AI-Powered Restaurant Workforce

Book Every Reservation, Close Every Catering Inquiry, Capture Every Phone Order

Nirvani answers every restaurant call on the first ring, books the table, qualifies the catering inquiry, captures the takeout order, responds to the Google review, and posts the booking directly to Toast, Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, or your POS. Built for independent operators and groups who refuse to send a single guest to voicemail during a Friday-night rush.

Reservations, Catering, Phone Orders First-Ring Answer, 24/7 12 Languages, Native Fluency Toast · Resy · OpenTable · Olo
62%
of inbound restaurant calls during peak service go unanswered. Nirvani answers all of them and books the cover before the guest tries the next spot.
Restaurant phone-traffic studies, OpenTable industry benchmarks, Toast 2025 Restaurant Trends Report
Every Call Captured Compounds

Every Reservation Booked Fills the Floor

The dollars below are the average check or booking value across each restaurant segment. When the host is mid-service and a guest tries to call, this is what comes back to your floor when Nirvani answers instead.

Casual Dining
$72
avg party check
Twenty-five previously missed reservation calls captured per week at a 70% book rate. $5,460 in additional weekly revenue.
Fine Dining
$385
avg four-top check
Eight previously missed reservation calls captured per week at a 60% book rate. $7,392 in additional weekly revenue.
Catering & Private Events
$3,200
avg booked event
Three previously missed catering inquiries captured per month at a 35% close rate. $3,360 in additional monthly revenue.
Pizza / Quick Service
$28
avg phone order
Forty previously missed phone-order calls captured per week at an 85% conversion. $3,808 in additional weekly revenue.
Bar & Pub
$95
avg group reservation
Twelve previously missed group-booking calls captured per week at a 65% conversion. $2,964 in additional weekly revenue.
Coffee / Cafe
$165
avg catering order
Five previously missed catering-order calls captured per week at a 70% close rate. $2,310 in additional weekly revenue.
Cloud / Ghost Kitchen
$32
avg direct order
Sixty previously missed direct-order calls captured per week at an 80% conversion, routed off the aggregator. $6,144 in additional weekly margin.
Multi-Location Group
$2,400
avg location daily revenue
Across an 8-location group, fifteen previously missed calls per location per week captured equals 120 recovered opportunities. $96,000 in additional monthly revenue secured.
Run Your Numbers

Your Restaurant's Recovered Revenue

Slide your monthly inbound calls, your average check value, and your current booking conversion. The number on the right is what Nirvani captures the moment those inbound calls finally connect.

Monthly Inbound Calls 800
Average Check or Booking Value $120
Current Call-to-Booking Conversion 35%
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Captured Revenue / Month
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Live Call Samples

What Nirvani Sounds Like on a Friday at 7:23 PM

Every transcript below is a redacted, representative call handled end to end. Reservation booking, dietary capture, catering qualification, phone-order confirmation. No human touched the call.

Peak-Service Reservation
19:23 · 1m 48s
AI
Thank you for calling Verano. I can help you with a reservation, takeout, or anything else. How can I help?
YOU
Hi, do you have anything for four people tomorrow night around 7?
AI
Let me check. I have a 6:45 or a 7:30 on the patio, or 7:00 in the dining room. Any preference?
YOU
7:00 in the dining room. It's my anniversary.
AI
Wonderful. Happy anniversary. I'll note it for the team. May I have a name and a mobile number for the confirmation?
YOU
Jessica Martinez, 555-0118.
AI
You're booked, Jessica. The kitchen will know it's your anniversary. Confirmation text is on its way. We'll see you at 7:00 tomorrow.
Reservation booked · Anniversary flag set · Posted to Resy
Spanish-Language Reservation
18:42 · 2m 14s
AI
Gracias por llamar a Verano. ¿En qué le puedo ayudar esta tarde?
YOU
¿Tienen mesa para seis personas el sábado a las ocho?
AI
Déjeme revisar. Tengo disponibilidad a las 7:45 o 8:15. ¿Cuál prefiere? ¿Hay alguna restricción dietética?
YOU
Las 8:15 está bien. Mi suegra es vegetariana.
AI
Perfecto. Reservaré las 8:15 para seis personas con una nota vegetariana para el chef. ¿Me da su nombre y un número para enviarle la confirmación por mensaje?
Spanish reservation captured · Dietary note delivered to kitchen · Posted to OpenTable
Catering Inquiry · Deposit Captured
14:22 · 6m 31s
AI
Verano Catering, this is your event concierge. May I get the date you're looking at and roughly how many guests?
YOU
November 12th. Probably 80 people. It's a corporate holiday lunch.
AI
Lovely. Buffet, plated, or stations? And do you have a per-person budget in mind?
YOU
Buffet probably. Budget is around $45 a head, all in.
AI
Got it. Our Chef's Buffet at $42 per guest is a strong fit at that headcount. Any dietary requirements I should flag, like vegetarian, gluten-free, or kosher?
YOU
A handful of vegetarians. Maybe two gluten-free.
AI
Easy. I'm sending you a branded proposal in two minutes with the full menu, allergen accommodations, and a 25% deposit link to hold the date. The remaining balance is due 48 hours before the event.
$3,360 catering booked · Deposit collected via Toast · Event posted to TripleSeat
Phone Takeout Order · Repeat Guest
17:48 · 3m 06s
AI
Verano takeout. Welcome back, is this Tom?
YOU
Yeah, hi. I'd like to put in an order for pickup.
AI
Of course. You usually go for the rigatoni Bolognese. Same tonight, or different mood?
YOU
Same. Plus a Caesar.
AI
Done. The branzino just came in fresh today, would you like to add an entrée of that for someone at home? It pairs beautifully with the Caesar.
YOU
Sure, throw it in.
AI
Total is $74. Pickup ready at 6:15 at the host stand. Confirmation just hit your phone.
Order captured · Upsell added $36 · Posted to Toast
After-Hours Waitlist Recovery
22:51 · 2m 02s
YOU
Hi, are you guys still seating? I know it's late.
AI
We just stopped seating ten minutes ago, but I'd love to get you in tomorrow. What size and time works?
YOU
Just two of us. We were hoping for tonight but tomorrow is fine. 8?
AI
I have an 8:00 on the patio if you'd like, or an 8:15 inside. Which sounds better?
YOU
Patio please.
AI
Booked. May I have a first name and mobile number for the confirmation? And next time you're craving a late seat, our kitchen takes last orders until 10:30 on weekends.
Late call recovered to next-day booking · Cover saved · Posted to SevenRooms
Severe Allergy · Kitchen Briefed
11:34 · 3m 22s
AI
Verano. How can I help?
YOU
My daughter has a severe peanut and tree-nut allergy. Can you accommodate, and what should I expect when we come in?
AI
Yes, absolutely. Our chef has a dedicated allergy protocol. When you arrive, please mention the allergy at the host stand and the chef will personally walk through the menu with you. I'll flag your reservation now so the team is prepared. Did you want to book?
YOU
Yes please. Saturday, 6:30, table for four.
AI
Booked. The kitchen has the allergy noted on your reservation card. We'll see your family Saturday at 6:30.
Reservation booked · Allergy briefed to kitchen via 7shifts · Posted to OpenTable
Private Buyout Inquiry
10:15 · 5m 04s
AI
Verano Private Events. May I have your name and the date you're considering?
YOU
Daniel. We're looking at a Sunday in February for a rehearsal dinner. About 60 people.
AI
Congratulations on the upcoming wedding. Sundays in February are wide open. For 60, the Garden Room is your venue. Buyout starts at $4,800 food and beverage minimum, plus a $500 room fee. Do you have a date target?
YOU
February 9th.
AI
February 9th is available. I'll send a private events packet with three plated menus, beverage tiers, and a hold link. To soft-hold the date for 7 days, I just need a name and email.
Buyout packet dispatched · 7-day hold placed · Event lead posted to TripleSeat
Negative Review · Caught Before It Lands
21:08 · 1m 32s
YOU
I just left and I'm pretty disappointed. We waited 25 minutes past our reservation and the steak was cold. Just wanted to say something.
AI
I'm really sorry that was your experience tonight. That's not the standard we hold ourselves to and I want to make sure the GM, Marcus, hears about it directly. May I get your name and the time of your reservation so he can reach out personally tomorrow morning?
YOU
Sarah Chen. We were the 8 PM four-top.
AI
Thank you, Sarah. Marcus will call you between 9 and 11 tomorrow with a path to make this right. We genuinely appreciate that you told us instead of going quiet.
Negative experience captured offline · GM notified within 60 seconds · Public review averted
Native to Restaurants

One Platform. Every Restaurant Channel. Native to Each.

No generic answering service. Every flow is engineered for the questions, urgency, and decision criteria specific to the call type, from a Saturday-night reservation to a Tuesday-morning catering inquiry.

Reservations

Books party size, time, occasion, dietary notes, and seating preferences in under two minutes. Posts directly to Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, or Tock.

Sample line "I have a 6:45 on the patio or a 7:00 in the dining room. Any occasion or dietary notes I should pass to the team?"

Catering & Private Events

Qualifies headcount, date, budget, and dietary needs. Generates a branded proposal from your menu and pricing. Collects deposit. Books the room.

Sample line "Buffet, plated, or stations? And do you have a per-person budget I can build the right menu around?"

Phone Takeout Orders

Captures the order, syncs to Toast, Square, or Olo, runs upsell prompts based on prior orders for repeat callers, and confirms ETA before the kitchen ticket prints.

Sample line "The branzino just came in fresh today. Would you like to add an entrée to your usual?"

Allergy & Dietary Handling

Surfaces severe allergies on the call, briefs the chef and host stand before arrival, and flags the reservation card so nothing slips between front of house and kitchen.

Sample line "I'll flag your reservation now so the chef walks the menu with you when you arrive. Are there any cross-contact concerns the team should know?"

Multilingual Guests

Twelve languages with native fluency. Books the table, captures the catering inquiry, or takes the order in the guest's language. English summary delivered to the GM.

Sample line "¿Hay alguna restricción dietética que deba comunicar a la cocina antes de su llegada?"

Reviews & Reputation

Responds to every Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and OpenTable review in your voice. Surfaces negatives to the GM before guests see them. Triggers thank-you flows after positives.

Sample line "Marcus will call you between 9 and 11 tomorrow with a path to make this right. We genuinely appreciate that you told us."

No-Show & Reminder Recovery

Confirmation text day-before. Two-hour same-day reminder. Recovery sequence on no-confirmation. Slot offered to waitlist before the cover walks. No-show rates drop.

Sample line "We have not confirmed your 8 PM reservation tonight. Reply YES to keep it, or we will release the table to our waitlist."

Guest Memory & Regulars

Remembers birthdays, anniversaries, dietary restrictions, favorite tables, last visit, and spend tier for every guest. Triggers comp-drink prompts. Builds the regulars advantage chains cannot replicate.

Sample line "Welcome back, Tom. You usually go for the rigatoni Bolognese. Same tonight, or different mood?"
AI Agent Suite

Your Restaurant's 24/7/365 AI Workforce

Voice, ordering, marketing, and operations agents engineered for the way restaurants actually run. Built on enterprise access to multiple AI labs, Make and Zapier orchestration, and embedded automated prompted workflows. Designed to outperform every point solution your restaurant currently pays for. Click any tile to see the role.

AI Executive Assistant

Calendar gatekeeping, vendor call triage, daily P and L briefings, scheduled-payroll prep, and inbound-email sorting for the owner. Reads your POS and accounting feed each morning, flags anomalies, and sends the one-pager you actually need before the doors open.

AI Reservation Host

The voice front-end of your restaurant. Answers every call in under three seconds for reservations, modifications, walk-in waitlist position, dietary notes, special occasions, and questions about hours or menu. Runs callback nudges, multilingual intake, and same-day no-show recovery. Replaces the OpenTable phone tree, Resy concierge fees, and Slang.

AI Catering & Events Closer

The silent revenue leak in 90 percent of restaurants. Captures every catering and private-events inquiry, qualifies headcount, budget, date, and dietary needs, generates the proposal from your menu and pricing, collects the deposit, and books the room. Books larger checks than your manager has time to chase.

AI Phone Order Concierge

Captures phone-in takeout orders, syncs to Toast, Square, or Olo, confirms ETAs, handles modifications, and runs upsell prompts based on past orders for repeat callers. The phone-order channel that costs your team forty minutes a shift becomes a silent margin lift.

AI Delivery Cost Optimizer

Routes every inbound order to the lowest-fee channel: direct, DoorDash, UberEats, or Grubhub. Surfaces orders that should bypass aggregators, reconciles delivery fee data weekly, and shows the dollar amount Toast and Otter cannot. Cuts aggregator commissions where they bleed margin without help.

AI Reputation Operator

Responds to every Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor review in your restaurant's voice. Surfaces negative reviews to the GM before customers see them, runs review-prompt sequences after positive interactions, and tracks sentiment trends by location. The reputation engine BentoBox and Marqii charge you a subscription for, built in.

AI Marketing Engine

Manages your Google Business Profile (hours, photos, menu, holiday changes), schedules Instagram and Meta posts, writes seasonal promo copy, and runs SMS and email nurture for your guest list. Replaces the marketing agency retainer, the social scheduler tool, and the Mailchimp setup you stopped logging into.

AI Inventory Sentinel

Tracks the 86 list, vendor reorder thresholds, price-creep alerts, and waste benchmarks against historic sales. Pings the kitchen before items 86 mid-service, flags vendor invoices that drift above your contracted price, and reports the weekly waste-vs-cost-of-goods percentage Toast hides three menus deep.

AI Staff Scheduler

Handles PTO requests, shift swaps via SMS, and no-call-no-show triage automatically. Generates next week's schedule from your sales forecast and labor target. Replaces the half-time job 7shifts and Homebase create when the GM still has to chase every shift swap manually.

AI Guest Memory

Remembers birthdays, anniversaries, dietary restrictions, favorite tables, last visit, and spend tier for every guest. Triggers comp-drink and surprise-and-delight prompts at the right moment. Builds the regulars advantage chains cannot replicate, automatically. The CRM OpenTable charges enterprise pricing for, native to your operation.

AI Compliance Sentinel

Runs ServSafe checklists, temperature logs, allergen training reminders, hand-wash audit prompts, and expired certification alerts on cycle. Preps the compliance file before health inspection day. Closes the gap between what your operations manual says and what actually happens during a Friday night rush.

Custom AI Agent

Whatever workflow you can describe, Nirvani builds. Enterprise access to multiple AI labs, Make and Zapier orchestration, embedded automated prompted workflows, and a senior implementation team. If your restaurant has a recurring task that costs manager hours, we engineer the agent that owns it.

Compliance Architecture

Built Around the Rules, Not Around Them

Most AI phone systems treat compliance as a disclaimer. Nirvani treats it as the spec sheet. Every flow below is opinionated about the obligation it serves.

Restaurant-Grade Operations Posture

PCI, Allergens, ADA, Health Code, and Brand Voice

The call flow, the data layer, and the integration layer are each designed around a specific operational requirement. Your team controls every disclosure, every retention window, and every escalation rule.

PCI DSS

Tokenized Payments, Never Stored

Catering deposits and order totals route through Toast, Square, or Stripe. Card details are tokenized before they touch our systems. We never store full PAN data. Receipts post to the booking record. Audit trail is clean for the next merchant review.

Allergen Protocol

Severe Allergies Briefed to Kitchen

When a caller declares a severe allergy, Nirvani flags the reservation card, posts the allergy note to the kitchen via 7shifts or Toast, and primes the host stand to walk the menu with the chef. No silent gaps between front of house and back of house.

ADA Accessibility

Configurable Accommodation Capture

Wheelchair access, hearing-loop seating, service animal accommodation, and ASL preference are captured on the call and routed to the host stand before arrival. Your team is never caught flat-footed at the door.

Health Code Operations

ServSafe Cycle & Inspection Prep

Daily temperature logs, hand-wash audit prompts, expired-certification alerts, and the pre-inspection checklist all run on cycle. The compliance file is ready before the inspector parks. The gap between operations manual and Friday-night reality finally closes.

Brand Voice Posture

Configurable Greeting & Disclosure

Most operators choose a fully branded greeting in the host's voice with no AI disclosure. Some markets prefer a soft disclosure. Your team picks the posture and we deploy it consistently across phone, SMS, and chat.

Data Posture

Encryption, Retention, Access Logs

Audio encrypted at rest and in transit. Transcripts retained per your retention policy with role-based access. Purge any conversation on demand. Nirvani does not train public models on your operation's data. PCI-sensitive details are tokenized before storage.

Guest Flow

How a Reservation Gets Booked in Under Two Minutes

Five steps. Every one logged. Every one auditable. Every guest detail flows clean from phone to floor.

01

Answer in Under Three Seconds

First-ring answer, 24/7. The host's voice, the restaurant's tone. Caller never hears the hold music your guests have learned to hang up on.

02

Capture the Need

Reservation, takeout, catering, or general inquiry. Nirvani routes the call to the right flow before the guest has to repeat themselves.

03

Qualify the Details

Party size, time, occasion, dietary notes, accessibility needs, payment method. All captured in plain conversation, not a phone tree.

04

Post to Your Stack

Reservation lands in Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, or Tock. Order lands in Toast or Square. Catering lands in TripleSeat. Kitchen and host stand briefed.

05

Confirm & Recover

Confirmation text within 60 seconds. Day-before reminder. Same-day no-show recovery to the waitlist before the cover walks.

Native Fluency, Twelve Languages

Your Multilingual Guests Always Get a Live Voice

Twelve languages with native-speaker fluency. The GM gets the original transcript plus a clean English summary in the booking record before service starts, so nothing gets mistranslated to the kitchen.

EnglishEnglish
EspañolSpanish
العربيةArabic
한국어Korean
中文Mandarin
FrançaisFrench
PortuguêsPortuguese
РусскийRussian
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
TagalogTagalog
हिन्दीHindi
KreyòlHaitian Creole

The competitive delta: Slang, OpenTable phone, and most answering services route most non-English calls to a Spanish-only line, then transfer or take a message. Nirvani handles all twelve languages directly, books the table or order natively, and posts the booking to your stack with an English summary so your floor team never waits on a translator.

Catering Inquiry · Español
15:42 · 4m 18s
AI
Verano Catering, buenas tardes. ¿En qué le puedo ayudar?
YOU
Hola, necesito comida para una quinceañera de cien personas el quince del mes que viene.
AI
Felicidades. Para cien invitados, nuestro buffet familiar a $38 por persona es muy popular para quinceañeras. ¿Tiene alguna restricción dietética que deba saber?
YOU
Mi tía es vegetariana y un primo no puede comer mariscos.
AI
Perfecto. Le envío ahora mismo una propuesta con el menú completo, opciones vegetarianas, y un enlace para el depósito del 25% que reserva la fecha. El saldo se paga 48 horas antes del evento.
Spanish catering inquiry · English summary delivered to GM · Posted to TripleSeat
Birthday Reservation · 中文
11:08 · 2m 31s
AI
您好,欢迎致电Verano餐厅。请问需要什么帮助?
YOU
我想订位。这周六晚上八点,我父亲六十岁生日,八位客人。
AI
恭喜您父亲。周六八点八位是大桌位,我帮您安排在窗边的圆桌。需要我们准备生日蛋糕或者特别布置吗?
YOU
蛋糕请准备一个,写"祝爸爸生日快乐"。
AI
已记录。我会通知厨房。预约确认短信马上发到您手机。周六晚上见。
Mandarin reservation · Birthday cake briefed to kitchen · Posted to OpenTable
Phone Order · Tiếng Việt
18:52 · 3m 02s
AI
Verano xin chào. Tôi có thể giúp gì cho bạn?
YOU
Tôi muốn đặt món mang về. Món mì pasta và một số salad cho hai người.
AI
Dạ. Pasta nào bạn thích nhất? Chúng tôi có rigatoni Bolognese, fettuccine Alfredo, và carbonara. Salad Caesar hoặc salad mùa có sẵn.
YOU
Một Bolognese, một Alfredo, hai Caesar.
AI
Tổng cộng $68. Sẵn sàng lúc 7:15 tại bàn lễ tân. Xác nhận đang gửi tin nhắn.
Vietnamese order captured · English summary delivered · Posted to Toast
Anniversary Reservation · Русский
13:24 · 3m 14s
AI
Ресторан Verano. Чем могу помочь?
YOU
Хочу забронировать стол на 25-летие свадьбы. Шесть человек, следующая суббота.
AI
Поздравляю. Суббота вечером есть стол на шестерых в оконной зоне. Требуются ли особые диетические ограничения? Торт на юбилей?
YOU
Торт да, напишите "С Юбилеем". Без орехов.
AI
Записала. Торт без орехов, надпись «С Юбилеем». Подтверждение отправлено на ваш телефон.
Russian reservation · Anniversary cake briefed to kitchen · Posted to SevenRooms
Restaurant-Tech Integrations

Lives Inside the Stack You Already Run

Reservations land in your booking platform. Orders land in your POS. Catering lands in your event tool. No swivel-chairing, no parallel database to maintain.

Reservations
Resy
Bookings post directly with party size, dietary notes, occasion flags, and seating preferences. Modifications and cancellations sync both directions.
Reservations
OpenTable
Native booking creation, guest profile sync, dining preferences, and VIP-tier flagging. Walk-in waitlist position pulled in real time.
Reservations
SevenRooms · Tock
Full guest CRM integration. Spend tier, visit history, dietary profile, and notes flow to the booking. Prepaid experiences and tasting menus handled natively.
POS & Orders
Toast
Phone orders and catering deposits route directly to Toast. Menu items, modifiers, allergens, and pricing pulled live. Receipts attached to the guest record.
POS & Orders
Square · Clover · Lightspeed
Order capture, payment processing, and ticket routing for restaurants on the Square, Clover, or Lightspeed POS. Tokenized payments, no card data stored.
Online Ordering
Olo · ChowNow · DoorDash · Uber Eats · Grubhub
Routes every order to the lowest-fee channel. Surfaces orders that should bypass aggregators. Reconciles aggregator fee data weekly so you see real margin per channel.
Catering & Events
TripleSeat · Perfect Venue · Tripleseat Direct
Catering inquiries and private buyouts post as full event leads. Proposal, BEO, deposit, and final balance all flow through. Kitchen and operations team briefed automatically.
Reviews & Reputation
Google · Yelp · TripAdvisor · OpenTable
Every review answered in your voice within hours. Negatives surface to GM before publishing where possible. Sentiment trends report weekly by location.
Staff & Operations
7shifts · Homebase · When I Work
Shift swap requests, PTO, and no-call-no-show triage handled automatically. Allergy and accessibility briefs posted to the team chat before service starts.
Compared

Where Nirvani Beats Every Restaurant Phone Solution

Honest. Specific. The boxes that actually matter when your floor is full and the phone keeps ringing.

Slang OpenTable Phone Resy Concierge Answering Service
Autonomous AI (no human queue) Yes Yes FAQ only Human-only Human-only
Books reservations, takes catering, AND captures phone orders All three Reservations only Reservations only Reservations only Messages, no orders
Catering deposit captured on the call Yes, via Toast or Square No No No No
Restaurant-specific call types 9 native flows FAQ + reservations Reservations only Reservations only Generic message-take
Multilingual with English summary 12 languages, native fluency Spanish only Spanish only English only Spanish only
Direct POS and reservation posting 9 platforms 3 to 4 reservation OpenTable native Resy native Manual entry
Pricing model Flat monthly Per-location tiered Per-cover fee Concierge surcharge Per-minute or per-call
Volume punishes you No Sometimes Yes (per cover) Yes Yes
Review responses in your voice Yes, all platforms No No No No
Custom workflows and automations Unlimited Limited templates No No No
Available 24/7/365 Yes Yes Yes Business hours only Yes
Comparison reflects publicly available service descriptions and standard plans as of 2026. Specific deployments may vary. Nirvani is happy to be measured side by side against any incumbent during the Free Revenue Diagnostic.
Deployment

Live in Seven Business Days

Single-location deployments. Multi-location groups and franchise rollouts are scoped on the diagnostic call.

Day 1 to 2

Discovery & Voice Build

Menu, pricing, hours, and brand voice mapped. Reservation policies, dietary protocols, and special-occasion handling tuned to your concept.

Day 3 to 4

Integrations & Payments

POS connected (Toast, Square, or Clover). Reservation platform synced (Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, or Tock). Catering deposit flow wired through Toast or Stripe.

Day 5

Dry-Run Testing

Your team places test calls across every flow: reservations, catering, takeout, allergies, multilingual. GM reviews transcripts. Final tuning to your voice.

Day 6 to 7

Go Live, Parallel-Run

Nirvani takes primary calls. Your existing answering service stays warm for 14 days. Daily review with your GM. Adjustments made in real time.

Questions Operators Ask

Straight Answers to the Real Questions

Does Nirvani take reservations and walk-in waitlist calls?+
Yes, every reservation call answered in under three seconds. Nirvani captures party size, dietary notes, special occasions, and seating preferences, and posts the booking directly to Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, or Tock. The same flow handles modifications, cancellations, and same-day waitlist position questions, so the host stand always knows where every guest stands.
How does Nirvani handle catering and private-events inquiries?+
Catering is the silent revenue channel in 90 percent of restaurants, and Nirvani turns it into a captured one. The AI qualifies headcount, date, budget, dietary needs, and venue requirements on the call, generates a branded proposal from your menu and pricing, collects the deposit, and books the room. Larger checks land in the calendar while your manager focuses on the floor.
Can Nirvani capture phone-in takeout orders?+
Yes, phone orders sync directly to Toast, Square, Olo, or your in-house POS. Nirvani confirms the ETA, handles modifications, runs upsell prompts based on prior orders for repeat callers, and routes the order to the kitchen exactly as if your team had typed it in. Every phone-in order lands cleanly in the same flow your line is already running.
Which restaurant systems does Nirvani integrate with?+
The full restaurant stack, end to end. POS: Toast, Square for Restaurants, Clover, Lightspeed, TouchBistro. Reservations: Resy, OpenTable, SevenRooms, Tock, Yelp Reservations. Online ordering and delivery: Olo, ChowNow, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates. Reviews: Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, OpenTable. Staff: 7shifts, Homebase, When I Work. Marketing: Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Meta, Google Business Profile. If you run it, Nirvani plugs into it.
How many languages does Nirvani handle for restaurant guests?+
Twelve languages with native-speaker fluency: English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Tagalog, Hindi, and Haitian Creole. Every multilingual call books the reservation, captures the catering inquiry, or takes the order natively, with a clean English summary delivered to the GM so the kitchen always works from a single source of truth.
How fast does Nirvani answer the phone during service?+
First ring, every time, around the clock. Web inquiries and chat are engaged in under three seconds. During a Friday-night rush when your host is on the floor seating a four-top, Nirvani is already on the line booking the family of six for tomorrow.
Does Nirvani manage no-shows and reservation reminders?+
Yes, every step automated. Confirmation texts go out the day before. Same-day reminders fire two hours ahead. When a guest stays silent, Nirvani triggers a recovery sequence and offers the slot to the waitlist so the cover stays seated. Operators see no-show rates drop materially in the first 30 days.
Will my guests know they are talking to an AI?+
Disclosure is fully configurable, your call. Most operators choose a fully branded greeting in the host's voice. Some markets prefer a soft disclosure. Your team picks the posture and we deploy it consistently across phone, SMS, and chat, so the guest experience reflects your hospitality from the first ring.
How does Nirvani handle reviews on Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor?+
Every review gets a response within hours, in your restaurant's voice. Negative reviews surface to the GM the moment they post, with a private outreach script ready to send before the guest broadcasts further. Positive reviews trigger a thank-you flow and a referral nudge. Sentiment trends report weekly by location, so reputation stays current and the floor team always knows where the brand stands.
What happens to call recordings and transcripts?+
Encrypted at rest and in transit, with full operator control. Transcripts are retained per your retention policy with role-based access. You can purge any conversation on demand. Your operation's data stays inside your environment, used only to run your restaurant. PCI-sensitive details are tokenized before storage so payment data stays protected end to end.
How is Nirvani different from Slang, OpenTable phone, or an answering service?+
Nirvani is the full restaurant workforce, not a single-channel tool. Slang and OpenTable phone handle reservations only. Answering services route every call to a human queue charged by the minute. Nirvani runs reservations, catering, phone orders, review responses, marketing, and operations as one connected system. Pricing is flat monthly with unlimited volume, so a busy night is a great night for the P&L.
How fast can a restaurant be live on Nirvani?+
Seven business days for a single location, end to end. Implementation covers menu and pricing tuning, POS connection, reservation platform sync, calendar integration, brand voice training, and a parallel-run period before Nirvani takes primary calls. Multi-location groups are scoped on the diagnostic call with a custom rollout plan.
Does Nirvani work for catering-heavy concepts and private events?+
Yes, and catering-heavy concepts are exactly where Nirvani delivers the biggest ROI. The AI qualifies the inquiry on the first call, generates a branded proposal, collects the deposit through Toast or Square, books the date in your calendar, and routes the event sheet to your kitchen and operations team. Catering revenue compounds quickly once the channel is fully captured, and most operators see catering as the line item that pays for the entire system.
What does Nirvani for Restaurants cost?+
Flat monthly pricing, scoped to your locations, call volume, and integrations. Every minute, every call, every booking included in one number. Most operators recover the cost from catering and phone-order capture inside the first month. The starting point is shared on a private strategy call after the Free Revenue Diagnostic.

Free Revenue Diagnostic for Your Restaurant

30 minutes. We pull your call data, model your reservation, catering, and phone-order capture funnel, and show you the captured revenue line item before you spend a dollar. Run by Nirvani's founder, no junior sales rep, no slide deck.