CRAVE-CULTURE
FULL-STACK CAFE RESERVATION
A full-stack cafe reservation system focused on booking, availability and order management.
Modernizing Cafe Table Reservations
Crave-Culture was created to modernize hospitality reservation workflows. Traditional manual phone bookings and unstructured walk-ins cause double-bookings and kitchen prep bottlenecks during busy dining rushes.
The platform bridges guest bookings with real-time seating and pre-ordered dishes, giving cafe owners complete visibility over seat capacity and guest arrivals.
Visual Booking & Order Flow
A streamlined flow: DISCOVER → SELECT → RESERVE → ORDER
Party size input, seating zone filter (patio/booth), and dynamic slot availability check.
Prevents double-booking by securing transactional locks on selected table IDs for 90m blocks.
Live dining room dashboard showing upcoming guest arrivals, table statuses, and attached pre-orders.
Interactive Seating & Dynamic Form Validation
Guests choose between indoor booth seating, window bar counter, and outdoor patio tables.
Prevents booking table sizes smaller than party headcount and enforces maximum capacity rules.
Generates unique booking reference tokens directly to guest contact upon confirmation.
Zero-Collision Slot Allocation
The availability engine evaluates table states against defined time intervals. When a customer initiates confirmation, a temporary transactional lock prevents concurrent users from reserving the same table during the identical dining window.
Staff Console & Kitchen Order Feed
Staff access a dedicated management interface displaying current active table occupancy, pending reservations arriving within the hour, and pre-ordered dishes organized by preparation sequence.
Relational Schema Design
| ENTITY | KEY ATTRIBUTES | PURPOSE |
|---|---|---|
| reservations | id, table_id, guest_name, slot_time, status | Core booking tracking reservation status and timing |
| tables | id, table_number, capacity, zone_id | Floor layout capacity and zone association |
| menu_items | id, item_title, category, price, is_active | Catalog items for meal pre-ordering |
| reservation_orders | id, reservation_id, item_id, quantity | Line items attached to specific confirmed reservations |
Full-Stack Implementation Completed
Crave-Culture demonstrates practical full-stack web engineering by delivering a clean, modern user experience combined with disciplined relational schema design and atomic state reservation handling.