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Free OpenTable Review Widgets for BigCommerce

Embed verified diner reviews on any BigCommerce store in 60 seconds — works with Stencil themes, Page Builder, and Web Pages. OpenTable's official widget only books tables; BlooTrue shows your reviews for free.

Key facts: 60-second install on BigCommerce · shows the reviews OpenTable's widget won't · works on every BigCommerce plan · Stencil + Page Builder compatible · no OpenTable partnership required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 16, 2026·by Mike Ragimov

SEO + AI schema · paid plans

Review schema markup, on paid plans

Paid widgets add schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD to the page they sit on, so search engines and AI answer engines can read your OpenTable reviews as structured data. Google does not show review stars for reviews a business shows about itself, so the gain is readability, not stars. The free plan shows the reviews without the schema. See how the schema works

Install guides

Same OpenTable widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your restaurant's store lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all OpenTable widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all OpenTable review widgets · Want a different review platform on BigCommerce? All review widgets for BigCommerce

Why Use BlooTrue for OpenTable on BigCommerce?

The only free way to put OpenTable reviews on your BigCommerce storefront — OpenTable's own widget only takes reservations.

Shows Reviews, Not Just a Booking Form

OpenTable's official widget only books tables — it never displays your reviews. BlooTrue is the free, paste-and-go alternative — pulls verified diner reviews from your public OpenTable restaurant page automatically.

No BigCommerce App Required

Pure HTML embed. No App Marketplace install, no permission scopes, no recurring app fee. Works on every plan from Standard to Enterprise.

Stencil + Page Builder Compatible

Works with every Stencil theme (Cornerstone, Supermarket, custom) and the legacy Blueprint engine. Drop into Web Pages, Page Builder, or product description HTML views.

No OpenTable Partnership Required

Works with any public OpenTable restaurant page. No partnership application, no API quotas, no restaurant-account login required — and every review is from a verified diner who honored a reservation.

How Do I Install BlooTrue OpenTable on BigCommerce?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no app install, no OpenTable partnership.

Build your widget on this page

Use the BlooTrue builder on this page. Paste your OpenTable restaurant URL (e.g. https://www.opentable.com/r/your-restaurant) and your real verified diner reviews load automatically into the live preview.

No sign-up, no OpenTable partnership, no restaurant-account login required.

Customize the Look

Pick one of 100+ styles (Slider, Marquee, Grid, List, Masonry, Badge, Compact Badge), choose light or dark theme, set your accent color, and toggle reviewer names / dates / profile images on or off.

Copy the Embed Code

Publish and copy the embed code. The embed is a single HTML snippet — no BigCommerce app install, no theme file edits.

Paste into BigCommerce

Static page (About, Reviews, Private Dining): In your control panel, open Storefront → Web Pages, click the page to edit, then click the HTML view button (looks like </>) in the rich-text editor toolbar. Paste the embed code, switch back to visual view to confirm, and click Save.

Homepage / category page (Page Builder): Open Storefront → My Themes → Customize, navigate to the page, drag in an HTML widget from the left sidebar, paste the embed code, and save. Republish the theme.

Per-product placement (Stencil): Open the product — a gift card, merch item, or house sauce — scroll to the description, click the HTML view, and paste. For site-wide placement under every product, edit templates/pages/product.html in your Stencil theme.

Reviews auto-sync from OpenTable every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other OpenTable-on-BigCommerce Options

OpenTable's widget only books tables. Here's how BlooTrue compares to the next-best paths for showing reviews.

Option	BlooTrue	OpenTable official	Paid widget apps
Free OpenTable review embed available		—	Higher tier
No widget view caps		—	—
No OpenTable partnership needed		—	Sometimes
No BigCommerce app install		—	—
Custom layouts and accent colors		—	Limited
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Paid tier
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	$15+/mo

OpenTable Review Widget for BigCommerce — Free, Shows the Reviews OpenTable's Widget Won't

BlooTrue's OpenTable Review Widget for BigCommerce is a free, app-free embed that displays your OpenTable reviews on any BigCommerce storefront. OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it never displays your reviews, which stay on opentable.com. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public OpenTable restaurant page and turning them into a paste-ready BigCommerce embed. Every review comes from a verified diner — someone who booked through OpenTable and honored the reservation — and the header rating is your real 1–5 star OpenTable average, no conversion. Works on every BigCommerce plan (Standard, Plus, Pro, Enterprise), every Stencil theme (Cornerstone, Supermarket, custom Stencil themes), and the legacy Blueprint theme engine. No BigCommerce App Marketplace install, no per-month fee, no OpenTable partnership required.

Why doesn't OpenTable's official widget show reviews?

OpenTable's first-party widget is built to do one thing: book tables. It embeds a reservation form, not your diner reviews — the reviews themselves stay on opentable.com. OpenTable does not publish a paste-ready review embed the way Google publishes Place Cards. Third-party widgets are the standard way restaurants on BigCommerce surface their OpenTable reviews on their own storefront — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.

About OpenTable reviews in this widget

Your OpenTable widget shows the diner reviews from your restaurant's OpenTable page, the one at opentable.com/r. The score heading the widget is the overall star rating and review count OpenTable reports for that page, rather than a number built from the cards. Every review comes from a diner who booked through OpenTable and honoured the reservation, so nobody who did not sit down at your tables can post one. OpenTable's own website widget only takes reservations; pasting it in the hope of seeing diner reviews gets you a booking form, since OpenTable has no review embed.

Frequently Asked Questions

I already have the OpenTable reservation widget on my site, does it show reviews too?

No. OpenTable's reservation widget takes bookings and offers no way to show diner reviews. The BlooTrue widget is a separate one-line embed built from your opentable.com/r restaurant URL, showing the reviews diners left after honouring a reservation, with the OpenTable rating and review count in the header taken from your page.

Are OpenTable reviews worth embedding if diners can only review after a reservation?

Yes, because that rule is what sets OpenTable apart. OpenTable only opens the review form to a diner who honoured a reservation booked through OpenTable, so every card on your site comes from a person who ate at your restaurant on a known date. Sites that let anyone post cannot say that about their reviews.

How quickly does a new OpenTable review reach my website?

On a paid plan, by the next day: the widget refreshes from your OpenTable page every 24 hours, so a review written after last night's reservation appears the following day, and the BlooTrue badge is removed. On the free plan the diner reviews are the ones imported when you first published the widget; new ones do not arrive.

Is the BlooTrue OpenTable widget free for BigCommerce?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for BigCommerce. No app install, no marketplace fee, unlimited widget views, and no credit card required to preview. The free plan shows your OpenTable reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Does OpenTable offer its own review widget for BigCommerce?

No. OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it never displays your reviews. Your verified diner reviews stay on opentable.com. BlooTrue fills that gap — it pulls reviews from any public OpenTable restaurant page and turns them into a paste-ready BigCommerce embed.

Do I need an OpenTable partnership or API access?

No. BlooTrue works with any public OpenTable restaurant page — no OpenTable partnership, no API application, no restaurant-account login required. Just paste your https://www.opentable.com/r/your-restaurant URL into the BlooTrue builder and BlooTrue pulls your real diner reviews from the public page.

Do I need a BigCommerce app to display OpenTable reviews?

No. BlooTrue uses a pure HTML embed code that pastes directly into a BigCommerce Web Page (HTML view), a Page Builder HTML widget, or a Stencil template file. There is no BigCommerce App Marketplace install, no recurring app fee, and no permission scopes to approve.

Where exactly should I paste the embed code on BigCommerce?

For a static page (About, Reviews, Private Dining), open Storefront → Web Pages, edit the page, click the HTML view in the rich-text editor, and paste. For homepage or category placement, open Storefront → My Themes → Customize, drop a Page Builder HTML widget, and paste. For per-product placement on Stencil themes — gift cards, merch, sauces — paste into the product description HTML view.

Will the widget slow down my BigCommerce store?

No. The widget loads asynchronously after your page content, so it never blocks rendering. The script is under 20KB and reviews are served from a CDN cache. Typical impact on Largest Contentful Paint is under 50ms — well within Google's Core Web Vitals thresholds.

Does the widget work with Stencil themes?

Yes. The widget is pure client-side HTML and JavaScript, so it works in every BigCommerce theme engine — Stencil themes (Cornerstone, Supermarket, custom Stencil themes) and the legacy Blueprint engine. No theme-specific configuration is required.