Die Restaurantwoche
- Ausgangslage
- Viele Gäste sollen in einer Genusswoche gleichzeitig reservieren, ohne Doppelbuchungen.
- Ergebnis
- Eigenes Reservierungssystem mit Frühbucher-Logik, Mails und SMS, drei Editionen seit 2025.
Reference: reservation system for a food week
Website with booking system for the Restaurantwoche.
At the Restaurantwoche of the Culinarius Group, guests across Austria reserve fixed-price menus at top restaurants. OSTWERK built the website in WordPress and developed a custom reservation system for it, which is also in use at gastro.news.
A project by OSTWERK, digital agency in Vienna.
At a glance
The Restaurantwoche at a glance.
Real-time online reservation, an early-bird phase for partners and newsletter subscribers, and an interface to gastro.news.
- Client
- Culinarius Digital GmbH, Vienna (Culinarius Group)
- Industry
- Hospitality, event marketing, online reservation
- Services
- Website in WordPress, deals plugin for reservations, early-bird logic, emails and SMS, interface, tracking, support
- Period
- since 2025, three editions with the system
- Tech
- WordPress, Elementor, custom plugin
Starting point
How can many guests reserve at the same time without tables being booked twice?
What we delivered.
- The menus exist only during one food week, and at peak times many people go for them at once.Reservation: calendar, quotas and a time-limited hold while booking.
- Partners and newsletter subscribers should be able to reserve earlier.Early birds: global states closed, early birds only, open, plus pages per partner.
- Guests and restaurants need confirmation, reminder and cancellation immediately.Communication: emails and SMS for confirmation, change, cancellation and reminder.
- Reviews and restaurant data live at gastro.news.Data: a daily interface to gastro.news for reviews and restaurant data.
- The advertising should be measurable, all the way to the completed reservation.Measurement: conversion tracking through to the completed reservation.
Build
Four decisions behind the system.
Instead of a shop system we built a deals plugin with calendar, time slots and quota. The reservation is held briefly while booking, so nothing is assigned twice.
A global switch decides whether the system is closed, early birds only or open to everyone. Partners get their own protected pages with a start date.
Confirmation, change, cancellation, reminder the day before and review request run automatically. The client sets the header image and sponsor banner themselves.
Reviews and restaurant data arrive daily from gastro.news. The plugin later became the basis for the restructuring at gastro.news.
Project timeline
From the order to the third edition.
Build
From May 2025 the website and reservation system are built in WordPress.
Test
In summer 2025 follow email tests, feedback rounds and optimisations.
Acceptance
In November 2025 the reservation system is accepted.
Operation
Since then OSTWERK has accompanied the editions with support, bug fixing and further development.
Result
The Restaurantwoche has run on its own reservation system since 2025, which has carried several editions.
- Three editions with the system: 2025, March 2026, August and September 2026
- Early-bird phase for partners and newsletter subscribers
- Daily interface to gastro.news
- Plugin as the basis for gastro.news
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the project.
What did OSTWERK do for the Restaurantwoche?
OSTWERK built the website in WordPress and developed the reservation system as a plugin, with early-bird logic, emails, SMS, an interface to gastro.news and tracking. OSTWERK has supported the site since 2026.
How does the reservation work?
Guests choose day, number of people and restaurant and reserve a time slot. The reservation is held briefly while booking, followed by confirmation and reminder.
Who maintains the content?
The client maintains restaurants, menus and sponsors themselves in the backend. They also set the header image and email banners themselves.
Where does the Restaurantwoche run?
At dierestaurantwoche.at. The next Restaurantwoche is announced for 8 to 14 March 2027.
More references
More websites by OSTWERK.
3 Projekte
Gutschein.Shop
- Ausgangslage
- Ein laufender Gutscheinshop braucht Stabilität und eine Struktur, die in der Suche gefunden wird.
- Ergebnis
- Übernahme und Betreuung seit Oktober 2025, neue URL-Struktur nach Region und Gutscheinart.
Mitte 15
- Ausgangslage
- Wettbewerb und Beteiligung sollen für alle Bewohner:innen verständlich und auffindbar sein.
- Ergebnis
- Statische Projektwebsite mit CMS, laufend betreut, dazu Print-Material für den Auftakt.
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