# Choose tables and review re-seating

For hosts and authorised booking staff. Open the intended booking and its
**Choose table and seat**, **Change Seats**, or table-assignment action as
appropriate. Confirm location, time, guest outcome, and party before changing
another table.

## Free tables and automatic fit

The chooser can show a floor map, table list/search, selected tables, conflicts,
and automatic-assignment option. Without an active floor plan, use the list or
**Find a table by name**.

**No automatic fit** is not proof that staff have no usable table. Explicit
staff selection includes every conflict-free table regardless of online
bookability, automatic capacity fit, or earlier seating-area choice. Check
physical suitability and the restaurant's policy before proceeding.

## Review the whole re-seat

A booked/taken table may offer a supported swap or **Re-seat** path. Choose the
intended destination for every affected party and inspect the summary of who
else moves. An already seated party requires coordination with the floor team; a
saved configuration is not proof someone physically moved.

The preview can reject a party or table that changed, a plan that no longer
fits, or too many parties in one move. Review or save the supported smaller plan
rather than bypassing the limit. A pacing warning is distinct from a hard table
conflict; read the shown consequence before an authorised decision.

Select **Use these tables**, **Move to**, or **Save tables** as offered. Verify
the resulting assignments, affected parties, actual seating/arrived counts, and
linked order context before handover.

## Availability failed or changed

Preserve the selection and use **Retry** after checking connection or access. If
the chooser says it is showing last results, those are not proof of current
availability. Table changes require the supported online check; do not force a
move from stale offline data.

Inspect the same booking and affected parties after an uncertain save. Do not
repeat a swap blindly, restore an old assignment over another host's change, or
create another booking to obtain the table. Escalate with booking/party
references, intended move, table/time, preview warning, actual state, and error.