AI Playbook collection ยท 30 automations

Restaurants and food & beverage: what to automate

You are juggling the phone, the walk-in line, and the kitchen all at once, so reservations slip through the cracks and inventory counts fall behind. Ingredients run out mid-shift because ordering happens on instinct and a clipboard, and by the time you get a free moment a stack of online reviews and social posts is waiting. The business side of the restaurant keeps losing to the shift you're actually running.

Every item below opens a plain-English page: the problem it solves, how it works, and what you need to run it.

Inventory and supplier ordering

Tracking stock levels and placing supplier orders manually leads to running out of ingredients or over-ordering.

Take restaurant orders and update inventory through WhatsApp

A WhatsApp AI assistant takes food orders, checks stock in real time, and updates inventory automatically.

AdvancedWhatsApp, Google Sheets, Google Gemini

Forecast restaurant food waste daily with AI and Google Sheets

Every day, AI reviews your sales history and predicts how much food to order to cut waste.

AdvancedGoogle Sheets, Gmail, Google Gemini

Track kitchen inventory and get AI purchase alerts on Telegram

AI watches your kitchen stock in Google Sheets and messages Telegram when it's time to reorder.

AdvancedGoogle Sheets, Telegram, OpenAI

Combine pending orders into weekly bulk purchase orders automatically

Every week, groups your pending orders by supplier and creates ready-to-send bulk purchase orders in your spreadsheet.

StandardGoogle Sheets

Automatically generate purchase orders when stock runs low

Every few hours it checks stock and sales trends, then creates and emails purchase orders to suppliers, flagging big orders for approval.

AdvancedMistral AI, PostgreSQL, Slack

Get ingredient price trend alerts and buying recommendations

Tracks ingredient prices daily, spots trends, and emails or Slacks buying recommendations so you purchase at the right time.

StandardPostgreSQL, Slack

Run restaurant orders, inventory, and sales reporting with AI

Handles restaurant orders end to end, updates inventory, and generates real-time sales reports automatically.

AdvancedGoogle Sheets, OpenAI

Forecast restaurant sales and inventory needs with AI weekly

Every week, AI reviews your sales history and emails a forecast of what you'll sell and need to stock.

AdvancedGoogle Sheets, Gmail, Google Gemini

Reservations and waitlist

Managing reservations, waitlists, and no-shows across phone calls and walk-ins is chaotic during peak hours.

Manage reservations and answer customer questions with AI chat

Answers customer questions and creates, updates, or cancels reservations automatically through chat, day or night.

AdvancedTelegram, Google Drive, PostgreSQL, DeepSeek

Confirm bookings automatically with email, calendar, and Slack alerts

New booking requests are validated, checked for conflicts, and confirmed by email, calendar, and Slack.

AdvancedGmail, Google Calendar, Slack

Answer restaurant menu questions and book tables on WhatsApp

Customers ask menu questions on WhatsApp and the system answers accurately, then books their table automatically.

AdvancedWhatsApp, Supabase, Google Gemini, Google Drive

Handle restaurant reservations end to end with an AI voice agent

Reservation requests from your AI voice agent are validated, saved to your calendar and sheet, and confirmed automatically.

AdvancedGoogle Calendar, Google Sheets, Gmail, ElevenLabs

Handle restaurant reservations automatically with AI chat

Answers reservation requests by chat, checks table availability in Google Sheets, and books the table automatically.

StandardOpenAI, Google Sheets

Book restaurant reservations through Telegram chat automatically

A chat assistant collects reservation details, books the table on your calendar, and emails the guest a confirmation.

AdvancedTelegram, OpenAI, Google Calendar, Gmail

Call customers automatically to remind them of their reservation

Calls each customer with an AI-generated voice reminder on the day of their reservation, cutting down no-shows.

AdvancedTwilio, Google Sheets, OpenRouter

Handle restaurant bookings and orders with an AI receptionist

An AI receptionist answers calls and chat messages to book tables and take delivery orders automatically.

AdvancedVapi, Telegram, Airtable, OpenAI

Marketing and promotions

Social posts, email specials, and holiday promotions get skipped because nobody owns marketing on top of running shifts.

Recommend menu bundles and promos based on sales data

An AI system that studies your sales and feedback data, then suggests menu bundles and promos to customers automatically.

AdvancedTelegram, OpenAI, Pinecone, DeepSeek

Turn a dish name into a published recipe infographic post

Enter one dish name and AI researches the recipe, designs an infographic, and posts it to Facebook.

AdvancedGoogle Gemini, Perplexity, Nanobanana Pro, Blotato

Create AI-researched restaurant newsletters approved from your phone

Pick a topic on your phone and AI researches, writes, and sends a polished newsletter through Mailchimp.

AdvancedMailchimp, OpenAI, Tavily

Generate AI drink product photos and save them to Google Drive

Creates AI-generated drink product images automatically and saves each one straight to Google Drive.

StandardGoogle Drive, Kie AI

Draft and approve social media posts with AI before they go live

AI drafts social posts for your review in Telegram, and only publishes them once you approve.

AdvancedTelegram, OpenRouter, Twitter, LinkedIn

Create and schedule branded social media posts every day

Each day, AI writes a themed image and caption from your brand guidelines and schedules them across your social accounts.

AdvancedNotion, OpenAI, Fal.ai, Google Drive

Publish daily social media posts automatically from Notion

Turns your Notion content plan into AI-written posts and publishes them daily across LinkedIn, Facebook, and more.

AdvancedNotion, LinkedIn, Facebook, X

Find the best restaurant and food delivery deals automatically

Scans restaurant and food delivery sites for deals and discounts, then saves or sends you the best ones.

StandardBright Data, Google Sheets

Which of these should you build first?

Once you see which of these save you the most hours each week, we can talk through which ones fit your kitchen and front of house.

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