it
Section Which area it belongs to

Number tables the way your staff already do. A numbering scheme nobody uses is
slower than none, because the cashier has to translate.

Select Save. You are taken back to the floor plan.

4. Place it on the plan

A new table waits under Not on the plan. Drag it into position. Use Zoom in and
Zoom out for a large room, and All sections to show one area at a time.

To change a table later, double-click it on the plan.

Taking bookings for a table

Open the table and turn on Bookable. See Make a table bookable.

If something goes wrong

What you see What it means What to do
A table is missing from the plan It has no section, or it is not placed yet Give it a section, then drag it in from Not on the plan
A table is missing from the till It is Inactive Open it and set Status to Active
The cashier cannot find a table quickly Numbers do not match what staff say Renumber them to match what staff call them
A section is empty No table has been put in it Set the section on each table