The setup checklist

When you first sign in, Eighty-Six gives you a guided checklist that walks you through everything your restaurant needs before it can take its first booking. Work through it from top to bottom and, by the end, your booking page is live and guests can reserve a table.

Before you begin

The setup checklist is your guided path to going live. You’ll find it as Setup in the left sidebar while you’re still getting started, and it shows your progress at a glance (for example, 2/8). Available on plans that include Bookings. The checklist is built for the restaurant owner, who has every permission by default. If you hand a step to a member of staff, they’ll need the matching permission for that area — for example, editing settings, managing the floor map, or publishing the booking page.

What the setup checklist is

The Setup entry sits at the bottom of your sidebar. Open it to see the Get your restaurant set up page: a running progress bar and eight steps, each one a small task that moves your restaurant closer to accepting bookings. The checklist keeps score for you — there’s nothing to install and nothing to mark off by hand.

Once every required step is done, the Setup entry disappears from the sidebar on its own. That’s your sign that setup is finished and your restaurant is live.

The Setup entry in the sidebar shows how many steps you've completed.

How it works

It keeps score for you

Every step ticks off automatically as you finish the work in that area. You never mark a step done by hand.

Work in any order

Jump between steps, or leave and come back later — your progress is always saved.

Use the shortcut

Each unfinished step has a Do this button that takes you straight to the right screen.

See what's left

Finished steps show a check and are crossed out, so the remaining work stands out.

Two of the steps are marked Optional (Add your menu and Invite your team). They’re worth doing, but they don’t hold up going live — you can come back to them any time.

The setup checklist, with a progress bar and each step's status.

The eight steps

1. Complete your restaurant profile. Go to Settings and add your restaurant’s address along with a phone number or email. This step ticks off once your address and at least one contact detail are saved.

2. Define your service periods. Open Bookings and click Schedule to open the schedule panel, then add each service you run — lunch, dinner, and any other turns. Adding one service period is enough to complete this step.

3. Draw your restaurant map. Go to Restaurant Map, create a 2D map of your dining room, and place your tables on it. This step ticks off once your map has at least one table.

4. Configure time slots. Back in Bookings, open the Schedule panel again, pick a service period, and add the bookable start times inside it. As soon as one service period has a time slot, this step is done.

5. Add your menu. (Optional) Go to Menu and add your dishes so guests can see what you serve on the booking page. Ticks off once you’ve added at least one dish.

6. Customize your booking page. Go to Booking Page and add your logo, a hero image, and your restaurant story. Adding any one of these completes the step.

7. Invite your team. (Optional) Go to Team and invite your staff, giving each person the permissions they need. Ticks off once you’ve invited at least one teammate.

8. Publish your booking page. Return to Booking Page and publish it. The moment your page goes live, this final step is done — and so is your setup.

Each step shows what to do and a Do this button that jumps to the right screen.

Going live

You go live the moment every required step is complete. When that happens, a You’re all set message appears — “Welcome aboard, your restaurant is ready to accept bookings” — and the Setup entry drops off your sidebar.

The two optional steps can stay unchecked; they don’t affect whether guests can book. From here on, anyone visiting your booking page can reserve a table, and new reservations arrive under Bookings.

Once the required steps are done, Eighty-Six confirms your restaurant is ready.

Tip

You don’t have to finish everything in one sitting. A good order is your profile first, then your service periods and map, then time slots — those define what guests can actually book. Customize and publish your booking page last. Your progress is saved, so you can step away and pick up right where you left off.

Related

SettingsFill in your restaurant profile — address and contact details.

Bookings & availabilitySet up service periods and time slots in the Schedule panel.

The floor mapDraw your dining room and place your tables.

MenusAdd the menu that shows on your booking page.

Your booking pageCustomize and publish the page guests use to reserve.

Team & schedulingInvite staff and choose what each person can do.