Following a pilot program in San Francisco, the company is a bringing mobile payment option to 45 restaurants in New York City. It also plans to roll out the feature to 20 additional cities by the end of 2014.
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OpenTable, an online restaurant reservations tool that seats more than 15 million diners each month, will let diners who book reservations at restaurants through its app add a credit card and pay for their tab directly via the app. Participating restaurants include spots like Smith & Wollensky, Quality Meats and City Crab. Participating restaurants include spots like Smith & Wollensky, Quality Meats and City Crab.
The news comes just two months after news surfaced that Priceline.com agreed to buy OpenTable for $2.6 billion.
OpenTable's mobile payment operates in such a way that you don't have to enter a table number or scan a bar code to check out; instead, the restaurant just adds the charge on the back end through its computer system, which is reflected in real time on the user's app.
After following the prompts through the app (just iOS for now), users will receive a receipt by email.
You can find a full list of participating restaurants here.
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