Lead generation for restaurants
- every private-dining DM, captured + booked
Lead generation for restaurants. AI captures private dining, large party, corporate event, NYE and Valentine's prix-fixe inquiries 24/7 across Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, your website widget, your Seekadu Business Page, and QR codes on the table. Qualifies headcount + dietary + budget per head, holds the private room, sends set-menu options + deposit link - writes to OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms with organiser notes and dietary flags. Toast / Square / Lavu POS-side loyalty loop opened for happy diners. Never makes pricing exceptions, never overrides the maître d' on minimums, always escalates MICE quotes to the events manager. Live in 15 minutes.
Casa Marina · Lisbon
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Private-dining Instagram DMs ghosted
Corporate organisers scroll chef-tasting reels at 19:43, DM 'private room for 25?', maître d' opens the inbox at 11:30 next morning - they've already DM'd 3 other venues
€1,500-€4,000 MICE covers walking away
Each lost private-dining DM = €1,500-€4,000 single-event revenue lost, and the recurring corporate account that would have compounded to €30k-€80k/yr
NYE + Valentine's surge drowns the inbox
Prix-fixe DMs hit 3-5x volume, half go unanswered, deposits walk to the venue across town that replied in 30 seconds. Maître d' arrives Monday to a panic
Walk-ins served, never asked back
Every covers-served diner is a future regular if you ask - but most restaurants never capture the WhatsApp opt-in at the table, and the 14-day comeback window closes silently
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What a new-cover acquisition day looks like with lead generation for restaurants on the line.
The same DMs arrive. The difference is what happens when a corporate organiser lands on your Instagram chef-tasting reel at 19:43 and your maître d' is on the floor.
Without Seekadu
IG private-dining DM → silence until Monday
"Need a venue for 25 people Dec 18 - corporate Christmas dinner". DM sits in the inbox. By Monday morning they've DM'd 3 other venues and booked across town.
Without Seekadu
IG private-dining DM → silence until Monday
"Need a venue for 25 people Dec 18 - corporate Christmas dinner". DM sits in the inbox. By Monday morning they've DM'd 3 other venues and booked across town.
With Seekadu
Captured + qualified + private room held
AI replies in 47s, qualifies €90/head + GF + vegan + projector, holds 25-person private room Dec 18, sends set-menu PDF + deposit link, writes IG-from-chef-tasting-reel as the source to OpenTable.
Without Seekadu
Corporate quarterly dinner mis-routed
WhatsApp DM about a chef's tasting for 18 people lands in the general inbox. Junior FOH books with the wrong tier, no events-manager review, organiser frustrated and cancels.
Without Seekadu
Corporate quarterly dinner mis-routed
WhatsApp DM about a chef's tasting for 18 people lands in the general inbox. Junior FOH books with the wrong tier, no events-manager review, organiser frustrated and cancels.
With Seekadu
Triaged to events manager with full notes
AI qualifies €160/head chef's tasting + 18 covers + veg + shellfish allergy, holds private mezzanine Wed Jan 14, routes to events manager Elena with notes pre-populated in SevenRooms.
Without Seekadu
NYE surge - 80 DMs, half unanswered
NYE prix-fixe DMs hit 3-5x volume Friday night. Maître d' on the floor, social-team offline. By Monday morning 40 DMs unread, deposits walked to the venue across town.
Without Seekadu
NYE surge - 80 DMs, half unanswered
NYE prix-fixe DMs hit 3-5x volume Friday night. Maître d' on the floor, social-team offline. By Monday morning 40 DMs unread, deposits walked to the venue across town.
With Seekadu
Surge routed + deposits captured
AI handles 80 DMs in real time, confirms 18:00 / 20:00 / 22:30 seatings, qualifies dietary, sends prix-fixe PDF + €100 deposit link, books straight to OpenTable. Maître d' opens Monday to a full sheet.
Without Seekadu
Walk-in served, never opted in
Table 8 finishes the seasonal tasting, raves about the duck, asks Tomás for the wine list - leaves. 14-day comeback window opens, but no WhatsApp opt-in was captured, so no comeback invitation goes out.
Without Seekadu
Walk-in served, never opted in
Table 8 finishes the seasonal tasting, raves about the duck, asks Tomás for the wine list - leaves. 14-day comeback window opens, but no WhatsApp opt-in was captured, so no comeback invitation goes out.
With Seekadu
QR-at-table opt-in + comeback booked
Diner scans QR for wine list, drops WhatsApp opt-in. 24h thank-you + 1-tap NPS captured. 14 days later, AI sends comeback invitation for chef's tasting Thu Jan 23 - diner books table 8.
Want this acquisition day for your restaurant?
What your lead generation for restaurants actually knows about your venue.
Plug into OpenTable, Resy, or SevenRooms (reservations + private-dining inventory + diner profiles) and Toast / Square / Lavu (POS + loyalty). Lead generation for restaurants reads your private-room inventory + minimums, set-menu tiers + pricing, dietary handling rules, events-manager routing, maître d' availability, table layout, and surge-night seating - and converts every diner DM across every channel into a booked, qualified, reservations-system-attributed cover. Never makes pricing exceptions, never overrides the maître d' on minimums, always escalates MICE quotes to the events manager.
Private-room inventory + minimums
Per-venue private-room capacity, set-menu minimums, deposit policy, exclusive-use windows, mezzanine + terrace + chef's-table seating mapped to availability.
Set-menu tiers + pricing
Three or four set-menu tiers per venue (€60 / €90 / €160 / chef's tasting €175+), drinks-pairing add-ons, BYO corkage rules, custom-menu escalation to chef.
Dietary + allergen handling
Gluten-free / vegan / pescatarian / shellfish-allergy / nut-allergy tagged per cover, kitchen pre-notified at booking, full-party dietary surfaces in SevenRooms before service.
Events-manager routing
MICE inquiries above headcount / budget tier route to the events manager (Elena) with full qualification notes pre-populated. Tentative private-room block held pending confirmation.
Lead source + per-channel ROI
Source-tagged inquiries (Instagram + reel name, WhatsApp, GBP-from-review, website, QR-at-table, referral), conversion funnel tracked end-to-end, per-channel new-cover LTV captured.
Seekadu AI
Trained
Private-room inventory
Per venue
Set-menu tiers + pricing
€60 / €90 / €160
Dietary handling rules
GF / vegan / allergens
Events-manager routing
MICE → Elena
Lead source + reel name
WA · IG · Web · Email
Surge-night seating
NYE / V-Day / MD
Languages
30+ auto-detect
GDPR DPA
On Pro · Scale · Custom
Every new-cover acquisition moment - automated.
From a 19:43 Instagram private-dining DM to a 23:15 Saturday walk-in QR opt-in - patient acquisition AI handles every acquisition moment, with the maître d' workflow + events-manager routing + reservations write-back baked in.
A 25-cover MICE DM at 19:43 - captured, qualified, private room held in 60 seconds.
A corporate event organiser scrolls a chef's-tasting reel on Instagram at 19:43, taps Message, asks 'do you have a private room for 25 people on Dec 18?'. Without lead generation for restaurants, that DM sits in the inbox until the maître d' opens it at 11:30 next morning - by then they've DM'd 3 other venues and the €1,500 set-menu cover is gone. With it, the AI replies in seconds, qualifies headcount + dietary + budget per head, holds the 25-person private room on the date, sends set-menu options (€60 / €90 / €160), writes the inquiry to OpenTable / Resy / SevenRooms as a MICE lead. €1,500 single-event revenue captured instead of lost - and the corporate account compounds.
- Captures private-dining + large-party DMs on Instagram + WhatsApp 24/7
- Qualifies headcount, date, dietary, budget per head, AV needs
- Holds the private room or large-party section on the maître d' schedule
- Sends set-menu options + deposit link in the same thread
- Writes the inquiry to OpenTable / Resy / SevenRooms with organiser notes + lead source
MICE lead captured · Private room held · €1,500 booked · OpenTable updated
Where does your lead generation for restaurants live?
How restaurant lead generation moves private-dining + MICE + walk-in-to-regular capture.
Outcome ranges modelled on our pilot restaurants and published industry benchmarks (OpenTable Industry Reports, SevenRooms Hospitality Benchmarks, Toast Restaurant Trends). Individual results vary.
Private-dining capture lift from Instagram + WhatsApp DM qualification vs phone + email-only handling
NYE / Valentine's / Mother's Day surge cover-fill lift from sub-5-minute prix-fixe DM routing
Walk-in-to-regular conversion lift from QR-at-table opt-in + 14-day comeback drip
€1.5-4k
Median MICE / private-dining single-event revenue per booked cover
100%
Lead-source attribution captured in chat (IG-reel, WhatsApp, GBP, QR-at-table)
<60s
Median first-DM to private-room-held time
8+ lang
Auto-detected from the organiser's first message
What restaurants on Seekadu typically see.
Illustrative profiles modelled on real outcome ranges across our pilot restaurants - names and exact figures composite, not individual diner quotes.
Sofia Almeida
Maître d', Casa Marina · 48 covers · Lisbon
Our chef's tasting reels were doing 60k views and generating 20+ private-dining DMs a week - but we picked them up the next morning, and by then the corporate organisers had DM'd 3 other venues. The AI now captures every private-dining DM in seconds, qualifies headcount + dietary + budget, holds the room, sends our set-menu PDF. Private-dining covers up 38% - that's €72k a year in MICE revenue we used to lose to silence.
+38%
Private-dining capture
Instagram-source leads
+€72k/yr
MICE revenue lift
post-launch
<60s
Median DM-to-booked time
100%
Lead-source attribution
captured in chat
Marco Ricci
Owner, Trattoria Verde · 72 covers · Milan
Multi-site catering inquiries used to be a phone game - organisers called, the line was busy, half the time they hung up. The AI handles MICE inbound across all 3 sites on WhatsApp + Instagram, qualifies headcount + budget tier + dietary, routes to the events manager with notes pre-populated in SevenRooms. Corporate-event covers up 42%, and every single one routes to the right site with full qualification.
+42%
Corporate-event capture
WhatsApp + IG sources
+€96k/yr
Catering revenue lift
post-launch
3 sites
Coordinated routing
events manager pipeline
0
MICE inquiries dropped
since launch
James Whitfield
Founder, The Heath · 36 covers · London
Fine-dining private events sit at £160-£280/head - but the inbound was hit-and-miss. The AI now captures every Instagram + GBP DM, qualifies budget tier, sends the chef's tasting set-menu PDF, books the private room on Resy. Corporate-event covers up 36%, and the events manager arrives Monday morning to a triaged pipeline, not a backlog.
+36%
Corporate-event capture lift
IG + GBP sources
+£82k/yr
Private-event revenue lift
post-launch
<5min
Surge-response latency
NYE + Valentine's
100%
Bookings routed to Resy
with organiser notes
Elena García
Director, Cocina del Pueblo · 90 covers · Barcelona
NYE + Valentine's used to drown us - 80 DMs in a weekend, half went unanswered, deposits walked. The AI handles the surge: confirms seating, qualifies dietary, sends the prix-fixe PDF + deposit link, books straight to OpenTable. NYE cover-fill +55%, Valentine's sold out 9 days earlier YoY. Maître d' opens Monday to a full sheet, not a panic.
+55%
NYE cover-fill lift
vs phone + email-only
9 days
Earlier Valentine's sellout
YoY
+€48k
Surge-night revenue lift
NYE + V-Day combined
0
Unanswered surge DMs
since launch
Pierre Lavigne
Owner, Le Bistro Pierre · 60 covers · Paris
Walk-ins are the most underrated lead-gen surface - every covers-served diner is a future regular if you ask. The AI handles the QR-at-table opt-in, the 24h thank-you + NPS, the 14-day comeback invitation. Walk-in-to-regular conversion up 32%. Every Tuesday-night set menu we run is half-full with returning walk-ins from the prior 90 days.
+32%
Walk-in-to-regular conversion
post-launch
50%
Tuesday set-menu fill
returning walk-ins
+€36k/yr
Repeat-cover revenue lift
walk-in-sourced
<24h
Post-visit NPS captured
via WhatsApp
Sofia Almeida
Maître d', Casa Marina · 48 covers · Lisbon
Our chef's tasting reels were doing 60k views and generating 20+ private-dining DMs a week - but we picked them up the next morning, and by then the corporate organisers had DM'd 3 other venues. The AI now captures every private-dining DM in seconds, qualifies headcount + dietary + budget, holds the room, sends our set-menu PDF. Private-dining covers up 38% - that's €72k a year in MICE revenue we used to lose to silence.
+38%
Private-dining capture
Instagram-source leads
+€72k/yr
MICE revenue lift
post-launch
<60s
Median DM-to-booked time
100%
Lead-source attribution
captured in chat
Marco Ricci
Owner, Trattoria Verde · 72 covers · Milan
Multi-site catering inquiries used to be a phone game - organisers called, the line was busy, half the time they hung up. The AI handles MICE inbound across all 3 sites on WhatsApp + Instagram, qualifies headcount + budget tier + dietary, routes to the events manager with notes pre-populated in SevenRooms. Corporate-event covers up 42%, and every single one routes to the right site with full qualification.
+42%
Corporate-event capture
WhatsApp + IG sources
+€96k/yr
Catering revenue lift
post-launch
3 sites
Coordinated routing
events manager pipeline
0
MICE inquiries dropped
since launch
James Whitfield
Founder, The Heath · 36 covers · London
Fine-dining private events sit at £160-£280/head - but the inbound was hit-and-miss. The AI now captures every Instagram + GBP DM, qualifies budget tier, sends the chef's tasting set-menu PDF, books the private room on Resy. Corporate-event covers up 36%, and the events manager arrives Monday morning to a triaged pipeline, not a backlog.
+36%
Corporate-event capture lift
IG + GBP sources
+£82k/yr
Private-event revenue lift
post-launch
<5min
Surge-response latency
NYE + Valentine's
100%
Bookings routed to Resy
with organiser notes
Elena García
Director, Cocina del Pueblo · 90 covers · Barcelona
NYE + Valentine's used to drown us - 80 DMs in a weekend, half went unanswered, deposits walked. The AI handles the surge: confirms seating, qualifies dietary, sends the prix-fixe PDF + deposit link, books straight to OpenTable. NYE cover-fill +55%, Valentine's sold out 9 days earlier YoY. Maître d' opens Monday to a full sheet, not a panic.
+55%
NYE cover-fill lift
vs phone + email-only
9 days
Earlier Valentine's sellout
YoY
+€48k
Surge-night revenue lift
NYE + V-Day combined
0
Unanswered surge DMs
since launch
Pierre Lavigne
Owner, Le Bistro Pierre · 60 covers · Paris
Walk-ins are the most underrated lead-gen surface - every covers-served diner is a future regular if you ask. The AI handles the QR-at-table opt-in, the 24h thank-you + NPS, the 14-day comeback invitation. Walk-in-to-regular conversion up 32%. Every Tuesday-night set menu we run is half-full with returning walk-ins from the prior 90 days.
+32%
Walk-in-to-regular conversion
post-launch
50%
Tuesday set-menu fill
returning walk-ins
+€36k/yr
Repeat-cover revenue lift
walk-in-sourced
<24h
Post-visit NPS captured
via WhatsApp
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For 30-80 cover indie restaurant operators losing Friday-night DMs to silence - Lead generation for restaurants. AI captures private dining, large party, corporate event, NYE and Valentine's prix-fixe inquiries 24/7 across Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, your website widget, your Seekadu Business Page, and QR codes on the table. Qualifies headcount + dietary + budget per head, holds the private room, sends set-menu options + deposit link - writes to OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms with organiser notes and dietary flags. Toast / Square / Lavu POS-side loyalty loop opened for happy diners. GDPR DPA on Pro and Enterprise plans. Never makes pricing exceptions, never overrides the maître d' on minimums, always escalates MICE quotes to the events manager. Live in 15 minutes.
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