Dining Areas & Tables

The Table Management page is where you organise your venue into dining areas and tables. Open it from a location's detail page > Table Management.

The Table Management page with areas shown as cards, each with a table list

Setting up a lot of tables? Use Add Tables (the button at the top right) to create a whole area of tables in one go — see Adding Tables in Bulk. This page is best for adjustments and day-to-day management.

Dining areas

Areas group your tables (for example "Patio", "Main Dining", "Bar").

Add a dining area — use Add Dining Area, give it a name, and optionally turn on "Add tables to POS draft orders".
Edit an area — on the area card, open More > Edit area to rename it or change its POS draft-orders setting.
Delete an area — More > Delete area.

Deleting an area also deletes every table in it. You'll be asked to confirm, and it can't be undone.

The Create Dining Area modal with a name field and the Add tables to POS draft orders checkbox

The "Add tables to POS draft orders" setting

Each area has an Add tables to POS draft orders switch. When it's on, selecting any table in that area in Shopify POS adds the table's name to the order as a no-charge item, so the table name shows in your draft orders and open tabs are easy to tell apart. It applies to every table in the area and you can change it any time via Edit area. Areas with it on show a "POS draft orders" badge. Full detail in POS Draft Orders.

Tables

Each table belongs to an area. On an area card:

Add Table — create a single table (just give it a name).

And in each table's row:

Edit (pencil) — rename the table.
Delete (bin) — remove the table.

The table list

Within each area, tables are listed with three columns:

Table Name — what you call it. An "Unsaved" badge appears while a rename is pending.
Online Ordering URL — the table's deep link to your menu, shown in a read-only field with a copy button. (Shows "Set online ordering URL in Settings" until you've configured your ordering page.) See QR Codes & Online Ordering URLs.
Actions — edit / delete.

An area card showing table names, the copyable Online Ordering URL field, and row actions

Saving table renames

Renaming a table is staged until you save — a save bar appears, and leaving the page with unsaved changes prompts you to confirm. Use Save to apply, or Discard to revert.

Unassigned tables

If a table isn't linked to an area, it appears in an Unassigned Tables card with a warning. Re-create it in an area so it stays organised.

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