Quandoo
Restaurant booking marketplace and reservation tool from Berlin
Quandoo is a Berlin-founded online reservation marketplace with a free reservation book for restaurants. Diners book through the Quandoo app and partner channels, and restaurants manage tables and guests in the back office. The company was acquired by Recruit Holdings (Japan) in 2015 but remains headquartered in Berlin and operates in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland and several non-EU markets.
Our reading. Best for restaurants in Germany, Austria or Italy that want a free reservation book and are willing to pay per cover for the extra diners the Quandoo marketplace sends them.
Strengths
- Consumer marketplace brings new diners
- Free reservation book for partners
- Integration with OpenTable network since 2019
Limits
- Owned by a non-EU group (Recruit Holdings)
- Per-cover fees on marketplace bookings
Founded 2012, acquired by Japan's Recruit Holdings for about $219M in 2015, tens of thousands of partner restaurants
Acquired by Recruit Holdings (Japan) in 2015; Berlin HQ retained; OpenTable partnership since 2019
- https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/05/recruit-quandoo/
- https://thespoon.tech/opentable-and-quandoo-partner-for-restaurant-reservations/