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SevenRooms

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Reservation, waitlist, and guest CRM software for restaurants and hotels, now owned by DoorDash.

Defensible for now
Assessed 23 July 2026 · Evidence as of 23 July 2026
Real protection, with named pressure against it.
On the recordSince 23 July 2026 · Checkable from H2 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Resolution of Channel Connect legal dispute with OpenTable over credential scraping
The call

SevenRooms survives inside DoorDash's wallet but competes from behind OpenTable's scale and Toast's POS bundle, with its own legal fight against OpenTable still unresolved.

SevenRooms helps restaurants and bars manage reservations and keep track of guest preferences and history. It is hard to copy because it has built up years of guest data across many venues and works deeply with restaurant computer systems, plus now has access to DoorDash's food delivery customers. But OpenTable is much bigger with 60k venues and charges per reservation, Toast is bundling reservations into its point-of-sale system to lock in small restaurants, and simple AI tools could handle basic reservation booking without needing SevenRooms' data. The one thing that could change everything is if Toast manages to land major hotel and casino chains as customers, which would mean it could compete head-to-head with SevenRooms on the biggest accounts.

Why
01
AI pressure: ElevenLabs-powered voice booking agents and generic LLM reservation bots. AI voice agents could handle phone bookings directly, but SevenRooms is building this in rather than getting replaced by it. Could AI do the core job? Unlikely.
02
Bigger players: Toast Tables (POS-bundled reservations) and OpenTable (Booking Holdings scale). Toast bundles tables into its POS for SMB venues, OpenTable has 5x the venue count, both squeeze SevenRooms from opposite ends. Could a giant copy it? Probably.
03
What protects it. Deep guest CRM data and PMS integrations tied to DoorDash's delivery and marketplace distribution.
What would change this call
Toast Tables announces a major hotel or resort chain contract (e.g. Marriott, MGM, Wynn tier). Would show Toast breaking out of SMB and directly challenging SevenRooms in enterprise hospitality.
Ruling or settlement in the OpenTable vs Channel Connect legal/platform-access dispute. Would show whether SevenRooms-linked distribution tactics survive incumbent legal pushback.
DoorDash quarterly earnings call commentary on SevenRooms integration progress. Would show whether DoorDash is prioritizing or deprioritizing SevenRooms within its Commerce Platform.
Key numbers
  • DoorDash paid $1.2B cash to acquire SevenRooms (2025-05-06)
  • Serves about 12,000 to 15,000 venues vs OpenTable's 60,000 (2026-03-25)
  • Estimated 2024 ARR of $43M, up from $24.9M in 2023 (2026-07-02)
Named risks
  • OpenTable legal or platform-access dispute over Channel Connect data pulling could escalate. Severity: high
  • Toast Tables bundling into POS could capture enterprise hospitality logos and erode SevenRooms' niche. Severity: medium
  • Dependency on ElevenLabs for Voice AI creates third-party platform risk. Severity: medium
  • As a DoorDash subsidiary, SevenRooms could be deprioritized within DoorDash's Commerce Platform strategy. Severity: medium
  • No audited standalone financials exist, limiting independent verification of revenue and growth. Severity: low
Rivals, as read in July 2026
RivalDirectionEvidence
OpenTablecontestingChannel Connect (June 16, 2026) pulls reservation data from OpenTable, drawing pushback over data-access policies
Toast Tablesgaining onToast bundles reservations into POS, reaching ~5,000+ venues by July 2026, growing SMB share
Resy/Tock (Amex)contestingCombined ~25,000 venues as of March 2026, reportedly consolidating under Resy in 2026
Questions people ask
Who owns SevenRooms now?
DoorDash acquired SevenRooms in an all-cash deal valued at $1.2 billion, announced May 6, 2025 and closed June 13, 2025. SevenRooms now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary branded 'SevenRooms, a DoorDash Company' within DoorDash's Commerce Platform.
Is SevenRooms profitable?
No public profitability data exists. SevenRooms is a private subsidiary of DoorDash and does not break out standalone financials; DoorDash's own earnings disclosures do not separate SevenRooms revenue, so profitability cannot be independently verified as of July 2026.
Could AI replace SevenRooms?
Unlikely to fully replace it. SevenRooms itself ships AI (voice booking via ElevenLabs handled 400,000+ calls as of July 21, 2026), but its moat rests on proprietary guest CRM data across 15,000+ venues and PMS/enterprise integrations that generic AI agents can't replicate alone.
Who is SevenRooms' biggest competitor?
OpenTable (Booking Holdings), with roughly 60,000 restaurants versus SevenRooms' estimated ~12,000-15,000, is the largest rival as of March 2026. Toast Tables (~5,000+ venues, July 2026) and Amex-owned Resy/Tock (~25,000 combined) also compete directly.
What is Channel Connect by SevenRooms?
Channel Connect, launched June 16, 2026, is a free, open-license desktop app that syncs reservations across rival platforms including OpenTable and Resy in real time, explicitly positioned as a response to OpenTable's more restrictive data-access policies.
How many restaurants use SevenRooms?
SevenRooms states it serves 15,000+ restaurants globally as of March 31, 2025 press materials, up from 13,000+ dining, hotel F&B, nightlife and entertainment clients cited at the time of the DoorDash acquisition announcement on May 6, 2025 (vendor-claimed figures).
Timeline
  • 2026-06-16Launched Channel Connect, a free aggregator app syncing reservations across rival platforms
  • 2026-06-04Deliveroo Reservations (powered by SevenRooms) launched in Dubai
  • 2026-05-06Deliveroo Reservations (powered by SevenRooms) launched in London
  • 2025-06-13DoorDash acquisition of SevenRooms officially closed
  • 2025-05-06DoorDash announced $1.2 billion all-cash acquisition of SevenRooms
  • 2025-03-31Launched AI Responses, AI Feedback Summary, AI Note Polish features
  • 2020-06Raised $50M Series B led by PSG Equity
  • 2017-12Raised $8M Series A led by Comcast Ventures
  • 2011SevenRooms founded in New York City
Revision history
23 July 2026
First assessed. Defensible for now. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.
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