Sample demo by Praxis AI Solutions - "Example Grill & Catering" is a made-up business, built to show restaurant & catering owners what's possible.

A sample for restaurant & catering owners

Catering requests stop getting lost in voicemail and sticky notes

I built this example for restaurant and catering owners so you can see what I set up. Every name here is made up, and nothing on this page is live.

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  • Customers ballpark catering before they ever call
  • Every request arrives with date, headcount and menu
  • Every customer gets a review ask afterward
$399/mo
what a restaurant & catering business on Podium pays at list prices
Instant
ballpark price, with the math shown
You approve
every message before anything goes live
1

Ballpark your catering order

Customers get a ballpark price on the spot, with the math shown, and send the request when it fits their budget.

Pick a menu and enter your headcount to see a rough total before you reach out.

Ballpark
$0

    Example rates only, not real prices. Type your own rate and the math updates. The real version uses your prices and says "ballpark" until you've seen the job.

    2

    Request catering

    The request arrives with everything you need, any hour, while you keep working.

    Your event

    Tell us about your event and we'll get back to you to confirm the menu and details.

    3

    Reminder before the party, review ask after

    After each job, the customer gets one polite text with a direct link to leave a review. Everyone gets the same ask, with no filtering, which is what Google's rules require.

    Today this usually comes with: Podium · $399/mo compare
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    EGExample Grill & CateringText message

    The scene

    Dana ordered a BBQ buffet for her son's graduation party. She gets an automatic reminder the day before, adds dessert, and gets a review request the day after.

    What happens

    1. Automatic reminder the day before
    2. Owner sees the change right away On the owner's phoneDana, (641) 555-0142, replied to tomorrow's reminder: wants to add cookie bars. Tap to reply.
    3. Marcy confirms the add-on herself
    4. Every customer gets the same review ask
    5. Owner sees happy replies too On the owner's phoneDana, (641) 555-0142, replied to the review ask: says everyone loved the pulled pork and the cookie bars, and she left a review. Tap to reply.

    Why it matters: 83% of people who were asked to leave a review left one (BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2026). Source

    The money part

    What a restaurant & catering business often pays every month, and what it could keep

    These are the tools restaurant & catering owners most often pay a monthly bill for, at their published or reported prices. Tick the ones you pay for, pick your plan, or type your real bill. The math is yours to check.

    Podium
    Texting & reviewsPraxis replaces it

    Worth replacing if it's only used for review requests and texting.

    What Praxis builds instead: review-request texts after each job, two-way texting from your own number and missed-call text-back.

    Reported price, October 2026 · source 1

    $a month
    Owner.com
    WebsitePraxis replaces it

    Worth replacing if online ordering stays in your POS's ordering module.

    What Praxis builds instead: a phone-first website you own, with the quote or booking form built in.

    Reported price, October 2026 · source 2

    $a month
    Popmenu
    WebsitePraxis replaces it

    Worth replacing if online ordering stays in your POS's ordering module.

    What Praxis builds instead: a phone-first website you own, with the quote or booking form built in.

    Reported price, 2026-08 · source 3

    $a month
    BentoBox
    WebsitePraxis replaces it

    Worth replacing if online ordering stays in your POS's ordering module.

    What Praxis builds instead: a phone-first website you own, with the quote or booking form built in.

    Reported price, July 2026 · source 4

    $a month
    Slang.ai (AI phone answering)
    Answering servicePraxis replaces it

    What Praxis builds instead: missed-call text-back and an after-hours text that sorts emergencies from routine calls, so urgent calls still reach you.

    Reported price · source 5

    $a month
    Another bill
    Type your own

    What you pay now, and what you'd pay after (0 if Praxis replaces it, or the cheaper plan's price).

    $now, a month$after

    Software you'd keep (accounting, practice or shop records, payroll) isn't on this list: Praxis works alongside it, it doesn't replace it. Prices change; every one below links to where it came from.

    Where every price comes from (5 sources)
    1. Podium: as reported +GetOmnichannel Verdict · Podium 4.1 out of 5 Overall Score Best for Local service businesses, reviews-first Reported starting price ~$399/mo (... getomnichannel.com
    2. Owner.com: as reported As of July 2026, two plans: Flexible at $249/month plus a 5% restaurant fee per order, and Flat Rate at $499/month with no restaurant fees (recommende... restauranttools.ai
    3. Popmenu: as reported Popmenu: best for menu-driven marketing Pricing Popmenu's base plans cost $179 a month for Starter, $299 for Essentials, and $499 for Premier, wit... aiwebsitebuilder.com
    4. BentoBox: as reported Third-party estimates put website plans at roughly $119 a month and up, with takeout and delivery starting around $49 a month plus about $0.99 per ord... aiwebsitebuilder.com
    5. Slang.ai (AI phone answering): as reported Pricing starts at $399 a month per location on the Core plan and $599 on Premium, read from slang.ai/pricing on 5 August 2026. aitoolsbakery.com
    4

    What following up on every quote could be worth

    The other side of the money: the work that slips away today. Type in your own numbers.

    At these numbers
    $0
    a month in extra jobs won

    The starting numbers are examples for a typical restaurant & catering business, not yours. Type your own; nothing you type leaves this page. An audit of 2,241 US firms found the average business took 42 hours to answer a web lead (Harvard Business Review, "The Short Life of Online Sales Leads"). Source

    Who builds it

    One person you can call

    I'm Chris, and I run Praxis AI Solutions out of Mason City, Iowa. When something needs changing, you call or text me, not a support line. In the real version, customers price out their order on your site, send a complete catering request, and get a reminder before the event and a review ask the day after. You get a text when someone replies, so you only step in when a person is needed. You approve every price, menu, form question and text before anything goes live.

    (641) 530-2599
    • One price, in writing, before you pay a dime.
    • Nothing sends, posts or charges without your okay.
    • You own what I build. It keeps working even if we never talk again.
    • If I can't build it, there's no charge.

    In person around North Iowa; anywhere else over a screen share. Same price, same person.