A dedicated AI assistant for your restaurant.
Set up for your workflow. Maintained by us. Starts with the tasks that steal time and bookings.
Free setup and free during the pilot. We're looking for 1 SF restaurant to partner with.
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Free Pilot
We'll set up a dedicated AI assistant for your restaurant for free.
In exchange, we ask for:
- Feedback as we tune it
- Time to understand your workflow
- Permission to use results in future pitches (we can anonymize)
Keep it low pressure. We're learning as much as you are.
The Problem
The problem isn't effort. It's timing.
Calls and messages come in while your team is slammed or you're closed. So even good restaurants miss inquiries — especially for large parties, events, and simple questions.
A dedicated AI assistant covers the gap and sends you a clean summary. We handle the buildout. You don't change how you work.
%
of restaurant calls go unanswered on average
%
of those diners won't try the restaurant again
%
won't call back at all
Sources: Hostie AI · ReachifyAI · industry research
We handle the buildout. You don't change how you work.
“Still open? Can we walk in?”
→ No replyMissed“Do you have a table for 6 tonight?”
→ No one can pick upMissed“Still doing brunch tomorrow?”
→ No replyMissed“Do you do private dining for 12?”
→ Seen laterMissed“Do you accommodate birthdays? Party of 8”
→ No replyMissedIt's not staff effort. It's timing. People decide when you're not at the phone.
Handled automatically, around the clock
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What Your Dedicated AI Assistant Handles
Covers the shift when nobody can answer
It doesn't replace your staff. It handles what falls through when your team is in service or offline.
- Answers common calls (hours, location, parking, policies)
- Captures reservation requests and large party inquiries
- Collects details for private dining and catering leads
- Replies to DMs with the basics + routes the important ones
- Sends a daily summary (bookings captured, leads captured, follow-ups needed)
- You manage it through Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, or any chat app you already use
What your team gets — confirmed bookings, captured leads, and only the messages that need a human.
Before & After
What changes when you have a dedicated AI assistant
Without AI
- Calls go to voicemail during rush. Diner books elsewhere.
- DMs sit overnight. Event inquiries arrive when nobody's watching.
- Large party and private dining inquiries slip through.
With AI
- Call answered instantly. Details captured automatically.
- Instant reply with the basics. Important ones routed to your team.
- Captured and flagged. Your team sees only what needs a personal touch.
Results
Numbers from restaurants that have deployed AI phone and booking tools
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missed call rate after AI — down from 36% across SF restaurants
hours/year saved per restaurant on phone handling
%
increase in over-the-phone covers after deploying an AI concierge
Sources: Hostie AI 500k-call study (2024–2025), Slang.ai 50-restaurant study, Hostie AI Burma Food Group case study. Published figures from third-party tools — not a guarantee of results.
How It Works
A simple setup, then it runs quietly in the background
We handle the buildout. Your team doesn't need to learn new software or change how they work.
We handle the buildout. You don't change how you work.
01
We map your workflow
Common questions, booking flow, policies, private dining, catering, edge cases.
02
We set up your dedicated AI assistant
Dedicated configuration tuned to your menu, hours, and operations.
03
We launch the first set of automations
Calls, DMs, inquiries, follow-ups — starting small and useful.
04
We maintain and improve it
We monitor, update, and add capabilities over time.
FAQ
Common questions
Let's talk
We'll review your setup and get back to you within 24 hours.
Where to start
Want to see what we'd set up for your restaurant?
You're working with us directly
You'll have direct access to the people building it.
Mai
Co-founder
At Gusto, she built the internal tool that let non-technical marketers ship landing pages in days instead of a month — the same problem she's solving here, just directly for small businesses. She later founded HeyMint, growing it to over a million users before it was acquired. She's a software engineer who knows how to make pages that convert, not just look good.
Ben
Co-founder
Thiel Fellow, Harvard dropout, and co-founder of Stream, which raised $20M from investors including Pantera Capital. He's spent years as a backend and full-stack engineer at YC-backed startups before moving into operations — he brings both technical depth and practical business judgment to what a company needs online.
Stacy
Head of Marketing & Customer Success
Stacy began her career in Customer Success and quickly rose through the ranks to become CS Manager, then expanded her scope to social media and marketing. Her talent and work ethic propelled her to Head of Marketing at a Silicon Valley startup, where she drove growth and brand presence across multiple channels.
Someone's calling right now. Nobody's there.
We're looking for 1 SF restaurant to run a free pilot with. Free setup and free during the pilot. In exchange, we'll learn your workflow and use the results to shape the next version.
No pressure. If it's not useful, you can stop anytime.