The best AI receptionist for restaurant reservations and calls
GreetKeeper ranks first of the seven restaurant AI receptionists we checked in September 2026. It answers calls that arrive together during service and takes your reservations, reading the party name, number and time back. Then it texts the guest a confirmation. The $49 plan covers 200 answered calls, and very short calls and robocalls don't count.
Slang.ai is the restaurant specialist here, from $399 a month per location on Core. Its pricing page publishes no call or minute volume at any tier.
Most of the rest bill minutes. Rosie gives 250 of them for $49 and books on its $149 tier. Trillet gives 150 for $49, then $0.20 a minute. Dialzara starts at $29 for 60.
Restaurant calls come in two shapes. Most are quick questions about hours, parking or a table tonight, and you've answered each a thousand times. The ones that earn money run long: private dining, a party of 14, a rehearsal dinner. Per-call billing prices both the same.
How this was put together
Disclosure: GreetKeeper is our product. We set the criteria and weights around a restaurant's phone before scoring. Every rival price was read on that vendor's own pricing page in September 2026.
What we compared
- Friday at 7pm (30%): calls that arrive together answered at once, while the host stand is busy.
- Reservations (25%): the booking taken on the entry plan, details read back, and a confirmation sent.
- The long, valuable call (20%): what a four-minute private-dining enquiry costs on the vendor's meter.
- A published allowance and overage (15%), so a holiday week has a price.
- Your hours and closures (10%): holidays and private events answered the way you set them.
The shortlist at a glance
Billing unit first, because it decides more of the final bill than the headline price does.
| Charges by | Entry plan | After the allowance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GreetKeeper | per answered call | $49/mo for 200 answered calls | $0.45 a call on Starter, published |
| Slang.ai | per location | Core from $399/mo per location | No call or minute volumes published at any tier |
| Rosie | per minute | Professional $49/mo for 250 minutes | Not published |
| Trillet | per minute | AI Receptionist $49/mo for 150 minutes, then $0.20 a minute | Published: $0.20 a minute past 150 minutes on the AI Receptionist plan |
| My AI Front Desk | per voice minute | Business-in-a-Box $99/mo, or $79/mo billed annually, with 200 voice minutes | Published: 25 credits a voice minute at $0.01 a credit; auto-reload adds 1,000 credits for $10 |
| Goodcall | per unique caller | Starter $79/mo ($66 annual) for 100 unique customers | $0.50 per additional unique customer, published |
| Dialzara | per minute | Business Lite $29/mo for 60 minutes | Published on every tier, from $0.48 a minute down to $0.35 |
Read from each vendor's own pricing page in September 2026.
GreetKeeper
Reservations taken and confirmed on the $49 plan, with every call counted once whatever its length.
Worth it for: Your phone rings through service with bookings, large parties and event enquiries. GreetKeeper books into Google Calendar or Outlook and sends each booking to your systems by signed webhook. It answers your hours question the way you trained it. Closure dates cover the days you shut.
Charges per answered call. Entry plan $49/mo for 200 answered calls. After the allowance: $0.45 a call on Starter, published.
Slang.ai
A restaurant specialist priced per location.
Worth it for: You run a restaurant group and want a vendor focused on the trade, with a flat per-location price to budget.
Not for: A single venue watching cost. Core starts at $399 a month per location, and no call or minute volume is published at any tier.
Charges per location. Entry plan Core from $399/mo per location. After the allowance: No call or minute volumes published at any tier.
Rosie
A $49 plan with 250 minutes, and booking on the $149 tier.
Worth it for: Your calls are mostly quick questions about hours and directions, and you take reservations another way.
Not for: A venue that wants reservations taken by phone on the entry plan, since booking starts at $149. Rosie also leaves its overage rate off the page.
Charges per minute. Entry plan Professional $49/mo for 250 minutes. After the allowance: Not published.
Trillet
A $49 AI receptionist plan with 150 minutes and a published per-minute rate after.
Worth it for: You run a small venue with short calls and want a per-minute rate you can read up front.
Not for: A busy dining room. 150 minutes goes quickly on a holiday week, and every minute past it costs $0.20.
Charges per minute. Entry plan AI Receptionist $49/mo for 150 minutes, then $0.20 a minute. After the allowance: Published: $0.20 a minute past 150 minutes on the AI Receptionist plan.
My AI Front Desk
An AI phone line bundled with web chat, texting and a CRM.
Worth it for: You're opening a new restaurant and want website chat and texting on the same bill as your phone.
Not for: A venue with long event calls. The $99 plan holds 200 voice minutes, and each extra minute draws 25 credits.
Charges per voice minute. Entry plan Business-in-a-Box $99/mo, or $79/mo billed annually, with 200 voice minutes. After the allowance: Published: 25 credits a voice minute at $0.01 a credit; auto-reload adds 1,000 credits for $10.
Goodcall
Unique-customer billing with uncapped minutes.
Worth it for: Your regulars call often, and you'd like each regular counted once a month.
Not for: A tourist-heavy venue where nearly every caller is new, and a group running several numbers, since each number is a separately priced agent.
Charges per unique caller. Entry plan Starter $79/mo ($66 annual) for 100 unique customers. After the allowance: $0.50 per additional unique customer, published.
Dialzara
A $29 AI plan with the overage printed on every tier.
Worth it for: You want to test an AI receptionist on a quiet lunch spot's calls.
Not for: A busy restaurant. The entry plan holds 60 minutes, and extra minutes start at $0.48.
Charges per minute. Entry plan Business Lite $29/mo for 60 minutes. After the allowance: Published on every tier, from $0.48 a minute down to $0.35.
How a restaurant should choose
Count your calls by type for a week. If most are hours and directions, train GreetKeeper on those answers and every caller gets them straight away. If bookings and events are the money, weight reservations and long-call cost highest.
Then test Friday night. Calls that arrive together during service are where a phone rings out. GreetKeeper answers them at the same time, so the guest calling about tonight doesn't hear a busy tone.
Last, price the holiday week. On a minute plan, December event calls cost the most. GreetKeeper counts answered calls: $49 for 200, $149 for 750 and $349 for 2,000, with a 14-day free trial on every plan.
Our own pricing, in full
Including the rate after the allowance, which is the number most of this list leaves off.
| Plan | Monthly | Calls included | After that |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarterFor a single location taking calls one line at a time. | $49 | 200 | $0.45 per call |
| ProfessionalBooking, routing and transfers included, not an add-on. | $149 | 750 | $0.35 per call |
| ScaleFor busy phones and longer opening hours. | $349 | 2,000 | $0.25 per call |
The short version
- Booking is included on every tier. Rosie keeps booking and live transfer behind its $149 plan.
- The overage rate is on the pricing page. Rosie, Ruby, Slang and AnswerConnect do not publish theirs.
- Calls are counted, not minutes, so a long useful conversation costs the same as a short one.
Questions people ask about this list
What is the best AI receptionist for a restaurant?
On our published method, GreetKeeper ranks first. It takes reservations on the $49 plan, answers calls that arrive together during service, and counts a long event call as one call. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and you don't need a card.
Can an AI receptionist take restaurant reservations?
Yes. GreetKeeper books into Google Calendar or Outlook and reads the party name, number and time back first. The guest then gets a text with the confirmation, and a signed webhook posts each booking to your own systems.
What does Slang.ai cost?
Slang.ai's Core plan starts at $399 a month per location, and Premium from $599 per location, checked September 2026. Its pricing page publishes no call or minute volume at any tier. GreetKeeper's $49 plan covers 200 answered calls.
What about noise in the dining room?
GreetKeeper reads the name, number and time back before it books, so a misheard detail is caught while the guest is still on the line. The transcript and summary then arrive for your host.
Why is GreetKeeper first on a list it wrote?
Service-time calls and reservations carried the most weight, and GreetKeeper covers both on its $49 plan. A private-dining call that runs four minutes costs the same as a ten-second hours question.
Hear one of these handle your own call
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