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HappyChef Datahub
How Belgium Goes Out To Eat. In Data.
Eleven long reads on when guests book, how many come along, who cancels, what they write in a review and when they buy a gift card. Anonymous figures from Belgian restaurants, with every chart's data to download.
11 Articles · 87 Insights
Every Datahub Article
Each article gathers every insight of one theme: a chart per insight, the table behind it, how it was measured and the raw data as CSV.
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Saturday Night, 19:00. The Busiest Table In Belgium.
Which days and hours fill the dining room, from the Saturday rush to the quiet Monday.
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Father's Day Beats Valentine's. By A Mile.
From Valentine's Day to the terrace summer: the days and months that make a restaurant's year.
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A Table For Two. Half Of Belgium Books It.
Tables for two, family Sundays and the big groups that need tables pushed together.
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Three In Four Book Online. Often After Closing Time.
How many guests book online, at what time, and which groups still pick up the phone.
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Booked Two Days Ahead. Or Two Hours.
How far ahead guests book, from the same-day table to the group that plans weeks in advance.
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One Guest In Nine Comes Back. Two Months Later.
Who comes back, how soon, which language they book in and how they can be reached.
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One In Five Guests Has A Request. Allergies Come First.
Allergies, birthdays, the terrace and the dog: what guests write when they book.
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One In Fourteen Cancels. Mostly The Day Before.
How often guests cancel, how late, and how often a waitlist turns a cancellation into a full table.
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4.56 Stars On Average. Food Decides The Rest.
Star ratings, NPS, what guests praise and what turns a visit into a low score.
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€100 And A Ribbon. December's Favourite Gift.
What a restaurant gift card is worth, when it is bought and how often it is used.
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11:00 And 17:00. The Restaurant's Two Rush Hours.
When the team prepares, when the phone rings and which days the doors stay closed.
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How The Datahub Is Made
The Datahub is built from the reservations, reviews and gift cards of up to 44 Belgian restaurants that use HappyChef. These rules hold for every figure:
- Every insight rests on at least 1,000 datapoints and combines at least 5 restaurants.
- Nothing points to a person or a single restaurant: no names, no contact details, no remarks, no restaurant-level rows.
- Each restaurant counts equally, so a few busy restaurants cannot dominate an average.
- Trends over time use the same restaurants in every month, so the growing number of restaurants never looks like growth.
- Placeholder values, demo accounts and test accounts are left out.
- Every page names its period, its number of datapoints and restaurants, and its method.
Where The Numbers Come From
Period
Mostly visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026; reviews and gift cards from 2025 onwards. Each insight names its own period.
Datapoints
Every insight rests on at least 1,000 datapoints and combines at least 5 restaurants.
Method
Anonymous aggregates over Belgian HappyChef restaurants, each restaurant weighted equally, with every figure over at least five restaurants and 1,000 datapoints.
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