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Free OpenTable Review Widgets for OpenCart

Embed verified-diner OpenTable reviews on any OpenCart site in 60 seconds — works on OpenCart 3.x and 4.x via a CMS page or the bundled HTML Content module. OpenTable's official widget only books tables; BlooTrue shows the reviews.

Key facts: 60-second install on OpenCart · verified diners only — every reviewer honored a booking · works on OpenCart 3.x and 4.x · CMS page + HTML Content module · no OpenTable API key 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 OpenCart? All review widgets for OpenCart

Why Use BlooTrue for OpenTable on OpenCart?

OpenTable's official widget only takes reservations — BlooTrue is the free way to put the reviews themselves on your OpenCart site.

Shows Reviews, Not Just a Booking Form

OpenTable's official website widget embeds a reservation form and nothing else — your reviews stay on opentable.com. BlooTrue pulls them from your public restaurant page automatically, so diners see the proof before they book.

No OpenCart Extension Required

Pure HTML embed. No marketplace purchase, no vQmod / OCMOD patch, no PHP file edits. Pastes into the core CMS Information system or the bundled HTML Content module.

Works on OpenCart 3.x and 4.x

Same install path on both major versions. The Source toggle in the editor and the HTML Content module from Extensions → Modules exist in core on both 3.x and 4.x.

Verified Diners, Real Star Ratings

Every OpenTable review comes from a diner who booked and honored a reservation — no drive-by reviews. The widget header shows your real 1–5 star OpenTable average, no conversion, no percentages, and no API key or restaurant-account login is required.

How Do I Install BlooTrue OpenTable on OpenCart?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no extension, no OpenTable API key.

Decide Where The Reviews Go

Log into your OpenCart admin and pick the placement:

A static Information page — Catalog → Information.
A sidebar or footer module using the bundled HTML Content module — assigned via Design → Layouts.

For a CMS Page: Catalog → Information

In the OpenCart admin, open Catalog → Information, edit the target page. In the rich-text editor toolbar, click the Source button (looks like </>) to switch to raw HTML view.

Paste the BlooTrue embed code there. This step is critical — if you paste in the visual view instead, OpenCart sanitizes the<script> tag and the widget disappears on save.

Save the page. Visit the storefront URL — your OpenTable reviews are live.

Or Use the HTML Content Module

For sidebar / footer / homepage placement, open Extensions → Modules, find HTML Content (a core module — already installed in OpenCart 3.x and 4.x), click Add Module, give it a name like "OpenTable Reviews", click the Source button in its editor, and paste.

Assign to a Layout and Publish

Open Design → Layouts, pick the layout to target, and add the HTML Content module to a position — Column Left, Column Right, Content Top, Content Bottom, or Footer.

Save the layout. Reviews auto-sync from OpenTable every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other OpenTable-on-OpenCart Options

OpenTable's official widget only books tables — it never shows reviews. Here's how BlooTrue compares to the next-best paths.

Option	BlooTrue	OpenTable official	Paid OC extensions
Free OpenTable review embed available		—	—
No widget view caps		—	—
No OpenTable API key needed		—	Sometimes
No marketplace purchase required		—	—
Works on OpenCart 3.x AND 4.x		—	Often 3.x only
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Sometimes
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	$20–$60 each

OpenTable Review Widget for OpenCart — Free, Shows the Reviews the Official Widget Hides

BlooTrue's OpenTable Review Widget for OpenCart is a free, extension-free embed that displays your OpenTable reviews on any OpenCart-built restaurant site. OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it books tables but never shows the reviews diners left for you. BlooTrue fills that gap by pulling reviews from any public OpenTable restaurant page and turning them into a paste-ready OpenCart embed. Every review comes from a verified diner — someone who booked through OpenTable and honored the reservation — and the widget header shows your real 1–5 star OpenTable average, no conversion, no percentages. OpenCart is a free, open-source PHP e-commerce platform widely used in MENA, Eastern Europe, and South-East Asia, and it ships with both a CMS Information system (Catalog → Information) and a bundled HTML Content module (Extensions → Modules) — BlooTrue pastes into either. No OpenCart marketplace purchase, no PHP edits, no OpenTable API key, no developer application, no restaurant-account login required. Works on OpenCart 3.x (the dominant deployed version) and OpenCart 4.x with any theme. The single biggest install gotcha is the Source button (the </> toggle that switches the editor between WYSIWYG and raw HTML) — without clicking it, the visual editor escapes the embedded<script> tag and the widget disappears on save.

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

OpenTable's first-party website widget is built for one job: taking reservations. It embeds a booking form, not your review feed — the verified-diner reviews stay on opentable.com. Third-party widgets are the standard way OpenCart-built restaurant sites surface their OpenTable reviews — BlooTrue is the free option in that category, and because every OpenTable review comes from a diner who honored a reservation, the social proof it displays is unusually hard to fake.

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 OpenCart?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for OpenCart. No marketplace extension purchase, no recurring license fee, unlimited widget views, no credit card. The free plan shows your OpenTable reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Doesn't OpenTable already offer a website widget for OpenCart?

OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it puts a booking form on your site but never displays your reviews or star rating. BlooTrue fills that gap: it pulls verified-diner reviews from any public OpenTable restaurant page and turns them into a paste-ready OpenCart embed. Run both side by side — the booking widget converts, the review widget convinces.

Do I need an OpenTable API key or developer access?

No. BlooTrue works with any public OpenTable restaurant page — no OpenTable API key, no developer application, no restaurant-account login required. Just paste your https://www.opentable.com/r/your-restaurant URL into the BlooTrue builder.

Why does my embed code disappear after I save the OpenCart page?

Because you pasted into the WYSIWYG (visual) editor, which strips or escapes the <script> tag. Click the Source button (looks like </>) in the editor toolbar to switch to raw HTML view, paste the embed code there, and save. The Source toggle is the #1 install gotcha on OpenCart.

Does this work on both OpenCart 3.x and OpenCart 4.x?

Yes. The embed is pure client-side HTML and JavaScript and the install path (Source toggle in the editor, HTML Content module from Extensions → Modules) exists in both major versions.

Where exactly should I paste the embed code on OpenCart?

Two paths. (1) For a static page (About, Reviews, Menu, Reservations): Catalog → Information → edit the page → click the Source button (</>) in the editor → paste. (2) For sidebar/footer placement: Extensions → Modules → install HTML Content → edit it → click Source → paste → assign via Design → Layouts.

Will the widget slow down my OpenCart site?

No. The widget loads asynchronously after 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.