I've looked at how OPEN's vulnerable a couple of times. What's not covered yet in these comments are the host's notes on each diner. When I make a reso, if the restaurant has made a note about me (tips great, gets pissy about being near the kitchen/lav, hard of hearing, whatever), it comes up when I check in. Those notes are not shared between restaurants.
There seems to be no global diner profile in the system and there's certainly no social aspect to figuring out where your friends have reservations or like to eat. That's where I think OPEN can be undermined. I'm not an Urbanspoon user, but I don't think they've cracked that nut either.
There seems to be no global diner profile in the system and there's certainly no social aspect to figuring out where your friends have reservations or like to eat. That's where I think OPEN can be undermined. I'm not an Urbanspoon user, but I don't think they've cracked that nut either.