The present invention relates to the field of communications, and specifically provides a number calling method for a food ordering system. The method comprises: 101, receiving a reservation request of a user, generating a queuing number, and binding the queuing number with a request terminal number; 102, when vacant seats appear, sending a request message to a set quantity of terminal numbers in a short distance communication manner; 103, receiving response messages for the request message, and setting the queuing numbers of the terminal number corresponding to the response messages to be in an activated state; and 104, sequentially calling the numbers in the activated state. The technical solution provided in the present invention has the advantage of not calling vacant numbers.
