The Workstation: Top Bar, List and Timeline
The Workstation shows tonight's guests beside your floor. Switch between Floor, Timeline and List, and pick the day and service at the top.
The top bar
The date reads in full, such as Monday, Sep 28, 2026. Use the arrows for the day before or after, and tap the date to come back to today.
The service button follows the clock today. Tap it to pick Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, After hours or All day.
Parties who have arrived, are waiting or are seated always show, whatever service you pick.
The counts show covers booked, covers seated, covers still to come and parties waiting.
The eye button hides guest names and notes when someone is looking over your shoulder. Tap it again to show them.
The guest list on the left
The tabs are Upcoming, Seated, Waitlist and Done, each with a count.
Upcoming puts guests who need you first: anyone who has arrived, and anyone due within 30 minutes with no table yet.
Tap a guest to open their booking, with Where to seat, host notes, add-ons and their last visit.
Floor, Timeline and List
- Use the Floor, Timeline and List switch above the floor.
- Floor shows your tables and their status.
- Timeline shows six hours with one row per table, seated parties and upcoming bookings, and a line for now.
- List shows every booking in time order with its time, guest, party, table, status and notes.
On a computer, drag a booking from the guest list onto a table's row in the timeline to seat it there.
On a phone, the panes become the tabs List, Floor and HostyFlow.
Keyboard keys work too: U undoes, Esc closes, I checks in the selected booking and S starts seating it.
More in Host Stand Operations
Making a Reservation by Hand
Take a booking over the phone or at the door with the plus button in the top bar.
Seating Guests and Walk-ins
Check guests in, seat them with one tap, add walk-ins, and move each table from dining to paying to cleaning to ready.
Running the Waitlist
Add walk-ins, let guests join from their phones, and text each party when their table is ready.
Shift Notes and the Pre-shift Plan
Put a note on every device's top bar, and send the team a briefing with tonight's tables, VIPs, allergies and occasions.
Guest Cards, Tags and Allergy Badges
Every guest has a card with their visits, notes and messages. Allergy and occasion words in host notes show as badges.
Questions About Setup or Workstation Workflows?
Write to team@hostyflow.com with a question about setup, your floor plan or your account.