Golden Saffron
Live · answering calls across Australia

A concierge who
never sleeps,
never on hold.

A voice-first AI receptionist for Indian fine-dining restaurants. Speaks English plus seven Indian languages — Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati — and books straight into the table system you already use.

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The problem · 21:47 on a Friday

Missed calls. Phantom bookings.Staff who can't switch languages mid-sentence.

The Friday rush is when reservations decide your week. It's also when a server is balancing a tray, a chef is yelling for cilantro, and the phone rings in Telugu while the menu is in English. Nobody picks up. The caller drives somewhere else. You never see the booking that almost happened.

0%
Calls go unanswered after 8pm
A$0
Avg revenue lost per week, per outlet
0%
Callers don't redial after a miss

Source: Golden Saffron AU pilot · 4 outlets · 90-day rolling

The Concierge

Four things a hostess does well.
All four, at once, every call.

The concierge isn't a chatbot grafted onto a phone line. It's a purpose-built voice agent: telephony-grade audio, restaurant-specific reasoning, and a memory that doesn't forget the regulars between Saturdays.

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Multilingual without the headset

English plus seven Indian languages — Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati — and code-switching mid-sentence the way your guests actually speak.

The model is tuned for Indian fine-dining diction across the major AU diaspora languages. It hears 'do logon ke liye, around 8 ki', interprets it as 'table for two at 8pm', and confirms in the same register — same fluency in Tanglish, Punjabi, Malayalam, Bengali, or Gujarati.

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Never sleeps. Never on hold.

Sub-2-second answer. Concurrent calls. Friday-rush capacity that scales with the night, not your staff.

Twilio media-stream routing means the line is open the instant it rings. If two callers ring at once, two concierges answer. The fifth call doesn't even know there were four.

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Books straight into your system

EatApp, Resy, SuperMenu, or your in-house spreadsheet. The booking exists where your floor staff already looks.

Two-way sync. The concierge never books a table that's already taken. When a walk-in fills a slot, the calendar updates and the concierge knows before the next call.

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Recognises your regulars

'Mr. Raghavendra, the corner table by the window?' — by phone number, before the second ring.

Returning callers are matched on number. Their preferred table, last visit, dietary notes — surfaced to the concierge instantly. They feel known, because they are.

The Conversation · transcript_018.raw

A real call.
31 seconds.
Three languages.

This isn't a marketing reenactment. It's a redacted transcript from a Friday service at one of our pilot restaurants. Names anonymised, audio destroyed after 48 hours, structure left exactly as the model produced it.

Lang
EN · HI · HI/EN
Latency
~1.3s P50
Result
Booked · SMS · CRM updated
LiveREC · twilio_stream · id 018
    Hear it for yourself

    A demo is worth a thousand brochures.

    Pick up your phone and call. The AI answers and asks what you'd like — try a fictional booking at Saffron House to hear the receptionist, or get a quick product pitch and signup details from the AI sales rep. Around three minutes, no bookings saved.

    Tap to call the demo+61 3 4428 0058~3 minutes · pick demo or sales · no sign-up · no card
    Pricing

    14 days on the house. Pay only when it works.

    Every plan starts with a 14-day trial. No card, no call. Cancel anywhere in the dashboard.

    Sprout

    For single outlets testing voice AI

    A$0AUD/ month
    • 150 calls / mo
    • 1 phone number
    • English only
    • Basic call dashboard
    • Email support
    Overage: A$0.15 / call
    Start 14-day trial
    ★ Popular
    Bloom

    For busy restaurants ready to scale

    A$0AUD/ month
    • 500 calls / mo
    • 1 phone number
    • 8 languages: English + Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati
    • Booking sync (EatApp, Resy, in-house)
    • SMS confirmations
    • Returning-guest recognition
    • Priority support
    Overage: A$0.15 / call
    Start 14-day trial
    Enterprise

    For chains & restaurant groups

    Custom
    • Unlimited calls
    • Dedicated number pool
    • Multi-location tenant isolation
    • Custom voice cloning
    • White-label dashboard
    • Dedicated onboarding engineer
    Talk to founder
    ① 14-day free trial

    No card. Full features. Live in under an hour.

    ② Pay only for usage

    Per-call metering. Live dashboard. No surprises.

    ③ Cancel anytime

    Self-serve cancel. We'll port your number out.

    Prafful — founder
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    Prafful · founder
    The founder

    Built by one operator who actually picks up the phone.

    Golden Saffron is run hands-on. Every pilot restaurant has the founder's mobile. Every onboarding call is taken personally. Every change to the model is reviewed by someone who has, in fact, missed a booking on a Friday.

    Not ready tonight?

    A short note when a table opens up in your city.