The dinner rush shouldn't
answer your phone.
Friday 7pm: full dining room, ringing phone. Vera takes the reservations, answers the hours-and-menu questions, and lets your staff stay with the guests who are already there.
Where restaurants lose covers
Every one of these is a customer someone else booked.
Rush-hour rings
The phone rings most exactly when your staff can least answer it. Every unanswered reservation call is a table filled somewhere else.
The same five questions
Hours, parking, reservations, private events, dietary options — your host repeats them a hundred times a week between seatings.
Missed catering & event leads
The big-ticket calls — private dining, catering orders — often come during off-hours and get lost in voicemail.
How Receptionish works for restaurants
A real AI receptionist — answers from your knowledge, books real appointments, and tells you everything.
Takes reservations
Bookings are captured with party size, time, and contact — with conflict checks against your settings.
Every call at once
Friday-night call volume is no problem — Vera answers every caller simultaneously, zero hold time.
Menu & hours on tap
Hours, location, parking, dietary questions — answered instantly from your knowledge base.
Event leads flagged
Catering and private-event inquiries trigger a text to the owner so big opportunities never sit in voicemail.
Restaurants phone answering, answered
Straight answers — the same ones Vera gives on the phone.
Can it take reservations during the dinner rush?
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Yes — and that's exactly when it earns its keep. Vera answers every call simultaneously, captures party size, date, time, and contact details, and logs the reservation with a confirmation. Your host stays with the guests at the door.
Can it answer menu and dietary questions?
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Yes, from the knowledge base you provide — menu highlights, gluten-free and vegan options, hours, parking, private dining details. If a caller asks something outside it, Vera says so honestly and takes a message rather than guessing.
How much does an AI receptionist for restaurants cost?
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Receptionish plans start at $49/month for 30 calls, with larger plans at $99, $199, and $349 as your call volume grows. Every plan includes 24/7 answering, appointment booking, call recording and transcription, and spam filtering. There's also a free trial — 15 calls, no credit card required — so you can hear how it handles your real callers before paying anything.
Do I have to change my business phone number?
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No. You can forward your existing number to Receptionish — the number on your trucks, cards, and Google profile stays exactly the same — or we can provide a new local number if you prefer. Either way, setup takes minutes, not weeks.
Will the AI make things up when it doesn't know an answer?
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No — this is the core of how Receptionish is built. The AI only answers from the knowledge base you give it (your services, prices, hours, policies). If a caller asks something it doesn't know, it says so honestly and offers to take a message, arrange a callback, or transfer the call to your team. It never invents prices, availability, or promises.
What happens after every call?
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You get a full recording, a written transcript, and an AI summary of what the caller wanted — delivered to your dashboard and your email. You can also turn on text alerts, so a callback request or missed caller triggers an immediate SMS to your cell with the caller's name, number, and what they need.
Hear it answer a call — right now
Call our demo line and talk to Vera yourself. Then try her on your own callers — 15 calls free, no credit card.