SMS for restaurants

Slow Tuesday. Full by seven.

You already have the numbers: reservations, loyalty signups, the catering list. One text at 3pm turns a dead Tuesday into a decent one, and it costs about a penny per guest.

Try it for $5 See what you'd text ↓

✓ $5 first try · 100 texts · unlimited contacts · no auto-renew

§ 01 · The problem

The 3pm look at the book.

Twelve covers on a night you're staffed for sixty.

Every restaurant has the night. Tuesday, usually. Staff scheduled, kitchen prepped, dining room quiet. You post the special on Instagram and eighty people see it, most of them out of town.

The people who would come tonight are the ones who came last month. They're in your reservation system. A text at 3pm, "half-price wine tonight, reply to hold a table", reaches all of them at once.

Some will reply. That's tables you didn't have at 2:59.

97%
of texts are read within 3 minutes
CTIA · Pew Research
$0.011
is what it costs to text one customer
Carrier rate · per message
4.2s
to reach your whole list, once you hit send
Average blast time
§ 02 · What you'd text

Real messages. Ready to send.

Write it once, it goes to everyone. Replies come back to one inbox.

Slow night
Hey {first_name}, quiet night at the restaurant means half-price bottles tonight. Reply with a time + party size and we'll hold a table.
7:30 for 4 please
Sent at 3pm · tables held by 5
New menu
New fall menu drops Thursday. First 20 guests to reply MENU get a free dessert with dinner this week.
Sent to everyone · replies land in your inbox
Event
{first_name} — live jazz this Friday from 8. No cover. Reply if you want a table near the band.
Sent to everyone · replies land in your inbox

Every one of these takes under a minute to write and 4 seconds to send.

§ 03 · How restaurants use it

Three jobs. One text each.

No campaign builder. No funnels. Just the message and the people it goes to.

Fill nights

Tuesday special, sent at three.

The afternoon text is the highest-return message a restaurant can send. Your list, tonight's offer, tables held by reply.

Events

Trivia, jazz, wine dinners.

Events live or die on turnout. Text the list a week out and again the morning of. Replies tell you who's coming.

Catering

Holiday orders, opened early.

Text your catering and regulars list before Thanksgiving with the order deadline. The people who ordered last year order first.

§ 04 · How it works

Three steps. Five minutes.

If you can text a friend, you can do this.

01

Bring your customer list

Import the numbers you already have. Unlimited contacts on every plan, so the whole client book fits.

02

Write one message

Plain text, your words. Use {first_name} and it fills in each person's name automatically.

03

Hit send, read the replies

Everyone gets it in seconds. When they text back, it lands in your NotifyGrid inbox, not a shared phone.

§ 05 · Questions

Before you sign up.

The ones restaurants ask most.

Where do I get the phone numbers?

Reservations, online orders, the loyalty signup, catering inquiries. Anyone who gave you a number as a customer can be texted about your restaurant, and every message carries an opt-out.

How often should I text?

Once a week is plenty for most restaurants. A special, an event, a new menu. Guests who hear from you weekly with something real don't opt out.

Can guests reply to hold a table?

Yes. Replies come into your NotifyGrid inbox with the guest's name, so the host can work through them and confirm.

Fill the room. Text the list.

Tonight's special, everyone who's ever dined with you, one tap. $5 to try.

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