Never miss a reservation. AI call answering for hospitality.
It's Friday night service. The phone rings. Your team is flat out. The caller hangs up and books somewhere else. CallAgents AI answers every call, takes reservations, handles dietary questions and manages large-party enquiries, so your team stays focused on the floor.
What good looks like.
An illustrative example of a call handled by your agent. We'll publish verified customer results here as our early customers go live.
A guest rings while your team is busy. The agent answers in seconds, captures what they need, books them straight into your calendar and texts a confirmation, all without anyone leaving the front desk.
Every missed call is lost revenue.
Most callers won't leave a voicemail. They simply ring your competitor instead.
Voicemail
Many callers won't leave one. If no one answers, they simply hang up and try the next business on the list.
Gone
A missed call is usually a missed opportunity, not a message waiting for you in the morning.
24/7
Enquiries arrive in the evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays, long after the front desk has gone home.
Pre-built for hospitality. Customised for your business.
Three steps. Live in 24 hours.
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Pick your template
Our hospitality template is pre-trained on industry-specific language, questions and workflows your customers expect.
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We clone & customise
We inject your FAQs, your booking system, your team structure and your business voice into the template.
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Forward your calls
Redirect your existing number to CallAgents AI. Your line is answered instantly. You get live leads in real time.
Everything included. No hidden extras.
24/7 call answering
Every call answered instantly: evenings, weekends, bank holidays. Zero wait time.
Calendar integration
Syncs with Google Calendar, Outlook and industry booking systems in real time.
SMS & email summaries
Instant text and email after every call with caller name, details and next steps.
Lead scoring
Every lead scored by urgency, budget signals and readiness, so you call the hot ones first.
Human escalation
Urgent or complex calls are routed to you or your team instantly. You set the rules.
Outbound calls
Appointment reminders, follow-ups, review requests and re-engagement, all automated.
AI call answering for restaurants and pubs that never interrupts service
Why restaurants and pubs miss so many calls during service
The phone in a busy restaurant or pub rarely rings at a convenient moment. It rings during the Saturday dinner rush when every member of front-of-house staff is carrying plates, pouring drinks or seating a walk-in. It rings when the only person near the handset is in the middle of taking a food order from the table next to it. The result is familiar to anyone who runs a hospitality venue: the phone trills, nobody can reach it in time, and the caller rings off.
This is not a staffing failure. It is simply the nature of service. Your team are doing exactly what they should be doing. The problem is that the phone has no way of knowing that, so it demands attention at precisely the moments you can least spare it. An AI call answering service for restaurants fills that gap by picking up the moment the call arrives, regardless of how busy the floor is, and handling the conversation from start to finish.
The full range of calls your venue receives
Not every call to a restaurant or pub is a straightforward table booking. Your AI receptionist handles the complete breadth of enquiries your venue receives:
- Table reservations and amendments: standard bookings taken and confirmed in real time, plus changes to time, party size or dietary requirements handled without pulling a staff member off the floor.
- Large group and private dining enquiries: groups of eight or more, milestone celebrations, corporate lunches and private dining room requests, captured in full with guest count, date, budget and any special requirements, then passed to you for follow-up.
- Opening hours, menu and dietary questions: current hours, whether you are open on bank holidays, what allergen information is available, whether you can cater for vegan, gluten-free or nut-allergy guests, and what the day's specials are.
- Function and event enquiries: venue hire, wedding receptions, birthday parties, quiz nights and charity events, with all the relevant detail collected so your events team can respond with a proper proposal.
- Takeaway and collection orders: phone orders taken item by item, customisations noted, and the order passed directly to your kitchen or point-of-sale system.
How it takes and confirms reservations into your booking system
The AI agent connects directly to your reservation platform, whether that is ResDiary, OpenTable, DesignMyNight or another system, and books tables into your live availability as the call happens. The caller receives an SMS confirmation straight away. You see the booking appear in your system exactly as it would if a member of your team had taken it. There is no second step, no message left for someone to action later, and no risk of a booking being lost in a handwritten note that nobody can read the next morning.
This is what makes it genuinely useful during service rather than just a voicemail upgrade. Find out more about how it works and what the setup process looks like before you commit.
Unlimited simultaneous calls through the dinner rush
The booking surge for a popular restaurant can happen in a very short window. When a review goes live, when your social post lands, or simply when the weekend bookings open, you can receive a dozen calls in the space of twenty minutes. A human receptionist can handle one at a time. The AI handles every call simultaneously, so nobody hears an engaged tone and nobody gives up and rings somewhere else. For venues with a regular Friday and Saturday peak, this alone is worth a significant number of covers per week.
What a missed reservation actually costs your business
The cost of an unanswered call in hospitality is easy to calculate and consistently underestimated. A table of four on a Saturday evening at an average spend of £40 per head is £160 in one sitting. A private dining enquiry for twenty guests at a set menu is several hundred pounds in a single booking. Miss three or four of those calls in a weekend and you have lost revenue that is many times the monthly cost of a reservation answering service. For venues that also take function bookings, a single missed enquiry for a corporate event or a wedding reception can represent the loss of thousands of pounds that will never appear on any report because it was never logged in the first place.
Simple pricing. No surprises.
Three plans. Change tier any time as your call volume grows.
Starter
£149 / month
For sole traders & very small teams.
Growth
£249 / month
For growing local businesses.
Scale
£499 / month
For multi-location & higher volume.
Questions answered.
Can it handle large party and event enquiries?
Yes. For groups of 8+, the agent captures date, guest count, dietary needs and budget, then sends the enquiry to your events team for a bespoke quote.
Does it integrate with our booking system?
We integrate with ResDiary, OpenTable, DesignMyNight, and most reservation platforms. Tables are booked directly into your live availability.
Can it answer questions about our menu?
Yes. We load your current menu, allergen information, and specials into the agent. It handles common questions about dietary options, kids' menus and pricing.
What about takeaway and delivery orders?
The agent can take phone orders for collection or delivery, capturing items, customisations and payment method. Orders are sent to your kitchen display or POS system.
Which reservation and booking systems does it connect to?
We integrate with ResDiary, OpenTable, DesignMyNight, Collins and most other reservation platforms that offer an API or webhook connection. Bookings are written directly into your live availability as the call happens, so there is no double entry and no separate step for your team. If you use a bespoke or less common system, let us know and we will confirm compatibility before you sign up.
How does it handle large group and private function enquiries?
When a caller enquires about a group of eight or more, a private dining room, a venue hire or any kind of function, the agent collects the key details: preferred date and time, number of guests, the nature of the occasion, any dietary requirements and a rough budget. That information is packaged into a summary and sent to you or your events team straight away, so you can follow up with a proper proposal rather than relying on a caller leaving all of that in a voicemail.
Can it keep up during a peak service period when calls come in all at once?
Yes. Unlike a single phone line or one member of staff, the AI handles multiple calls simultaneously. If six people ring at the same time on a Saturday evening while your floor team are flat out, all six calls are answered on the first ring. No engaged tone, no queue, no caller hanging up to try a competitor. This is particularly useful during short booking windows, such as when a positive review drives a sudden spike in reservation calls.
Do we need to change our phone number?
No. You keep your existing number and divert it to CallAgents AI, either permanently or only when your team cannot pick up. The divert takes minutes to set up and your line is live within 24 hours. Callers dial the same number they always have and the experience is seamless from their end.
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