For cafés & restaurants running brunch and buffets

Brunch sign-up with prepayment — plannable instead of gut feeling

Guests sign up online, state their party size and pay directly via Stripe. By Friday you know how many you are buying for on Sunday — and paid seats don't stay empty.

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48 Std earlier you know how many guests are really coming — finally letting you calculate stock and staffing

The Sunday roulette

Buffet for 60, 35 turned up

Phone "sign-ups" without payment are statements of intent, not commitments. You calculate salmon, eggs and staffing for the reported number — and bin the difference on Sunday evening. With a buffet, the no-show costs you twice: revenue gone, stock gone.

Or: overbooked, turning guests away at the door

The other Sunday flavour: the paper list had gaps, two bookings were taken twice, and at half ten your regulars stand in front of a full house. They won't be back soon — and might mention it in the Google review.

Sign-up only works if someone answers the phone

Anyone wanting to book Sunday brunch at 10pm on a Tuesday reaches: nobody. By next morning the impulse is forgotten. Every missed sign-up is a table left to chance.

From paper list to paid sign-up

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    Set up the form with your prices

    Date choice (the next brunch Sundays), party size for adults and children, indoor/outdoor preference, allergy note. The form calculates the price live: 2 × €29 plus 1 × child rate — guests see the total before paying.

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    Guests sign up whenever they like

    Link on your website and Instagram, QR code on tables and the notice board. Signing up takes two minutes on a phone, paid instantly by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay — even at 10pm on a Tuesday, without your phone ringing.

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    You plan with real numbers

    Every paid sign-up arrives by e-mail and collects in the dashboard: date, party size, total. On Friday you read the list, shop precisely and plan the floor. Paid guests show up — and if one ever doesn't, the stock cost is covered.

Everything for a plannable Sunday

Prepayment via Stripe

Paid means booked — card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, the money sits in your Stripe account.

Live price calculation

Adults, children, supplements — the form totals the price automatically from the party size.

Date selection

Upcoming brunch dates as a choice — remove sold-out dates with one click.

QR code on tables & notices

Today's guests sign up at the table for next Sunday.

Conditional logic

High-chair question only with children, allergy details only when needed — short for everyone else.

GDPR & hosting in Germany

Guest data encrypted on German servers, DPA included — no ticketing platform watching.

One saved buffet pays the yearly fee

Pro at €12/month (€9/month billed yearly): unlimited forms, your own branding, no per-sign-up fee. Free to try with 3 forms and 100 responses/month.

Free

3 forms, 250 responses/month

Pro

Unlimited, 10,000 responses/month, AI included

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Questions before your first prepaid brunch

Will guests really pay in advance for brunch?
Yes — prepayment for brunch, buffets and themed evenings has long been normal, because guests know the principle from concert and train tickets. The framing matters: "secure your spot" sounds like a benefit, not like distrust. And a popular brunch that regularly sells out makes booking ahead a badge of honour.
What about cancellations and refunds?
You define your own cancellation rules and state them in the form — for example: free cancellation until Friday 6pm, no refund after. Refunds take one click in the Stripe dashboard. Clearly communicated rules before payment are the key; then there are no arguments later.
How do I avoid more sign-ups than seats?
Honest answer: Questee does not automatically stop sign-ups at a seat limit. In practice it works like this: you see every sign-up instantly by e-mail and in the dashboard — when a date is full, you remove it from the date choice with one click or take the form offline. For a weekly brunch, that is a 30-second task in the evening.
Why not Eventbrite or a ticketing platform?
Ticketing platforms charge fees per ticket sold — for a weekly brunch with 50 guests that quickly adds up to more than a year of Questee per month. The sign-up also looks like the platform rather than your café, and guest data sits with the ticketing provider. With Questee you pay the flat price, the form carries your branding, and only the usual Stripe fees apply.
Can I handle adult and child prices?
Yes — two number fields (adults, children), a price behind each, and the calculation feature totals live: 2 × €29 + 2 × €14.50 = €87. Supplements like a prosecco package or early-bird dates can be priced in via choice questions too. The guest always sees the final total before paying.
What happens to my guests' data?
It stays in your account: Questee hosts exclusively in Germany, encrypts in transit and ships the Art. 28 GDPR DPA. Names and sign-ups are never used for third-party advertising or passed to platforms. You can regularly tidy up past brunch dates and delete responses.
Does this work for themed evenings and holiday buffets too?
That is exactly what it is built for — anything with fixed dates, party sizes and prepayment: Easter brunch, Mother's Day buffet, barbecue night, the goose dinner in November. Create one form per event or maintain the dates in one central form. Forms are unlimited on the Pro plan.

Next Sunday you'll know who's coming

Set up your prepaid sign-up form in 15 minutes, put the QR code on the tables — and the buffet roulette is history. Start free.

Make brunch plannable