Alternatives
Looking for an alternative to your restaurant pre-order software?
For restaurants, pre-orders cluster around private dining, large parties and festive nights, exactly when the team has least time to chase choices. If your current process or platform is creaking, here is what to look for next.
Creventa is the pre-order platform trusted by leading premium UK restaurant groups, including The Wolseley Hospitality Group, with restaurant plans from £74 per month billed annually.
Why venues go looking
Large-party choices arrive as email chains. The host should manage their own group through a delegated link, with every guest choosing against your menu structure, 1-1-1, 2-2-2 or anything between.
The kitchen re-checks everything. Chef reports and the food pass should generate themselves from guest answers, broken down by table, with allergy flags where the pass chef looks.
Festive season swamps the diary. Shared party nights need each group handled separately but consolidated into one plan; The Wolseley Hospitality Group says Creventa “literally does my job for me, and it does the client’s job for them too”.
What to look for instead
- Guest and host self-service with no logins
- Menu structures for choice and set menus
- Allergen capture per named guest with an audit trail
- Chef reports and food pass by table, one click
- Deposits taken with the order
- From £74/month for restaurants, with onboarding included
Run a fair evaluation
Score any option, including ours, with the venue evaluation scorecard, compare the four routes in the comparison hub, and read the full guide to event pre-order management and private dining with Creventa. If you are mid-contract, start with the renewal questions.
Frequently asked questions
What should a restaurant pay for pre-order software?
Creventa restaurant plans run from £74 per month billed annually (Covers) to £199 per month (Signature, adding ticketing and seating plans), with the most popular Select plan at £129. Every plan includes pre-orders, allergen control, place cards, onboarding and support.
Does it work for set menus with no choices?
Yes. For set menus the same flow collects only allergies and dietaries, and still produces the allergen report, food pass and place cards.
How do private dining hosts use it?
The host gets delegated access to their own event: they add guests, share the link, and watch choices arrive, instead of emailing you spreadsheets.
How do restaurants take pre-orders for Christmas parties?
One branded link per party: the organiser shares it, every guest picks courses and drinks, allergies are captured against names, and the kitchen gets counts by dish. Restaurants using Creventa cut party admin from hours to minutes.
How do restaurants collect dietary requirements for large parties?
Guest self-declaration through the pre-order link, with medical allergies separated from preferences and flagged automatically on the chef report, food pass and place cards.
Do drink pre-orders work for restaurant events?
Strongly: guests choosing wine and packages in advance trade up, and the bar preps to real demand. A Holiday Inn hotel using Creventa reported a 251% uplift in wet spend from drink pre-orders.
Last reviewed
Reviewed July 2026. Creventa results such as wet-spend uplift, time saved and reduced food waste are typical outcomes reported by customers and vary by venue and event.
Competitor details on this page are based on each provider's public website and marketing materials, last reviewed July 2026. If anything is out of date, let us know and we will correct it. Creventa results such as wet-spend uplift, time saved and reduced food waste are typical outcomes reported by customers and vary by venue and event.