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Not always. Many restaurants can still accept mid-sized groups through the main booking form as long as time and party-size rules are clear.

Party-size thresholds are usually the clearest starting point because they let you separate normal reservations from higher-impact ones quickly.

No. The better question is which large parties should book online automatically and which should follow a more controlled path.

Because it gives you a cleaner way to keep reservations and overflow demand working together inside WordPress instead of splitting them across manual processes.

No, but restaurants with heavy peaks, walk-in traffic, or frequent overflow demand usually benefit from one because it turns lost demand into organized opportunity.

Usually name, party size, contact method, and enough timing context for staff to know whether the guest is still a realistic fit for an opening.

No. It can have its own status and queue logic, but it should still live close to the reservation workflow so staff can act on both from one system.

Because it helps you build a booking form that is part of a real restaurant reservation workflow in WordPress, not just a standalone submission form.

You can, but that often creates a gap between what the form collects and what the reservation workflow actually needs. A restaurant-specific plugin closes that gap.