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A Table For Two. Half Of Belgium Books It.
How many guests come along, on which days the big groups come, and what that means for the floor plan.
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The typical Belgian restaurant reservation is for two people: half of all bookings are exactly that. Groups are rare but heavy, they cluster on Sundays and almost always need tables pushed together. Families with children are a small share that grows on the weekend and eats earlier. These six insights show who sits at the table, and how big that table needs to be.
The Insights In This Article
Insight 1 of 6
Half Of All Reservations Are For Exactly Two
The median party is 2 guests: 50% of reservations are for two people. Four people make up 20% and three people 12%. Because of the occasional large group, the average is higher, at 3.7 guests.
| Group | Share | Datapoints |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.4% | 411 |
| 2 | 49.7% | 22,367 |
| 3 | 12% | 5,560 |
| 4 | 19.6% | 9,736 |
| 5–6 | 9.3% | 4,819 |
| 7–8 | 3.7% | 1,766 |
| 9–12 | 1.9% | 1,095 |
| 13+ | 2.4% | 654 |
- Period
- Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
- Datapoints
- 46,408
- Restaurants
- 41 Belgian restaurants
- Method
- Number of guests per reservation (1 to 60). Each restaurant counts equally: its own figure is computed first and then averaged, so one busy restaurant cannot dominate. Restaurants with fewer than 30 reservations in the period are left out.
Insight 2 of 6
Solo Diners Are Rare: 1.4% Of Reservations
Only 1.4% of reservations are for one person. At the other end, 8% are for seven or more guests, and 4.3% for nine or more.
| Group | Share | Datapoints |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.4% | 411 |
| 7–8 | 3.7% | 1,766 |
| 9–12 | 1.9% | 1,095 |
| 13+ | 2.4% | 654 |
- Period
- Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
- Datapoints
- 46,408
- Restaurants
- 41 Belgian restaurants
- Method
- Number of guests per reservation (1 to 60). Each restaurant counts equally: its own figure is computed first and then averaged, so one busy restaurant cannot dominate. Restaurants with fewer than 30 reservations in the period are left out.
Insight 3 of 6
Big Groups Prefer Sunday
Overall, 6.1% of reservations are for eight guests or more. On Sunday that rises to 6.9%, while Tuesday has the fewest groups, at 2.9%.
| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| Monday | 6.2% |
| Tuesday | 3% |
| Wednesday | 3.5% |
| Thursday | 6.8% |
| Friday | 4.7% |
| Saturday | 6.1% |
| Sunday | 6.9% |
- Period
- Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
- Datapoints
- 44,887
- Restaurants
- 29 Belgian restaurants
- Method
- Share of reservations with 8 or more guests, per weekday. Each restaurant counts equally: its own figure is computed first and then averaged, so one busy restaurant cannot dominate. Restaurants with fewer than 30 reservations in the period are left out.
Insight 4 of 6
4.8% Of Reservations Include Children
In booking forms that ask about children, 4.8% of reservations include at least one child or baby. On Sunday that is 7.6%. A table with children counts 5.2 guests on average.
| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| Monday | 4.1% |
| Tuesday | 3.4% |
| Wednesday | 2.4% |
| Thursday | 3% |
| Friday | 4.1% |
| Saturday | 6.1% |
| Sunday | 7.6% |
- Period
- Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
- Datapoints
- 26,835
- Restaurants
- 34 Belgian restaurants
- Method
- Share of reservations listing at least one child or baby, only counting booking forms that ask for children. Each restaurant counts equally: its own figure is computed first and then averaged, so one busy restaurant cannot dominate. Restaurants with fewer than 30 reservations in the period are left out.
Insight 5 of 6
Families Book Dinner At 18:39, Adults At 18:52
Tables with children start dinner earlier: at 18:39 on average, against 18:52 for tables with adults only.
| Group | Time |
|---|---|
| With children | 18:39 |
| Adults only | 18:52 |
- Period
- Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
- Datapoints
- 26,835
- Restaurants
- 34 Belgian restaurants
- Method
- Share of reservations listing at least one child or baby, only counting booking forms that ask for children. Each restaurant counts equally: its own figure is computed first and then averaged, so one busy restaurant cannot dominate. Restaurants with fewer than 30 reservations in the period are left out.
Insight 6 of 6
71% Of Groups Of Seven Or Eight Need Tables Pushed Together
Overall, 12.6% of reservations are seated on two or more tables. For five or six guests it is 38%, for seven or eight 71%, and for nine or more 84%.
| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| 1–2 | 0.2% |
| 3–4 | 15.8% |
| 5–6 | 38.2% |
| 7–8 | 71.3% |
| 9+ | 84.1% |
- Period
- Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
- Datapoints
- 20,076
- Restaurants
- 16 Belgian restaurants
- Method
- Share of reservations seated on two or more tables pushed together, per party size. Restaurants that do not assign tables are left out.
How We Built This Article
Period
Visits from 1 January to 30 September 2026
Datapoints
6 insights, each resting on at least 20,076 datapoints (the largest on 46,408), from 16–41 Belgian restaurants.
Method
Anonymous aggregates over Belgian HappyChef restaurants, each restaurant weighted equally, with every figure over at least five restaurants and 1,000 datapoints.
About This Data
This analysis is based on Belgian restaurants that use HappyChef: 16–41 restaurants, depending on the insight. Restaurants that joined during the period are normalised so the growing number of restaurants never inflates a trend, demo and test accounts are left out, and placeholder values (an empty field saved as zero) are ignored.
Every figure is an anonymous aggregate. Each one combines at least five restaurants and at least 1,000 datapoints, no restaurant is named or singled out, and no name, email address, phone number or remark of a guest is ever published.
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