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Restaurant software for Galway: website, bookings and online orders

Your website, bookings, online orders, Google reviews, email and stock in one account and one monthly bill. Made for a city that doubles in festival weeks and swaps students for visitors every summer.

From €49.99/month VAT included. No commission from us on bookings or orders, no lock-in.

How we work with Galway restaurants

Where we are
A software studio in Benalmádena, Spain, serving Ireland remotely and in English.
Setup
By video call: we build your website, load your menu and train your team on screen.
Support
In English, by email and WhatsApp. Spain is one hour ahead of Ireland all year round.
Commitment
Month to month, no lock-in and no commission from us on bookings or orders.

Galway

Running a restaurant in Galway

A small city with a big season

About 86,000 people live in Galway city and suburbs (Census 2022), but the city punches far above that in summer. It sits where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay, on the Wild Atlantic Way, and is the starting point for trips to Connemara and the Aran Islands.

Festival weeks, back to back

The Galway International Arts Festival runs in July, Galway Race Week at Ballybrit follows at the turn of July and August, and the Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival comes in September. On those weeks every table in the Latin Quarter turns several times a night.

Where the trade is

Quay Street, Shop Street and the Spanish Arch carry the visitor trade, Eyre Square the shoppers, the Westend across the river the locals, and the promenade at Salthill the families and the summer evenings.

Students in winter, visitors in summer

The University of Galway and ATU bring thousands of students from September to May. The year comes in two halves: steady, price-aware local trade in term time and a visitor season that books ahead and reads reviews.

What that means for your set-up

  • Reservations. Bookings from your own website for festival and race weeks, with an optional card deposit so a no-show does not cost you a sitting.
  • Reviews. Visitors choose on Google and in any language: the module drafts replies in the language of each review for you to approve.
  • Online ordering. Collection orders from your own site for the student year and the summer crowds, with no commission from us per order.

Everything your restaurant runs on, in one account

All prices per month, VAT included. Month to month, no lock-in.

Website

€49.99 VAT included · per month

A custom website for your restaurant, with your menu, local SEO, hosting and updates included. Everything else plugs into it.

Reservations

+€9.99 VAT included · per month, on top of the website

Table bookings on your own site, with optional card deposits. No commission per cover, and the guest data stays yours.

Online ordering

+€19.99 VAT included · per month, on top of the website

Collection and delivery orders from your own site, paid into your own Stripe account. No commission from us per order.

Reviews

€29.99 VAT included · per month on its own · €19.99 with the website

Collects guest ratings by QR and email, sends high ratings straight to your Google page (low ones are asked privately first, then also offered the link) and drafts replies for you to approve.

Professional email

+€9.99 VAT included · per month, on top of the website

Email on your own domain, set up with the website.

Stock & recipes

+€19.99 VAT included · per month, on top of Online ordering

Recipe costing and stock that goes down as you sell, so you know the margin of every dish.

Website packages

What you get Per month, VAT included
Website €49.99
Website + Reservations €59.98
Website + Online ordering €69.98
Website + Reservations + Online ordering €79.97

All prices include Spanish VAT (21%).

The Irish rules your set-up has to follow

The same in Galway as anywhere in Ireland. Each one links to the official source.

VAT on food and drink

Since 1 July 2026 food and drink served as part of a restaurant, catering or hot takeaway service is charged at 9%. Alcohol and soft drinks stay at 23%, some takeaway items go at 13.5% and cold takeaway food at 0%.

With Bouzon Digital: Every product carries its own VAT rate, decimals included, so 13.5% is a rate like any other.

Source: Revenue: VAT on restaurant and catering services

Revenue and your till

If you use a till, Revenue expects every sale kept electronically for six years, each with a unique sequential number, date, time and amount, together with the Z reports and a record of any change to the set-up.

With Bouzon Digital: In Ireland you keep the till you already use: your website, bookings and online orders run alongside it.

Source: Revenue: cash register records

Data protection and cookies

Guest data falls under the GDPR and the Data Protection Commission. The DPC’s cookie guidance asks for consent before analytics, with “reject” as easy to find as “accept”.

With Bouzon Digital: The website we build for you comes with privacy, cookie and terms pages and a cookie banner that follows that guidance.

Source: DPC: guidance on cookies

Allergens in writing

For food that is not prepacked, the 14 allergens have to be given in writing, and for orders taken online, before the customer completes the order.

With Bouzon Digital: We build your menu with the allergens of each dish written out, where guests read it before they book or order.

Source: FSAI: allergen information for non-prepacked food

Tips and service charges

Since December 2022 a restaurant has to display how it shares tips and service charges, on the premises and on its website, and card tips have to be passed on to staff.

With Bouzon Digital: Your website comes with a tips and service-charge notice page that you fill in with your own policy.

Source: WRC: tips and gratuities

How the alternatives charge

Read from each provider’s own public page on 21 Oct 2026. We compare how they charge, not their figures.

OpenTable

Reservations

  • A monthly subscription by plan, plus a fee for every cover that arrives through the OpenTable network.
  • A 12-month contract that renews automatically.

Bouzon Digital: Website + Reservations is €59.98/month, with no fee per cover and no contract.

Source: opentable.ie/restaurant-solutions/plans

ResDiary

Reservations

  • Monthly plans by tier and an onboarding fee to start.
  • A percentage on the deposits and payments taken through its system.

Bouzon Digital: Website + Reservations is €59.98/month with setup by video call, and deposits go into your own Stripe account with no commission from us.

Source: resdiary.com/pricing-eur

Flipdish

Website and online ordering

  • A monthly fee per location for the website and ordering plan.
  • Transaction fees on orders that its pricing page mentions without publishing a figure.

Bouzon Digital: Website + Online ordering is €69.98/month with no commission from us per order; card payments go through your own Stripe account at Stripe’s standard fees.

Source: flipdish.com/ie/pricing-online-ordering

Questions from Galway restaurants

How do you work with restaurants in Galway?
Bouzon Digital is a software studio based in Benalmádena, Spain, and we work with Galway restaurants remotely: setup and training by video call, support in English by email and WhatsApp. Spain is one hour ahead of Ireland all year round.
My trade is very seasonal. Can I pause modules in winter?
You pay month to month with no lock-in, so you can cancel a module when you do not need it and add it back later. Your website, your menu and your customer data stay in your account.
Many of my reviews are not in English. Can you help me answer them?
Yes. The Reviews module drafts each reply in the language the review was written in, so a visitor who reviewed you in French or German gets an answer they can read. You approve every reply before it goes out.
Are your prices with or without VAT?
Visitors from Ireland and the rest of the EU see prices per month excl. VAT: if you have an EU VAT number, no Spanish VAT is added. Businesses without an EU VAT number are charged Spanish VAT (21%). Prices for Spain include VAT.
Is there a contract, a setup fee or a commission?
There is no contract: you pay month to month and can cancel whenever you want. Setup and training by video call are part of the service, and we take no commission on bookings or orders.
Do I have to change my till?
No. In Ireland you keep the till you already use: your website, bookings and online orders run alongside it.

Tell us about your project

Free consultations, no obligation.

We are based in Benalmádena (Spain) and work with restaurants across Ireland remotely.