UMAI
UMAI is a restaurant reservation and guest-management system covering online bookings, floor and table management, waitlist and queue, deposits, marketing automation, loyalty, and takeaway. It is sold to restaurants, hotel restaurants, bars and nightclubs and cafes, and the vendor says thousands of restaurants use it. Customers shown are mainly in Portugal, Malaysia and Singapore.
Last reviewed

- Best for
- Restaurants that take reservations, Restaurant groups with several outlets
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Restaurants that take reservations
Real-time availability, a branded booking widget, area selection and waitlist for guests booking online.
Restaurant groups with several outlets
When one outlet is full, guests are shown availability at the group's other restaurants.
Hotel restaurants, bars, nightclubs and cafes
The vendor has separate pages for each of these venue types.
What it does
Online reservations
Real-time availability, a customisable booking widget, area selection and a waitlist for fully booked times.
Outlet recommendations
Shows guests availability at your other restaurants when one location is full.
Table management
Floor layout, timeline, calendar and list views, drag-and-drop seating, table combinations, custom turn times and booking priorities.
Deposits and card authorisation
Takes deposits or card holds by busy day, time or party size, with payouts through Stripe and payment links sent by SMS or WhatsApp.
Pre-orders
Lists a menu and can require guests to order and pay when they book.
Queue management
Adds walk-in guests to a queue, lets them track their wait and messages them when the table is ready.
Phone reservation tools
Identifies callers and their booking history, shows pop-up shortcuts, tracks missed calls and auto-messages guests with booking options.
Mobile app
Add, edit and manage reservations and view real-time analytics on a phone.
Gift cards and promotions
Sells gift cards at full or discounted prices and shows promotions on the booking website.
Experiences and add-ons
Pre-sells products and experiences during online booking.
Automated marketing, email and loyalty
Campaign automation, email marketing and loyalty programmes are listed in the Grow section.
Website builder
A website builder is listed among the Grow tools.
Takeaway ordering
Offers takeaway; the vendor names the product UMAI 2 Go for takeaway and delivery.
Guest profiles, feedback and analytics
Guest data, feedback and reputation management, and analytics are listed in the system menu.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
No subscription prices are published; the site directs visitors to request a free demo. A separate SMS and WhatsApp price list page exists but shows no figures in the page text.
How it compares
Compared with the 48 products in Reservations & Table Management that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 2 integrations. The median in this category is 10.
- Lists Web only. Among the 48 products in this category that state their platforms, 24 list an iOS app and 17 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Reserve with Google, Instagram, Stripe, Facebook, Lightspeed, Google, Mailchimp, Google Analytics, Square, Micros Simphony. Of these, this product's listing names Stripe.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- Portugal, Malaysia, Singapore
- Platforms
- Web
The vendor does not state where it sells. The list comes from customer locations shown on the homepage (Lisbon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore). The site also has a page for restaurants in Australia.
The company
- Customers named by the vendor
- Onda Cocktail Room, Joloko, Vida Plena Group, SEM Restaurant & Wine Bar, Barbary Coast, RUMI Lisboa, Cilantro Restaurant, Rhombus Group, Cobaia
Security and support
- Support
- Contact is by email and demo request. A customer quote on the homepage says support is available around the clock; this is the customer's claim.
Listing details
- Built for
- Restaurants, Cafés, Bars
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- umai.io
Alternatives to UMAI
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Runs on Web and iOS, against Web for UMAI.
Plateform
Plateform is an Italian online platform for restaurant table reservations and guest marketing.
Names 32 integrations, against 2 for UMAI.
TableCheck
TableCheck is a cloud reservation, table management and guest CRM system for restaurants, hotels' food and beverage outlets, enterprise groups and resorts, run from Tokyo.
Names 5 integrations, against 2 for UMAI.
Servme
Servme is a reservations and guest management platform for restaurants, hotels, F&B groups and entertainment venues, built around the Middle East and North Africa.
Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for UMAI.
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Any price or plan tiers (demo request only)
- Contract terms
- Integrations (POS, accounting)
- Company legal name, founding year, headquarters, funding, team size
- Hosting, security certifications
- Mobile app platforms and store listings
- Countries where it is officially sold
- Interface languages
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.
- Home: products, customers, locationshttps://www.umai.io
- Reservationshttps://www.umai.io/en/reservation-management
- Table managementhttps://www.umai.io/en/flexible-table-management
- Deposits and Stripehttps://www.umai.io/en/reduce-no-show
- Queuehttps://www.umai.io/en/queue-management
- Phone reservationshttps://www.umai.io/en/uphone
- Mobile apphttps://www.umai.io/en/mobile-app
- Gift cardshttps://www.umai.io/en/sell-online
- Add-onshttps://www.umai.io/en/promote-experiences-and-add-ons
- Product names, SMS price listhttps://www.umai.io/en/sms-and-whatsapp-pricing
- Venue typeshttps://www.umai.io/en/cafes
- Page discoveryhttps://www.umai.io/sitemap.xml