DesignMyNight
DesignMyNight is a UK-based guide and booking site for bars, restaurants, pubs, clubs and events. For venues it works as a marketing and booking channel: a venue page, editorial promotion and table bookings, with related ticketing and gift voucher products. It has been owned by The Access Group since 2017 and works alongside its Access Collins and ResDiary booking systems.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Bars, pubs and restaurants wanting new bookings, Venues running ticketed events
- Pricing
- Pay per confirmed booking or referral bundle
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Bars, pubs and restaurants wanting new bookings
List the venue, get promoted in city guides and take table bookings from the site audience; the vendor says some venues get over 10,000 extra bookings a year.
Venues running ticketed events
Tonic Ticketing lists events on the site and can send ticket sales into the Access Collins booking system.
Venues already on Access Collins or ResDiary
The vendor says using those systems alongside DesignMyNight gives a further boost to bookings.
What it does
Venue listing
A dedicated page where the venue controls photos, menus, offers and positioning, with regular performance insights.
Editorial promotion
Placement in city guides and seasonal content, with a content calendar and a marketing account manager for booking partners.
Real-time table search and booking
Consumers search availability and confirm a table booking on the site.
Group and corporate venue finding
A venue-finding team helps large groups and corporate events find a venue.
Referral bundles
Venues can pay only for confirmed reservations or choose tailored referral bundles.
Tonic Ticketing
Sells event tickets online with automatic listing on DesignMyNight, upsells for food and drink, and a ticket scanning app.
Soda gift vouchers
Gift voucher software for hospitality venues, offered under the same company.
Access Collins bookings
Reservation and enquiry management platform from the same group, used by venues to manage reservations, enquiries and payments.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Pay per confirmed booking or referral bundle
For venue listings the site says you pay only for confirmed reservations or choose referral bundles, with no amounts published; the enquiry form is the route to a quote. The separate Tonic Ticketing product charges a booking fee of 10% for tickets up to GBP 39.99, 8% for GBP 40 to 69.99 and 6% from GBP 70, with free tickets at no fee. That fee is for ticketing, not the venue listing.
How it compares
Compared with the 15 products in Restaurant Discovery & Listing Management (business-facing) that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 3 integrations. The median in this category is 3.
- Lists Web only. Among the 15 products in this category that state their platforms, 8 list an iOS app and 9 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Toast, Access Collins, Acteol, Airシフト, Airペイ, Airメイト, Airレジ, Airレジ オーダー, Alipay, NCR Aloha. Of these, this product's listing names Access Collins, Acteol.
Where and how it runs
- Available in
- United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, United States
- Platforms
- Web
- Apps
- Tonic Ticketing scanner: Ticket check-in with QR scanner for event organisers
From the vendor FAQ: 20+ UK cities, Dublin, five Australian cities and New York.
The company
- Founded
- 2011
- Founders
- Nick Telson, Andrew Webster
Security and support
- Support
- Booking partners get a Marketing Account Manager; Tonic Ticketing has an in-system assistant plus phone, email and live chat.
Listing details
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Built for
- Bars, Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- designmynight.com
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Venue listing and booking prices
- Contract terms
- Founding year: the FAQ says 2011, the about page tells a story from 2009
- Headquarters location
- Security certifications
- Employee count and funding
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepagehttps://www.designmynight.com/
- Company story and productshttps://www.designmynight.com/about
- Venue marketing and how it workshttps://www.designmynight.com/work-with-us/venue-exposure
- Tonic Ticketing pricing and integrationshttps://www.designmynight.com/work-with-us/tonic-ticketing
- Ownership and citieshttps://www.designmynight.com/frequently-asked-questions