How to add TheFork and Quandoo to your website
TheFork and Quandoo is restaurant reservation platforms with website booking widgets, used by restaurants in the UK and Europe taking table bookings. Here's how to put it on your own website, which embed option to pick, and what goes wrong.
Quick answer
Get the code from your restaurant manager account on each platform, in the widgets or website integration section. For most people the right choice is the booking widget — the reservation flow embedded in your page. Paste it into a code or embed block on your site — not a plain text field — then place it beside your main call to action and test the whole flow on a phone before relying on it.
TheFork and Quandoo: which option to use
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Booking widget | The reservation flow embedded in your page. |
| Book button | A button opening the reservation page. |
| Direct booking first | Your own reservation system above the platform options, since platform bookings carry a per-cover fee. |
Step-by-step
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Find the code or link in your account
TheFork and Quandoo keeps this in your restaurant manager account on each platform, in the widgets or website integration section. Copy what you need before touching your website — most of the time people lose is spent hunting for the snippet, not installing it.
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Pick the right option for the job
The table above is the decision. Booking widget: The reservation flow embedded in your page. Book button: A button opening the reservation page. Choosing before you paste saves rebuilding the section later.
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Paste it into a code or embed block
This needs an HTML, code or embed block — not a plain text field, where the code will simply appear as text on your page. On Adviita, ask the AI editor to add an embed section and drop the code in. On WordPress use a Custom HTML block, on Squarespace a Code block (Business plan or above), and on Wix an Embed HTML element.
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Put it where the decision happens
Ordering and booking are the whole point of a hospitality site. Everything else is supporting material. A widget three scrolls down does a fraction of the work of the same widget beside your main call to action. Decide what the page is for, then place it at the point the visitor is deciding.
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Check it on an actual phone
Most visitors to a small business website arrive on a phone, and embeds are where mobile layouts break. Open your live site on your own phone and confirm it loads, fits the screen without sideways scrolling, and does not push your contact button out of view. Third-party embeds are also the most common cause of a slow page, so if it noticeably delays loading, consider a plain link instead.
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Test it end to end before you rely on it
Run through the whole flow yourself as a customer would — confirm it renders and links correctly — and confirm what should happen actually happens. Broken embeds fail silently, and the first person to notice is usually a customer who has already given up.
Tips & best practices
- ▸These platforms charge per cover on bookings they source. A booking from your own website should ideally go through your own system, not theirs.
- ▸Keep availability synchronised. Running two booking systems against one dining room produces double bookings.
- ▸Place the booking widget above the fold on the homepage — for restaurants, booking is the primary action.
- ▸Re-test the embed after any change to your site, your plan, or the connected account — third-party widgets break quietly and nothing tells you.
Common questions
Should I use TheFork's widget or my own booking system?
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If you already pay for a reservation system, use your own on your website and reserve the platforms for the discovery traffic they generate. Platforms typically charge per cover on bookings they source, so routing your own website visitors through them means paying a fee for a customer who had already found you.
Where should a restaurant put its booking button?
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In the header on every page and prominently on the homepage above the fold. Booking is the primary action for a restaurant website, and burying it below the menu or in the footer costs covers every night.
Do I need a developer to add TheFork and Quandoo to my site?
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No. Every option here is copy and paste into a code or embed block, which every mainstream website builder provides. The only genuine blocker is a builder or plan that does not allow custom code at all — Squarespace, for instance, requires a Business plan or above for code blocks.
Will adding TheFork and Quandoo slow down my website?
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Any third-party embed has some cost, because it loads code from another company's servers. One is usually unnoticeable; four or five on the same page is where small business sites become visibly slow. If page speed matters to you, prefer a plain link over a script wherever the option exists, and keep embeds to the pages that genuinely need them.