OpenTable Review Widget for Joomla — Free, Shows the Reviews the Official Widget Won't
BlooTrue's OpenTable Review Widget for Joomla is a free, extension-free embed that displays your OpenTable reviews on any Joomla restaurant site. OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it never displays the verified-diner reviews your restaurant earns; those stay on opentable.com. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public OpenTable restaurant page and turning them into a paste-ready Joomla embed. Every review comes from a verified diner who booked through OpenTable and honored the reservation, and the widget shows your real 1–5 star average exactly as it appears upstream. Works on Joomla 3, Joomla 4, and Joomla 5 via the built-in Custom HTML module type, with the default Cassiopeia template (J4/J5), the older Protostar template (J3), and any third-party template. No Joomla Extensions Directory install, no per-month fee, no OpenTable API key required.
How to embed OpenTable reviews on Joomla in 60 seconds
- Paste your OpenTable restaurant page URL (https://www.opentable.com/r/your-restaurant) into the configurator above.
- Pick a widget style and customize colors, theme, and layout.
- Click Copy Code to get the one-line HTML embed.
- Open Content → Site Modules (J4/J5) or Extensions → Modules (J3), click + New, choose Custom, click Toggle Editor to switch to HTML, and paste.
- Set the Position (e.g.
position-7) and Menu Assignment, then Save.
Why doesn't OpenTable's own widget show reviews?
OpenTable's first-party widget is built to do one thing: book tables. It embeds a reservation form, not social proof — the diner reviews that convince someone to book stay on opentable.com. OpenTable does not publish a paste-ready review embed the way Trustpilot publishes TrustBox or Google publishes Place Cards. Third-party widgets are the standard way Joomla restaurant sites surface their OpenTable reviews on their own pages — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.
