# CAKE Guest Manager Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is CAKE Guest Manager the right Restaurant Management solution for you? Explore 19 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/162819/Mad-Mobile-Guest-Manager/reviews --- CAKE Guest Manager 4.8 (19) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/162819/Mad-Mobile-Guest-Manager/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of CAKE Guest Manager Ease of use 4.9 Customer Service 4.8 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-19 of 19 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use robert T. Owner operator Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "It's been great! " June 22, 2018 5.0 Tracking guests information and the frequency of which they dine with us. Pros Easy to use. Very reliable. It hasn't crashed in a year and a half. It keeps track of guests information to run advertising campaigns. Cons I wish it would work on android systems. It would also be nice if the pos system would update the guest management system ie. When the server prints the check it shows on guest management system or when the check is paid it updates. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 28, 2018 Hi Robert - thanks so much for your review! We love to hear that you have been using the new Guest Email Offers to run advertising campaigns! I will pass on your feedback about Android to the Product Team to see what they can do. The good news is, your CAKE POS does update your Guest Manager system! Please visit CAKE University to learn how to setup this integration: https://university.cake.net/Guest\_Manager/Control\_Center/POS\_GM\_Integration. Also, support is available 24/7 if you need more assistance. for more info. Also, support is available 24/7 if you need more assistance at 855.696.CAKE. Sue Ann L. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Guest manager makes utilizing your tables simple and easy. " June 21, 2018 5.0 Having online reservations is a huge plus in my establishment. We have long waits on the weekend and this allows my customers to put their name on the lists with ease and without having to make a phone call and tying up our lines. Pros I love The online reservations and the ease of table assignments when reservations are made. Customer service has always been super helpful also and they reprogrammed my app for me to fit my needs. Cons That you have to manually clear out tables after someone checks out. When tables check out, I would Like for the table on the floor map to clear. It did, but after the latest update it does not. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile August 20, 2018 Thank you, Sue Ann, for your review! We love hearing that online reservations and table assignments have been a breeze for you. As for clearing tables manually, the table status will update to \`check paid¿, but tables won¿t clear automatically in case the guest decides to stay at the table after paying their check. I do understand where you're coming from, so hopefully that explains a bit why we made the decision to handle clearing table that way with POS + GM customers. If you have any questions at all, please contact us any time! CB Cody B. IT Manager Restaurants Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Deployment = Nightmare" April 23, 2021 2.0 Platform itself is decent and operable besides requiring Apple products for usage. Customer support, onboarding errors, representative responses are the worst out of any vendor I have personally ever experienced. Pros Ease of use, inexpensive. This form would like me to list more pros however there are none. Cons Apple Store only, no web portal floorplan management, customer support, average call handling time 45 minutes to weeks. Review Source Chad H. Co-Owner Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Guest Manager has added the best options for our customers to dine with us." June 14, 2018 5.0 We retain more customers by giving them the flexibility to leave the premises while they wait. It allows regular customers to make reservations during the busy tourist season so they can still dine with us. Pros It provides all the functions we need to operate efficiently. The flexibility of the program is quite nice. Cons We would like to be able to view historical data from prior days through the app. It would also be nice to correct mistaken entries to provide more accurate numbers. Being able to look up customer data from the app would also be nice. This would be aside from when a reservation is made. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 18, 2018 Thanks so much for your kind review! We're happy to hear that you are loving Guest Manager. Also your feedback is definitely appreciated, we are working now to include some of these features and will pass on this information to our Product Team. Christine C. Assistant manager Restaurants Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect " June 27, 2018 5.0 Pros Fast ...easy ... Perfect Love that I could send my guests info about directions, parking, etc... I would recommend to every bussiness that seats guests Cons Disconnects some times There is really no negativity with cake guest management at all ..sorry we love it so much. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 28, 2018 Hi Christine - thanks so much for your kind review! We love to hear that you are using Guest Manager to make it easier to communicate with your customers. Please let us know if you have any more issues with disconnecting, our support staff may be able to offer advice to make sure you have everything properly setup. Paul K. General Manager/Partner Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cake Guest Manager has helped us tremendously in managing our waiting lists. Our guests love it." June 21, 2018 5.0 Efficient waiting list management. Customer satisfaction. Pros Ease of use. Data capture. High tech. Makes managing the waiting list much more efficient. Customers love it. Cons Need it on an app so it can be used with a phone. I don't really have enough "cons" to reach 100 characters. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 26, 2018 Thanks Paul, we love hearing that it's helping you in your business and that guests love it too! I'll pass on your request about having app access on your phone to our product team. HW Heather W. Service Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Get it all together!" April 9, 2020 5.0 It's hard to imagine going back to paper and pen! This will really speed up the seating process so much that you'll never look back. It's incredibly handy, and easy to use. Pros This program is very easy to use! It will really save you time, and allow you to seat more tables. It is much easier to organize guests; for reservations, wait lists, and walk ins. The text notifications help to speed up the seating process! Cons I have no big complaints. Some guests were a little uncomfortable giving their real phone number since we put it in the system, so it would be handy to be able to blur them out so the hostess doesn't actually have access to it, only the system itself. Review Source TH Tonia H. Owner Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We love Guest manager!" June 19, 2018 5.0 Pros It is very easy to use, it allows us to keep our reservations organized, it allows us to communicate with our customers better too. I like that we can use it to notify guest when their tables are ready and that they can also go online to make reservations or call aheads and we have full control over that if need be. Cons I wish we had more flexibility in setting up future floor plans. It would be nice to be able to set up Saturday's sections up on Friday to help better manage. Also the ability to look up past data, reservations, guest counts etc. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 26, 2018 Hi Tonia - Thanks for your glowing review, we love you too! Also good news, you should be able to setup sections in advance today! They are pre-set and you can make them ahead of time using the floormap builder. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact Support or your Customer Success rep. VB Vince B. CFO Restaurants Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Vince Bruno Rovino" February 16, 2019 5.0 I am very happy with the CAKE System overall with only 1 minor complaint about splitting the payments with multiple cards and cash. Pros Very easy and simple software to use. All aspects flow really well from entering order to payment. Cons Splitting items with multiple cards and cash payments could be a little easier. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile March 5, 2019 Thanks, Vince, for your review! We are so happy to hear that you have found the CAKE POS System easy to use and working well for your restaurant. Also thank you for the feedback about splitting items, we just recently did an update for this feature but will relay this to our Product team so they can consider a better solution for this specific case. Thanks so much for being a loyal customer! TB Troy B. IT Administrator Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use and features are great " June 18, 2018 5.0 Pros How easy it is to use and train staff. The reliablitiy of the service has been great. The support service has been quick and very helpful when we did have issues. Cons At furst the software was unreliable with texting messages. But over time the service has improved. Only a couple more features we would like to add personally to the system to make it more easier for use. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 19, 2018 Hi Troy, thanks so much! We're happy to hear that things have been running smoothly for you. We are always trying to improve and add new features, so we'd love to hear what else you'd like to see! EH Elizabeth H. Director of Operations Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use & intuitive" September 2, 2019 5.0 Pros We liked this seating app. It was a breeze, very straightforward, customizable, and did what it set out to do. Nothing too complicated to seat guests and put on a waitlist. We loved it. Cons Nothing really, it was super easy to use! Review Source Response from Mad Mobile January 10, 2020 Hi Elizabeth, thanks for leaving a review! Glad to hear that you like CAKE Guest Manager for your seating/waitlist app. JC Justin C. General manager Restaurants Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Super easy to use. Overall very nice." June 13, 2018 4.0 Pros Ease of use, all data is stored on a cloud, 24hr customer support, guest manager integration, apple pay/samsung pay integration, detailed reporting Cons Some reporting options could be improved but overall pretty decent, close cash receipt is annoying to work with/read, cant hand credit card back to guest once starting a tab. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 14, 2018 Happy to hear you are enjoying the Guest Manager integration with our Point of Sale! I know we have made some recent improvements to our close cash receipt for the POS, but I'll be sure to pass on your feedback to our product team. RD Rob D. Franchisee Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent from the outset" September 5, 2017 5.0 Pros Customized floor plan and excellent support for development and ongoing isssues. Desk top interface and app support Cons No integration with our in house System to marry servers with tables and cheques with inventory and kvs Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 14, 2018 Thanks for the review, Rob! We are always working on adding new improvements and integrations, so thanks for your feedback. JH Jacy H. General Manager Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Awesome fit for our Restaurant " September 13, 2018 5.0 Great ease of use, can customize it the way we needed to, and has been very dependable so far! Pros That there was no learning curve to be able to use it. Anyone can pick t up and start using it immediately. Cons Not really a lot of “cons”. It doesn’t have a lot of in-depth reporting features, but that isn’t what we were looking for anyway. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile September 26, 2018 Thank you, Jacy, for your kind review! We love to hear that you found Guest Manager easy to use and were up and running from day one. We appreciate your feedback and appreciate you as a customer! RT Robin T. General Manager Restaurants Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "easy to use" June 22, 2018 5.0 Restaurant is easier to turn. Less walk aways Pros you are able to text guests back, you can also re-add them to the wait if they miss the text. Everything is saved. Cons it doesn't always figure out the wait time accurately. It seems to get confused with large parties and parties of 1. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 28, 2018 Thanks for your review, Robin! We're glad to hear you find Guest Manager so easy to use. We are always working to improve our predictive wait time, your feedback is much appreciated and will be passed on to the Product Team. PL Patrick L. EVP Operations Restaurants Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CAKE Wait List and Reservations" July 10, 2020 5.0 Easy and cost effective solution for customer wait list and reservations. Pros Simple and easy wait list and reservation system to use and to train. Cons Would like more marketing support, awareness or promote "The List" app to let customers know they can be added to the wait list before they arrive to the restaurant rather than wait to be added when they arrive at the restaurant. The dashboard setting for special holiday events with different operating hours change the operating hours for all days which is a bug that still needs to be fixed. Plus the seating hours cut off before the closing times by 15 minutes and can't change the setting. Reason for choosing CAKE Guest Manager Cost Review Source kR katilyn R. manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review CAKE Guest Manager" August 13, 2018 5.0 This has been a great purchase for our company. Pros The data it gives you and the ability to change the dates on times of the data you're wanting. Cons The time cards. I wish you could select the weeks you want and it total the amount at the bottom for you. Review Source TB Tiffany B. General Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "We have had a terrific experience so far." June 13, 2018 5.0 It helps us seat our guests in an easier and more modern way, and eliminates the need to waste paper to hold a wait list. It also helps to eliminate user error from the process. Pros Ease of use, ability to remove and re add guests to the list. Mostly it's been great to be able to text guests for their tables instead of having to rely on pagers. Cons It can take guests quite a while to respond to their texts for seating, leaving tables sitting open for a bit angering other guests that are waiting. Obviously, this is not a Cake issue, but a guest issue. Review Source Response from Mad Mobile June 14, 2018 Wow Tiffany, so nice to hear about your positive experience with CAKE Guest Manager! Pagers are best left in the past, and we're glad you agree! DC Daniel C. Manager Restaurants Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Piece of CAKE" April 8, 2020 5.0 Loved the features and easy to learn features. And we definitely love having one more avenue to connect with our guests and manage the experience before they ever sit down. Pros I did the demo/free trial and I can definitely see the benefits. I love capturing the customer data for contacts, birthdays etc. It will definitely make your reservations and seating more efficient, allowing you to seat more guests and make more money. Cons We were shopping POS systems and examined Guest Manager as an add-on. We don't have a big need for wait-list management typically and so we couldn't justify the added cost. Review Source Similar Products Featured