AI receptionist for restaurants.

It answers the phone during service, takes the booking and answers questions about the menu. Your team stays on the floor.

Free to start, no card. The 7-day trial needs a card. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.

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The same assistant answers, day or night.

What it does on a call

The phone answered, even on a full Friday night.

Answers during service

Up to five calls at once on the Professional plan, so nobody hears it ring out.

Takes the booking

With the name, the number of guests and the time, in your Google or Outlook calendar.

Changes or cancels a booking

It checks the guest's email against the booking before it changes anything.

Answers menu questions

Dishes, opening hours and parking, from what you give it.

Takes event enquiries

Parties and private dining, saved with the details for you to call back.

Puts callers through

To the manager when a guest needs a person.

Built for restaurants

Your menu and directions, on WhatsApp too.

Sends your menu on WhatsApp

Your catalogue opens inside the chat, with prices.

Sends directions

A map pin to your door, in the chat.

Speaks your guests' language

75+ languages, each in a natural voice.

The rules it keeps

Stops when asked

If someone asks not to be called again, the agent marks their number. Your account never rings it again.

No late callbacks

Callbacks it books never ring between 10pm and 6am in the other person's local time.

Says the call is recorded

Turn on one setting and every recorded call opens with "This call is recorded."

More than 45,000 calls since June

Answered and made by businesses on SmartAlex.

Questions from restaurants

Can SmartAlex take restaurant bookings by phone?

Yes. SmartAlex answers your restaurant's phone and takes the booking: the name, the number of guests and the time. It saves the booking to your Google or Outlook calendar, and it can change or cancel one too.

How much does an AI receptionist for a restaurant cost?

SmartAlex costs $99 a month on the Professional plan, billed in US dollars, with 250 call minutes once off for each agent. Calling your customer list is the Outbound Campaigns add-on at $49 a month. You can start free, with no card.

Can it handle the phone on a busy night?

Yes. On the Professional plan a SmartAlex agent takes up to five calls at the same time. Callers get an answer while your team is serving.

Does it work with my reservation system?

SmartAlex books into Google and Outlook calendars. If your reservation system lets other software connect, a SmartAlex agent can book into it with the Power Tools add-on at $29 a month.

How long does it take to set up?

A few minutes. You sign up to SmartAlex, describe your business in plain English and point the agent at your website. You can talk to it in the browser before you give it a number.

See everything a SmartAlex agent can do, from payment links to WhatsApp catalogues. Read the full guide.

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