Tablo App

What Tablo App does

Tablo S.r.l. is an Italian mobile-first social dining platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in Rome, operating a two-sided marketplace that connects adult consumers seeking in-person social connections with restaurants, bars, and venues willing to host themed shared meals. The consumer-side product is the Tablo app on iOS and Android, where users discover, create, and join themed "Virtual Tables" at partner venues; the app uses geolocation-based discovery, interest profiling, a color-coded user reliability scoring system based on attendance history, and a post-event Match functionality (v 4.0.45+) that opens a dedicated chat between mutually compatible attendees. The B2B side is TabloPoint (business.tabloapp.com), a self-serve web platform enabling venues to register, manage social tables, run themed events up to 50 covers, and accept invitations, with payment processing handled by Stripe.

Revenue is generated through a multi-stream model combining consumer subscriptions and B2B venue plans. Consumer tiers include Free (1 Virtual Table, limited invitations), Tablo Pass at approximately €5/month (participation in up to 3 simultaneous tables, automatic invitations, 40 additional invitations per table, post-event match discovery), and Tablo Premium (customization, private tables, seat configuration). B2B plans for venues include Flex (€69 one-time activation fee plus €2.50 per cover commission, billed monthly against attendance), Pro (€189 for 3 months, no per-cover commission, 1,000 invites/month, tables up to 12 covers), and Advanced (€319 for 3 months, 2,000 invites/month, sharing links, weekly table generator, themed events up to 50 covers). Distribution occurs through the Apple App Store and Google Play for consumers, the TabloPoint self-serve platform for venues, and a strategic integration with TheFork (LaFourchette SAS, Tripadvisor group) that allows users to book tables at partner restaurants directly from within the app; identity uses Google, Apple, and Facebook sign-in.

Tablo claims over 1,000,000 users and 10,000+ tables organized monthly across Italy, with active communities in Bari, Milano, Palermo, Torino, Napoli, Roma, and other cities. Marketing is primarily organic: a content blog, earned media coverage in over 20 Italian outlets including Corriere della Sera, Fortune, Fanpage, Il Post, Panorama, and several radio stations, and active Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles. The company has no disclosed institutional funding, operates with 1-10 employees, holds a registered trademark on the Tablo name and logo, and is structured as a privately held Italian S.r.l. with TabloPoint as a wholly-owned operating subsidiary.

Name

Tablo App

Legal name

Tablo S.r.l.

Website

https://tabloapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tablo is an Italian mobile social dining platform that connects adults seeking real-world friendships through themed shared meals at partner restaurants, serving both consumers via a freemium iOS/Android app and venues via the TabloPoint B2B management platform across Italy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Dining Platform

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Restaurant Reservations & Dining Booking Platforms (BPAMAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Dining Reservations & Restaurant Booking (HSACALAF)

Keywords

• Social dining platform
• Restaurant event management
• Venue marketing software
• Consumer social networking
• Themed dining marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consumer Subscriptions (Free/Pass/Premium): Free tier offers limited participation (1 Virtual Table, limited invitations). Pass tier (~€5/month) enables participation in up to 3 tables simultaneously, automatic invitations, favorites list, 40 additional invitations per table. Premium tier adds customization, private tables, and seat configuration.
2. Tablo Flex - Commission-based B2B: One-off activation fee of €69 plus €2.50 per cover. Covers are billed monthly based on actual attendance verified through presence/absence reports from users.
3. Tablo Pro - Subscription B2B: €189 for 3 months (€63/month), no commission on covers. Includes 1000 invites per month and ability to organize tables up to 12 covers.
4. Tablo Advanced - Premium Subscription B2B: €319 for 3 months (€106/month), 2000 invites per month, sharing links, weekly table generator, themed events up to 50 covers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tablo App is a mobile (iOS/Android) social eating platform that lets individual users discover, create and join themed "Virtual Tables" at partner restaurants to meet new people and share in-person dining experiences. The companion TabloPoint business platform enables restaurants, bars and venues to register, organize themed social dinners, promote offers and manage reservations. Monetization combines freemium consumer subscriptions (Pass ~€5/month, Premium) with B2B venue tiers (Tablo Flex commission-based, Tablo Pro and Tablo Advanced quarterly subscriptions).

Product overview

Tablo App is a social dining platform consisting of two main components: the consumer mobile app (Tablo) and the B2B business platform (TabloPoint). The consumer app allows users to create and join Virtual Tables at restaurants for themed social dining events, with subscription tiers (Free, Pass, Premium). The TabloPoint platform enables restaurants to manage their presence, create events, and access promotional tools. Both platforms are integrated, with the consumer app connecting users to TabloPoint-partner venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TabloPoint: B2B platform designed for restaurants, bars and venues to manage social dining tables, promote themed events, and increase visibility within the Tablo community.

Products and services

• Tablo App (Consumer) Mobile app (iOS/Android) that enables individual users to discover, create and join themed "Virtual Tables" at restaurants for in-person social dining. Free tier offers limited participation (1 Virtual Table); Tablo Pass (~$5/month) adds participation in up to 3 tables simultaneously, automatic invitations, favorites list, extra invitations per table and post-event matches; Tablo Premium adds private tables, customization and seat configuration.
• TabloPoint Business Platform Web B2B platform for restaurants, bars, pubs and wine bars to register their venue, organize themed social dining events, promote fixed-price menus and discounts, and access the Tablo user community. Available in three plans: Tablo Flex (€69 one-off activation + €2.50 per verified cover), Tablo Pro (€189/3 months, no per-cover commission, up to 12 covers per table) and Tablo Advanced (€319/3 months, up to 50 covers, weekly table generator).

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ tables organized monthly across Italy
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TheFork (LaFourchette SAS, Tripadvisor group)coreTechnology or IntegrationTheFork integration allows Tablo users to book tables at partner restaurants directly through the app. Tablo acts as a technical intermediary, redirecting users to TheFork platform for reservation processing. All reservation-related data handling is governed by TheFork's privacy policies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Meetup: Global platform for organizing in-person group activities, including dining experiences. Overlaps with Tablo's social-occasion creation model but at much larger scale and broader category breadth.
• Eatwith: Marketplace for hosted dining experiences and food tours with strangers; closest pure-play peer to Tablo in social-dining model, though Eatwith leans paid-host format vs. Tablo's free community tables.
• TheFork (LaFourchette): Europe's leading restaurant booking platform (Tripadvisor-owned) and Tablo's key integration partner. Both serve diners and restaurants in Italy; TheFork dominates reservations while Tablo layers social-discovery on top via partnership.

Emerging players

• Withlocals: Marketplace for bookable local experiences including hosted meals, similar in structure to Eatwith. Competes in the social-dining space, primarily with a travel/tourism angle rather than local community.
• Time Out Market / Time Out: Curated restaurant/event discovery and physical food-hall operator. Comparable on the 'discovery + curated social experience' axis, though Time Out is editorial-driven while Tablo is community/user-generated.

Broad incumbents

• Bumble BFF: Friend-discovery mode inside the Bumble app, targeting the same 'meet new people' use case as Tablo but as a feature within a much larger dating social network, with cross-sell into Tablo's loneliness/social-isolation persona.
• OpenTable: Global restaurant reservation leader. Not active in Italy at Tablo's scale, but competes for the same restaurant SaaS/marketing wallet and represents the category TabloPoint aspires to scale toward.
• Resy: Restaurant reservation platform (American Express-owned) overlapping with TheFork integration and Tablo's venue-discovery flow. Focused on reservations rather than social curation, but competes for venue marketing budget.

Others

• VizEat (now part of Eatwith): Dining-experience marketplace that merged with Eatwith; representative of the broader social-dining category and useful as a benchmark for monetizing social-meal experiences at scale.

Regional players

• Bnext / Gingoo (Italian social dining apps): Italian-rooted platforms experimenting with social/communal dining experiences; regional competitors that could fragment Tablo's Italian user base if they achieve better venue supply or community traction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tablosocialeating
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tablo-app-social-eating
• Instagraminstagram.com/tabloapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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