Summary
Search restaurants on OpenTable from any AI assistant. Find restaurants near a coordinate, read full restaurant detail (menu, hours, photos, reviews), check live table availability for a given party size and time window. 4 tools, no auth — reverse-engineered from the OpenTable mobile app.
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Example prompts for OpenTable
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
Self-hosted only. OpenTable refuses requests from datacenter IP addresses, and AnythingMCP Cloud runs in a datacenter, so this connector is not available on AnythingMCP Cloud. It works on an AnythingMCP instance you run yourself on a computer or server with a regular home or office internet connection.
OpenTable + ChatGPT
Search restaurants on OpenTable from any AI assistant. Find restaurants near a coordinate, read full restaurant detail (menu, hours, photos, reviews), check live table availability for a given party size and time window. 4 tools, no auth — reverse-engineered from the OpenTable mobile app.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
(none — public API)
Step 1 — Get credentials
This connector wraps the OpenTable mobile app's internal API (mobile-api.opentable.co.uk).
Setup: nothing. The endpoints exposed here are the same the OpenTable iOS app uses for restaurant discovery; they do not require an API key or user login.
What it does NOT do: complete reservations. OpenTable's reservation-completion flow requires a logged-in session + payment-method-on-file + bot-detection checks that we deliberately don't automate. Use this connector to find the right restaurant and slot; book in the OpenTable app or web site.
Geo coordinate: latitude and longitude as floats. Use 48.0707,7.8674 for Freiburg, 41.3851,2.1734 for Barcelona, 40.7128,-74.0060 for NYC.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
- Open
http://localhost:3000and register. The first account becomes the admin. - Open the connector store (
http://localhost:3000/connectors/store), pick OpenTable, fill in the credentials it asks for (some connectors need none) and install it. - Under MCP Servers, create a server and assign the OpenTable connector to it. On the server's page, copy the MCP endpoint (
http://localhost:4000/mcp/<server-id>) and generate a key under API keys.
The quickstart listens on localhost only. For an instance that other people or cloud-based AI clients can reach, clone the repository and run ./setup.sh, which sets up a domain, HTTPS and OAuth (deployment guide).
Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT
ChatGPT connects to MCP servers from OpenAI's cloud, so it cannot reach the localhost endpoint of the quickstart. You need an AnythingMCP instance with a public HTTPS address (see ./setup.sh above) on a connection OpenTable accepts, and you enter that instance's MCP endpoint in the steps below instead of a Cloud URL.
ChatGPT connects to MCP servers as custom apps in developer mode, available on paid plans (not on Free). On Business and Enterprise workspaces an admin may have to allow it first.
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click +.
- Enter a name and a short description, e.g. Name:
OpenTable. - Under Connection, enter the MCP server URL
https://<your-anythingmcp-domain>/mcp/<server-id>and create the connection. - When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) and allow access.
If a public instance is not an option, use a client that runs on your computer instead: Claude Code, Cursor or Gemini CLI reach localhost directly.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
opentable_search_restaurants | Search OpenTable restaurants near a coordinate, with optional filters for party size, date/time, cuisine, and price |
opentable_get_restaurant | Full detail of one OpenTable restaurant — name, address, cuisine, hours, menu URL, photos, reviews summary, price band, dress code, parking, |
opentable_check_availability | Check live table availability at one or more OpenTable restaurants for a given party size and date/time |
opentable_autocomplete | Autocomplete restaurant or location names |
FAQ
Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP connectors? No. Custom MCP connections need developer mode, which is only on paid plans.
Why isn't OpenTable available on AnythingMCP Cloud? OpenTable refuses requests from datacenter IP addresses. AnythingMCP Cloud runs in a datacenter, so every call would fail. An AnythingMCP instance on a home or office connection usually works.
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