Slang AI

A phone host built only for restaurants, booking tables straight into your reservation system

Solo-ReadySetup: Same dayActs + logs everythingClear flat priceChecked · prices checked 2026-11-04
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Solo-fit verdictSolo-Ready

Best phone answer for a solo full-service restaurant, with the catch that the per-location price only pays back if missed calls are costing real tables.

True solo cost — low volumeAt ~50 calls/mo for one location, $399/mo on Core, the same flat per-location price regardless of call count.
True solo cost — typical volumeAt ~200 calls/mo for one location, still $399/mo on Core, so cost per booking falls sharply as volume rises.
No-code score (4/5)

Setup: Same day · Control: Acts + logs everything

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What Slang AI is — in our words

Slang AI does one job for one industry, and does it deeply. It is a voice host for full-service restaurants that answers every call, handles the questions that interrupt a busy service, hours, menus, dietary needs, parking, private events, and books, changes and cancels reservations directly in the reservation platform your hosts already watch. It sends text confirmations, collects special requests, recognises and handles important callers with extra care, records and summarises calls, and measures caller satisfaction, so a single-location owner stops losing tables to an unanswered phone during the dinner rush. That specialisation is the whole argument for its price. A general receptionist can take a message about a table for six; Slang is designed to complete the booking, in the right system, with the right details, and to suggest another location in the same group when yours is full on the premium tier. For a solo restaurateur that completeness can pay for itself in recovered covers. The limits follow from the focus. It is restaurants only, so it is irrelevant to everyone else in this directory job. It does not take phone orders; for takeout it texts the caller a link to online ordering instead. Pricing is per location and starts higher than most generalists charge in total, Spanish support costs extra on the entry tier, and there is no self-serve free trial to hear it before a sales conversation. Judge it on bookings recovered, not on cost per call.

What it does end-to-end

  • Answers restaurant calls 24/7 and answers guest FAQs about hours, menus and policies
  • Books, modifies and cancels reservations directly in OpenTable, SevenRooms, Yelp and similar systems
  • Sends SMS confirmations and collects special requests and occasion details
  • Routes VIP and sensitive calls to staff and alerts the team in real time on Premium
  • Records and summarises calls and tracks caller satisfaction

What it does NOT do

  • Restaurants only; not a general business receptionist
  • Does not take takeout or delivery orders by phone; it texts an ordering link instead
  • No self-serve trial, and Spanish support is a paid add-on on Core

Pricing — checked 2026-11-04

Flat monthly price per location, not per call or per minute. Core and Premium are published per location; Enterprise is custom for multi-location groups and custom workflows.

PlanPublished price
Corefrom $399/month per location
Premiumfrom $599/month per location
Billing unitflat monthly per location
Free tier / trialNo free tier and no self-serve trial published
Pricing clarityClear flat price
SourceOfficial pricing page ↗
Checked 2026-11-04

Setup, control and fit

Setup timeSame day
Human controlActs + logs everything
PlatformsWeb, Phone
Best forRestaurants · Hospitality

Integrations we verified: OpenTable, SevenRooms, Yelp Reservations, Fishbowl, Tripleseat

Pros — our take

  • Reservation-system depth no generalist in this list matches
  • Built for the dinner rush, when a solo restaurant loses the most bookings
  • Flat per-location price makes busy weekends cost no more than quiet ones

Cons — our take

  • Expensive for a single small location compared with general AI receptionists
  • Useless outside restaurants and hospitality
  • Phone ordering is deflected to a link rather than taken by the agent

Other answer the phone & book agents

Answers every call and books the appointment for the lowest per-call entry price in this job

Best first AI receptionist for most solo founders, with the catch that busy phones make per-call billing add up.

True solo cost (typical)At ~200 calls/mo (any length), about $159.95/mo on Pro, which includes 300 calls, cheaper than stacking overage on Premium.
No-code
Solo-ReadySetup: Under 1 hourActs + logs everythingChecked · prices checked 2026-11-04

Answers and books without ever metering minutes, billing only for each different customer helped

Excellent for a solo shop with repeat callers and long calls, with the catch that extra locations mean extra agent fees.

True solo cost (typical)At ~200 calls/mo from roughly 140 different callers, about $111/mo on Starter ($79 plus about 40 extra unique customers at 79c each), or $129/mo flat on Growth.
No-code
Solo-ReadySetup: Under 1 hourActs + logs everythingChecked · prices checked 2026-11-04

Cheap minute bundles for 24/7 answering, with real calendar booking once you step up a tier

Great value if your calls are short, with the catch that true booking starts at $149, not the $49 headline.

True solo cost (typical)At ~200 calls/mo at ~3 minutes each (~600 minutes), $149/mo on Scale, which includes 1,000 minutes and direct booking.
No-code
Solo-ReadySetup: Under 1 hourActs + logs everythingChecked · prices checked 2026-11-04

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