Restaurants & Food

Stop missing table bookings.
Let Maraba take every call.

Your kitchen is busy. Your staff are serving. The phone rings and no one answers. Maraba handles reservations, menu questions, and opening hours — in Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, or English — so your team can focus on food.

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5
avg calls missed per service period
₦8K+
avg value of a missed group booking
4
languages handled — including code-switching
60s
WhatsApp summary after every call

Why restaurants lose customers to the phone

During lunch and dinner rush, answering the phone is the last thing your staff can do. But customers calling to book a table won't wait — they'll call the next restaurant on their list.

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Calls during peak service hours
From 12–2pm and 7–9pm, your team is at maximum capacity. Calls go to the counter that no one can leave. The customer hangs up after 5 rings and books somewhere else.
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Same questions answered all day
"What time do you open?" "Do you take reservations?" "Is the suya available today?" "How much for a table of 8?" Your staff repeat the same answers 30 times a day.
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After-hours reservation requests
Customers plan dinner events in the evening and weekend when your restaurant is closed or fully occupied. Without a night line, those reservation enquiries evaporate.
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Customers who prefer their language
In a multilingual city like Lagos, some callers feel more comfortable in Yoruba or Igbo. If your staff can't respond naturally, the caller feels unwelcome and disconnects.

How Maraba helps your restaurant

You configure your menu, hours, seating capacity, and reservation rules once. Maraba handles every enquiry from there — consistently, politely, in any language.

Sample call — Saturday evening booking

Customer: Hello, I'm looking to book a table for 6 people this Saturday at 7pm. Do you have space?

Maraba: Hello! We'd love to have you. Saturday at 7pm — let me check. We do have tables available for groups of 6 that evening. May I take your name and a contact number for the reservation?

Customer: Sure. Tunde Fashola, 0812 345 6789.

Maraba: Perfect, Tunde. I've noted your reservation request for 6 on Saturday at 7pm. The manager will confirm within the hour. Is there anything special — a celebration, dietary needs?

Customer: It's a birthday. No allergies.

Maraba: Wonderful — noted. We'll make it special. See you Saturday!

Features built for food businesses

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4 Nigerian languages
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and English. Mid-sentence code-switching handled naturally — no menu to press, no language selection needed.
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Menu and hours knowledge base
Configure your full menu, daily specials, opening hours, capacity, and reservation rules. Maraba only tells callers what you've entered — no guessing.
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WhatsApp reservation alerts
Every reservation request lands on WhatsApp within 60 seconds — caller name, party size, date, time, and special notes. Your team confirms without touching the dashboard.
Always-on — even when you're closed
Maraba takes reservation enquiries at 11pm on a Friday. Your manager gets the summary Saturday morning. The customer gets a callback. The table fills.
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Custom greeting and brand voice
Configure Maraba's greeting to match your restaurant's personality — formal fine dining or casual buka energy. Your brand, your tone.
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Call analytics dashboard
See peak call times, most common enquiry types, missed vs. answered calls, and caller sentiment trends. Data to make smarter staffing decisions.

"We used to lose at least 3 Saturday bookings every week because no one could answer the phone during service. Maraba pays for itself from the first weekend."

Operations Manager, Upscale Lagos Restaurant, Victoria Island

Your next Saturday booking is calling right now.

Maraba answers in under 2 seconds. Setup takes 10 minutes. Start capturing every reservation enquiry from today.

First 50 calls free — no credit card required

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