AI receptionist for restaurants — Canada
When your team is in the rush — lunch or dinner — the phone can't always be answered. An AI receptionist for Canadian restaurants answers every call 24/7 or texts missed callers within seconds with your booking link — so reservations and inquiries don't go to voicemail or the next place.
Built for restaurants, cafes, and food service across Canada. Three plans: Essential $79 CAD, Growth $149 CAD, and Pro $299 CAD per month. Pay in CAD. Learn more: Sowa Answers.
The phone rings hardest exactly when you can't answer it
The lunch and dinner rush is when reservation and takeout calls peak — and it's the one moment nobody on the floor can stop to pick up. Your host is seating a four-top, the line is out the door, and the phone rings eight times and dies. That caller wanted a table for Friday or a takeout order for tonight, and now they're calling the place down the street. Sowa answers every one of those calls during service — takes the reservation details or the takeout request, texts back your booking link, and lets your team keep their hands and their attention on the guests in the room.
After-hours booking, when guests actually plan their night
People decide where to eat in the evening, on the weekend, and well after you've closed for the night. A reservation request that hits voicemail at 11pm is a table you may never fill. Sowa takes booking requests around the clock, captures party size, date, and contact details, and drops a clean summary in your inbox so your team can confirm in the morning. You wake up to a list of would-be reservations instead of a silent voicemail box.
Bilingual service that doesn't turn a guest away
In much of Canada — and right across Quebec — a guest may call in French. An English- only line or a confused greeting loses that booking on the spot. Sowa answers naturally in English or French, switching to the caller's language, so a Francophone guest gets the same warm, professional welcome as anyone else. For restaurants serving mixed or French-first neighbourhoods, that's reservations you would otherwise lose.
What you get
- 24/7 answering or missed-call SMS within seconds with your booking link.
- Reservation and takeout details captured cleanly during the rush.
- Bilingual EN/FR so French-speaking guests are welcomed, not turned away.
- TAKEOVER alerts so your team can step in when needed.
- Canadian numbers, pay in CAD, 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Run more than one location? See how we route high call volume, or explore the full product at Sowa Answers.
Pricing
Essential $79 CAD, Growth $149 CAD, Pro $299 CAD per month for AI Reception + Call Capture. Full pricing on the homepage.
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