AI voice agent
AI phone answering for restaurants
Calso answers every call — bookings, menu questions, hours, dietaries, supplier check-ins — in your accent, with your tone. Missed calls become bookings instead of walk-aways.
Every missed call is a table you didn't fill.
The Calso solution
An AI voice agent that knows your restaurant end-to-end.
Calso picks up on the first ring. It has your menu, your opening hours, your dietary coverage, your booking system, your policies, and your voice. Every call gets handled — booked, answered, routed, or escalated — without a single staff member reaching for the phone during service.
Answers on the first ring, 24/7
No more 'we're closed' voicemails at 10pm when someone's booking for tomorrow. Calso picks up whenever the phone rings.
Takes bookings into your system
Takes the booking into the Calso dashboard and sends the confirmation SMS. It checks the covers and turn-times you have configured before confirming. It does not write into a third-party booking platform.
Knows the menu by heart
Dietary requirements, wine pairings, kid's menu, daily specials — Calso answers accurately because it reads your POS and menu updates live.
Speaks Australian, not American
Calso sounds local. It handles Aussie place names, accents, and venue quirks — and it can switch to your actual voice if you clone it.
Escalates the weird stuff
Group of 30? Complaint about last night? Press enquiry? Calso knows when to pass a call straight to you — with a full summary waiting.
Every call, searchable
Recordings, transcripts, outcomes, sentiment. See which nights get the most booking calls and which questions keep coming up.
How it works
Setup in under an hour. Running forever.
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Point your number at Calso
Either forward your existing landline/mobile or port the number. Takes under 15 minutes with most Australian carriers.
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Calso learns your venue
We pull in your menu, hours, policies, booking system and recent reviews. You review a short briefing and we're live.
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It answers every call
Bookings land in your system, questions get answered, and only the calls that need you get escalated — with transcripts and context.
Works with
Common questions
Does it actually sound like a real person?+
It uses ElevenLabs voice synthesis with Australian-English voices, so it does not sound like a robot reading a script. Judge it yourself rather than taking our word for it: ask for the demo number and ring it.
What happens for calls it can't handle?+
Calso escalates. It either transfers the call to you or takes a message with a full transcript, customer sentiment, and suggested reply. You never miss anything important.
Will it work with my current booking system?+
Not yet. Calso does not write into ResDiary, Now Book It, SevenRooms, OpenTable or a POS. Bookings it takes land in the Calso dashboard, and it sends the customer their confirmation SMS. If you need bookings written straight into your existing diary, tell us and we will say honestly whether we can help yet.
What about spam and robocalls?+
Calso blocks telemarketers, recognises survey robots, and auto-rejects silent calls. Legitimate callers only ever get through.
Is it expensive?+
Calso is one flat subscription — not per-minute or per-call. Most restaurants recover the cost from a single extra booking per week.
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