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Free OpenTable Review Widgets for Google Sites

Embed OpenTable reviews on the new Google Sites in 60 seconds — pastes straight into the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code tab. OpenTable's official widget only books tables; only third-party widgets like BlooTrue can show your verified-diner reviews on Google Sites.

Key facts: 60-second install on Google Sites · shows reviews the official widget won't · works on personal + Workspace sites · no add-on or Chrome extension · no OpenTable API access required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 27, 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 Google 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 site 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 Google Sites? All review widgets for Google Sites

Why Use BlooTrue for OpenTable on Google Sites?

The only free way to put OpenTable reviews on a new Google Sites page — the official widget only takes reservations.

Shows Reviews, Not Just a Booking Form

OpenTable's official widget lets diners reserve a table but never displays your reviews. BlooTrue fills that gap on Google Sites — it pulls verified-diner reviews from your public OpenTable restaurant page automatically, so diners deciding to book see real feedback first.

No Add-on or Extension Required

Pure HTML embed. No Workspace Marketplace add-on, no Chrome extension, no admin approval. Pastes straight into the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code tab.

Works on Free + Workspace Sites

Works the same on free personal Google accounts and on Google Workspace Business / Enterprise sites. The Insert → Embed feature is identical across both — handy for restaurant groups on a shared Workspace domain.

No OpenTable API Access Required

Works with any public OpenTable restaurant page — just paste your restaurant URL (e.g. opentable.com/r/your-restaurant). No developer application, no API quotas, no partnership required.

How Do I Install BlooTrue OpenTable on Google Sites?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no add-on, no OpenTable API access.

Open Your Site at sites.google.com

Go to sites.google.com and open the site you are editing. In the left sidebar, click the page where you want the OpenTable reviews.

Works the same on free personal Google accounts and Google Workspace business sites.

Click Insert → Embed

In the right-hand Insert sidebar, click Embed (the </> icon). A dialog appears with two tabs: By URL and Embed code.

Switch to the Embed Code Tab and Paste

Click the Embed code tab — not the URL tab. The URL tab only auto-iframes a single public URL, which is not what we want here. Paste the BlooTrue OpenTable embed code into the field, click Next to preview, then click Insert.

First-time users sometimes paste into the URL tab and see a blank embed — switching to the Embed code tab fixes it.

Resize and Publish

The embed appears on the canvas inside its own resize box. Drag the bottom-right corner to set a generous height — the widget auto-resizes its contents within the iframe, but the outer iframe is full-width-constrained by the Google Sites resize handles. Aim for ~500px for a slider style or 700–900px for list / masonry / grid styles.

Click Publish in the top-right corner of the Google Sites editor to push the change live. Reviews auto-sync from OpenTable every 24 hours.

Technical note: Google Sites wraps every embed in its own sandboxed iframe — BlooTrue's loader detects this iframe-in-iframe case and renders correctly.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other OpenTable-on-Google-Sites Options

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

Option	BlooTrue	OpenTable official	Paid widget apps
Displays OpenTable reviews for free		—	Higher tier
No widget view caps		—	—
No OpenTable API access needed		—	Sometimes
Pastes into Google Sites Embed code tab		—
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 Google Sites — Free, Shows What the Official Widget Won't

BlooTrue's OpenTable Review Widget for Google Sites is a free embed that displays your verified-diner reviews on any new Google Sites page (sites.google.com) via the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code feature. OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it books tables but never displays reviews — so third-party widgets like BlooTrue are the only way to put OpenTable reviews into Google Sites. Every review comes from a verified diner who booked through OpenTable and honored the reservation, and the widget header shows your real 1–5 star OpenTable average — no conversion, no percentages. It works on free personal Google accounts and inside Google Workspace business and enterprise sites at no extra cost. There is no Google Sites add-on, no Chrome extension, no Workspace Marketplace approval, and no OpenTable API access required. The widget renders inside a sandboxed iframe because Google Sites wraps every embed in its own iframe — BlooTrue's loader detects this iframe-in-iframe case and works correctly. Set a generous embed height in the editor so the widget can auto-resize within the iframe without hitting a scroll cap. 100+ widget styles (slider, marquee, grid, list, masonry, badge, compact badge) with light and dark themes plus a free custom color picker. SEO note: Google Sites has limited control over schema.org JSON-LD because the parent page is Google's, but BlooTrue still emits Review JSON-LD inside the embed iframe — covers Bing and DuckDuckGo.

Why doesn't the official OpenTable widget show reviews?

OpenTable's first-party widget is built for one job: taking reservations. It puts a booking form on your site, but it does not display the star ratings and verified-diner reviews your restaurant has earned — OpenTable keeps those on its own marketplace pages. Third-party widgets are the standard way Google Sites owners surface their OpenTable reviews on their own pages — BlooTrue is the free option in that category, and it works alongside the official reservation widget rather than replacing it.

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 Google Sites?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for Google Sites. No add-on install, no Chrome extension, unlimited widget views, and no credit card required to preview. The free plan shows your OpenTable reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Does this work on the new Google Sites or only the legacy Classic Sites?

The new Google Sites at sites.google.com — the modern Drive-based version. The legacy Classic Google Sites was deprecated by Google and migrated off years ago. BlooTrue uses the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code feature, which only exists in the new Google Sites.

Will it work in a Google Workspace business or enterprise site?

Yes. Google Sites is included with every Google Workspace plan (Business Starter through Enterprise) at no extra cost, and the Insert → Embed → Embed code feature is identical to the personal-account version. No Workspace admin approval is required because the embed is pure HTML — there is no Marketplace add-on to whitelist. That matters for restaurant groups running their locations on a shared Workspace domain.

Does OpenTable offer its own review widget for Google Sites?

No. OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it lets diners book a table, but it never displays your reviews, on Google Sites or anywhere else. Only third-party widgets like BlooTrue can put OpenTable reviews into Google Sites — BlooTrue pulls verified-diner reviews from any public OpenTable restaurant page and turns them into a paste-ready Google Sites embed.

Why does my BlooTrue embed look wrapped in a frame on Google Sites?

Google Sites wraps every embed in its own sandboxed iframe — that is how the Insert → Embed feature works for every site, not a BlooTrue quirk. BlooTrue's widget loader detects this iframe-in-iframe case and renders correctly inside it. Set a generous height on the canvas so the widget can fill it without scroll, and the widget itself has a transparent background so it blends with any Google Sites theme.

Where exactly do I paste the embed — the URL tab or the Embed code tab?

The Embed code tab. The Insert → Embed dialog has two tabs: By URL (for auto-iframe of a public URL) and Embed code (for raw HTML / script embeds). Paste the BlooTrue snippet into the Embed code tab. The URL tab will not work because it expects a single URL that returns a webpage, not an HTML / script snippet.

Will the embedded reviews help with Google Sites SEO?

Partially, with one honest caveat. BlooTrue auto-injects schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD inside the embed iframe, which Bing and DuckDuckGo crawlers index normally. Google Sites itself gives site owners limited control over schema.org JSON-LD on the parent page (because the parent HTML is generated by Google), so Google's own crawler may treat the JSON-LD as belonging to the iframe context. The widget still renders rich review content as visible text on the page, contributing to topical relevance.