FOR RESTAURANTS

The phone rings hardest when the room is fullest — so let it be answered.

At 7pm your host is seating a party, running a waitlist and watching the door. The phone is the one thing nobody can get to. Sí Call answers it on the first ring — books the table, answers the hours-and-parking questions, reads the menu back from what you verified, and puts a person on anything it should not answer itself.

ANSWERS THROUGH THE RUSH · KEEP THE NUMBER ON YOUR DOOR · EVERY CALL TRANSCRIBED & LOGGED

01 — WHAT IT HANDLES

Calls we handle for restaurants.

The calls that arrive mid-service, when the host stand is three deep and the phone is the thing that has to wait. Each one answered, and written down.

01Table for four, tonightParty size, time, name and a callback number — read back before it books, and on your calendar the moment it does.BOOKED
02Are you open on the holiday?Hours, parking, dress code and the questions your host answers forty times a night — from what you wrote down, not from a guess.ANSWERED
03What is in the carbonara?Menu questions answered from your own verified menu. If an item is not on it, the receptionist says so instead of inventing one.ANSWERED
04Does that contain peanuts?It does not clear an allergy. It says what your menu records, flags anything it cannot stand behind, and puts a human on it.DEFERRED TO STAFF
05We are twelve, for a birthdayLarge parties and private events are taken as a detailed message for whoever runs your events, rather than booked blind.MESSAGE TAKEN
06The 11pm call after you closedAnswered anyway, with tomorrow’s hours and a booking if they want one — instead of a voicemail nobody plays back.CAPTURED
02 — WHERE IT STOPS

Allergy questions go to a person.

Most of what a receptionist is worth is what it answers. On this one subject, what it is worth is what it refuses to answer. A written example of where the line sits.

ALLERGEN HANDLING · WRITTEN EXAMPLE
Does the carbonara have nuts in it?States what your verified menu records, and notes shared-kitchen risk rather than promising none.FROM YOUR MENU
My daughter is severely allergic.Stops answering. Takes a callback number and puts a human on it before anything is ordered.HANDED TO STAFF
What about the special?If the item is not on the verified menu, it says it does not have that information and offers a callback.CALLBACK OFFERED
A written example of the allergen posture — illustrative rows, not a transcript of a real call.
03 — QUESTIONS FROM OPERATORS

Restaurant FAQ.

Does it answer while we are in the middle of service?

That is the point. The phone rings hardest at 7pm, which is exactly when nobody can reach it. Sí Call answers every call on the first ring, however many come at once.

Where do the menu answers come from?

From a menu you enter and verify in your dashboard — items, prices and modifiers. The receptionist answers from that and nothing else. If something is not on it, it says so rather than improvising.

Will it tell a caller a dish is safe for their allergy?

No. It reports what your menu records, it raises shared-kitchen risk on its own, and for anything it cannot stand behind it takes a number and has a person call back. A confident wrong answer here is the worst thing a receptionist can do.

Does it take food orders?

Not yet on your line. Order taking is built and under test, and it is not something we will switch on for you until it has handled real calls end to end. Reservations, hours and menu questions work today.

Do we need a new phone number?

No. Forward the number already on your door and your listings, and callers never see a change.

What happens with a large party or a buyout?

It does not book them blind. It takes the party size, the date, what they are celebrating and a number, and files it for whoever handles your events.

04 — WHAT YOU STOP LOSING

A missed call at 7pm is an empty table at 8.

A caller who cannot get through does not leave a message. They book somewhere else, and you never learn it happened — which is what makes this the hardest loss in the business to see.

Put your own covers and average check against your own missed-call rate rather than taking a number from us.

Run your own figures on the ROI calculator.

STOP LETTING THE RUSH ANSWER THE PHONE

A host who never leaves the stand.

Forward the number on your door to Sí Call in about ten minutes — set your hours, enter your menu, and let it take the 7pm reservation, the holiday-hours question, and the call that came in after you locked up.

NO NEW HARDWARE · KEEP YOUR EXISTING NUMBER · EVERY CALL ANSWERED, EVERY ACTION LOGGED

Sí Callthe desk that never closes.