Toptable (styled toptable) was an online

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booker covering the UK as well as major cities in

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and

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established in 2000 and bought by

OpenTable OpenTable is an online restaurant-reservation service company founded by Sid Gorham, Eric Moe and Chuck Templeton on July 2, 1998, and based in San Francisco, California. In 1998, operations began with a limited selection of restaurants in Sa ...

in 2010.

History

Toptable was founded in 2000 by entrepreneur Karen Hanton for restaurant owners to advertise their venues and book customers directly. Toptable sat over 1.5 million diners in 2006 when it completed its first full year. Toptable lists more than 5,000 restaurants in the UK, plus

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, and

, providing online menus, reviews and 360° images of each restaurant. Diners can read and compare information about restaurants before their table booking online. Today, 2.3 million visitors view the Toptable website each month and, in February 2010, a dedicated Toptable iPhone app was launched. The toptable Android app has been available, at least since Sep 2013 Toptable also provides a restaurant booking engine for Time Out,

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, The Times Online,

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and View London. In 2006 toptable bought City Eating, incorporating London Eating for an undisclosed sum. Investors in Toptable include football manager

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, celebrity chef

Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes (22 April 1960 – 26 November 2019) was an English restaurateur and television chef, known for his love of English cuisine and ingredients and for his distinctive spiked hair style. He fronted shows such as ''MasterChef'', '' Mas ...

and

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. In September 2010, toptable was acquired by competitor

for approximately US$55 million.

References

External links

OpenTable (ex. Toptable) official website
Online retailers of the United Kingdom Internet properties established in 2000 Online food ordering 2010 mergers and acquisitions 2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-retail-company-stub