# Best restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs for AI agents (slim)

> Square Appointments (Bookings API) (B), TableCheck API (C) and Eat App Partner API (D) lead the 9 ranked restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs. Picks by need, strengths, weaknesses and prices from the Anchor benchmark.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/index.md (~5,200 tokens) · this version ~1,130 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

All 9 ranked restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs on the Anchor benchmark, with a pick for each need and where each one falls short. Scores come from public evidence, re-checked as vendors change.

- Ranked: 9 · agent-ready (BB or better): 0 · accept x402: 0 · hosted endpoints: 5
- Full ranked table: https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/local-bookings.md
- Head-to-head comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/local-bookings/index.md (36)
- Methodology: https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/index.md

## The shortlist

| # | Tool | Grade | Score | Best for | Price | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Square Appointments (Bookings API)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/square-appointments.md) | B | 68.1 | Venue-side appointment booking for salons, clinics and other service businesses already on Square. | $49 / mo | Hosted and local |
| 2 | [TableCheck API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tablecheck.md) | C | 57.1 | Restaurants and groups in Japan and Asia on TableCheck, and booking or concierge platforms wanting their inventory. | Paid | Hosted |
| 3 | [Eat App Partner API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/eat-app.md) | D | 53.4 | Booking channels and concierge services that want to book into Eat App restaurants, and for restaurants that want an assistant to read their data. | Paid | Hosted |
| 4 | [TheFork B2B API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thefork.md) | E | 43.6 | CRM, PMS and AI phone-agent vendors and restaurant groups that run on TheFork Manager, mainly in Europe. | Your plan | Hosted |
| 5 | [OpenTable APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opentable.md) | E | 38.6 | Approved affiliates, restaurant groups and voice AI vendors that need to book into OpenTable restaurants. | Your plan | Hosted |
| 6 | [SevenRooms](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sevenrooms.md) | F | 17.7 | Hospitality venues and groups that want reservations, CRM and marketing in one system. | Paid | Local |
| 7 | [Chope](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/chope.md) | F | 13.3 | A person booking restaurants in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. | Free | Local |
| 8 | [Tock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tock.md) | F | 12.4 | Restaurants and wineries taking reservations and experience bookings, and for diners booking in person. | Paid | Local |
| 9 | [Resy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/resy.md) | F | 10.3 | Diners booking in person through the app. | Paid | Local |

## Picks by need

- Highest score overall: [Square Appointments (Bookings API)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/square-appointments.md), B, 68.1/100 on the benchmark. Also [TableCheck API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tablecheck.md), C, 57.1/100.
- Reliability: [TableCheck API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tablecheck.md), 80/100 on reliability, against 55 for the overall leader.

## How to choose

- Whether an agent can book: Check whether a reservation can be made, changed and cancelled through an API, since many booking sites expose availability only in their own app.
- Diner side or venue side: Check whether the API acts for the person booking or for the restaurant or salon, because a venue-side API cannot book a table at someone else's venue.
- Deposits and no-show fees: Check whether a card or deposit is needed to hold a booking and what a late cancellation costs, so the agent can tell its user before booking.
- Partner access and coverage: Check whether access needs a partner agreement and which cities and venues are covered, since coverage varies widely by country.

- How the benchmark tests this category: In this run, public evidence against the published checklist. When the task suites run, one table or appointment searched, booked, changed and cancelled through each listing's API or sandbox. We check availability fields, the booking and deposit steps, change and cancellation rules, and what access took.

Each listing's verdict, strengths and weaknesses: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-bookings/index.md