Receva Eats. For South African restaurants
Stop losing the Friday rush to a missed call.
Receva answers your phone when your team can't. It takes bookings and takeaway orders, answers menu questions, catches after-hours messages, and sends them to your team instantly via WhatsApp or Telegram. Sounds South African. Switches to Afrikaans if the caller does. Built by a Bloubergstrand restaurant manager.
Hear it live
Call +27 87 250 3270 to test the bot directly.
SA accent. Real Col'Cacchio menu. Place a takeaway order or book a table.
What it handles
Every call your team can't pick up.
Takeaway orders captured and sent to your team
Knows the menu by heart and never quotes a wrong price. Gives a realistic collection time based on how busy the kitchen is. Sends the order to your team instantly, and texts the customer an SMS confirmation with their order reference. Your waiters punch it into your POS exactly like a walk-in. Direct POS write-back is on our roadmap.
Bookings, confirmed and reminded by SMS
Date, time, party size, special requests, all captured. The guest gets an instant SMS confirmation, then a reminder on the morning of their booking. Fewer no-shows, full tables.
Menu and hours questions
"Are you vegan friendly?" "What are your hours on Sunday?" "Do you have a kids menu?" Receva knows. Can save your team dozens of these calls a week.
Never loses a customer
If a caller drops mid-order, Receva calls them straight back. If they were just enquiring, it texts them a friendly "call us back" follow-up. And when someone needs a human, your manager gets an instant SMS with the customer's number to call.
English and Afrikaans, mid-call switch
Real SA accent, not American. If the caller starts in Afrikaans or switches halfway through, Receva keeps up. The way SA actually works.
Tuned to your menu, your way
Onboarding takes a week. Ruan tunes the bot to your menu, your specials, the way your regulars mispronounce your dishes. WhatsApp support, not a ticket queue.
Why now
Catch one extra booking a week and it has paid for itself.
Average dinner booking in Cape Town: R200 to R600 a head. Average takeaway order: R150 to R400.
One extra booking a week more than covers Receva. On a busy Friday, that could be several.
It runs at under R20/day in compute, you pay setup once, and the savings add up every weekend.
Pricing
Honest, not enterprise.
No tiers, no hidden fees. Pay the setup once, the monthly after.
Setup, once
R3,500
Menu loaded. Notifications wired to your team's WhatsApp or Telegram. Voice tuned. Hours and quirks set. Ruan does this himself.
Monthly
From R1,290/mo
on annual, billed monthly. Or R1,500/mo month-to-month, no lock-in.
Includes a block of call minutes (most restaurants use 100 to 300 in a busy month). Beyond your bundle, it's R12/min.
First 5 Cape Town restaurants get the first 30 days free while we refine for the SA market. After 30 days, only continue if it's saving you money. No lock-in.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is there a contract?
No lock-in. Month to month, cancel anytime on 30 days notice.
What if it does not know an answer?
It takes a message and sends it to your team on WhatsApp instantly, so nothing gets lost.
What if it gets an order wrong?
It reads the order back to the caller, never quotes a wrong price, and you get the full order to check.
How long does setup take?
We load your menu and hours and you are live in a few days. Setup is once.
Does it replace my staff?
No. It only answers the calls your team cannot get to, so you stop losing them.
What about POPIA?
POPIA-aware, with cross-border safeguards. Your call data is never sold.
Hear it. Then decide.
Two clicks: hear a real call, then book a 15 min chat with Ruan.
Built in Cape Town by a restaurant manager. POPIA-aware. Sub-processors disclosed, data never sold.