Will it sound like a robot on the phone?
Most guests reach Foreman by text, and a missed call gets a text back in under a minute, in your voice. You write the greeting. You can read a real thread on this page first.
Foreman for restaurants
Your host is seating a four-top. The phone still gets answered.
Friday, 7:30. Line out the door. The phone is ringing and nobody can pick it up.Foreman answers every call and text in under a minute, books the table into your book, confirms it, and sends takeout callers to your own ordering link. Your host keeps seating guests.
Sound familiar?
If you run a restaurant, you know these.
The phone rings through the entire rush and the host is not going to leave a party at the stand to answer it.
You cannot afford someone just to answer phones, and you cannot afford to miss the calls either.
You book a full house and then 3 or 4 tables never show, or cancel at 5 PM, and the seats go empty.
The delivery apps and the POS take a cut of every order, so a phone order that goes direct is worth more than it looks.
Guests ask the same things over and over: hours, parking, the menu, a table for 8, is there a deposit.
Harbor Kitchen, example
What a Friday night looks like.
5 conversations Foreman handles for a restaurant like yours, in your voice, written into the system you run. Swipe through them.
Today 7:31 PM
Sorry we missed your call, this is Harbor Kitchen. Looking for a table? Reply with the party size and time.
Table for 6 around 8:15 tonight?
We have 8:30 for 6 in the main room, or 8:00 at the bar tables. Which do you prefer?
8:30 works
Booked: tonight 8:30 PM, party of 6, under Okafor. We will text a reminder at 5 PM. Reply C to cancel.
Delivered
Today 4:12 PM
Hi, my daughter has a severe nut allergy. Can you handle that Saturday?
Thank you for telling us. I do not guess on allergies, so I have passed this to Dani, our manager, and she will text you within 10 minutes. Saturday for how many, and what time?
4 people, 7:00
Held: Saturday 7:00 PM for 4 with a severe nut allergy note. Dani confirms the menu with the kitchen before you arrive.
Delivered
Today 5:48 PM
Can I get pickup at 6:30 for 2 short ribs and a salad?
Yes. Our own ordering page takes it for 6:30 pickup, so the kitchen has it before you walk in. Sending the link now. Anything else?
Read 5:49 PM
Got it, thanks
Today 3:00 PM
Your table for 8 is tonight at 7:30 at Harbor Kitchen. Reply Y to confirm or N to release it, we have a waitlist.
Need to cancel, 2 people dropped out and we are only 6 now
Thanks for telling us. I changed it to 6 at 7:30, same table. Still good?
Read 3:42 PM
Yes perfect
Today 11:20 AM
Hi Maria, it has been a while since you were in. Friday we have a table for 2 at 7:15. Want it?
Yes! Book it
Booked: Friday 7:15 PM for 2. See you then.
Delivered
Sent as iMessage. Blue bubbles from a real number, text message for Android. Names and numbers are examples.
The math
Calls you miss on a busy week, in covers.
Change these to your own numbers. This is arithmetic, not a promise of results.
Industry figure: one call-handling vendor reports 33% of calls missed at peak and about $134 per reservation call ($42 a guest, 3.2 guests). Vendor data from 1.2M calls, published December 2025. Your own phone log is better.
Your numbers
That is about a month of tables you did not seat.
Calls a week x 52 / 12 x value x share. Defaults are industry figures you can overwrite.
Your objections
What restaurant owners ask first.
What about a complicated order or an allergy?
It answers only from the menu, hours and policies you approved. Allergies, large parties and anything it is unsure about go straight to your manager by text, and it tells the guest that is happening.
What if it gets a price or a menu item wrong?
It does not invent. If it is not in what you approved, it says the manager will text them and tells you.
Does it replace my host?
No. It takes the phone off your host so they keep seating the room.
Does it speak Spanish?
Yes. It replies in the language the guest writes in, in your voice, and the reservation lands in your book either way.
Works with what you run
Foreman sits in front of your systems. It does not replace them.
Toast Live
Square Live
Clover Live
SpotOn Live
OpenTable Live
Resy Live
Tock Live
SevenRooms Live
Yelp Guest Manager Live
DoorDash Live
Lightspeed Live
Google Business Live- All 331 integrations
Live: we connect during setup and tell you what the connection covers. Logos belong to their owners and indicate integrations, not endorsement.
The Monday text
Six lines a week. That is the whole report.
Every Monday at 7:00 AM, one text, in restaurant terms. No dashboard to open.
Monday 7:00 AM, Harbor Kitchen, example
- 1Calls and texts answered: 212. Median reply: 24 seconds.
- 2Tables booked by Foreman: 61 (188 covers).
- 3Confirmations that came back Y: 54 of 61. Released and refilled: 5.
- 4Guests who went quiet and came back: 9.
- 5Needs you: 2 large-party deposits, 1 allergy follow-up.
- 6New reviews: 7, average 4.7. Replies drafted for your tap.
Questions
Straight answers.
Does it work with OpenTable, Resy and Toast?
Yes. OpenTable, Resy, Toast, SevenRooms, Square, Clover and Lightspeed are live connections. Reservations are written to your book and texted to the host.
Can it take deposits for large parties?
Yes. Parties above the size you set get a deposit link with the booking, so the table is held for real.
Can it send takeout callers to my own ordering link?
Yes. It texts your own ordering page, so the order is prepaid and the margin stays with you.
Who owns my guest list?
You do. Your data, customer list and creative are yours and are exported on exit.
Is there a contract?
No. Per location per month, cancel with 30 days notice.
Pricing
Per location, per month. No contract.
- OperatorFrom $495. Answers every lead, follows up on every quote, works your list, sends the Monday text.
- Operator + GrowthFrom $995. Everything in Operator plus managed Meta and Google ads, reported as cost per booked job.
- CustomFrom $2,500. Multi-location groups, agencies, API and white label. Scoped on a call.