AI Receptionist for Restaurants
Friday, 7 PM: the host is seating a six-top, the bar is three deep, and the phone is ringing with tomorrow's reservations. Speechless answers every one of those calls — takes the booking, answers the menu question, and lets your floor staff stay on the floor.
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The phone rings hardest exactly when the room is full.
Restaurant call volume peaks during service — the one time nobody can answer. The reservations, private-event enquiries, and simple questions that ring out during the rush don't come back later; they book somewhere else tonight.
Reservation calls die during service
A caller trying to book Saturday's dinner during Friday's rush hears ringing, then nothing. They don't try again in an hour — they book the next place on the list while their phone is still in their hand.
The same five questions, all day long
What time do you close? Is there parking? Do you have gluten-free options? Every one of these calls pulls a host or manager off the floor for a question that has the same answer every single time.
The big bookings only call once
A rehearsal dinner for thirty or an office holiday party is the most valuable call your restaurant gets all week — and the planner making it is working through a shortlist. Miss the call, miss the event.
How Speechless handles your restaurant's calls
Answers every call through the rush
Your agent picks up 24/7 in a warm, natural voice — during Friday service, between lunch and dinner, and long after close. No more choosing between the guest at the door and the guest on the phone.
Takes reservations and gets them to the host stand
Party size, date, time, name, and phone number — collected on every booking call and delivered straight to your team by Slack, Google Chat, SMS, or email, so the book stays accurate without anyone leaving the floor.
Answers the questions that used to interrupt service
Hours, location, parking, dietary options, dress code — your agent answers the routine questions from the information you give it, instantly and consistently, every time the phone rings.
Frequently asked questions
- Can it take reservations?
- Yes. The agent collects the party size, date and time, name, and contact number, and can book the reservation directly. Your team gets an immediate notification — by Slack, Google Chat, SMS, or email — so the host stand always knows what's coming.
- Can it take takeout or delivery orders?
- Honestly: it's not connected to your POS, so it doesn't punch in orders. It can point callers to your online ordering, answer questions about the menu, or take a message with the caller's details so your team can call back and complete the order.
- What kinds of menu questions can it answer?
- Whatever you teach it during setup — hours, parking, dietary and allergy-friendly options, corkage, whether the patio is dog-friendly. If a caller asks something it doesn't know, it says so and takes a message rather than making something up.
- What about large parties and private events?
- The agent collects the event details — headcount, date, occasion, budget conversation or not — and notifies you immediately. High-value enquiries stop depending on whether the phone happened to ring during a quiet moment.
- Does it keep up when several people call at once?
- Yes. Unlike a host stand with one phone, your agent answers every caller, even when calls come in at the same time during peak service. Nobody gets a busy signal or an endless ring.
- What does it cost for a restaurant?
- Plans start at $39/month (Starter, 250 minutes included), with Pro at $129/month for 1,000 minutes and Scale at $249/month for 2,000. Every plan begins with a 14-day free trial including 100 minutes — no credit card required, no contracts.
Full room, covered phone.
Set up your restaurant's AI receptionist in minutes. Every reservation call answered — even at 7 PM on a Friday.
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