AI receptionist for restaurants and cafes in Semey
In Semey people choose a restaurant from its Instagram photos and book on WhatsApp. The agent answers on both: free times, menu prices and the terms of your banquet hall, and makes the booking straight away.
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?
Balnur.
Booked under Balnur. The manager will agree the menu with you tomorrow, and on Friday morning I’ll send a reminder.
When customers write in Semey
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
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
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
Small things matter for a toi: how many people per table, whether a stage is needed, where to seat the elders, whether the family brings its own host. The agent asks about all this from your list and writes the answers into the request, so your manager doesn’t have to call the family again.
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
A few hours before the booking it sends a reminder and asks whether it still stands. If the guest replies they won’t come, the table goes straight back to free and can go to people writing in the evening.
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.
Semey: local context
The centre of Abai Region on both banks of the Irtysh, formerly Semipalatinsk.
The city of Abai and Shakarim, with the Abai and Dostoevsky house museums and the Stronger than Death memorial to the victims of nuclear tests.
The Left Bank and the centre are linked by bridges, and many people cross the Irtysh every day on their way to work or study.
The city is full of students, future doctors among them, and Kazakh is heard here more often than in other towns of the east.
In May and June in Semey the graduation parties begin: school classes and student groups look for a hall for the evening, and parents ask about the menu and the price per head. The agent gathers these requests in full and passes them to your manager without pulling your host away from ordinary bookings.
Areas and landmarks customers mention
the Left Bank, Shakarim Avenue, Polkovnichy Island, the suspension bridge, Kholodny Klyuch
- Where
- Abai Region
- Population
- over 310,000
- 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 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?
However you set it up. You can ask for a deposit only for booths or only on Fridays and Saturdays, and the agent tells the guest when they book. Taking and checking payment stays with your staff.
Where do the bookings go?
Wherever you already work: bookings and guest contacts go into your CRM. If you don’t have one, everything is kept in the built-in Solwees CRM, and each guest’s history stays at hand, such as which table they like.
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 Semey 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 Semey
Connect Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram, add your services and prices, and the agent starts answering the same day.