Restaurants and cafes
A restaurant chatbot that answers while your team is cooking
Talkwyn is a restaurant chatbot for restaurants, cafes and bakeries. It reads your menu, opening hours, location and events pages, then answers guests in their own language, day and night. When someone wants a table for a group or a private event, it takes their details and emails you.
Sample neighborhood restaurant
Answers in your language
Are you open on Monday?
The restaurant is closed on Mondays. Tuesday to Sunday it opens at 5 pm.
Vous avez une terrasse ?
Oui, la terrasse est ouverte d’avril à octobre, selon notre page Visite.
The phone rings in the middle of service
It is 7:30 on a Friday. The kitchen is full, every table is taken, and the phone keeps ringing. Are you open on Sunday? Do you have vegan options? Is there parking? Can you seat twelve people next week? Every call pulls someone away from a guest who is already there.
Most of those questions are answered on your website. Your menu, your hours and your directions are already published. People just do not read them on a small screen while they decide where to eat.
Visitors and tourists add another layer. They may write in French, Spanish, Italian or Arabic, and a quick answer in their own language is often what tips the choice your way.
Sample restaurant
Answers in your language
Are you open on Sunday? Do you have vegan options?
Yes, Sunday hours are 12 pm to 9 pm, and the menu marks three vegan dishes.
Can you seat twelve people next week?
Leave your name and number and the team will call you to confirm a table.
How a restaurant chatbot helps your team
Knows your menu
Dishes, prices you list, dietary notes, opening hours and directions come from your published pages, with source links under each answer.
Speaks your guests’ language
Each message is answered in the language it was written in. Dish names and prices stay exactly as they are on your menu.
Collects table and event requests
When a guest asks about a group booking, a private room or catering, it offers a short form. The request is emailed to you right away.
Follows your menu changes
Update the menu page for a new season and the chatbot uses the new dishes and prices.
Never guesses
If something is not on your site, it says so and offers to have your team follow up. It never invents a price or a policy.
A restaurant chatbot example in French
A visitor writes in French. Talkwyn answers from the restaurant’s English menu and allergen page, and sends the allergy question back to the team.
English translation
- Hello, do you have vegetarian dishes?
- Yes. The menu has four vegetarian dishes, including the mushroom risotto at $18.
- Does the risotto contain nuts?
- According to the allergen page, the risotto contains no nuts, but it is prepared in a kitchen that uses nuts. If you have an allergy, please tell the team.
- I would like to book for 6 people on Saturday evening.
- With pleasure. Leave your name and number, and the restaurant will call you back to confirm the table.
This is an example conversation with a made-up restaurant. Every answer comes from that restaurant’s own menu and allergen pages. See the French chatbot for websites page for more on French replies.
Sample neighborhood restaurant
Answers in your language
Bonjour, vous avez des plats végétariens ?
Oui. Le menu propose quatre plats végétariens, dont le risotto aux champignons à 18 $.
Le risotto contient-il des noix ?
Selon la page des allergènes, le risotto ne contient pas de noix, mais il est préparé dans une cuisine qui utilise des noix. En cas d’allergie, merci de le signaler à l’équipe.
Je voudrais réserver pour 6 personnes samedi soir.
Avec plaisir. Laissez votre nom et votre numéro, et le restaurant vous rappellera pour confirmer la table.
What to set up, and what to avoid
Restaurants change fast: menus, specials, holiday hours. These steps keep your chatbot accurate.
- Publish your menu as text, not only as a photo or a PDF. Talkwyn reads published pages, so dishes and prices written on the page give the best answers.
- Write a clear allergen page. Say which dishes contain common allergens, and tell guests with allergies to speak to your team.
- Do not rely on the chatbot for allergy safety. Test allergy questions before going live, and check that replies point guests to your team.
- Update holiday hours on the site first. The chatbot reads what is published, and the index updates when you edit.
- Do not promise a table in the chat. It collects requests. Your team confirms them.
- Hide it on online ordering checkout pages with the hide-on-page setting.
Restaurant chatbot setup
- Publish your menu as text
- Write a clear allergen page
- Update holiday hours on the site first
- Rely on the chatbot for allergy safety
- Promise a table in the chat
Features for restaurants and cafes
Included in every plan
- Reads menu, hours, location, events and catering pages
- Reads menus, custom fields and Elementor content
- Works with WooCommerce if you sell gift cards or takeaway online
- Source links under every answer
- Replies in French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, English and many more languages
- Table, group and event requests through a short form, emailed instantly
- Hide the chatbot on checkout or any other page
- Greetings and small talk handled without using your AI quota
Pro adds
- Analytics and inbox
- Paid AI models for top language quality
Related: other places guests book ahead
Restaurants and hotels hear many of the same questions, about parking, groups and opening times. See the hotel chatbot page for rooms and policies. A salon chatbot and a gym chatbot work the same way for appointments and classes.
Selling baked goods or gift boxes online? The ecommerce chatbot page covers product and delivery questions. You can also see all industry pages.
Restaurant chatbot questions
Short answers to the questions we hear most. If yours is not here, ask us directly and a person will reply.
Can it take reservations?
It collects table requests through a short form in the chat and emails them to you. Your team confirms the booking. It does not connect to reservation systems.
Can it read my menu if it is a PDF?
The free plan reads published pages. Pro can also read PDF, DOCX and TXT files you upload, as long as the PDF has real text, not a scanned image.
Will it answer allergy questions?
It answers from your published allergen information, and it never invents an answer. Allergies are serious, so write a clear allergen page, tell guests to speak to your team, and test these questions before going live.
Can tourists ask in their own language?
Yes. It detects the language of each message and replies in the same language. Quality depends on the AI model you choose.
Do I need a paid AI plan?
No. You can start with free AI keys from Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter or Cloudflare. Add more than one and Talkwyn switches automatically when one hits its limit.
Is there a free trial?
Every Pro feature is free for 15 days on one site. No credit card needed. After that you can upgrade with the same key or keep the free plan. Begin at the Talkwyn free trial page.
Does it answer when we are closed?
Yes. It answers from your pages at any hour, and saves any lead so your team can follow up when you open.
Does it replace my team?
No. It handles the routine questions your pages already answer, and hands interested visitors to your team.
What should I publish before I turn it on?
Clear pages for your services, prices, opening hours, service area and policies. Talkwyn can only answer from what you publish.
How long does setup take?
About five minutes. Install Talkwyn, paste a free AI key, click Scan my site, pick your color, avatar and welcome message, and turn it on. The setup guide walks through each step.
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