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How it works

One call, from the first ring to a ticket your team can act on.

It answers in your restaurant’s name and says it’s an AI assistant. It reads every order back and sends sensitive calls to your staff. It keeps an encrypted transcript of every call, and the recording for about 90 days.

Every callanswered, including the rush.

The five phases
Answer01
Understand02
Capture03
Route04
Send05

One call, ring to ticket

7:14pm, Friday. Watch the ticket build itself.

One Friday-rush call, slowed down. Press play or drag the handle. Each step appears at the moment in the call that needs it.

On the line
Answer
Understand
Capture
Route
Send
Sample call · 7:14pm Fri Live
Maya · regular4 visits · usual: green curryGrowth · opt-in
Basil House
Basil House here. This is an AI assistant, and this line is recorded. How can I help?
01Picks up right away, 24/7

Even mid-rush with every line lit. It says it’s an AI assistant out loud, on every call.

Caller
Oh, hi. Is this a real person?
Basil House
I’m Basil House’s AI assistant, happy to help. What can I get started for you?
02Human-sounding, and honest about it

It always says it’s an AI, on every plan.

Caller
¿Habla español?
Basil House
¡Claro que sí! Adelante.
03Switches to the caller’s languageGrowth plan

Ask for Spanish and it switches on the spot. No “press 2 for Spanish,” and it switches back when they ask for English. It works in any language you turn on, and the ticket still lists items by your menu’s names. Included on the Growth plan.

Caller
English, please.
Basil House
Sure. What can I get you?
Caller
Is the green curry vegan?
Basil House
It’s tagged vegan on our menu. That’s $16.
04Answers from your real menu

Prices, modifiers and dietary tags come straight from your menu, never made up. Allergy questions are the exception: those go to your staff.

Caller
I’ll take two green curries. Actually, make that three.
Basil House
Three green curries. Anything else?
05Writes it down, and keeps up when it changes

When the caller changes their mind, the ticket updates live: two becomes three, and the total follows.

Basil House
Want to add spring rolls while they’re hot?
Caller
Sure, add the spring rolls.
06One add-on, only when it fitsGrowth · one add-on

A single tasteful suggestion, never pushy. Watch the total tick up. Included on the Growth plan.

Basil House
So that’s three green curries and spring rolls, $54, for pickup at 7:40 under Maya. All good?
Caller
Yep, that’s it.
07Reads the whole order back before it’s confirmed

Mistakes get caught on the call, with the caller, not at the counter when the food’s already wrong.

Basil House
Great, your order’s in. See you at 7:40.
08Sends each call to the right place

A routine pickup becomes a ticket for your team. An allergy, medical or legal question goes to your staff: a priority callback ticket, or a transfer once you turn it on.

09Lands in your dashboard and inbox

When the call ends, the ticket, the transcript and the order’s estimated value are in your inbox, with the recording when recording is on.

The ticket, formingPickup
Pickup
~7:40pm
Name
Maya
  • 3× Green curry updated 2 → 3$48
  • 1× Spring rolls suggested by the host$6
Total$54
New order · in your inbox
3× Green curry · spring rolls · pickup ~7:40 · Maya
▶ ListenTranscript
Read back to the caller before it was confirmed. Your team sees the ticket and the transcript.
09 / 09 · Send
Throw it a curveball

Phase 04 · Route

One call, three destinations, and one line that never moves.

Callers don’t press buttons. They just say what they want, and the host sends it to the right place. Allergy, medical and legal questions always go to your staff, as a callback ticket or a transfer.

A pickup order
full order · every plan

Takes the whole order, reads it back to the caller, gives a pickup time, and hands your team the ticket.

A table request
confirmed · capacity control

Takes the party size, time and name, then confirms a valid booking. Mark your restaurant full for 30 minutes or 1 hour to require staff confirmation for tables during that period.

An event
captured · qualified on Growth

On every plan, it takes the details that matter: headcount, date and contact. On Growth it qualifies the lead and routes it to you. A person quotes the big ones.

Where each call goes
Allergy, medical or legalyour staff: a callback ticket, or a transfer if you turned it on
A catering leadyour inbox (routed to the owner on Growth)
A complainta priority callback ticket
“Can I talk to a person?”a transfer if you turned it on, otherwise a callback ticket

The safety line for allergy, medical and legal questions is set for you and never moves. A callback ticket or a transferred call arrives with a one-line summary, so your team picks up already in the loop.

Hear it answer your own line

The call ends, the record doesn’t

The work that usually vanishes is already saved.

Every call is searchable and tied to what it earned. On the Growth plan, guests go into a guest book you own.

Recording + transcript, saved

Every call is transcribed and tagged with its intent and outcome. When recording is on, the audio is encrypted and kept for about 90 days.

Value, attributed

Each captured order carries an estimated value, tied to the call it came from. It’s an estimate of what the host caught for you, not money in the bank.

Guest, written to your book (Growth)

On the Growth plan, if you opt in, Maya is now in your guest book with her calls, usual order and estimated lifetime value. Yours to use, and we never sell it.

Want to watch this happen on your own line?

Your part takes about 30 minutes: add your menu, check your hours and hear your AI host on a practice call. We review your setup before it goes live, within one business day. Then forward your existing number, and the host answers your next call.

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