For South African restaurants
Stop losing the Friday rush to a missed call.
Receva answers your phone when your team can't. Captures bookings, takeaway orders, menu questions, 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, never quotes a wrong price, and 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. Saves the manager 50 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
If a missed call is R500, this pays for itself in week one.
Average dinner booking in Cape Town: R200 to R600 a head. Average takeaway order: R150 to R400.
One extra booking caught per week pays for Receva. A busy Friday rush usually catches five.
It runs at under R20/day in compute. The setup is once. The savings compound 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 R1,500/mo
Includes 500 minutes of calls. Most restaurants use 100-300 in a busy month. Beyond 500, it's R5/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.
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 compliant. Data stays in SA.