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AI receptionist for restaurants: bookings and takeaway orders, taken even in the middle of the rush

Voani answers your restaurant's phone while you're serving: it takes down bookings with the number of people, the day, the time and the name, answers questions about the menu, allergens and opening hours with what your website says, and notes down takeaway orders. It doesn't treat bookings as confirmed: your team confirms them.

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What it does at your restaurant

  • Takes down bookings: how many people, which day, what time and under what name, with their number, and whether anyone has an allergy.
  • Answers about the menu: which dishes there are, how much they cost and what's in each one, with what your website or your PDF menu says. Allergens, only if they're in its document; if not, it notes the question down and says the staff will tell them on the premises.
  • Notes down takeaway orders and delivery orders, with the time and, if needed, the address.
  • Answers the usual questions: kitchen hours, whether you have a terrace, directions or where to park.
  • Picks up calls when you're closed, with your out-of-hours greeting, and leaves you the message.

Rules for your restaurant, in one click

The dashboard has ideas for restaurants, which you add as they are or change:

  • When they want to book for more than 8 people → take their name, number, day and time, and say the manager will call to confirm.
  • When they ask about allergies or intolerances → say the staff will tell them about each dish, and note the allergy in the booking.
  • When they ask if there's a table for today → don't promise it: take their details and say they'll be called to confirm.

And your own: the set menu of the day, whether you allow dogs, the deposit for groups or how late people can book.

What it learns from your website

With “Read my website”, the AI reads up to 12 pages of your website and writes its document: the menu with its prices, set menus, opening hours, address and whatever you say about your restaurant. If your menu is in a PDF, you upload it and it learns it just the same. Whatever changes every day, such as the set menu or the specials, you write into its document yourself.

The details of each booking

As well as the name, the phone number and the date, you ask for the details that are useful to you, up to five of your own: the number of diners, the time, allergies, the area (terrace or inside) or whether it's takeaway. Each booking reaches your dashboard with those details in order, ready to confirm.

Is it right for your restaurant?

It's a particularly good fit for bars and restaurants that take bookings by phone without booking software, and for grill houses, pizzerias, burger bars or takeaways with lots of orders. If you already use a booking system that confirms tables instantly, Voani doesn't replace it: your agent can't see which tables are free.

In your caller's language

Your agent speaks Spanish, English, French, German or Italian, with native voices. Each agent answers in one language and doesn't switch mid-call; your account holds up to 10, for example one in Spanish and another in English for people booking from abroad.

What it would cost you

0.13 € per minute of conversation, VAT included and billed by the second: a 1 minute 30 second booking call costs 19.5 cents. An example to give you an idea: 15 calls a day lasting a minute and a half, all 30 days of the month, come to 675 minutes: 87.75 € a month. You start with 20 free minutes, no card needed.

What it doesn't do yet

  • Put the booking into your bookings diary or booking software: it doesn't connect to any; it leaves it noted down for you and your team confirms it.
  • Send the confirmation to the person booking by text or WhatsApp.
  • Connect to the restaurant's phone: coming very soon. Today you create it and try it from your browser.

Example call

Restaurant

CustomerHave you got a table for four on Saturday at half past nine?

AgentI'll note the booking: four people, Saturday at half past nine. What name is it under?

CustomerUnder Pablo. One of us is coeliac.

AgentNoted, Pablo. We have gluten-free dishes and I'll let the kitchen know. They'll message you to confirm it.

What it notes down for you: Booking Saturday 21:30 · 4 people, one coeliac · confirm with Pablo

This is an example: each agent answers with what its business tells it.

Frequently asked questions

Does Voani confirm bookings?

It doesn't treat them as confirmed: it notes how many people there are, the day, the time, the name and the phone number, and says you'll confirm the booking. That way you don't end up giving away a table you no longer have.

Does it know my menu and allergens?

Whatever is on your website or in your PDF menu, which it learns by reading it. Allergens, only if they're in its document; if not, with the dashboard's rule it says the staff will tell them about each dish and notes the allergy in the booking.

Does it take takeaway orders?

Yes: what they want and how much, for what time, whether it's for collection or delivery with the address, and the name and phone number. It repeats it back at the end and says you'll confirm the order.

What does it do if they ask for a table for today?

With the dashboard's rule, it doesn't promise it: it takes their details and says you'll call to confirm.

Does it handle tourists in other languages?

Each agent speaks one language, with native voices: Spanish, English, French, German or Italian. Your account holds up to 10, so you can have one in English, for example.

How much does it cost?

0.13 € per minute of conversation, VAT included, billed by the second. You start with 20 free minutes, no card needed, and no commitment.

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