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Restaurant fully booked and waitlist notice templates

Tell arriving guests whether they can wait, return for another service, or check in for an existing reservation. Choose a notice that describes your actual seating situation. These original bilingual drafts separate a full dining room with a waitlist from a fully reserved service and a waitlist that has stopped accepting new parties.

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Tables full; waitlist available

TABLES ARE CURRENTLY FULL [Restaurant] — [date and service period] Please see our host at [host location] to ask about the waitlist and the current estimated wait. A place on the waitlist is not a confirmed reservation. Thank you for checking with us before waiting.

当前座位已满 [餐厅名称] — [日期及用餐时段] 请到 [接待位置] 向员工询问候位登记及当前预估时间。登记候位不等于已确认订位。 请先向员工了解安排,再决定是否等候。感谢理解。

This service is fully reserved

FULLY BOOKED — [DATE AND SERVICE PERIOD] [Restaurant] cannot accept additional walk-in parties for this service. If you already have a reservation, please check in at [host location]. To ask about another date or service, contact [reservation contact].

[日期及用餐时段] 订位已满 [餐厅名称] 本时段无法再接待没有预订的临时到店顾客。已有预订的顾客,请到 [接待位置] 报到。 如需询问其他日期或时段,请通过 [订位联系方式] 联系我们。

No new parties on the waitlist

WAITLIST CLOSED — [DATE AND SERVICE PERIOD] We are no longer adding new parties to the waitlist at [Restaurant] for this service. If you are already on the list or have a confirmed reservation, please ask our host at [host location] about your arrangement. Thank you for your understanding.

[日期及用餐时段] 停止新增候位 [餐厅名称] 本时段不再接受新的候位登记。 已经登记候位或持有确认预订的顾客,请到 [接待位置] 向员工了解您的安排。感谢理解。

Before you use this notice

  • State the date and service period so the sign does not look like a permanent closure.
  • Confirm whether you can accept another party before offering a waitlist.
  • If you include a wait estimate, update it when conditions change; do not treat it as a guaranteed seating time.
  • Verify the instructions for guests who already have a reservation.
  • Keep guest names and telephone numbers off a public sign; direct questions to the host.

Full now, fully reserved, or no more names on the list?

Use the first notice when tables are occupied but the host can still accept a waiting party. Use the second when the specified service is already allocated to reservations and additional walk-ins cannot be seated. Use the third when the team has stopped adding names to the waitlist. Do not tell parties already waiting that their place has been cancelled unless that is what the team has decided and communicated. Remove or update the sign when the situation changes. Printing these drafts does not manage reservations or notify guests.

Related reading: GetReserve waitlist messages

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These are original Gusflow drafting examples, free to adapt for your restaurant. They are not real restaurant announcements or official platform templates.