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Skaala picks up your line with your greeting, day or night.
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Skaala for restaurants
Every table booked.Every guest remembered.
Skaala answers calls on a local number, takes reservations, manages waitlists, handles deposits, and keeps guest follow-up moving 24/7.
- Answers the phone 24/7 on a local number
- Books tables, takes deposits, and sends confirmations
- Updates your CRM with guest notes and follow-up tasks
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The short answer
A restaurant reservation system that actually answers the phone.
Most table booking systems wait for guests to find a screen. Skaala answers your phone on a local number, books the table, runs the waitlist, takes the deposit, and answers menu and allergy questions. The reservations you miss during service stop walking to the restaurant next door.
What happens when a guest calls
From a ringing phone to a booked table.
Skaala handles the whole reservation call while your team works the floor.
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Ask
Captures party size, date, time, occasion, and any allergies.
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Decide
Checks the floor, books the table, or offers a time or the waitlist.
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Act
Sends an SMS confirmation and, when you require it, takes a deposit.
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Summarize
Your team gets the booking, the dietary notes, and the context.
Call answered
mid-service, Friday 19:42
- English
- Svenska
- Deutsch
- Français
- Español
- + 65 more
On every call
Everything your host does on the phone, handled.
Bookings, waitlist, deposits, and the questions guests always ask.
Table Reservations
The AI takes table reservations by phone considering table size, special requests, and peak hours.
Menu Inquiries
Answers questions about the menu, allergens, and dietary requirements — always up-to-date with the latest information.
Event Bookings
Handles inquiries for private dinners, corporate events, and group reservations automatically.
Multi-Location Support
Running multiple restaurants? One AI handles them all — with unique menus and hours per location.
In your guest's language, on your number
Skaala answers in 70+ languages on your own local number. Tourists, regulars, and last-minute tables all get a fluent host, even when the room is full.
Not just a phone agent
The booking lands in your own floor plan.
Skaala isn't a phone layer bolted onto someone else's reservation system. The Business plan includes the whole book: a live floor plan, deposits on the call, a waitlist that refills cancelled tables, and table combinations for larger parties. The call and the book finally live in one place.
Booked by the AI during a Saturday rush — deposit taken, allergy noted, SMS sent.
Tonight's floor
- Waitlist refills cancelled tables
- Combines tables for larger parties
- Timeline of tonight's seatings
Booked
Saturday 7:00 PM
- Guest
- Sarah Mitchell
- Party
- 4 guests
- Table
- Table 7 · window
- Notes
- Nut allergy · anniversary
- Deposit
- Paid · $25
- SMS confirmation sent
- On the floor plan · waitlist updated
Where the call ends up
This is what an answered call becomes.
Sarah called during the Saturday rush. Skaala answered, took the deposit, and noted the anniversary. Table 7 by the window stood ready.
Table 7 · window
Booked by the AI · Saturday 7:00 PM
The timeline
Tonight's service at a glance.
Every booking the AI takes lands straight on the timeline — seated parties, upcoming tables, cancellations, and no-shows, table by table.
Do the math
One system instead of two.
To get an answered phone and a booking system today, a restaurant runs two subscriptions from two vendors. Skaala is both halves in one.
The usual stack
Reservation platform
Annual contract — per-cover fees on your busiest nights
$149–499/mo + $1–1.50 per seated cover
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Voice-AI add-on
Separate vendor, separate dashboard — English-first
$199–599/mo
With Skaala
Skaala Business
$149/mo
Flat. AI receptionist plans from $29/mo.
- Answers every call 24/7 — 70+ languages
- Books into your own floor plan
- Deposits and waitlist auto-fill
- Guest book and CRM included
- Zero per-cover fees
- No annual contract
And the guest book stays yours — names, allergies, and visit history live in your own CRM, so a regular never costs you a commission again.
Competitor figures are public list prices, June 2026.
Compare the systems
Restaurant booking systems — who answers the phone?
Skaala is the only restaurant booking system that also answers the phone. The AI takes the call 24/7 in 70+ languages, books the table into your own floor plan, and sends an SMS confirmation — no per-cover fees.
| System | Price per month | Per-cover fee | Answers the phone? |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkaalaAI receptionist + table booking in one | $149 Business · AI from $29 | None | Yes — AI, 24/7, 70+ languages |
| OpenTablemarketplace, annual contract | $149–499 | $1–1.50 per seated cover | No — third-party voice AI, Core/Pro only |
| ResyAmex-owned, demo-gated | $249–399 | None | No |
| easyTableDanish booking widget | €53–67 | 1.6% on prepayments | No |
Full comparisons:Skaala vs easyTable
Prices from each vendor's public pricing page, verified 9–10 June 2026. OpenTable gates voice-AI partners to Core/Pro plans — an answered phone there means a second vendor at $199–599/mo on top.
The honest part
Will the AI get my bookings wrong?
Skaala handles the predictable work reliably: opening hours, simple bookings, allergy and menu questions, after-hours calls. When a call is unusual, or a guest asks for a person, it hands off to your team with the context already captured. You approve the menu, the pricing, and the rules it works from.
- Hands off to a human
- Capacity-aware
- Answers only what you approve
Real calls, handled during service.
The calls that come in when nobody can reach the phone.
- Friday 19:38James M.
Table for 6, anniversary dinner Saturday 20:00
Skaala — Skaala checked availability, booked window booth, noted occasion
Booking saved · SMS confirmation · server briefed at handover
- Sunday 15:12Priya P.
Vegetarian options, gluten-free, party of 4
Skaala — Skaala answered from your dietary policy, booked Tuesday 19:30
Booking saved · kitchen note added · dietary tags in CRM
- Wednesday 22:50Tom C.
Cancel tonight's table, request rebook for next Friday
Skaala — Skaala released slot, scheduled callback for new booking
Table freed for walk-ins · callback task on tomorrow's list
- Thursday 11:30Hannah R.
Private dining room for 12, corporate dinner
Skaala — Skaala captured budget + timing, transferred to manager
Pre-call summary delivered · manager called back at 14:00
Pricing, in the open
Flat monthly price. No per-cover commission.
Booking networks charge per cover and the cost compounds on your busiest nights. Skaala is a flat monthly price with your own local number, a 7-day free trial, and no commission on a single reservation.
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Restaurant booking questions, answered.
What owners ask before they forward the line.
Skaala is the reservation system and the phone host in one: the AI answers every call 24/7, books the table into your own floor plan, handles special requests, takes deposits when your policy requires it, and fills cancelled tables from the waitlist. Platforms like OpenTable and Resy are strong on web bookings but don't answer your phone — that requires a separate voice-AI vendor at $199–599/month on top.
Keep going
Everything else your restaurant can hand to Skaala.
Stop missing reservations tonight.
The phone, the floor plan, the deposits, and the guest book — it's all included, one free trial away.
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