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Ai for Restaurants

AI systems that automate reservations, inventory forecasting, staff scheduling, and review management for restaurants. Production-ready in 4-6 weeks. Better service, lower overhead.

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Ai for Restaurants

The problem

What's costing your restaurants time and money right now.

Reservation management is a full-time job

Phone calls during service, no-shows, double bookings, special requests lost in the system. Your front-of-house staff spend more time on the phone than greeting guests. Peak times become chaotic because the booking system can't keep up.

Inventory and supplier ordering wastes money

Over-ordering means waste. Under-ordering means running out of specials at 8pm. Your chef manually counts stock, estimates demand, and places orders based on gut feeling. The margin on every dish depends on getting this right.

Staff scheduling is a weekly headache

Balancing availability, labour costs, skills coverage, and demand patterns. Every week you rebuild the rota from scratch. Someone calls in sick and the whole thing falls apart. You're the backup for every gap.

Reviews and feedback go unmanaged

Google reviews pile up unanswered. TripAdvisor complaints sit for days. Customer feedback from the floor never gets captured. You're losing repeat customers because nobody's managing the conversation after they leave.

Services for Restaurants

Six AI systems designed for how restaurants actually work.

Knowledge Assistants

Guest and menu knowledge base

An AI that knows your menu, allergens, wine list, and regular guests' preferences. Staff ask questions during service and get instant answers. New hires are useful from day one because the AI fills their knowledge gaps.

Sales & CRM

Reservation and guest management

AI handles phone and online bookings, confirms reservations, manages waitlists, and tracks guest preferences. Repeat guests get recognised and their preferences noted before they arrive. No-shows get followed up automatically.

Operations

Inventory forecasting and ordering

AI analyses booking patterns, historical demand, seasonal trends, and event calendars to predict what you'll need. Generates supplier orders automatically. Flags when stock levels are off-track. Reduces waste by 20-30%.

Operations

Staff scheduling and labour optimisation

AI builds rotas based on demand forecasts, staff availability, skill requirements, and labour cost targets. Handles shift swaps and cover requests. You approve the schedule instead of building it from scratch every week.

Go-to-Market

Review management and marketing

AI drafts responses to every review within hours. Generates social media content from your daily specials and events. Identifies your most engaged customers and sends personalised offers to drive repeat visits.

AI Education

Staff training and onboarding

New staff learn the AI systems by using them during the build. The menu knowledge base means they can answer guest questions from day one. Training time for new hires drops from 2 weeks to 3 days.

Real-world applications

What this looks like in practice.

01

Intelligent reservation handling

Phone rings during Friday service. AI answers, checks availability, captures the booking, notes dietary requirements, and sends confirmation. Guest calls back to change the time. AI handles it without interrupting your host. No-show at 8pm? AI texts the waitlisted guest automatically.

02

Predictive inventory management

Saturday booking shows 85 covers with a private event. AI calculates ingredient requirements based on menu mix predictions, adjusts the supplier order, and flags anything that needs ordering by Thursday to arrive in time. Your chef reviews the order instead of building it.

03

Automated review responses

New 3-star Google review lands at 11pm. AI drafts a personalised response acknowledging the specific issue, offers a resolution, and flags it for the manager's morning review. Response goes out within hours, not days. Consistent, professional, and timely.

Results you can expect

  • Zero missed reservations during service
  • 20-30% reduction in food waste through demand forecasting
  • Staff scheduling from 3 hours to 20 minutes per week
  • Review response time from days to under 4 hours
  • 15-20 hours saved per manager per week
4-6 weeks

From kickoff to production. Not a pilot. Not a proof of concept. A live system your team uses every day.

What AI systems could save your restaurant

Adjust the numbers to match your business. The savings update automatically.

£40
17 hrs
Monthly savings £3,010
Annual savings £36,120
Projected annual savings £36,120 Based on £40/hr and 17 hours saved per week

Frequently asked questions

Yes. We integrate with most major EPOS systems including Square, Lightspeed, TouchBistro, and Clover. The AI reads sales data to improve its demand forecasting and menu mix predictions.
Yes. The AI handles phone bookings conversationally, checking availability, capturing details, and sending confirmations. Your host stays on the floor greeting guests instead of answering the phone.
The system analyses your booking data, historical sales by day/time, weather forecasts, local events, and seasonal patterns. It predicts which dishes will sell and in what quantities, then generates the exact quantities you need to order from each supplier.
The system handles multiple locations with centralised reporting and site-specific operations. Each restaurant gets its own demand forecasts and schedules while head office gets a consolidated view of performance.
Yes. The systems are designed to work for independents as well as groups. A single-site restaurant typically starts with reservation handling and inventory forecasting, which together save 15-20 hours per week of manager time.

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30 minutes. No slide deck. We'll assess your workflows and tell you exactly what's worth automating.

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