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AI Receptionist for Restaurants Sarah 24/7 — answers every call and takes the booking
The phone rings hardest exactly when nobody can pick it up. Sarah answers during the rush and after close: takes reservations, handles the same six questions about hours, parking and allergens, and passes large parties and private events to you as real enquiries rather than missed calls.
Sarah calls you back live — hear her before you pay a dollar
From $350/month + 15¢/min usage · Cancel anytime
The calls you’re losing
Restaurants: the phone problem
The rush answers no calls
Between seven and nine every phone call competes with a full room, and the room wins. The reservation that rang out at 7:40 went to the restaurant down the street that had someone free.
The same six questions, all night
Hours, parking, whether you take walk-ins, whether the kitchen is still open, allergens, private dining. Each one costs a staff member thirty seconds they did not have.
Big bookings arrive after close
Party enquiries and private-event calls come in the evening and at weekends, and they are worth many times an ordinary cover. A voicemail box is a poor place to leave one.
Three real calls · nothing staged
Hear Sarah on the phone
Real recorded conversations with US customers — the word-by-word transcript of each one is on the home page. Names, numbers and the client's business name are beeped out — everything else is exactly as it happened.
Qualifying the job on the call
A rental property with a leaking fridge. Sarah works out what is actually happening before anyone is dispatched.
An honest answer, not a sales pitch
The caller wants a part, not a technician. Sarah checks, says plainly that we do not sell parts, and offers what she can.
On the phone
Restaurants: a real call, handled
This is the shape of the conversation — triage first, details second, booking before the caller can dial a competitor. And it’s not a mockup: real recorded calls are right on this page.
- Reservations taken and confirmed by text
- Hours, location, parking and menu questions answered from your own wording
- Dietary notes captured onto the booking
- Large parties and private events passed on as qualified enquiries
- After-hours and holiday coverage without a rota
- Every call logged, transcribed and summarized
CallerHi, do you have anything for six people on Saturday, sort of eight-ish?
SarahLet me check Saturday for you. Eight o'clock is fully committed, but I have 7:15 and 8:45 for six. Would either of those work?
CallerLet's do 8:45. One of us is gluten-free, is that alright?
SarahThat's fine — I'll note it on the booking so the kitchen sees it when you arrive. Can I take a name and a mobile number for the reservation?
Integrations
Plays nicely with the tools you already run
No rip-and-replace. Sarah books into your calendar and writes into your CRM from day one.
Pricing
Every feature. From $350 a month + 15¢ a minute.
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Good to know
AI answering service for restaurants: how it works
An AI receptionist is software that answers your business phone with a natural, human-sounding voice — instantly, on every call, at any hour. Sarah answers during the rush and after close: takes reservations, handles the same six questions about hours, parking and allergens, and passes large parties and private events to you as real enquiries rather than missed calls.
Unlike a traditional answering service that takes a message for you to chase later, Sarah completes the job on the call: she handles reservations taken and confirmed by text, hours, location, parking and menu questions answered from your own wording, and books the appointment straight into your calendar or field-service software. Every conversation is recorded, transcribed and summarized, so your team starts the day with booked work — not a voicemail queue. Plans start at $350 per month plus usage from 15¢ per minute of conversation, with white-glove setup included and no long-term contracts.
FAQ
Restaurants questions
Does Sarah book into our reservation system?+–
Into whatever we connect during onboarding — a reservation platform or a plain calendar. Where a direct connection is not possible, she takes the booking with every detail you specify and sends it to your team immediately, rather than leaving it on an answering machine.
Can she take a takeout order?+–
She takes the enquiry, the items and the callback details, and she will not read a card number over the phone or improvise a total. Payment stays with your own ordering flow — that boundary is deliberate.
What about allergies and ingredients?+–
She answers only from what you have written down, exactly as written, and anything beyond it goes to a person. A receptionist guessing at allergens is a liability, not a feature, and she is built to say so instead.
Will guests know it is not a person?+–
She says she is an assistant if asked, and she does not pretend otherwise. What guests notice more is that someone answered on a Saturday at eight o'clock, in one ring, and got the booking right.
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