Restaurants · takeaways · cafés · bars

It's 6:40, the pass is slammed, and the phone is ringing.

Bookings, collection orders, "do you do gluten-free?", the party of fourteen, all between six and eight, when nobody can answer. A team of AI agents takes the bookings and the orders, sends the deposit links, cuts the no-shows and replies to the reviews. Set up and run by real people in the UK.

Bookings taken at 6:40Collection orders to the kitchenDeposits for big tablesNo-show remindersReviews repliedDMs answered
Restaurants & takeawayFilm · in production
6–8pmwhen 70% of calls land and nobody can answer
£1,900a month in bookings and orders lost to the ring-out
38%no-shows on Friday tables without a reminder
0missed in month one
Your team

Four agents. Each does one job properly.

You switch them on and off. Nothing public goes out without your tap. Everything they do shows in your portal, and a named person at Tandem listens to the real calls every week and sharpens them.

Grace

Grace

Bookings & phone orders
  • Takes the table booking and reads back the time
  • Takes collection orders from your menu; sends them to the kitchen
  • Knows your allergen matrix; tells the kitchen, never guesses
  • Large parties and events: takes the details, sends the deposit link
"Table for six at 7:30 Friday, done. Any allergies I should tell the kitchen about?"
Alfie

Alfie

DMs, confirmations & the waitlist
  • Replies to Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp in minutes
  • Confirms bookings and sends the reminder on the day
  • Fills a cancelled table from the waitlist
  • Answers "are you open on bank holiday?" at 11pm
"Your table for Saturday is confirmed, Sam. Reply CHANGE if you need a different time."
Jack

Jack

Deposits & events
  • Deposit links for tables of eight or more, holds the booking
  • Chases the event enquiry that went quiet
  • Reconciles deposits and card takings to Xero
  • Supplier invoice queries, logged and answered
"Hi Lauren, it's Jack from Marlow's, the £10-a-head deposit link for the fourteen on the 18th is here. Pay by Thursday and the table's yours."
Marie

Marie

Reviews & social
  • Drafts a reply to every Google and TripAdvisor review, you approve
  • Asks happy tables for a review the next morning
  • Three posts a week in your voice, with the photo
  • Specials board, hours and menu kept current online
"Thank you Jess, so glad the lamb was a hit. See you for the Sunday roast."
A night at Marlow's

What actually happens when the agents are on

17:55Table for six booked while Priya is briefing the floor. Allergy note goes to the kitchen.M01 answering · M08 booking
18:30Collection order for two taken on the phone, sent to the pass, ready time texted.M01 · order to kitchen
19:10Party of fourteen enquiry. Grace takes the details; Jack sends the deposit link within the minute.M12 deposit
20:00Tomorrow's tables get their reminder. One cancels; Alfie fills it from the waitlist.M09 reminders · M10
22:40Instagram DM: "open Monday?" Alfie answers and books a table.M06 DMs
09:00Marie drafts replies to last night's three reviews. Priya approves over coffee.M16 review reply
Your portal

See everything they did. Approve anything public.

One login on your phone. Calls, bookings, money and messages, and a pause switch on every agent.

OverviewCalls & transcriptsYour agents
OverviewBookings, orders, deposits, no-shows, this week, by agent.
Calls & transcriptsEvery call with the recording and transcript, including the order read-back.
Your agentsA pause switch on every agent. Change the menu, hours and deposit rules from your phone.
The payoff

More of the work you're actually good at.

Questions restaurants & takeaway owners ask

The honest answers.

Can it take phone orders and get them to the kitchen?

Yes. Grace takes the order from your menu, reads it back, and it lands on your kitchen printer or POS, or in the portal with a ready-time text to the customer if your POS has no API.

What about allergens?

Grace reads your allergen matrix and passes every allergy to the kitchen as a note. For anything severe she says the kitchen will confirm, and the booking is flagged for a human.

Deposits for big tables, how does that work?

You set the threshold and the amount. Jack sends a Stripe link with the confirmation and the table is held until it's paid.

Will it post to our Instagram without us?

No. Every post and every review reply sits in an approval queue until you tap. Bookings and reminders run on their own because you set the rules.

How long to go live?

We agree the scope and rollout plan with you after discussing your restaurant, bookings and order systems. Timing depends on the setup and integrations required, with testing and your sign-off before launch.

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