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BotAppetit — Restaurant Growth System

Your restaurant takes orders and books tables while you sleep.

BotAppetit turns WhatsApp into a revenue engine: customers browse your menu, order, and reserve tables in chat while you monitor sales, repeat visits, and campaign performance in one live dashboard. One connected system built on my MarTech, generative AI, measurement, and WhatsApp automation work.

Already driving impact in 4 restaurants across Australia and South Africa. View the sample app →

Your phone is the bottleneck

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Friday dinner rush: missed calls are missed orders, and every missed order feeds your competitor.

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Reservations live on paper or in someone's head — no-shows, double bookings, and no guest history.

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You can't say which dish or channel actually drives profit, so menu and marketing decisions are guesses.

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Customers expect to tap, not phone — but food-delivery apps take up to 30% of every order.

BotAppetit moves ordering onto WhatsApp — where your customers already are — and gives you the data behind every sale.

One system, four ways it grows your restaurant

Each pillar is a service I already deliver — BotAppetit is them working together to capture orders, increase repeat visits, and turn customer conversations into revenue.

How BotAppetit runs your floor

YOUR CUSTOMER'S VIEW

  1. 1. Says hi on WhatsApp — gets a warm welcome with menu, chat, and booking options.
  2. 2. Browses with pictures — categories, dish photos, prices in rand.
  3. 3. Orders or books in chat — quantities confirmed, VAT + delivery totals shown, reservation confirmed with booking ID.
  4. 4. Tracks everything — order status and upcoming reservations on demand.

YOUR VIEW

  1. 1. Live dashboard — today's orders and revenue, incoming WhatsApp orders, low-stock alerts.
  2. 2. Run the pass — update order status from pending to delivered; the customer is kept in the loop.
  3. 3. Know your regulars — every chat, order, and visit tied to one customer record.
  4. 4. Decide with data — top dishes, trends, and channel split drive menu and marketing calls.
WhatsApp → Supabase → Dashboard → Business Decisions

Built on serious infrastructure

No fragile no-code chain. Real application stack, self-hostable, no per-order commission.

WhatsApp Cloud API (pywa)
LangChain agent + free-tier LLMs
Supabase Postgres backbone
Next.js 14 dashboard + charts

Tested where it matters — in real restaurants

BotAppetit is already driving impact in 4 restaurants across Australia and South Africa: full menus with images, VAT-accurate ordering, table reservations respecting real opening hours, order tracking, and owner analytics — all running off one database per restaurant.

Open the live sample app → See my project work →

Built by a systems lead, not a bot hobbyist

BotAppetit is my MarTech, generative AI, and measurement practice packed into one restaurant system. My credentials are independently verifiable.

Check my qualifications →

Hungry for orders you don't have to answer the phone for?

Book a demo. I'll walk you through the customer chat and the owner dashboard on your own menu — and we'll map what BotAppetit would look like in your restaurant.

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