AI receptionist for restaurants and cafes in Karaganda
Evening bookings, takeaway orders and questions about free toi dates in Karaganda 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! Are you open on 22 March? We’d like to come as a family, 12 of us, with children.
Hello! Yes, over Nauryz we’re open from 12:00 to midnight, with nauryz kozhe on the menu. On 22 March there is a private room for 14 or a table in the main hall. Which would you prefer?
The room, please. When is it free?
From 13:00 to 17:00 or from 18:00 until closing. The minimum spend in the room is 60,000 tenge.
Let’s take 13:00. Book it for Saltanat.
Booked: 22 March, 13:00, private room, 12 guests, under Saltanat. I’ll send a reminder the day before. Happy Nauryz!
When customers write in Karaganda
Most messages arrive between five and nine in the evening: is there room tonight, how late is the kitchen open, can we take food away. In spring and summer questions about free Saturdays for a toi join them, and people ask several halls at once.
Busiest hours: 12:00 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 21:00
Checking whether there is beshbarmak today and asking to keep a portion for takeaway.
After work, booking a booth for tonight and asking about the minimum spend.
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
Asks for the date, time and party size, offers a free table or booth and confirms the booking at once. If a booth has a minimum spend or a deposit, it says so up front, so there are no surprises at the end of the night.
Collects toi and banquet requests
Asks about the occasion, date, guest count, budget per person and whether the family brings its own host, then books them in to see the hall. Your manager gets a request that can be costed straight away.
Answers about the menu, delivery and takeaway
Tells guests what is on the menu today and what it costs, whether you deliver to their area, whether the meat is halal and whether there is a children’s menu. It answers only from your data and invents nothing.
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.
Karaganda: local context
The centre of Karaganda Region, a city that grew up on the mines of the Karaganda coal basin.
A major student city with medical, technical and classical universities.
The city is spread out, and Maikuduk or Yugo-Vostok is a fair way from the centre, so people usually look for a master or a doctor near their own district.
In summer people cool off at the Fyodorovka reservoir right in town, and at weekends they drive out to Karkaraly.
In Karaganda Miners’ Day at the end of August and university graduations in June keep the halls in demand. Requests come from union committees, graduates and families all at once, and the agent gathers each one in full: date, guest count, menu, budget.
Areas and landmarks customers mention
Novy Gorod, Yugo-Vostok, Maikuduk, Prishakhtinsk, Mikhailovka, Bukhar-Zhyrau Avenue
- Where
- Karaganda Region
- Population
- over 520,000
- Customer languages
- Russian, Kazakh
- 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 answers the family’s first questions: is the date free, how many seats the hall has, what the minimum spend is, whether they can bring their own host. When the family is ready to discuss the menu, it passes your manager a request with all the answers.
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?
The agent tells the guest about the deposit and minimum spend before booking, so there are no arguments in the evening. Payment details and refunds stay with your staff: the agent passes such questions on together with the chat.
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 work if we have locations across the region?
Yes. Each location gets its own address, hours and floor. The agent asks where the guests would rather go, in Karaganda or closer to home, and books a table there.
How do I get started?
With a trial week: 7 days free, no card needed. Connect your venue’s WhatsApp, upload the menu and opening hours, and the agent starts answering guests while you see every reply it sends.
Put the agent to work in Karaganda
Connect Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram, add your services and prices, and the agent starts answering the same day.