Free n8n templates for restaurant booking automation (WhatsApp confirmation, reminders, reply handling)

Hey everyone!

I’m Riccardo, founder of RAD LAB, a small
automation agency based in southern Italy
(Ischia island). I work with local
restaurants, hotels, and salons, helping them
automate their daily operations with n8n.

I’ve just open-sourced a set of 4
production-ready workflows
for restaurant
booking automation. They’re free, documented,
and ready to import.

What’s included

  1. Booking Create & Confirm — Receives a
    booking via webhook, validates data, saves to
    Google Sheets, sends WhatsApp confirmation
    using a template message
  2. Reminder 24h — Runs every 15 minutes,
    finds reservations happening in the next 24
    hours, sends a WhatsApp reminder
  3. Inbound Reply Handler — Catches
    customer replies on WhatsApp (confirm,
    cancel, modify), updates the reservation
    status automatically
  4. Error Handler — Centralized error
    logging + admin alerts when something breaks

Key features

  • All config in a single “Settings” node
    (restaurant name, phone ID, sheet ID, etc.)
  • Italian WhatsApp message templates included
    (easy to adapt to any language)
  • Google Sheets as storage (simple for small
    restaurants, documented path to Postgres for
    scale)
  • Clean node naming with prefixes: CFG, IN,
    MAP, VAL, DB, WA, LOG, ERR
  • Full documentation with setup guide, test
    payloads, and flow diagrams

Who is this for

  • n8n consultants/agencies working with local
    businesses
  • Developers building booking systems for
    restaurants or hospitality
  • Anyone who wants a real-world WhatsApp
    automation example

GitHub repo

https://github.com/radlabischia/n8n-hospitali

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The repo also has issue templates,
contributing guidelines, and a Docker demo
setup. I plan to add hotel, salon, and
medical practice workflows in the coming
weeks.

If you find it useful, a star on GitHub would
really help. And if you have ideas for new
workflows or improvements, open an issue or a
discussion — I’d love to hear from you.

Happy automating!

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Very cool, congratulations. As a beggineer user here, ur content was very helpful for me. Is this useful for cakeshop that works with pre ordens too? I think it is, right?

Thank u very much!