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AI Booking for Restaurants. A restaurant reservation system that answers the phone.

AI Booking is a restaurant reservation system that books tables on the phone, in the website chat, from a web form and on your booking page, into one book counted in seats. It offers only free times for the party size, verifies every guest, sends the confirmation and reminders, runs the waitlist and marks no-shows by itself.

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Zanus AI · AI Booking · The booking card

Restaurant reservation system: a booking card with Arrived, Seat, the time moved and the guest texted, real Zanus AI screen

The booking card

Open any booking at the door to see how the guest was verified and whether they confirmed, then mark Arrived or Seat, or text that the table is ready.

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You“Parties of nine or more should be requests I confirm myself.”

Lisa“A Large party service for nine or more, subject to your approval: each booking lands as a request on Upcoming. Apply?”

You talk. Lisa sets it up. Applied only on your yes.

How Restaurants use it

A couple books a table for two at 7:30 Saturday by phone, and the anniversary they mention stays on the booking card.

Friday at eight is full; a caller joins the waitlist and is texted the moment a four-top frees.

The host taps Seat on the card as the party sits down, and the counters at the top of the book move.

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What’s included

Booking inside the phone call, the chat, the e-mail and the form, plus a booking page
By service and location: the AI offers the menu, then only the free slots of your live calendar
Google / Outlook calendar connect; availability rules; buffers
Confirmation and calendar invite e-mailed automatically; reminders; reschedule by reply
Field visits with travel time; several providers with their own calendars

Add it to any contact channel — AI Phone, AI Webchat, AI E-mail or AI Web Forms — or get it inside a solution · See pricing › · Per company, never per seat.

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One reservation book

What a restaurant reservation system does with every booking

Online reservations and restaurant reservations made through the phone or the chat end up in the same book, counted the way your dining room really seats.

Every channel, one book

The phone, the website chat, a web form and your booking page all write into the same book, and the booking page tells guests the AI books into it live.

Counted in seats

A service counts by seats or by tables, so a table for six takes six seats and only times the room can hold are offered.

Turn times you set

Each service keeps its hours, its arrival interval, its turn, the rest after it and the minimum notice; lunch and dinner can run as two services.

Every guest verified

Nothing enters the book without the caller's number, a texted code or a verified e-mail, and a table waiting for its code holds its place.

Confirmations and reminders

The confirmation leaves at once and the reminder by text, e-mail or both, at the hours before the meal you choose; a reply confirms, cancels or asks for another time.

No-shows followed up

After the grace period a missed table is marked no-show and one polite re-book message goes out; a guest who missed twice is asked to confirm next time.

On the night

Table reservation system for restaurants, from the door to the last seating

The book of the night

The night's booking volume sits at the top, bookings, guests, arrived, seated, to confirm and no-shows, with every service on its own lane by day or by week.

Table management at the door

Table management and guest notes on one card: Arrived, Seat, Reschedule, Note or Cancel, with what the guest said when booking and every text already sent.

Your table is ready

One tap texts the guest the moment the table is set, so a party waiting at the bar knows to come through.

Print the book

Upcoming, Past and Waitlist list every booking with its channel and how the guest was verified, and Print the book puts tonight on paper for the host stand.

Busy nights

Restaurant reservation management system for full nights and big parties

Waitlist management

When the time asked is full, the AI offers the waitlist; a freed table is texted to the next guest, who has ten minutes to take it.

Large parties as requests

Mark the large-party service subject to approval and each of its bookings lands as a request; Confirm sends the confirmation, Decline offers the next free time.

Closures and holidays

Close an evening for a buyout or a holiday with the reason guests hear, and the bookings already in that time are listed to keep, move or cancel.

What to look for

Key features of restaurant reservation systems, and how AI Booking covers them

Guest data you keep

The guest data stays in your own Front Office, and with AI CRM the guest profiles keep each diner's calls, chats and mails on one timeline, newest first.

Guest preferences on the card

A high chair, a birthday cake or a quiet corner: guest preferences and special requests stay as a note on the booking card the host opens at the door.

From fine dining to brunch

Fine dining tasting menus, a busy weekend brunch and the bar counter can each run as their own service, with their own hours, turn times and arrival interval.

Independent restaurants and groups

Independent restaurants run one book, while groups add each location with its address and timezone, and the AI asks the guest which one before offering times.

Compare

A paper book, online booking systems or an AI reservation system

What the booking needs	A paper book and the phone	An online booking page	AI Booking
A booking during the rush	Waits until the host is free	Only from guests who go online	Taken on every channel:: phone, chat, form and page into one book
Guests who call	Taken by whoever answers	Not covered	Booked by voice:: free times for the party size, confirmed by text
A full Friday	Names on a notepad	Shows no times left	A waitlist that texts:: the next guest is offered the freed table
No-shows	Noticed at the end of the night	Marked by hand, if at all	Marked by themselves:: one re-book message, and a confirmation asked next time
Ease of use	Nothing to learn, nothing kept in step	One more screen to check at the stand	Set up by talking:: Lisa applies the restaurant preset in 2 minutes

2 minutes

Set up your online restaurant reservation system in 2 minutes

Start from the restaurant preset

Lisa proposes the services, turns and texts of the restaurant preset, party size and seats included, and shows each one before and after.

Add your locations

Find my locations on my website fills each address and timezone, and the AI asks guests which dining room they mean.

Write the texts

Preview the confirmation, the code and the your-table-is-ready text as guests will read them, in your own words.

Watch it book

Start the 7-day free trial on your own line and website, then read every table it booked, confirmed and re-booked.

Questions & answers

Frequently asked questions about a restaurant reservation system

What is a restaurant reservation system?

Software that keeps a restaurant's book: which tables are taken, for how many guests, at what time and whether they confirmed. AI Booking adds the AI that takes the booking on the phone and in the website chat, so the guest experience is the same whether a diner calls or books online.

What does the best restaurant reservation system do for small restaurants?

It fills the book from every door without extra work at the host stand: phone calls booked by voice, the website chat and a booking page in one book, free times by party size, reminders, a waitlist and no-shows followed up. Judge any restaurant booking system on those; AI Booking does each of them and is priced per company.

Can guests book a table by phone with the AI?

Yes. The caller gives the party size and the time, the AI offers two or three free times and holds the one picked while the guest confirms with a texted code, and the confirmation is sent before the call ends.

How does the waitlist work on a full night?

When the time asked is full, the AI offers the waitlist. When a table frees, the next guest is texted the offer and has ten minutes to reply and take it, so a Friday cancellation is filled instead of left empty.

What happens when a party does not show up?

After the grace period you set, the table is marked no-show by itself and, with the rule on, the party gets one polite message to book again. A diner who no-showed twice in a year is asked for a confirmation the next time.

Can the AI book large parties and private rooms?

Mark the service subject to approval and every booking lands as a request on Upcoming, with the guest told the time is requested. Confirm sends the confirmation and Decline offers the next free time, so a party of sixteen never lands on a night you cannot seat it.

Do reminders go out by text, e-mail or a phone call?

By text, e-mail or both, the hours before you choose, and the diner's reply confirms, cancels or asks for another time. With AI Auto-Call, which opens with your first paid plan, the AI can also ring the party the day before and hear the answer.

Can one reservation book serve several locations?

Yes. Each of your restaurants keeps its address and timezone, each service says which dining room it runs in, and the AI asks the diner which one before offering times. Find my locations on my website fills in every restaurant's address.

How is a restaurant reservation system priced here?

AI Booking is reservation management software priced per company, never per table or per cover, and you add only the modules you need. The plans are listed on the pricing page, and a 7-day trial on your own book asks for no credit card.

Will the AI book a table the host already gave away?

No. The host books by hand in the same book, so a table taken at the stand disappears from what the AI offers. Every booking is counted in seats or tables against what each service can hold.

Does it work with the calendar we already use?

Yes. Connect the manager's work calendar and its busy times are read every five minutes and never offered to a diner, while the bookings are written there as events. You can also run the restaurant's book on its own.

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Where next?

Start with the one thing you need. Add more anytime by asking Lisa.
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