AI receptionist
for restaurants.
An AI receptionist for restaurants takes reservations, flags dietary restrictions, and books every party onto your calendar so your hostess can focus on the people walking in. AI Phone 360 handles overflow at peak hours and never lets a Friday-night reservation go to voicemail.
AI receptionist for restaurants handles every call type.
Trained on the calls your industry actually gets — not a generic answering script.
Reservations & party size
Captures party size, date, time, and contact, then proposes specific available slots and confirms via SMS.
Dietary restrictions & allergies
Flags gluten, nut, and other allergens, and pages the kitchen lead with a prep note before the party arrives.
Private events & large parties
Handles inquiries for buyouts and large parties, captures details, and routes to the events manager.
Hours, menu, and directions
Answers common questions on hours, parking, dress code, and menu options so the hostess line stays clear.
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The calls you stop dropping.
- Recover reservations lost to voicemail
- Stop dropping Friday-night calls
- Allergies flagged before the party sits down
- Hostess focused on guests, not the phone
AI receptionist for restaurants — in depth
Every ringing phone during service costs you twice
A restaurant phone rings hardest exactly when the room is fullest. Someone leaves the pass or the host stand to answer it, service slows for the guests already in front of you, and the caller — who wanted a table, a large booking, or to know whether you do gluten-free — gets a rushed answer or voicemail. You lose on both ends of the same call.
The calls themselves are overwhelmingly repetitive: hours, parking, whether you take reservations, whether the patio is open, allergen questions, and the same six menu queries. A person answering them is being paid to recite a webpage while the dining room waits.
An AI receptionist takes all of that instantly and consistently, books or takes reservation details, routes private-event and large-party enquiries to a manager, and lets the host stand stay at the host stand. The calls that genuinely need a person still reach one.
What this replaces, and what it costs
Restaurant-specific voice AI is priced for multi-unit groups: Slang.ai, the best-known specialist, publishes Core from $399 per month per location and Premium from $599 per month per location, so a three-site group starts at roughly $1,200 a month before add-ons.
AI Phone 360 is $19.99/mo (Basic), $59.99/mo (Pro) or $199.99/mo (Enterprise) plus $0.18–$0.35 per AI minute, billed once rather than per location, with unlimited team members and bilingual English/Spanish answering included at no extra cost.
For an independent restaurant the comparison is not really against another vendor — it is against the status quo of a host answering mid-service. The question is whether the phone is worth about $21 a month (the $19.99 plan plus the $1.15 phone number) plus minutes, and one recovered large booking usually settles it.
Questions, answered.
How does it handle reservations?
The AI captures party size, name, date, time, callback number, and any notes (allergies, seating, occasion), proposes available slots, confirms by SMS, and books the reservation onto your calendar. If you use a reservation platform, we can scope a webhook sync during onboarding — reach out and tell us which one.
How does it handle allergies?
When a caller mentions an allergy, the AI tags the reservation with the specific allergen (gluten, nut, shellfish, dairy) and SMS-pages the kitchen lead so prep can adjust before the party arrives. The note also appears on the reservation in your booking system.
Can it take private-event inquiries?
Yes. You set the rules — for example, "if the party is larger than 12, capture event date, type, and budget, then route to the events manager." The AI takes the details, books a callback if needed, and emails a clean lead summary to the right person.
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