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The phone rings during service.

Reservations, group bookings and 'are you open on Sunday?' arrive exactly when the team is busiest. An agent takes them in your booking system, in the guest's language, and leaves anything about allergies or complaints to a person.

Short answer

For restaurants and hospitality businesses, ORVL builds AI agents that take reservations and change requests on WhatsApp, Instagram and the phone directly in your booking system, handle group and event enquiries with your menus and deposit rules, answer practical questions, and send a daily report of covers, no-shows and labour cost. Allergen and dietary questions always go to staff. A single system starts at €3,900 (AED 15,900) excl. VAT.

The situation

Peak hours are when nobody can answer.

A restaurant gets most of its calls and messages around lunch and dinner, which is exactly when the host and the floor manager are busy with guests. Missed calls become empty tables, and group enquiries for thirty people wait until someone has time the next morning.

Groups that run several venues also struggle with the numbers: covers come from the booking system, revenue from the POS, hours from the rota tool, and nobody puts them side by side until the month is over.

Workflows we automate first

Where AI earns its keep.

01Reservations

Bookings, changes and cancellations made directly in your reservation system, with the confirmation it already sends.

02Group and event enquiries

Party size, date, budget and menu choice collected; your deposit and cancellation terms stated; a manager confirms.

03Practical questions

Opening hours, parking, terrace, dress code and kids' menus, answered from content you approve.

04No-show reduction

Reminders and easy rescheduling on the channel the guest booked through.

05Daily covers report

Covers, no-shows, revenue per cover and labour as a share of revenue, per venue.

Rules that apply

Built around the rules.

Food information and consumer rules apply. The agent sticks to what you publish and hands health-related questions to people.

EU: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires allergen information to be available; the agent points to your allergen card and passes specific allergy questions to staff, never guessing
Dubai: food-safety and labelling rules of Dubai Municipality; the agent only repeats information your team has approved
WhatsApp opt-in and Meta template rules for reminders sent outside the 24-hour window
Deposits and cancellation fees stated exactly as in your terms; refunds decided by a manager
Systems we connect

Your stack, connected.

ZenchefTheFork ManagerOpenTableSevenRoomsFormitableResengoLightspeed RestaurantWhatsApp Business Platform
Proof, honestly

What we can show you.

We have not published a hospitality client case. We can show a reservation conversation on WhatsApp with sample data and explain how it would write into your booking system.

The free 7-day pilot can run on your website chat or WhatsApp number, so you can read real guest conversations before you decide.

FAQ

Common questions.

Does it work with our reservation system?

With most systems that offer an API or partner integration, such as Zenchef, SevenRooms, OpenTable and Formitable. If yours does not, the agent sends the guest your booking link and handles the questions around it.

Can it answer allergy questions?

It can tell guests that allergen information is available and how to get it. Specific questions such as 'is the risotto safe for a nut allergy' always go to a staff member, because a wrong answer can hurt someone.

Can it take deposits for groups?

It can send a payment link from your existing payment provider and record the status. Exceptions and refunds are decided by a manager.

Which languages?

Arabic and English in Dubai; Dutch, French and English in the Netherlands and Belgium; plus most languages tourists write in.

Free 30-minute audit

Want this in your business?

Tell us how you work today. We'll tell you honestly what AI can take off your team's plate, what it costs, and whether we are the right fit.