SWITCH FROM THEFORK MANAGER
TheFork Manager to Calisto Dine
Reservations, the floor, walk-ins, the menu, the register, the kitchen and food cost in one app, with Inventory, Sync and Payments beside it.
- Restaurants
- Fine Dining
Feature by feature
Calisto Dine beside TheFork Manager
- 18 In both
- 5 Only in TheFork Manager
| 23 features | Calisto Dine | TheFork Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Reservations | ||
| Booking widget on the restaurant's own websiteCalisto: the restaurant's booking page, and table booking on its website with Sites, offer only the times its tables, turn times and pacing allow.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Phone bookings answered automaticallyChecked Oct 26, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Limit the covers booked at a timeCalisto: pacing caps the covers and the parties starting in each 15 minutes, per service period.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Channels | ||
| Bookings from Google in the same bookCalisto: Reserve with Google, set up in Channels with Sync.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Bookings from TheFork, Tripadvisor and the MICHELIN Guide in the same bookCalisto: Reserve with Google is the reservation channel Channels connects.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Bookings taken from InstagramCalisto: the booking page's link can be shared on any profile.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Floor | ||
| Digital floor plan for seatingCalisto: the host stand shows every table, what is on it now, each section's waiter and the pacing.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Best table chosen for each booking automaticallyCalisto: every reservation is given the best free table by party size, the section or table type asked for and how full each section is, or tables joined for a larger party; a table the host picks stays put.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Service summary to brief the teamCalisto: Today, Briefing for the pre-shift, and Day at a Glance with each service's covers and large parties.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Phone | ||
| Phone app for the floorCalisto: Dine's installed app opens Today, the Floor, Walk-Ins, the Register and the kitchen display, and a reservation card is swiped to check in.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Deposits & No-Shows | ||
| Card guarantee and prepaymentCalisto: the reservation policy asks a deposit or a card guarantee, and Reservations, Deposits claims or releases each.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Clients asked to reconfirm before they comeCalisto: when the reservation policy asks, the client is asked by text, email or both before they come, and confirms or cancels from a link; the host stand and the book show who has reconfirmed.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| No-shows predicted before they happenChecked Oct 26, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Walk-Ins & Waitlist | ||
| Waiting list for full timesCalisto: Reservations, Waitlist offers a freed table to the clients asking for that time.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | ||
| Reports on bookings, sales and peak timesCalisto: Reports by channel, place and time of day, sales by person and menu engineering.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Comparison with similar restaurantsChecked Oct 26, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Reviews | ||
| Reviews with replies and AI analysisCalisto: with Reputation. Reviews from the connected review sites in one place, each answered there, with an AI draft in the review's own language.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Clients | ||
| Client profiles with allergies, seating and meal preferences and spendCalisto: each client's page holds visits, spend, notes, allergies and preferences.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Personalized emails that bring clients backCalisto: with Campaigns, email, SMS or WhatsApp to a segment of clients.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| One guest database for several restaurantsCalisto: every place of the business reads the same Clients.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Experiences | ||
| Set menus and special experiencesCalisto: Experiences, such as a tasting menu, a chef's table or a private-dining package, prepaid when booked.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Messages | ||
| Chat with guests before their visitCalisto: Today, Threads holds the restaurant's chat lines, booking-site threads and the messages to its numbers.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Register | ||
| Payment at the table from the guest's phoneCalisto: a guest orders from the table's QR code and pays on their own phone.Checked Oct 26, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from TheFork Manager
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from TheFork Manager and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from TheFork Manager can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from TheFork Manager
Questions about switching
How do we bring our clients over from TheFork Manager?
Bring a spreadsheet of your clients into the switch tool's spreadsheet import. They come in as clients, ready for their allergies and preferences. Calisto has no direct TheFork Manager connector.
Can clients still book us from Google?
Yes. Reserve with Google is set up in Channels, and those bookings land in the same Reservations as the ones from your own booking page.
How do deposits and card guarantees work?
The reservation policy on each service period asks a deposit or a card guarantee. Reservations, Deposits lists every one, and each is claimed or released from there.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.
- Food & BeverageCalisto for Restaurants
Calisto Pro eliminates service friction by keeping front-of-house pacing, kitchen timing, and inventory in total sync, so all your guests experience is flawless dining.
Open - PricingPricing for RestaurantsOpen
- Food & BeverageCalisto for Fine Dining
Calisto Pro quietly connects guest preference profiles, table timing, cellar inventory, and course pacing, giving your team the subtle superpowers that define elite service.
Open - Fine DiningReservations, Menus & Wine
A booking that carries the deposit and the last three visits, a tasting menu structured as data in four languages, and a cellar counted by the bottle.
Open - Fine DiningAllergens, Kitchen & Food Cost
Fourteen allergens tracked to the ingredient, tickets routed to the station that cooks them with live times, and depletion that closes food cost.
Open - PricingPricing for Fine DiningOpen
- AppCalisto Dine
Restaurants, fine dining, catering and bars: reservations on shifts with deposits and no-show fees, the host stand and waitlist, the guest book, menus and modifiers, sold out, the kitchen display, recipes, food cost and prep lists.
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