AI receptionist for restaurants and cafes in Aktau
Evening bookings, takeaway orders and questions about free toi dates in Aktau all land in one WhatsApp. The agent works through them in turn and loses nothing, even with a wedding in full swing in the hall.
Hello! On Friday the groom’s family is coming to meet us, and we’d like to host them at your place. About 20 people, we need a private room.
Hello! A private room for 24 is free on Friday. The banquet menu with beshbarmak and kazy starts at 10,000 tenge per person. What time are you expecting the guests?
By seven in the evening. The table must already be laid when they arrive.
Of course, the table will be laid by 19:00. Noted: Friday, 19:00, private room, 20 guests, banquet menu. What name is the booking under?
Aigerim.
Booked under Aigerim. The manager will agree the menu with you tomorrow, and on Friday morning I’ll send a reminder.
When customers write in Aktau
Around lunchtime people ask about the set lunch and delivery, after work they book tables and booths for the evening. Toi questions come in the evenings and at weekends, once the family has gathered and picked a date, and it is best to answer that same evening, or the family goes to see another hall.
Busiest hours: 12:00 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 21:00
Asking the price of the set lunch and whether any tables are free.
Writing that they are running late and asking to hold the table.
After a family council, a message about a toi: date, guests, budget per head.
Answers in Kazakh and Russian
The agent writes in the customer’s language: if someone starts in Kazakh, the answer comes in Kazakh. Here is the same reply in both languages.
If a customer writes in English, the agent answers in English.
Сәлеметсіз бе! Үлкен зал 14 қыркүйекке әзірге бос. Залды көруге жазып қояйын ба?
Здравствуйте! Большой зал на 14 сентября пока свободен. Записать вас на просмотр зала?
What the agent takes off your hands
Books tables and booths
Says at once whether there is a table tonight and where: by the window, in the main hall or in a booth, even if it is the hundredth message of the evening. The booking shows up for your host straight away, so there is no mix-up at the door.
Collects toi and banquet requests
A toi is discussed at length by the whole family, and questions come at all hours. The agent keeps the whole history in one chat, answers by your hall’s terms and gives your manager a short summary: date, guests, menu, budget.
Answers about the menu, delivery and takeaway
Takes pre-orders for collection: beshbarmak for a big family, kazy and baursaks for a celebration. It quotes your menu prices, confirms the time and passes the order to your staff.
Reminds and reschedules
On the day of the booking it reminds the guest of the time. If a guest is running late or wants to move the visit, they write in the same chat, and the agent changes the booking or warns your host.
Brings in your manager when needed
When a guest asks for something only a person can decide, such as a deposit refund or a change to the banquet menu, the agent brings in a member of staff at once. The whole conversation is in your inbox, and you can reply right there.
Aktau: local context
The centre of Mangystau Region and a port city on the eastern shore of the Caspian, built in the desert in Soviet times.
There are hardly any streets in the usual sense: an address is written as microdistrict, building and flat numbers.
In summer holidaymakers come to the sea from all over the country, the beaches and the seafront are busy until night, and businesses work almost without a day off.
Plenty of residents go off on rotation to the oil fields and offshore service companies, so customers often write from another town to book for their days at home.
In summer in Aktau holidaymakers on the Caspian join the locals, and in the evening everyone wants a table with a sea view. These bookings come from lunchtime until late at night, and the agent confirms them at once, before the guest finds another place on the seafront.
Areas and landmarks customers mention
4th Microdistrict, 16th Microdistrict, Shygys, the seafront, the lighthouse
- Where
- Mangystau Region
- Population
- over 280,000
- Customer languages
- Kazakh, Russian
- Where they write
- WhatsApp and Instagram
Works with your systems
The agent books and saves customers where you already work. If you have no system yet, everything lives in the built-in Solwees CRM.
- Bitrix24
amoCRM / Kommo
Google Calendar- Solwees CRM
Frequently asked questions
Can the agent handle toi and banquet requests?
Yes. The agent keeps the conversation going as long as it takes: a family can write for a week, change the guest count and the date, and your manager ends up with one request holding the latest details. It quotes only the prices you have set.
Does the agent answer in Kazakh?
Yes, in Kazakh, Russian and English. Even if a guest writes with typos or types Kazakh words in Latin letters, the agent understands the question and answers in the guest’s language.
How does the agent handle deposits and minimum spends?
It states the terms you set: the minimum spend in a booth, the deposit, how long a booking is held. The agent does not take money itself: payment and its confirmation stay with your staff.
Where do the bookings go?
If you have a CRM, bookings and guests go into it. If not, everything is kept in the built-in Solwees CRM: the day’s bookings, guest contacts, banquet requests, all visible in one place.
Does it suit customers who work rotations?
Yes. Rotation workers write ahead as soon as they know when they are home. The agent books a table for those days and sends a reminder the day before so the booking does not get lost.
How do I get started?
Sign up, connect your venue’s WhatsApp and Instagram and add the menu, opening hours and booking rules. The first 7 days are free with no card: long enough to see how the agent answers your guests.
Put the agent to work in Aktau
Connect Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram, add your services and prices, and the agent starts answering the same day.