Boost your restaurant bookings with your Facebook and Instagram pages

Use TheFork Restaurant Booking widget on social media to get more reservations 

As you already know, your clients LOVE taking pictures and posting them on Instagram and Facebook. It is an intuitive way to share their experience at your restaurant with their friends and community. That’s why Facebook and Instagram are key channels for foodies to get inspired about restaurants. What if you could now… Add a booking widget to your restaurant social media channels?

Why adding a Restaurant Booking Widget brings value to your restaurant business

1. Diners arriving on your Facebook or Instagram pages won’t have to leave your page to book a table at your restaurant. Hence, you don’t miss any booking opportunities.
2. As you are our restaurant partner, no extra commission will be charged for bookings made via the Facebook or Instagram Booking widget.
3. Diners save time making a booking because their information is pre-filled in the checkout form, using their Facebook profile information.
4. The Booking experience is mobile-friendly, fast and efficient so that your customers are satisfied with it.

Curious to see how a user can make a Booking on Instagram and Facebook?

Here are the quick steps he follows to complete his booking

You are working with TheFork and want to learn how to add a booking button to your Restaurant Facebook/Instagram page?

For Facebook >>

1. Log to your Restaurant’s Facebook page
2. Click on “Add a button” (or “Edit Reserve” to modify the action button)
3. Select “Book now” in type of Edit Page Button
4. Click on “Connect Another Tool”
5. Select “TheFork” in the list of suggested provider
6. A page named “Connect to TheFork” appears : click on Continue
7. A pop-up window opens directly on TheForkManager : insert your TheForkManager id & login to connect to your account
8. On the window “Confirm Linking”, just click on Continue & then on Done
9. Meta requires from now on having a Facebook Business Manager (FBM) account. At this phase, they will ask you to link your Facebook page to the FBM one.
10. A new window will show up asking you to tap the name of the account you wish to assign to this FB page. This account will be registered on your FBM (previously created) 
11. Choose the corresponding business account among the choices in the list in case you own and manage several restaurant accounts
12. When the logging is done, FB will ask you to confirm your settings. Click twice on “Continue”. And VOILA ! The linking is done.

Congrats! Your Facebook page is now configured with TheFork. The url of the booking widget has automatically been added/updated !

Good to know : If you first link your Facebook and Instagram profiles from your Facebook page, then adding the booking button to your Facebook page will result in it being automatically added to your Instagram account as well. 

For Instagram >>

1. Go on your Instagram Profile & click on Edit Profile
2. Click on “Action buttons” from the shown list
3. Choose “Reserve” as your action button
4. Select “TheFork.com” in the list of suggested provider and click Continue.
5. You are automatically redirected to TheForkManager: insert your TheForkManager id & login to connect to your account. If you have several restaurants working with TheFork, select the one corresponding with the Instagram page in the list
6. After processing, a list of settings will appear for you to confirm. Click on “Continue”
7. Click on “Continue” to confirm the connection to TF website & wait for the booking button to be added. A message confirming “TheFork button added to profile” will finally appear.

Congrats! Your Instagram page is now configured with TheFork. The url of the booking widget has automatically been added/updated!

As you can see, in just a few simple steps you can have your restaurant bookings linked to your social media profiles and get the most out of them. Get ready to increase your reservations! 🚀