There's a seat for you at lunch today.
Everyone eats lunch. Most people eat it with the same three colleagues, or at their desk. Lunch Table asks one easy question in the morning, and by midday you have a table of three to six people from other teams.
Running now in a pilot office. Opt in once, and pause or stop whenever you like.
10:00
“Lunch Table is on today.” Tap “I'm in”, come solo or bring a friend.
11:45
Tables are set: three to six people, mixed across teams where possible.
12:15
Meet at your office's meeting point. Tap “I'm on my way” or “Can't make it”.
After lunch
A private “How was lunch?”, and a quiet way to say who you'd like a coffee with.
The easiest way to meet someone new is over food
A one-to-one coffee with a stranger is a real ask. Lunch is something everyone already does, and a table of four or five takes the pressure off: nobody has to carry the conversation alone. What's missing is the nudge, because nobody wants to be the one asking a table of strangers if they can sit down. Lunch Table is that nudge, every working day.
How Lunch Table works
One tap a day, on the days you choose.Opt in once
Pick your office and the days you're usually in. If your office isn't listed, add it, with a meeting point like “Cafeteria, 3rd floor”.
Say you're in
On your days, a morning invitation asks if you're in for lunch. One tap says yes, and you can take it back until the cut-off. Bring one friend if you like.
We set the tables
At the cut-off, everyone who's in is seated at tables of three to six, mixing teams where possible and avoiding people you sat with recently.
Lunch, then a quiet follow-up
Meet at the meeting point. Afterwards, rate lunch privately, and pick anyone you'd like a coffee with. If they picked you too, we'll set it up.
Low effort, low pressure
The member
- One question a day, only on the days they choose
- Their tablemates' first names and teams before they go
- Free to bring a friend, or to say they can't make it
- A coffee invitation only when the interest is mutual
The quieter colleague
- A table, not a one-to-one, so nobody carries the conversation alone
- Their own pace: pause for a while, or stop with no questions asked
- A private rating, seen by nobody else
- Never seated with someone they've reported
You, the host
- Nothing to organize, book, or seat
- Totals for the last two weeks: who's in, tables, and how it went
- How many tablemates came from other teams
- One switch to turn it off, if it isn't right for your office
What you see. What you don't.
The host sees
- How many people have opted in
- How many tables were set and met
- How many coffees followed, and how lunch went overall
The host doesn't see
- Who sat with whom
- How anyone rated their lunch
- Who wanted a coffee with whom
Any rate based on fewer than five answers is held back, so no total points to one person.
How to get people eating lunch together
Five things that make a lunch program feel like an open invitation, not a scheduled obligation.
- 1
Ask on the day
Plans made days ahead get cancelled. “Are you in for lunch today?” at mid-morning gets an honest answer.
- 2
Keep tables small
Four or five is the sweet spot: enough people that nobody has to perform, few enough for one conversation.
- 3
Let people bring a friend
Walking in with someone you know makes the first lunch far easier. One friend per table keeps the table mixed.
- 4
Name a meeting point
“The big table by the window in the cafeteria” removes the most awkward moment: finding strangers in a crowded room.
- 5
Follow up quietly
The best lunches lead to a coffee. Let people say who they'd like to see again, privately, and only connect them when it's mutual.
Good to know
The honest answers, including what it doesn't do yet.
- Is Lunch Table available now?
- It's running in a pilot office now, and we're learning from it before opening it to every organization. Talk to us if you'd like to be next.
- What if only one or two people are in?
- Two people get the option of lunch together, just the two of them. If you're the only one, we tell you kindly that there's no table today, and nothing else happens.
- Who sits at my table?
- People from the same office who said they're in, mixed across teams where possible, and not the people you sat with in the last four weeks. A friend you brought sits with you.
- What times does it run?
- By default the invitation goes out at 10:00, tables are set at 11:45, and lunch is at 12:15, Monday to Friday, in each office's own time zone. Members only hear about it on the days they chose.
- What does the host have to do?
- Nothing. Lunch Table runs on its own once it's on for your organization. The host sees totals and has one switch to turn it off.
- Does it post to Slack or Teams?
- Not yet. Invitations and tables arrive in the app and as Let's Get Coffee notifications.
Set the table for your office.
Lunch Table is in its pilot. Tell us about your office, and we'll let you know when it can be yours. A human reads every message.
Talk to us