Urbanspoon vs. OpenTable - Make Your Reservation Now

If you’ve ever booked a restaurant reservation online there’s a good chance you did it through OpenTable. They are the category leader and a recently partnership with Yelp should help them grow even more. 

Instead of forming a similar partnership, competing review site Urbanspoon decided to launch a reservation system of their own. The new offering, Urbanspoon Rez, was built to offer restaurants convenience, innovative technology and access to customers.  There is also an advanced version called RezBook that allows mobile access  (iPhone, iPad and Web access) and the ability to capture more data about customers.  Rez was first available in Seattle and LA, but a national launch is under way.

We may have a battle looming and it will be interesting to see how Rez and OpenTable attempt to differentiate themselves to restaurant owners and consumers.

Urbanspoon Rez Customers from Urbanspoon on Vimeo.