For Restaurants & Cafés

The phone rings through dinner service. Nobody can grab it.

Open Lines is an AI receptionist that answers every call during the rush — taking reservations, answering hours and menu questions, and capturing large-party and catering enquiries, so your team stays on the floor.

Free for 7 days, cancel anytime. Live in under 10 minutes.

Live in under 10 minutes · Answers 24/7 · Cancel anytime

Incoming call · answered in 1 ring
00:14
Caller
Hi, are you taking new appointments this week?
Open Lines AI
Absolutely — I can book you in. What day works, and is there someone you usually see?
Caller
Thursday afternoon if you have it.
Open Lines AI
Thursday at 2:30 is open. I'll lock it in and text you a confirmation. 🎉
Appointment booked & synced to your calendar
The real cost

Every unanswered call during service is a table you didn’t fill.

Peak hours
Nobody can stop to answer

When the room is full, the phone is the last thing your team can pick up — and the caller books elsewhere.

Same questions
The phone asks the same things

“Are you open?” “Do you take walk-ins?” “Is there parking?” — answered a hundred times a night, off the floor.

Big parties
Large bookings slip away

Group dinners and catering are your best revenue — and the calls come in when no one’s free to take them.

The fix

A host for the phone, so your team stays on the floor.

It answers in a warm, natural voice, takes reservations, answers the questions callers ask on repeat, and captures large-party and catering enquiries — 24/7, even mid-service.

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Takes reservations

Captures date, party size, and name, and books the reservation — or drops it into your calendar for the front of house.

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Answers the FAQs

“What are your hours?” “Do you have vegan options?” “Is there parking?” — answered instantly from your own site.

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Captures large parties & events

Group dinners, private events, and catering enquiries are captured cleanly and sent straight to you.

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Answers after close

People plan dinner late at night. The AI books the reservation while your lights are off.

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Handles the overflow

When every line is busy mid-rush, it picks up the calls your team simply can’t.

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Sends you every enquiry

Reservations and event enquiries arrive as a clean summary so nothing gets missed in the weeds.

See it in action

Answered, booked, and confirmed by text — automatically.

📅Booking confirmed
Sat7:30
Dinner reservation · party of 6
PM
S. Alvarez
📞Answered live, then texted a confirmation
📞 Call answered by your AI receptionist · 0:48
On the call
Do you have a table for six this Saturday evening?
Text sent to caller
Hi, it's Cedar & Salt — thanks for calling! You're all set and we've saved your details. Reply here if anything changes. 👍
How we tune it for you

What we configure for restaurants

Your AI receptionist is tuned to the rhythm of service — protecting the floor from the phone while never dropping a booking.

Reservations & large parties

It takes standard bookings, and routes big-group, private-event, and catering enquiries to you as priority — the revenue you can’t afford to miss.

Dietary & FAQ answers

Hours, parking, walk-ins, vegan/gluten-free options and allergen questions are answered straight from your own site, so the team isn’t pulled off the floor.

Peak-hour overflow

When every line is busy mid-service, it picks up the overflow so callers reach a friendly voice instead of a busy signal.

Example reservation intake

Example details it captures on a call — illustrative, not a real caller.

Reservation date and time
Party size
Guest name and phone
Dietary / allergy notes
Occasion (event, large party)
Any special requests
Works with your stack

Works with the calendar you already run.

No rip-and-replace. Open Lines books into the calendar and tools you already run.

Google CalendarOutlook
Questions

Good to know.

Can it take reservations?

Yes. It captures the date, party size, and guest name and books the reservation — or routes it to your front of house with a clean summary.

Does it answer menu and hours questions?

It answers the questions callers ask on repeat — hours, parking, dietary options, walk-ins — straight from your own website, so your team isn’t pulled off the floor.

What about large parties and catering?

Group dinners, private events, and catering enquiries are captured cleanly and sent to you right away, so your highest-value bookings don’t slip.

Can it handle the phone during the rush?

That’s the point — when every line is busy mid-service it picks up the overflow, so callers get a warm voice instead of a busy signal.

What does it sound like?

A warm, natural human voice. It always discloses that it’s a virtual assistant, and it answers 24/7 — even after you close.

Stop letting the phone ring through service.

Set up your AI receptionist in under 10 minutes and let it answer, book, and capture events while your team runs the room.

Free for 7 days, cancel anytime. Live in under 10 minutes.