An AI booking agent that returned 860% and never missed a call
A steakhouse makes its money one table at a time, but the phone keeps ringing long after the floor gets busy, and every call that slips to voicemail is a booking lost to the restaurant down the street. Velorum's AI booking agent answers every one. It takes the reservation, confirms the details, and puts it straight on the book at any hour. In its first eight months it recovered thousands in covers the restaurant would have lost, and returned more than eight times what it costs to run.
- Client
- Deseado Steakhouse
- Service
- AI booking agent · answers and books 24/7
- Period
- Live since December 2025 · 8 months
860%
Return on what it costs
385
Covers recovered and seated
€15k+
Revenue back on the book
24/7
Every call answered
The same daily task, before and after
- Calls went unanswered once the floor got busy
- After-hours enquiries hit voicemail, and competitors
- Every missed call was a table booked somewhere else
- No record of how many reservations quietly slipped away
- Every call answered on the first ring, in the restaurant's own voice
- Bookings taken and confirmed around the clock, even after close
- Tables filled that would otherwise have walked
- Every reservation logged, nothing lost
Answers every call
It picks up instantly, day or night, so no enquiry ever reaches voicemail.
Takes the booking
It captures the date, party size and details in a natural conversation, the way a great host would.
Confirms & records
It puts the reservation straight on the book and confirms it back to the guest.
Fills the floor
It turns the calls the restaurant used to miss into covers on the night.
- Covers recovered
- Reservations the agent captured that would otherwise have walked
- Revenue back on the book
- Those covers at a typical spend per head
- What it costs to run
- Fully managed AI booking agent, answering every hour of every day
860%
For less than the cost of a part-time host, the agent booked every hour of every day and returned more than eight times what it costs to run. Thousands in covers that used to walk out the door, back on the book.
“The phone never goes unanswered now. Tables we used to lose after hours just show up on the book.”
Based on Deseado Steakhouse booking data across roughly eight months live. About 385 covers seated through the AI booking agent at an average party of four, valued at a typical spend per head against the monthly running cost. Actual revenue varies by spend per cover.