AI tools for restaurants & bars, tested by people who actually run one.

AI phone answering & voice ordering

10 tools · ConverseNow, Hostie, Kea, Loman…

Bar & beverage inventory

3 tools · Backbar, BevSpot, WISK

Inventory, purchasing & back office

6 tools · ClearCOGS, Craftable, MarginEdge, MarketMan…

Online ordering, websites & marketing

5 tools · Bikky, Owner.com, Popmenu, Thanx…

Reviews & guest feedback

3 tools · Marqii, Momos, Ovation

Scheduling & labor

4 tools · 7shifts, Homebase, Lineup.ai, Sling

7shifts

Restaurant scheduling, time clock, labor compliance, tip pooling and team communication, with POS-driven forecasting.

Price: Comp: free (1 location, 15 employees). Essentials $44.99, Pro $89.99, Premium $149.99 per location/mo (or $…

Backbar

Bar inventory, ordering and pour-cost software with a free tier; Professional adds automatic invoice entry.

Price: Basic free (1 location); Essential $99/mo ($79 yearly); Professional $149/mo ($129 yearly), per location.

BevSpot

Beverage and food inventory, ordering and recipe costing with AI invoice processing and variance reporting.

Price: Free trial with full features; Starter $948/yr; Standard $1,428/yr; Pro: quote (as listed on pricing page).

Bikky

Restaurant guest-data platform with AI analysis, audiences and campaign measurement for multi-unit brands.

Price: Contact for pricing

ClearCOGS

AI demand forecasting that turns POS history, weather and events into daily prep sheets, order guides and labor plans.

Price: Contact for pricing

ConverseNow

Enterprise voice AI for phone, drive-thru and kiosk ordering, aimed at multi-unit QSR and pizza brands.

Price: Contact for pricing

Craftable

Back-office platform for restaurants and hotels: ordering, inventory, recipes and AI-driven AP invoice matching.

Price: Contact for pricing

Homebase

Scheduling, time tracking, hiring, payroll and HR for hourly teams; Plus tier adds an AI-powered scheduling assistant.

Price: Basic free (1 location, up to 10 employees); Essentials $30, Plus $70, All-in-One $120 per location/mo. Pay…

Hostie

AI 'virtual concierge' that answers calls, texts and emails for full-service restaurants: reservations, takeout and event inquiries.

Price: Essential $199, Premium $399, Hospitality Plus $599 per location/mo (per Hostie's own published comparison).

Kea

Voice AI that takes phone orders straight into the POS/KDS, handles payments, delivery and unlimited concurrent calls.

Price: Flat monthly plan, unlimited calls, no per-order fees. Kea's own pages show conflicting figures ($350/mo an…

Lineup.ai

AI sales, labor and menu-item forecasting with automated scheduling; now part of TimeForge.

Price: Forecast + Scheduling: $149/location/mo (shown in site ROI calculator).

Loman

24/7 AI phone agent that takes pickup/delivery orders, reservations and payments and syncs tickets to the POS.

Price: Contact for pricing (Starter and Premium tiers; 'no per minute fees')

Maple

AI voice agent for restaurant phones (drive-thru and kiosk in early access); Pro tier takes orders into the POS and books reservations.

Price: Voice: $150/mo monthly or $85/mo billed yearly. Pro (ordering + reservations): $350/mo monthly or $220/mo b…

MarginEdge

Invoice processing, food-cost and P&L back office with bill pay, inventory, recipes and optional Freepour liquor scale.

Price: $350/location/mo (10% off annual); MarginEdge + Freepour $500/location/mo. Toast users pay a pass-through A…

MarketMan

Inventory and purchasing with AI invoice scanning, AI recipe optimization, smart ordering and vendor EDI.

Price: Starter $249/mo; Growth $299/mo; Enterprise from $449/mo.

Marqii

Listings, menu syndication and review management with AI-suggested responses and managed review-reply bundles.

Price: Base $90, Growth $145, Scale $180, Marqii Package $250 per location/mo (annual contract). Managed review re…

meez

Recipe management and costing for kitchens with AI recipe import; higher tiers add inventory, invoice processing and AI menu insights.

Price: Starter $24/mo ($19 annual); Pro $119/mo ($89 annual); Premium $199/mo ($179 annual); Enterprise custom.

Momos

AI agents for multi-location guest experience: auto-resolve reviews and tickets, surveys, listings and insights.

Price: Contact for pricing

Ovation

Guest feedback platform for restaurants and ghost kitchens: post-visit surveys, recovery and review generation.

Price: Contact for pricing (custom quote within 24 hours)

Owner.com

AI-run website, commission-free online ordering, branded app, SEO pages, loyalty and automated email/SMS for independent restaurants.

Price: Flex: $249/mo + 5% restaurant fee per order. Flat: $499/mo, no restaurant fees. Guests pay a 5% order suppo…

Popmenu

Restaurant website, menus and AI marketing suite with add-ons for online ordering, AI phone answering, waitlist and AI review replies.

Price: Starter $179/mo ($159 prepaid annually); Essentials $299/mo ($269); top tier $499/mo ($449). Online orderin…

Restaurant365

All-in-one restaurant accounting, inventory, workforce and payroll platform for single units to large groups.

Price: Contact for pricing

Revmo

Voice, text and chat AI with persistent caller memory; takes orders, reservations and catering inquiries for mid-market and enterprise operators.

Price: Contact for pricing

Slang.ai

Reservation-focused AI phone concierge for full-service restaurants, with OpenTable/SevenRooms/Resy/Yelp booking and private-event lead capture.

Price: Core from $399/location/mo; Premium from $599/location/mo; Enterprise custom.

Sling

Shift scheduling and team messaging, free for up to 30 users, with paid time-tracking and labor-cost tools.

Price: Free up to 30 users; Premium $2/user/mo ($1.70 annual); Business $4/user/mo ($3.40 annual).

SoundHound for Restaurants

Smart Answering and Smart Ordering phone AI from SoundHound (owner of SYNQ3), used by chains like Chipotle and Jersey Mike's.

Price: Smart Answering self-service: $29.99/mo for first 200 calls, then $0.20/call (single-location offer). Smart…

Thanx

Guest engagement and loyalty platform for multi-unit brands, with AI segmentation and RecoveryAI for resolving flagged orders.

Price: Contact for pricing

Toast IQ

Toast's built-in AI assistant: answers sales/labor questions, updates menus and stock, drafts marketing campaigns, suggests upsells.

Price: Included with Toast POS at no additional cost (Toast IQ Grow marketing suite priced separately).

VOICEplug

Voice AI for phone, drive-thru, kiosk ordering and OpenTable reservations, with pizza-specific ordering (PizzaVOICE).

Price: Contact for pricing

WISK

Bar and kitchen inventory with Bluetooth scale, AI invoice processing, recipe costing and variance reporting.

Price: Single venue: Beverage $249/mo, Food $249/mo, F&B bundle $399/mo. Setup fee $750 ($1,250 bundle). 60-day mo…

Yelp Host

Yelp's AI phone host for table-service restaurants, pre-trained on your Yelp page; handles reservations, waitlist and takeout calls.

Price: From $249/mo (call limits apply); Plus $399/mo unlimited calls; discounts for Yelp Guest Manager customers;…