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Head to head · Restaurant reservations · October 2026 research run

Eat App Partner API vs TableCheck API

TableCheck API scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Eat App Partner API's 53.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Eat App Partner API leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do restaurant reservations.

Best restaurant reservation and local appointment APIs for AI agents · All 36 bookings comparisons

Eat App Partner APIEat App (EAT APPLICATION DMCC) · HTTP API D53.4/100#759 of 1094 TableCheck APITableCheck Inc. · HTTP API C57.1/100#666 of 1094

Which one, for what

Eat App Partner API D

Best for Booking channels and concierge services that want to book into Eat App restaurants, and for restaurants that want an assistant to read their data.

Ahead on

  • Payments & pricing, 15 against 0
  • Maintenance & community, 40 against 35

Watch for

A booking channel can book only at restaurants whose partnership Eat App has activated

TableCheck API C

Best for Restaurants and groups in Japan and Asia on TableCheck, and booking or concierge platforms wanting their inventory.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 77 against 59
  • Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66
  • Transparency & trust, 66 against 52

Watch for

Access needs an emailed application, case-by-case approval and fees quoted privately

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runEat App Partner APITableCheck APIEdge
Reliability16%207880TableCheck API +2
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.25977TableCheck API +18
Agent ergonomics13%16.26672TableCheck API +6
Security & auth14%17.54346TableCheck API +3
Payments & pricing10%12.5150Eat App Partner API +15
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.84035Eat App Partner API +5
Transparency & trust7%8.85266TableCheck API +14
Negative events≤1500
TotalD 53.4/100C 57.1/100

Facts side by side

FactEat App Partner APITableCheck API
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorEat App (EAT APPLICATION DMCC)TableCheck Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://api.eatapp.co/partners/v2https://api.tablecheck.com/api/
TransportsHTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Eat App's terms of service (effective 10 September 2025) and partner agreementsProprietary service under the TableCheck API Terms of Service
Tools exposednone20
Read-only variant documentedyesyes
llms.txtnono
Last release2026-10-13none
Terms last updated2025-09-102022-10-11
Privacy policy last updatedno date given2016-12-14
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyesyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text

Verdicts

Eat App Partner API

A diner-side Partner API with idempotent booking, a stated rate limit, per-API status monitoring and a changelog updated on 13 October 2026, plus a read-only MCP server for restaurants. Partnerships are activated restaurant by restaurant, API access is priced through sales, and the docs are a Postman collection without OpenAPI or llms.txt.

TableCheck API

TableCheck publishes OpenAPI specs for availability, booking, CRM and POS components and a merchant MCP server with read-only keys, idempotent writes and personal data hidden by default. Access is by email application with case-by-case approval and unpublished fees, the MCP server is still under development, and no audit log or dated changelog was found.

Before you call either

Eat App Partner API

  1. Send a unique idempotency_token with each new booking so a retry returns the first result
  2. Use POST /partners/v2/availability/range, not the legacy availability endpoint
  3. Keep include_tables ranges to 24 hours or less and pass covers with it
  4. Stay under 60 requests a minute and wait for the next minute after a 429
  5. Cancel by PATCH with status canceled, after which the reservation can no longer change

TableCheck API

  1. Decide which side you act for. Distribution and Web Booking serve diner-facing platforms, while Booking, CRM, POS and the MCP serve the venue
  2. Ask the operator for a read-only key before using the MCP, as TableCheck recommends, and avoid cancellations through it
  3. Call hold_table (MCP) or POST /blockages (REST) before booking, since availability is a snapshot and a blockage expires in 5 minutes
  4. Send dates as YYYY-MM-DD and convert the UTC times returned to the venue's time zone from list_shops
  5. Stay under 10,000 requests per 5 minutes per component and wait for the next window after a 429

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Eat App Partner API or TableCheck API?

TableCheck API scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Eat App Partner API's 53.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Eat App Partner API leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

Do Eat App Partner API and TableCheck API need an API key?

Eat App Partner API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TableCheck API needs an API key.

Can an agent call Eat App Partner API and TableCheck API without installing anything?

Yes. Eat App Partner API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.eatapp.co/partners/v2 and TableCheck API at https://api.tablecheck.com/api/.

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