Does OpenTable allow AI agents?

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Terms §13(1) prohibit robots, scrapers and AI/automated assistants that use your browser 'except as expressly authorized by OpenTable'. §13(10) also bars publicly disseminating performance/benchmarking information. Page undated.

Our testing

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robots.txt: robots.txt blocks all bots by default (User-agent:* Disallow:/) then allowlists named crawlers (e.g. Googlebot). File self-dated Generated on 2026-10-14T16:21:09; retrieved 2026-10-15.

What the site's own pages say

Each line links to the page it comes from. Lines marked as crawler rules come from the site's robots.txt and tell automated crawlers what not to fetch; they are not legal terms.

• All user agents disallowed by default

  Official source Source as of 2026-10-14 Crawler rule in the site's robots.txt: it tells automated crawlers what not to fetch. It is not a legal ban.

• # By accessing OpenTable's website, you agree to OpenTable's Terms of Use: https://www.opentable.com/c/legal/terms-and-conditions/

  Official source Source as of 2026-10-14 Crawler rule in the site's robots.txt: it tells automated crawlers what not to fetch. It is not a legal ban.

• Only named crawlers are exempted from the blanket disallow (e.g. Googlebot, Googlebot-Image, AdsBot-Google, AdsBot-Google-Mobile, Googlebot-Video, Googlebot-Mobile, GoogleOther, Bingbot)

  Official source Source as of 2026-10-14 Crawler rule in the site's robots.txt: it tells automated crawlers what not to fetch. It is not a legal ban.

• User-agent: Googlebot
  Disallow: /_LBStatus
  Disallow: /admin
  Disallow: /aspnet_client
  Disallow: /api/
  Disallow: /bin/
  Disallow: /blank.html
  Disallow: /book/
  Disallow: /booking/

  Official source Source as of 2026-10-14 Crawler rule in the site's robots.txt: it tells automated crawlers what not to fetch. It is not a legal ban.

• Disallow: /reservation/slotlock

  Official source Source as of 2026-10-14 Crawler rule in the site's robots.txt: it tells automated crawlers what not to fetch. It is not a legal ban.

• Terms of Use revision date

  Official source Source as of 2026-07-22

• Reservation Services may be used only to book at restaurants and then honor the booking

  Official source Source as of 2026-07-22

• One reservation per meal time for personal use

  Official source Source as of 2026-07-22

• Resale or attempted resale of reservations or waitlist spots is prohibited

  Official source Source as of 2026-07-22

• Concierges and administrative assistants may book multiple reservations under separate program terms

  Official source Source as of 2026-07-22

• Agreement binds anyone who accesses or uses the sites and services

  Official source Source as of 2026-07-22

Sources

• OpenTable Terms of Use undated, retrieved 2026-10-14
• OpenTable robots.txt generated 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-15