Restaurant Voice AI Companies
Voice AI Companies for Restaurants, Compared by Who They Fit
Nine restaurant AI phone agent providers, side by side: what each one focuses on, how it prices, which POS and booking systems it lists, and the kind of restaurant it genuinely suits best. Checked September 2026.
Overview
What Restaurant Voice AI Companies Means.
Voice AI companies for restaurants include Slang.ai, ConverseNow, SoundHound, Loman, Kea, Hostie, Popmenu, Goodcall and Voksha. Each restaurant AI phone agent suits a different operator: enterprise QSR voice ordering, reservation-led full service, POS-connected takeout, or flat-rate AI receptionists for independents. Compare focus, pricing model and integrations below.
- 9
- Vendors compared
- $14/mo
- Voksha entry price, 15 calls
- 200+
- Languages on Voksha
- 1M+
- Calls handled on Voksha
Vendors
Restaurant Voice AI Companies Compared.
Checked September 2026 against each vendor public website. Pricing is shown as published; "Quote-based" means no price is published. Integrations are the ones each vendor lists publicly, not a complete list. Voksha publishes this page and is one of the vendors listed, so verify every row on the linked source before shortlisting.
| Company | Focus | Pricing model | POS & booking integrations | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VokshaPurpose-built AI receptionistSource | Whole phone line: reservations, takeout orders, hours and wait times, catering leads, 200+ languages, unlimited simultaneous calls | Published flat rate: $14/mo (15 calls), $99/mo (150 calls), Enterprise from $990/mo; $1 per additional call | Toast, Square, Clover, OpenTable, Resy, Yelp Reservations (Enterprise plan) | Independent restaurants and small groups that want a low, published entry price; groups needing POS sync on Enterprise |
| Slang.aiRestaurant voice AI, reservation-ledSource | Reservation management, guest questions, SMS confirmations, VIP call handling, call recordings and summaries | As published: from $399/location/mo (Core), from $599/location/mo (Premium), Enterprise custom | OpenTable, SevenRooms, Yelp, Fishbowl (as listed on its pricing page) | Full-service restaurants and hospitality groups with reservation-heavy call volume |
| ConverseNowEnterprise QSR voice orderingSource | Branded voice AI ordering for phone and drive-thru at chain scale; published brands include Domino's, Wingstop and Denny's | Quote-based | Brink POS, NCR Aloha, PAR, Olo, Qu, Xpient, Fiserv, Focus, ItsaCheckmate (as listed) | QSR and franchise brands with high-volume phone and drive-thru ordering on enterprise POS |
| SoundHoundEnterprise voice AI (Smart Answering, Smart Ordering)Source | Phone ordering, drive-thru and kiosk voice AI plus employee assist; published brands include Chipotle, Five Guys and White Castle | Quote-based | Square (announced 2022); states it integrates with POS and menu systems, others by arrangement | Large restaurant chains and QSR franchises automating ordering across several channels |
| Loman AIRestaurant voice AI, ordering and reservationsSource | Call answering, takeout and delivery ordering, phone reservations and payment; Starter lists up to 50 concurrent calls | Quote-based (two tiers, no per-minute fees, as published) | Toast, Square, Clover, SpotOn, Shift4, Aloha by NCR, Olo, Stream, OpenTable, Resy (as listed) | Independents and multi-location operators who want phone orders and bookings written into their POS |
| KeaRestaurant voice AI, phone orderingSource | Phone ordering with payment, orders sent to POS and kitchen display, text ordering and analytics; published customers include multi-unit pizza groups | Quote-based (one flat price with unlimited calls, as published) | Toast, Square, Clover, Olo, among 11+ POS integrations it reports | Takeout and delivery heavy restaurants, including pizza and multi-unit groups |
| Hostie (formerly Maitre-D AI)Restaurant AI conciergeSource | Calls plus texts, email and other guest channels in the restaurant voice; reservations and takeout on higher tiers | Quote-based (Essential, Premium and Hospitality Plus tiers; prices not displayed) | OpenTable, Resy, Toast, SevenRooms, Tock, Square (as listed on its pricing page) | Independent full-service restaurants and hospitality groups that want phone and text handled together |
| Popmenu AI AnsweringRestaurant platform add-onSource | AI phone answering inside the Popmenu website, marketing and online ordering platform: questions, orders and reservations | Quote-based add-on (third-party reports vary) | Tied to the Popmenu platform; confirm POS and reservation support with Popmenu | Restaurants already running their website and online ordering on Popmenu |
| GoodcallGeneral-purpose AI phone agentSource | Cross-industry call answering, FAQs, lead capture and scheduling; not restaurant-specific | As published: $79, $129 or $249 per agent/mo, Enterprise custom; billed by unique callers | No restaurant POS listed; Google Sheets, calendars, CRMs and Zapier | Simple call answering and message capture where writing orders into a POS is not required |
Comparison
Voksha vs Category add-ons.
The differences that decide whether a reservation or an order actually gets captured.
| What you are comparing | Voksha (voice AI) | Category add-ons |
|---|---|---|
| What it answers | Reservations, takeout, hours, wait times, catering leads | Usually one of those, depending on the category |
| Where it writes | OpenTable, Resy, Toast, Square, Clover on Enterprise | Typically only the platform that sells it |
| Entry price | $14/month for 15 calls | Bundled into a platform fee or quoted per location |
| Setup effort | About five minutes, forward your number | Minutes for an add-on, weeks for an agent builder |
| Languages | 200+ detected automatically, no surcharge | Varies by vendor, often English and Spanish |
| If you change POS or booking platform | Reconnect the integration, keep the receptionist | The add-on leaves with the platform |
The Problem
What the Phone Line Costs You.
The calls a host stand and a voicemail box quietly lose.
The category confusion
A reservation add-on, a QSR voice ordering platform and a standalone AI receptionist all get described as "restaurant voice AI" while solving different problems.
The integration trap
A platform that only writes to one reservation system or one family of POS is useless if you run a different one, and you will not discover that until implementation.
The ordering gap
Some reservation-led tools do not take takeout orders, and some ordering tools do not book tables. Most restaurants need both on one line.
The vendor ranking problem
Published "best of" lists are usually written by one of the vendors on them. This page is too, which is why every row links to the public source it was checked against.
Why Voksha
How the AI Front Desk Handles It.
Voice AI built for restaurant phone lines, answering every call for a flat per-call price.
Restaurant Voice AI Companies by Voksha
Voksha answers your restaurant line in under a second, books tables, takes orders, and hands your team a clean summary of every call.
- Enterprise QSR voice ordering (ConverseNow, SoundHound) is built for high-volume chain and franchise ordering across phone and drive-thru, integrated with enterprise POS.
- Reservation-led restaurant voice AI (Slang.ai, Hostie) focuses on bookings, guest questions and hospitality groups, connected to reservation platforms.
- POS-connected phone ordering (Loman, Kea) focuses on takeout and delivery orders written straight into Toast, Square, Clover and similar systems.
- General-purpose AI phone agents (Goodcall) and platform add-ons (Popmenu AI Answering) cover common questions and call answering, with less restaurant-specific depth or tied to one platform.
- Purpose-built AI receptionists such as Voksha answer the whole line, reservations, takeout, hours and catering, with published per-call pricing from $14 per month.
How It Works in Service.
You run a QSR franchise brand
Enterprise voice ordering vendors with drive-thru and enterprise POS integrations are the natural shortlist.
You are reservation-led
Reservation-focused restaurant voice AI that writes to your booking platform is the shortest path.
You live on takeout
POS-connected phone ordering keeps tickets flowing into the kitchen. Check which POS each vendor lists.
You are an independent losing every kind of call
A purpose-built AI receptionist covers reservations, orders, questions and leads on one number from a low, published price.
The main voice AI companies for restaurant phone calls, checked September 2026, include ConverseNow and SoundHound for enterprise QSR ordering, Slang.ai and Hostie for reservation-led restaurants, Loman and Kea for POS-connected phone ordering, Popmenu AI Answering as a platform add-on, Goodcall as a general-purpose agent, and Voksha as a flat-rate AI receptionist from $14 per month.
It depends on the calls you lose. Enterprise QSR brands usually shortlist ConverseNow or SoundHound. Reservation-led restaurants look at Slang.ai or Hostie. Takeout-heavy operators compare Loman and Kea for POS ordering. Independents losing every kind of call, reservations, orders and questions, can start with a purpose-built AI receptionist such as Voksha at $14 per month.
Franchise systems on enterprise POS such as Brink, PAR or NCR Aloha are the core market for ConverseNow and SoundHound, which publish large QSR brands as customers. Franchisees and smaller groups on Toast, Square or Clover can compare Loman, Kea, Hostie, Slang.ai enterprise tiers and Voksha Enterprise, from $990 per month with per-location configuration.
Check simultaneous call capacity and how billing scales. Voksha and Kea advertise unlimited simultaneous calls, and Loman lists up to 50 concurrent calls on its Starter tier. At very high volume, flat or per-location pricing can cost less than per-call billing, so model your monthly calls: Voksha charges $1 per call beyond your plan.
Look for per-location menus, hours and routing, central reporting and support for the POS each site runs. Slang.ai and Hostie offer enterprise or group tiers, Loman and Kea publish multi-location customers, and Voksha Enterprise covers per-location configuration and POS sync from $990 per month. Enterprise QSR vendors suit brands with dozens of locations or more.
Independents usually weigh price and setup effort most. Voksha publishes the lowest entry price in this comparison at $14 per month for 15 calls. Slang.ai publishes plans from $399 per location. Loman, Kea and Hostie also serve independents but price by quote, and Goodcall starts at $79 per agent without restaurant POS integrations.
OpenTable describes its voice AI offering as integrations with more than 20 third-party voice AI partners, available to Core and Pro customers, as published in 2026. Several vendors in this table, including Slang.ai, Loman, Hostie and Voksha, list OpenTable integrations. Confirm the current partner list with OpenTable.
As published in September 2026: Voksha is $14 per month for 15 calls, $99 for 150 calls and $1 per additional call, with Enterprise from $990 per month. Slang.ai starts at $399 per location per month. Goodcall starts at $79 per agent. ConverseNow, SoundHound, Loman, Kea, Hostie and Popmenu AI Answering are quote-based.
Check who published it. Most are written by a vendor that appears on them, including this one, so the ordering reflects authorship rather than fit. The useful part is the feature, pricing and integration comparison, and each row here links to the public page it was checked against. Verify before shortlisting.
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