Automation for restaurants
Restaurant automation: less phone tag, more booked visits.
The phone rings during the dinner rush and nobody can grab it. Reservations no-show, catering inquiries sit in the inbox for days, and regulars never hear about your specials because there's no easy way to reach them.
Built for restaurants
What a bot can take off your plate
- Missed call to order-link textCallers you can't answer during the rush get a text with your online ordering and reservation links.
- Reservation confirmations and remindersGuests confirm or cancel by text, so no-shows drop and tables get rebooked.
- Catering quote intakeCatering inquiries collect date, headcount, menu and budget, then land as a drafted quote for your approval.
- VIP text club with consentGuests opt in to your text club (with clear consent) for specials, events and slow-night offers.
- Review requests after visitsGuests get a short thank-you and review ask after dining in or picking up.
- Private event and large-party inquiriesParty requests are screened for date, size and budget before they reach your manager.
Plus the everyday essentials
- Missed-call text-backEvery missed call gets an instant text back, so guests who would have called the next business book with you instead.
- 24/7 online bookingGuests pick a time any hour of the day, so your calendar fills while you work or sleep.
- Instant quote and estimate follow-upQuotes go out fast and get friendly follow-ups, so fewer go quiet and more turn into booked work.
- Appointment remindersText and email reminders cut no-shows and last-minute cancellations, so fewer wasted trips and empty slots.
- Review requestsAfter each visit, guests get a well-timed review ask, so more of your happy guests actually leave one.
- Invoice and payment nudgesUnpaid invoices get polite reminders, so you get paid faster without awkward calls.
- Lead capture from Google and FacebookLeads from your Google profile, ads, site and Facebook land in one place with an instant reply, so fewer slip through.
- Order-ready and table-ready textsPickup guests get an order-ready text and waitlisted guests get a table-ready text.
- Upsell and reactivation campaignsPast guests get timely offers and check-ins, bringing in repeat work from people who already know you.
- Referral asksSatisfied customers are invited to refer friends, so word of mouth keeps working.
- Inbox sortingYour email is sorted and labeled, and only what needs you rises to the top.
- Simple weekly reportingOne short report shows leads, bookings, reviews and what's waiting on you, in plain English.
You approve every message before it goes live. Automatic texts only use templates you signed off on, and one-off replies wait for your OK.
Sound familiar?
What gets in the way
- Missed calls during the rushAt 6:30 PM no one can answer, and that caller orders from the place that picked up.
- Reservation no-showsEmpty tables on a Friday hurt, especially big parties that never cancel.
- Catering leads go staleA big catering inquiry sits in the inbox until Monday, and they've booked someone else.
- No way to reach regularsSocial posts get buried. Your best guests never hear about the new menu or Tuesday special.
Step by step
How each automation works
- Missed call → order link
- Trigger
- A call rings out during service.
- What the customer gets
- A text: 'Sorry we missed you! Order online or reserve here.' with your links.
- What you see
- Missed calls and how many turned into orders or reservations.
- Reservation reminders
- Trigger
- A reservation is booked.
- What the customer gets
- A confirmation, plus a reminder the day of with reply 1 to confirm or 2 to cancel.
- What you see
- Confirmed tables and freed-up slots you can rebook.
- Catering intake
- Trigger
- Someone asks about catering on your site or by text.
- What the customer gets
- Quick questions on date, headcount, menu and budget, then 'we'll send a quote within a day.'
- What you see
- A drafted quote from your catering menu, ready for your OK.
- VIP text club
- Trigger
- A guest opts in at the table, online or with a keyword (with clear consent).
- What the customer gets
- A welcome message, then specials and event invites at the pace you set.
- What you see
- Club size and which offers bring people in.
- Review request
- Trigger
- A guest's visit or pickup is complete.
- What the customer gets
- A short thank-you and a link to leave a Google review.
- What you see
- New reviews and drafted replies for your OK.
You approve every message before it goes live, and you can change the rules any time.
Sample messages
What your customers would see
Missed call
Reservation reminder
Catering
Sample scripts for an example company. Yours are written in your voice.
What this saves you
Example math
- Example: 15 missed rush-hour calls a week, and 5 of them order through the text link instead of going elsewhere.
- Example: 5 orders × an example $35 ticket × 4 weeks = $700 a month you'd otherwise miss.
- Example: one extra catering job a month from faster quotes can be worth more than a week of walk-ins.
Example numbers only, not a promise or a quote. Plug in your own numbers in the calculator below.
Questions owners ask
FAQ
Will it work with my POS or reservation system?
It can connect with tools like Toast, Square, OpenTable, Resy and SevenRooms, or link to them from the text. We check your setup on the call.
Will guests get spammed?
No. The text club is opt-in only with clear consent, you choose the frequency, and anyone can reply STOP.
Will it sound robotic?
Messages are written in your restaurant's voice and approved by you.
Can it take orders by text?
It sends guests to your existing online ordering. It doesn't replace your POS.
Who approves catering quotes?
You do. The bot drafts the quote from your catering menu; nothing goes out without your OK.
Does it help with reviews?
Yes. It asks every guest for a review after their visit and drafts replies to every new review for your approval.
Integrations are listed as examples of tools it can connect with. We confirm your exact setup on the free call.
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Try it · Interactive demo
See it work for a business like yours
What this saves you: Rush-hour callers get your order and reservation links instead of a busy signal.
Sample demo for an example company. Sample ranges are not Blueprint Pilot pricing; your own price book is used. In this demo, booking links open our free 30-minute Automation Blueprint call.
The starter package
Missed-call text-back plus review requests. Every missed caller gets an instant text with your booking link, and every customer gets a well-timed review ask after the job. Set up in 7 days or less once we have your info. Texting turns on after carrier (10DLC) approval. The care plan is optional.
Missed-revenue calculator
What are missed calls costing your restaurant business?
Plug in your own numbers. It's a rough estimate, not a promise.
Premium option
Want your own AI team?
Beyond the automations above, we can set up a full team of AI bots for your business: a coordinator bot plus specialists for ads, social, reviews, inbox, books and booking. It runs in your own Grok Bot team, which you own, and we set it up and keep it tuned on a care plan.
Phoenix metro
Restaurants near you
We set up automations for restaurants across the Valley: Phoenix · Mesa · Chandler · Scottsdale · Gilbert · Tempe · Glendale · Peoria.
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Watch it happen
We build your site, then switch on the automations
First the website goes up, on desktop and phone. Then the bots connect: new leads get an instant text, bookings land on your calendar, review requests go out and you get notified.
Already have a site? Keep it. We add a chat assistant, a sticky Book now button, missed-call text-back, lead routing to your phone and review requests on top of what you have.
Sample companies for illustration only.
Website that works for you
No website? We build one.
If you don't have a site, or yours doesn't bring in calls, we build a fast, mobile-friendly one with booking, quote requests and the bots above built in. It runs on the same low-cost setup we use ourselves, and it's in your name: your domain, your accounts. You own it. We hand you the keys.
Want us to keep it updated? An optional care plan covers changes and upkeep. Quoted after a short call.
Your first step
Free 30-minute Automation Blueprint call
- The bots that would save you the most time
- A rough plan for what to build first
- A quote after the call