For Restaurants

Best AI Receptionist
for Restaurants

Mikla finds you customers with Facebook and Instagram ads, answers every lead, follows up, and books them on your calendar.

Mikla replies to private dining, buyout, and catering inquiries in under a minute, handling menus, dietary restrictions, room minimums, and deposits while your GM runs the floor.

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10:42 AM

Law firm holiday party

“Looking to buy out your private room Dec 15, ~40 people, wine pairing dinner, dietary: 3 GF, 1 vegan.”

group · 40buyout · Dec 15

Mikla · replied in under a minute

Hi Amanda, thanks for thinking of us! The Vault is available Dec 15. Our wine-pairing tasting menu runs $175/pp, $5k minimum. GF and vegan pairings are standard. I've attached the menu and a contract. Want to lock it in?

Buyout confirmed

Gilmore & Associates

Private buyout · Dec 15 · 7:00 PM · $7k

Calendar · Google

Confirmed

Venues and hotels that use Mikla

Mikla answers every private dining inquiry, 24/7. It sends menus and minimums, follows up, and books the event. More buyouts booked while your team runs service.

What Mikla does

Find

Mikla creates your Facebook and Instagram ads and runs them. Nothing new goes live and no new money is spent until you approve.

Answer

Mikla replies to every lead in under a minute, on phone, email, website chat and forms, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, SMS, The Knot, WeddingWire, and Zola.

Follow up

When a lead goes quiet, Mikla follows up until they book, reply, or opt out.

Book

Mikla offers open times and books the appointment on your calendar.

Free CRM: every lead, message, call, and booking in one place. It fills itself in as Mikla works.

How it works

From first inquiry to signed contract, between services.

Step 1

Inquiry comes in

Instagram, Facebook, email, phone, or your website form.

Any channel.

Step 2

Mikla qualifies

Party size, date, dietary, budget, occasion. Checks room availability and minimums.

Under a minute.

Step 3

Sends menu + proposal

Your menu PDF, pricing, a deposit link, and the contract, in your team's voice.

With deposit link.

Step 4

Collects the deposit

A Stripe deposit link goes out with the contract. A verbal hold becomes a booking.

No more flakes.

Step 5

Handles the details

Dietary confirms, final head count, wine pre-orders, all handled in the lead-up.

Before the night.

Case study · Vesper

Brooklyn, NY

Vesper

Event venue · Luxury rooftop

“We talked about all the ways the product could not work and there are not any. What you guys are doing is pretty damn cool. You have the ability to really take it and grow it.”

Joe Torres

Director · Vesper

+20%

tour booking rate

$450K+

bookings scheduled

10+ hrs

saved per week

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Where Mikla answers

DMs, email, phone, and forms, all covered.

Facebook Messenger

Private event questions from your page, answered with menus and dates.

Under a minute

Instagram DMs

"Do you do buyouts?" gets answered with your menu and availability, day or night.

24/7 coverage

Catering, buyout, private dining threads, Mikla replies like your best GM.

Every email answered

Phone

Overflow calls handled by a warm voice that books the date and takes the deposit.

Answers after hours

Website form

Replies with your menu PDF, pricing, and a deposit link while they're still on your site.

Under a minute

Customer reviews

What customers say about Mikla

“We are absolutely thrilled to be working with Mikla.ai. She follows up with every lead so we never miss a booking opportunity.”

Janice Black

Owner, Emerald Ridge Farm
Wedding venue

Never miss a lead

“We talked about all the ways the product could not work and there are not any. What you guys are doing is pretty damn cool. You have the ability to really take it and grow it.”

Joe Torres

Director, Vesper
Event venue

+20% tour rate

“Mikla automates our entire inquiry pipeline, so instead of spending hours every day responding to leads and booking tours, our first point of contact with couples is when they walk through our door. Highly recommend them to any venue.”

Rob Koehneman

Owner, Sunflower Hill Farm
Wedding venue

+125% bookings

“It's like having the best front-end employee you could possibly have, but at a fraction of the cost. The speed, the efficiency, the follow-ups. Nobody's being a slave to their computer all day.”

Leah Gastler

Owner, Gastler Farm
Wedding venue

2x tours

“Mikla completely changed how we handle inquiries. We went from missing leads during busy event weekends to booking 35 events in a single month. The follow-ups actually feel personal now, and the results speak for themselves.”

Abbas Nadeem

Director of Sales, The Box House Hotel
Boutique hotel

35 events / mo

Built for restaurants

Built for private dining, buyouts & catering.

Rooms and minimums

Mikla knows each private room, its minimum, and the dates blocked on your calendar.

Menu & pricing aware

Seasonal menus, wine pairings, room minimums, day-of-week pricing, all baked in.

Dietary & allergen smart

Captures dietary restrictions up front and flags them to the kitchen the morning of.

Deposit collection

Stripe-powered deposit link goes out with every proposal. Holds become real bookings.

Your chef's voice

Warm, food-forward, detail-obsessed, Mikla writes like a restaurant pro, not a bot.

Follow-up before the event

Mikla follows up for the final head count, dietary notes, and wine choices.

Common questions

Can it collect deposits?

Yes. Mikla sends a Stripe deposit link with the proposal. You set the deposit amount.

Can it handle more than one location?

Book a demo and our team will show you how to set up each location.

Who does the setup?

You choose. Start free and set Mikla up yourself with the guided steps, or book a demo and our team will set it up with you: channels, calendars, knowledge base, and voice.

Will people know they are talking to AI?

You choose how Mikla introduces itself: as the assistant for your venue, or by a name you pick. It writes in the tone you set, and you can review replies before they send.