Toptable

toptable is an online restaurant booker covering the UK as well as major cities in Europe and New York City. toptable was founded in 2000 by entrepreneur Karen Hanton for restaurant owners to advertise their venues and book customers directly [cite web
url = http://www.e-consultancy.com/internetdecade/hi/karen-hanton-86.html
title = Karen Hanton
accessdate = 2007-02-27
year = 2006
work = E-consultancy.com] . toptable sat over 1.5 million diners in 2006 when it completed its first full year. [cite news
url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/aded508c-cbc1-11da-a7bf-0000779e2340.html
title = No reservations about the future
author = Jonathon Moules
publisher = Financial Times
date = 2006-04-14
accessdate = 2007-02-27]

toptable lists thousands of restaurants in the UK, plus Paris, Dublin, Barcelona and New York, providing online menus, reviews and 360° images of each restaurant. Diners can read and compare information about restaurants before their table booking online.

toptable also provides a restaurant booking engine for Time Out, British Airways, The Guardian, The Times Online and Visit London.

Investors in toptable include football manager Sir Alex Ferguson, celebrity chef Gary Rhodes and Diageo. [cite news
title= A taste for the top
url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2001/06/07/ecfpro07.xml
work= Telegraph.co.uk
date= 2007-06-07
accessdate= 2007-02-27]

References

External links

* [http://www.toptable.co.uk/ toptable]

News stories

* [http://management.silicon.com/smedirector/0,39024679,39159473,00.htm Silicon Monday 12 June 2006 "Tech entrepreneurs celebrated"]
* [http://www.webuser.co.uk/sites/site_review.php?rev_id=1181 Web User]