Please note, when booking a table at a restaurant or pub,
you are entering into an agreement, known as a contract.
You are agreeing to come to the restaurant / pub at an agreed time and pay for a
meal.
The restaurant / pub is agreeing to have a table reserved for you and your guests
and to supply you with a meal of a satisfactory standard, provided with reasonable
care and skill.
The contract does not have to be written, it can be verbal or
part written and part verbal.
When you book a table, you are expected to show up.
If you cancel or simply do not show up, you may be expected to pay some money as
compensation if the restaurant / pub is unable to sell the table to someone else.