HeyKoala Serve · Fine Dining·AI Nudging for Luxury Service

Every server,
your best server.
Every table,
the regular's table.

Serve · Fine Dining listens to the table, remembers the guest, and nudges your server in real time with wine pairings, dietary flags, SOP cues, and the right upsell at the right second. Your kitchen is already world-class. This makes the floor legendary.

25%
Upsell lift
in first 90 days
Faster new-hire ramp
vs. traditional training
The silent crisis on your floor

Table 4 gets a perfect wine pairing.
Table 7 gets a blank stare.

Your kitchen is consistent. Your floor isn't. A 5-year veteran closes ₹25K covers; a 2-month hire closes ₹12K. A VIP is unhappy with the pace, smiles politely, never returns, leaves a 3-star review. You find out on Tripadvisor. You cannot train your way out of it. Fine-dining turnover sits at 75% a year, and every new face starts from zero on the floor.

Service drift

Every server runs their own version of your SOP. Quality varies by shift, by mood, by who's on tonight.

Forgotten regulars

The Sharma family ate here last anniversary, loved the Napa Cab. Nobody on tonight's shift knows.

Missed upsells

Your best server lands 8 upsells a night. Your newest lands 1. That is ₹15,000 to ₹40,000 in margin walking out per shift, per server.

The shift

From supervising to nudging.

Traditional service relies on a captain hovering, a GM walking the floor, a checklist taped behind the bar. Serve · Fine Dining replaces hovering with whispering. The AI listens to the table, watches the cart, knows the guest's history, and surfaces the right card to the right server at the right second. No earpieces. No scripts. No micromanaging. Just better service, table after table.

Inside the product

This is what your server sees during a cover.

HeyKoala Serve · Fine Dining tablet view. Live table session with listening transcript, guest insights, AI suggestion cards for nudges, meal pairings and queries, and the current order panel.
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    Guest insights, live

    Repeat guest, allergies, wine preference, anniversary today. Every signal that shapes the service, surfaced the moment the table opens.

  2. 02

    Always listening

    Live transcription on. The AI follows the table conversation and turns cues into the right suggestion.

  3. 03

    AI suggestion cards

    Guest Nudge, Meal Suggestion, Answer Query. Swipeable, contextual, and grounded in this guest, not a script.

  4. 04

    Allergy guardrail

    "No nuts" sits in the insights bar. The AI checks every dish it suggests against the guest's profile before it reaches the server.

  5. 05

    Live order, running total

    Every item, the service charge, the estimated total. The server answers a pricing question without leaving the screen.

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    Quick add from menu

    Tap to add, with photos, mods, and prices. One screen from listening to firing the order.

Capabilities

Five things that change how you serve.

From the listening engine to the kitchen display. One system, end to end.

1 · Real-Time AI Nudge Engine

It listens. Then it whispers.

Active listening

Detects key phrases like "something light tonight" or "is the sea bass fresh?" and surfaces the right card.

Contextual pairing

Analyses the cart in real time. Suggests wines, sides, and courses that actually go together.

Preference recall

The moment the server selects the guest, last visit's order, dietary flags, and avg spend land on screen.

Dietary guardrails

Auto-flags allergens. Suggests alternatives before the order goes to fire.

2 · High-Efficiency Ordering

No more flipping between menu, notepad, and POS.

Dynamic mods

"Less salt", "no oil", "extra crispy" on tap, not on memory.

SOP progress tracker

Water → aperitif → appetizer → main, visualised. No course skipped, no beat missed.

One-tap fire to kitchen

Course-by-course or full table, with mods highlighted on the KDS.

Real-time subtotal

Pricing visible at the cart, so servers answer without leaving the screen.

3 · Guest Intelligence & History

"The usual?" Said with confidence, every visit.

Profile quick-view

Name, tags (VIP, vegan, anniversary), avg spend, last visit, all on the first screen.

Historical favourites

Most-ordered items pinned to the top so the server can suggest, not search.

Live sentiment

Subtle cues nudge the server when tone or pace suggests a table needs attention. Recovery starts before the complaint.

Anniversary & milestone tags

First visit, return, birthday. Surfaced automatically. Memorable moments don't depend on memory.

4 · Distraction-Free, Server-First UI

Designed to be glanced at, not stared at.

Floating nav dock

Menu, cart, guest profile. One thumb away.

Minimalist card stack

Suggestions swipe in and out. The floor stays the priority, not the screen.

High-contrast typography

Large touch targets. Operable with peripheral vision while the server maintains eye contact.

Haptic confirmation

Order fired, urgent nudge. Felt, not seen. The screen stays quiet.

5 · Backend, Kitchen & GM View

The same intelligence, the whole way through.

Live SOP sync

GM dashboard shows every table's status, every shift, in real time.

KDS mod alerts

"Less salt", "no oil", "well done". Highlighted in high-visibility colours so the kitchen never misses a note.

POS-native

Toast, Square, PetPooja, Restroworks, Rista, HyperPOS. Drops into your existing stack.

Full transcript audit

Every table, every conversation, searchable. GM training material writes itself.

Performance & Gamification

Points for SOP. Recognition for revenue.
A leaderboard for the team.

Every cover scores itself. SOP compliance, upsell conversion, guest sentiment, total sale. Servers earn points and badges automatically. The shift leaderboard goes up on the back-of-house screen. Top performers get visible recognition (and a share of the upsell margin if your comp plan allows). New hires see exactly where they stand, what to work on, and how the best server on the floor does it differently.

Score per cover

SOP %, upsell count, sentiment, and total. Calculated automatically the moment the table closes.

Shift leaderboard

Healthy, transparent competition. Posted on the BOH screen, visible in the app, updated live.

Coaching that writes itself

The GM sees who is improving and who needs a hand, with the transcript and score to back it up.

A cover, narrated

What an evening looks like with Serve · Fine Dining.

01

The Sharmas return

Server taps Table 1. Profile loads: repeat guests, here for their anniversary, loved the Napa Cab last visit, no shellfish.

02

Pre-session summary

"The Sharma family celebrated their anniversary here last year. They loved the Napa Cab and the Tiramisu." The server greets them by name.

03

AI listens

Live waveform begins. Guest insights populate: enjoying the ambience, likely to try something new.

04

Pairing surfaces

Truffle Mushroom Risotto with Pinot Noir card. The server suggests it, the table says yes.

05

Allergy guardrail

Shellfish flag fires the moment the server scrolls to the Seared Sea Bass. A safe alternative is suggested before fire.

06

Upsell lands

A dessert-wine card surfaces near the end of the main course. The server reads the room and pours a Pinot.

07

End of session

Score posted: SOP 96%, upsell value ₹450, sentiment positive. Points added. Shift leaderboard updated.

Outcomes

Results from properties like yours.

25%
Upsell lift
in first 90 days
60%
Fewer service-quality complaints
in reviews
Faster new-hire ramp
vs. traditional training
40%
Better SOP compliance
across shifts
Integrations

Drops into your existing fine-dining stack.

POS-native, KDS-ready, BYO-PMS. API-based. no hardware swap, no rip-and-replace.

PetPoojaRestroworksRistaToastSquareHyperPOSOracle MICROSFresh KDSWhatsAppTwilio
Who it's for

Built for the operators who care about the floor as much as the kitchen.

Independent fine-dining restaurant

One location, premium spend. Serve · Fine Dining stand-alone with white-glove onboarding.

Luxury hotel F&B program

Multiple restaurants, banquets, in-room dining. Bundled with the main HeyKoala platform for one source of truth.

Multi-unit fine-dining group

Consistent service across locations. GM dashboards per outlet, central performance view.

Groups with a flagship

Serve · Fine Dining for the flagship; HeyKoala Serve for the casual sister concepts.

Custom pricing

Make every table feel like the regular's table.

Serve · Fine Dining is a niche, premium product. It comes with white-glove onboarding, custom menu mapping, server training, and a dedicated success manager. Pricing scales with your covers and outlets. See it handle a live cover, from “good evening” to “see you next time.”

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