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SaltQuill Hospitality

RestaurantsCafésBakeriesHotelsSalons

Websites that fill your tables, rooms & chairs.

We design and build your website, then add the AI automation behind it: reservations, pre-orders, catering enquiries, confirmations and reminders that come straight to you, not through a marketplace.

  • Built phone-first
  • You own the guest list
  • Fixed fee, written scope
Warm restaurant dining room with terracotta booths, wooden tables and pendant lamps
Plated dishes of seared beef, salad and rice on a wooden table, seen from above
On the menu tonight
Barista pouring milk into a latte with a leaf of latte art
First pour, 7 am

Who we build for

Eight kinds of welcome, one studio.

Every hospitality business wins guests differently. We build the workflow that fits yours, not a generic template with a menu bolted on.

Bright café interior with plants, wire chairs and a chalkboard menu above the counterNo. 1

Restaurants & cafés

Answer every guest's three questions: what's on, are you open, can I get a table.

  • Live text menu, never a PDF
  • Table requests on a calendar
  • Tap-to-call and map on every page
Glass bakery counter stacked with croissants, rolls and baguettesNo. 2

Bakeries

Pre-orders for the cake, the tray and the weekend box, with pickup slots you control.

  • Order ahead with pickup windows
  • Cut-off times and daily limits
  • Custom cake enquiry with photos
Catering buffet of silver chafing dishes with salads and pastriesNo. 3

Caterers

A quote request that captures everything you need to price the job, the first time.

  • Guests, date, venue and dietary form
  • Package and tasting pages
  • Instant acknowledgement
Vintage food truck with outdoor seating under shady treesNo. 4

Food trucks

Show where you are today, and let people order before they reach the window.

  • Weekly schedule and today's stop
  • Mobile menu and pickup orders
  • Private-event enquiries
Wooden bar counter with stools, pendant lights and chalkboard drinks menusNo. 5

Bars

Nights, not just a drinks list: what's on, who's playing, how to book the back room.

  • Events calendar and happy hours
  • Group and booth reservations
  • Gift cards and mailing list
Boutique hotel room with a low wooden bed, warm lamps and a garden viewNo. 6

Small hotels & B&Bs

Let guests check dates and request a stay on your own site, so the relationship stays yours.

  • Room pages with date ranges
  • Guest accounts and history
  • Direct-booking offers
Event table set with linen, glassware, a candle and fresh flowersNo. 7

Event venues

Show the space properly and turn a browse into a site visit on your calendar.

  • Spaces, capacity and packages
  • Enquiries with date availability
  • Private dining and tours
Smiling stylist draping a cape over a client in a salon chairNo. 8

Salons & spas

Services, durations and stylists in one place, with appointments that fill the diary.

  • Service menu with durations
  • Book by stylist or therapist
  • Reminders that cut no-shows

Workflows

What a guest does, and what you get.

Four flows we build, shown as simplified samples. Names, times and items on every card are placeholders, replaced with yours.

i. Reservations

Tables, booths and private dining, booked on your own site.

Restaurants · bars · cafés · venues

A real calendar on your website. Guests choose a date, party size and time; you decide the slots, the limits and which bookings need a conversation first.

  1. Guest picks a time you've opened, on a phone, in three taps.
  2. Signs in with Google or books as a guest; returning guests are recognised.
  3. Larger parties and private dining route to a request form instead.
Automated: confirmation email at booking, a reminder before the visit, and tonight's list updated for the host stand.
Guests at a candlelit restaurant table with a plated main course and wine glasses
Friday, second sitting

ii. Menus & pre-orders

A menu that sells, and ordering that's yours.

Cafés · bakeries · food trucks · restaurants

Real text on the page, readable on a phone and indexable by Google, with order-ahead for pickup that comes straight to you, not through a marketplace that takes a cut.

  1. Menu by category with dietary tags, photos and sold-out toggles you flip yourself.
  2. Guests pick a pickup slot within your cut-off times and daily limits.
  3. Gift cards and seasonal specials sit on the same page.
Automated: the order lands with you, the guest gets a confirmation with their pickup time, and slots close when they're full.
Smiling barista in a mustard beanie holding a portafilter behind a café counter
Orders up for 8:30

iii. Catering & events

Enquiries that arrive ready to quote.

Caterers · venues · restaurants with private rooms

The difference between a lead and a conversation is a form that asks the right things. Ours captures the brief, acknowledges it instantly and puts it where your team will see it.

  1. A structured brief: event type, date, guest count, venue, dietary needs and budget range.
  2. Live chat on the site for quick questions, handed off to you.
  3. A tasting or site visit booked straight into a calendar slot.
AI-assisted: an instant acknowledgement to the client, and a draft reply in your voice waiting for you to check, edit and send.
Guests reaching across a long outdoor table of shared platters: skewers, melon with prosciutto, nuts and white wine
A private party

iv. Stays & appointments

Direct bookings for rooms and chairs.

Small hotels · B&Bs · salons · spas

Listing sites bring reach, but they usually take a commission on each booking and keep the guest relationship. A direct path on your own site keeps the booking, the margin and the contact details.

  1. A date-range or appointment calendar that matches how you actually schedule.
  2. Guest accounts store preferences and past visits for repeat bookings.
  3. Direct-booking offers you set, shown beside the form.
Automated: pre-arrival and appointment reminders, and a review request after the visit.
Boutique hotel room with a tufted sofa, red cushions, green curtains and a made bed
The garden room

What we build

Two main courses, and the sides that help.

Our core work is your website and the AI automation behind it. Booking, accounts, search, ads and analytics support those two, scoped to what your place actually needs.

Main course one

Website design & development

A fast, phone-first site designed around your food, rooms or services, with your photos, your wording and the booking flow your guests actually use.

  • Custom design, not a theme with your logo on it
  • Text menus, room and service pages search engines can read
  • Booking, ordering and enquiry flows built in
  • You own the site, the domain and the guest data

Main course two

AI automation for the busywork

The repetitive messages and admin that eat your evenings, handled automatically, with a person (you) in charge of anything that matters.

  • Answers to common questions from your own menu, hours and policies
  • Draft replies to enquiries, in your voice, for you to approve
  • Confirmations, reminders and review requests that send themselves
  • New enquiries routed to the right person, no copy-paste

À la carte

Also on the menu

Supporting services, added only where they help

Online booking Tables · rooms · chairs

Calendars with your slots, limits and buffers, or your existing tool embedded properly.

Guest accounts Google sign-in

Saved details and booking history, so regulars book again in seconds.

Google Business Profile Local search

Hours, menu, photos and booking links kept consistent with your site.

SEO & structured data Be found

Restaurant, menu, event and hotel markup on fast, crawlable pages.

Google & Meta ads Slow nights

Campaigns for covers, events and quiet midweeks, measured from click to booking.

Visitor insights Clarity

Recordings and heatmaps show where guests hesitate on your menu or booking form.

Review requests After the visit

A friendly ask after a stay or meal, and a place on your site to show what guests say.

Email confirmations Your wording

Booking and order emails with your name, address, time and a cancel link.

How it works

Four tickets, fired in order.

We work remotely and keep our engagements few. You get a straight answer on scope and fee before any work begins, and a person to call afterwards.

Ticket 0130 min

Listen

A 30-minute call about how guests find and book you today, and what costs you most: no-shows, commissions or missed calls.

Bring your questions
Ticket 02In writing

Scope & fee

Pages, workflows, integrations, timeline and a fixed fee, agreed up front before any work starts.

No surprises later
Ticket 03On your phone

Build & preview

A working preview early, with your menu, photos and wording, so your feedback shapes the result.

Taste as we go
Ticket 04And after

Launch & look after

Go-live checks, Google profile alignment, analytics and ongoing support after launch day.

Service, not a handoff

FAQ

Questions we hear first.

Hands kneading bread dough on a floured wooden table
Proofing
Customer at a bakery counter lined with breads and chalkboard menus
The morning queue
Two golden croissants dusted with flour on a dark slate
Out of the oven
Why not just use a marketplace or delivery app?
They bring reach, but usually charge a commission per order or booking and keep the guest's contact details. A direct path on your own site keeps both. Many businesses use both: marketplaces to be discovered, their own site to bring guests back.
Do you replace our existing reservation or POS system?
Not necessarily. We can build a booking calendar that runs on your site, or link and embed the tool you already use. We'll tell you honestly which is the better fit during the intro call.
What does the AI automation actually do?
It handles the repetitive parts: answering common questions from your own menu, hours and policies, drafting replies to enquiries for you to approve, and sending confirmations, reminders and follow-ups. Anything that matters, like a quote or a special request, stays with you.
Why not a PDF menu?
PDFs are slow and hard to read on a phone, and search engines read them poorly. A text menu loads fast, is easy to update and can carry dietary tags, sold-out states and an order button. We can keep a printable version too.
Can guests sign in and see their bookings?
Yes. Guests can sign in with Google or an email account, keep their details saved and see their bookings. Booking as a guest stays available if you prefer it.
How do emails and reminders work?
Booking and order confirmations are sent automatically, and reminders can go out ahead of the booking. You set the wording and timing with us at the scoping stage.
Will you also run our ads and Google profile?
We can. We set up Google and Meta campaigns and align your Google Business Profile with the site, or hand you a clean setup to run yourself. It's scoped separately so you only pay for what you need.
What does it cost?
A fixed fee, agreed in writing before work starts. It depends on the pages and workflows you need, so we quote after a 30-minute intro call.

Your table is ready

Let's set your next table.

Tell us what you serve and where bookings leak today. You'll get a considered reply within one business day, including an honest word if we're not the right fit.

Reservation

Your intro, held

PartyYou + one of us
Length30 minutes
WhereVideo call
BringYour booking flow
Book a 30-min intro