What half the room is looking at

Everyone chooses on their own phone, so a table that has split into two conversations ends up in one round again.

Open it full screen yourself
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Staying on

By half nine, half the room is on its feet. From then on every conversation sounds louder.

A room that empties while it is still bright outside looks quiet for the rest of the evening, including to anyone deciding whether to come in. The people who stay are what keep it sounding alive.

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What a full room does

  • Full tables pull in the people still hesitating at the door.
  • No staff involved: anyone who wants to play does it from the table code.
  • It fits the atmosphere you already run, rather than a discount you give away.

What the research shows

+44%larger meals in company

Meals eaten in company were on average 44 per cent larger, and the effect climbed with table size.

The data came from thousands of food diaries, not from bars. What it shows is that the company itself is doing the work. A room that is still full at half nine is a room where that effect is still running.

De Castro and Brewer (1992), Physiology & Behavior

5-9%revenue per extra star

One extra star on Yelp is worth five to nine per cent in revenue, for independents only.

The study matched ratings to state tax records for Seattle restaurants between 2003 and 2009, comparing places that landed just either side of a rounding threshold, so it measures cause rather than coincidence. Chains gain nothing because people already know what they are getting. An independent room is judged on what was written about it.

Luca (2016), Harvard Business School working paper 12-016

What you get

  • Everything in the library, plus what gets added
  • A card for every table, picked from hundreds of designs
  • Something for the children and something for their parents
  • Solo, around the table, or the entire room at once
  • Ad-free, and it follows the language your guest speaks
  • Carries your own logo

What a full room can play

By half nine nobody hears the table next to them, but they can still play the same round.

65games in the library

A room that can see who is ahead sounds like a room worth staying in, and that is the whole job of the screen above the bar.

At half nine this screen is the one thing the whole room can read without shouting.

Over the noise

Scan this with your own phone; it needs no explaining across a loud table.

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Your first year free100 of the 100 places in Ireland are still open

A full year on the house

The free places go in the order venues sign up. Whoever gets one pays nothing for twelve months.

30days free across the whole room

No obligation to buy, and nothing is taken from a card beforehand.

Set up your free year

What it costs

  • € 29a monthup to 10 tables
  • Our recommendation€ 49a month11 to 25 tables
  • € 79a monthunlimited

Each country's first hundred venues pay nothing for year one. There is no joining fee, no card needed in advance, and a thirty-day trial.

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How a table stays busy

  1. A QR code sits on every table, ready for whoever wants it.
  2. The guest scans and plays; nothing to install, nothing to remember.
  3. You choose which games suit your crowd and the time of night.

What you are probably wondering

Isn't this more of a pub thing than a restaurant thing?

It works in both, but not in the same way. In a restaurant it is about the wait and the talk afterwards; in a bar it is about the evening itself.

How quickly can it be running?

As soon as your venue is created and the codes are printed. It does not depend on hardware being delivered.

Can I turn it off again?

Yes, per day and per table. The codes start working again the moment you switch them back on.

Keep the room going

Once your account is created, every table in the room can play the same round without anyone raising their voice.

Set up your room

We ask for no payment details. Your address is used for the account and nothing else.