Does the CRM integrate with Toast or Square?

Yes. The CRM connects to Toast and Square to pull guest history, ticket-level data, and visit frequency, which lets you segment by spend, recency, and visit count rather than guessing. This is what makes a restaurant CRM actually useful: knowing that a guest has visited four times in the last quarter and always orders the tasting menu lets you send a relevant invitation to a wine dinner rather than a generic blast. The integration is configured at onboarding and stays in sync automatically, so the marketing team does not need to export and import CSVs.

What loyalty features are included?

Loyalty is handled through visit-based and spend-based campaigns rather than a heavyweight points program that requires staff training and a separate app. The CRM can automatically reward guests after a set number of visits, send a birthday offer, re-engage guests who have not visited in sixty or ninety days, and surface VIP guests to the host stand before they arrive. For restaurants that already run a points-based loyalty program through Toast or Square, the CRM layers on top rather than competing with it, so the underlying loyalty mechanic stays where the POS already supports it.

Can I run email and SMS campaigns from the same tool?

Yes. Email and SMS live in the same interface so a single campaign can sequence a message across both channels and respect quiet hours, opt-out preferences, and applicable regulations. SMS in particular is governed by carrier and regulatory rules around consent, content, and frequency, and the platform handles compliance plumbing including opt-in capture, unsubscribe handling, and quiet-hours enforcement. The team also reviews promotional copy to keep messages within carrier guidelines, which protects deliverability across the entire guest base rather than risking a single bad blast triggering filtering.

How does this compare to a standalone tool like Mailchimp or a restaurant-specific platform?

Compared to Mailchimp, the CRM is preconfigured for restaurant workflows like reservation reminders, post-visit review requests, and visit-based segmentation, rather than requiring you to engineer those flows yourself. Compared to a restaurant-specific platform like Popmenu or Marqii, the CRM is bundled with the rest of the growth engine, so guest data, reservation behavior, and reputation signals operate as one connected system. The trade-off versus a generic tool is less template tinkering; the trade-off versus a single-purpose restaurant platform is fewer subscriptions to manage and one unified dashboard.

How long does it take to launch the CRM and start sending campaigns?

Most restaurants are sending their first segmented campaign within two to three weeks of kickoff. The first week handles POS integration and historical guest data import. The second week sets up the core automated flows: reservation reminders, post-visit review requests, win-back campaigns, and birthday offers. The third week is for the first ownership-approved promotional send, typically tied to an upcoming menu change, a holiday, or a private events push. From that point forward, the CRM runs continuously in the background and surfaces the audiences and campaigns most likely to drive incremental covers each month.

Restaurant CRM Built on Your POS

Restaurant CRM & Loyalty That Syncs With Toast and Square

Automated review requests after every check. Birthday and win-back flows. Reservation reminders that sync OpenTable and Resy. Powered by your existing POS — no new tablet on the host stand. quality-focused growth plan.

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Toast, Square, Clover, TouchBistro

OpenTable + Resy sync

One unified guest profile

Built On The POS You Already Use

We integrate, we don't replace. No rip-and-replace of your front-of-house workflow.

Toast

Order completion → review ask, loyalty enrollment, repeat-guest detection.

Square for Restaurants

Check close events trigger SMS, birthday capture from loyalty profile.

Clover

Sync menu changes, loyalty point accrual, post-visit follow-up.

TouchBistro

Reservation + check data flows to guest profiles; win-back automation.

Resy

Reservation confirmations, reminders, and post-meal review requests synced.

OpenTable

No-show flags, repeat-guest tags, dining preference history pulled in.

Six Automations That Pay For Themselves In Month One

Each of these earns back the entire monthly fee with the first 4-6 incremental covers.

Automated Review Requests After Toast Order Completion

When the check closes in Toast, a one-tap Google review SMS goes out 30 minutes later — the moment the meal is still the freshest thing in the guest's head. Hits review velocity (8-12/month) without server prompting.

Birthday Automation From Loyalty Data

Pull birthdays from Toast Loyalty, Square Loyalty, or your own list. Two weeks before the date, an SMS goes out with a comp dessert or free entrée for the guest plus 3 friends. Average party size: 4. Average check: 6× the comp cost.

Win-Back Campaigns for 60-Day Lapsed Guests

Guests who used to come twice a month and haven't been in 60 days get a personal-sounding SMS from the owner with a small comeback offer. Recovers 18-30% on average.

Reservation Reminders Synced With OpenTable / Resy

24-hour and 2-hour reminder SMS based on actual booking data from your reservation platform. Reduces no-shows by 25-40% without bothering the host stand.

Two-Way SMS Guest Conversations

Guests reply 'running 15 late' or 'can we add 2 more' and a human at the restaurant gets it on the floor tablet. The CRM logs the conversation against the guest profile.

Unified Guest Profile Across Channels

Toast order history + OpenTable reservations + Yelp / Google reviews + email signups all roll up into one profile. The host sees 'visited 12 times, ordered the lamb shank thrice, last review was 5 stars' on the floor tablet.

How Data Flows — POS To Profile To Automation

Plain, boring data plumbing. The interesting part is what happens on top.

POS Webhooks Fire on Every Check Close

Toast / Square / Clover send a webhook on each completed order with check total, items, server, table, and guest identifier (phone, loyalty ID, or card token).

Guest Profile Is Created or Updated

First-time guest? New profile created. Returning? Visit count, lifetime value, and order history updated automatically.

Automations Trigger on the Right Signals

Review ask SMS at 30 min post-check. Birthday flow at 14 days out. Win-back at 60 days dormant. Re-engagement at 90 days. All editable in plain English.

Reservation Platforms Stay in Sync

OpenTable, Resy, and Tock bookings flow into the same profile. The host sees the full picture — POS history plus tonight's reservation — on one screen.

Why The Review Loop Matters

Every Automated Review Becomes AI Overview Fuel

When AI Overviews answer "best brunch near me," they summarize Google reviews. Reviews that name dishes ("the duck confit hash is unreal") get pulled directly into the answer. The CRM's automated, dish-specific review asks are the cheapest way to feed that pipeline at scale.

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Frequently asked questions

The CRM is included in the growth engine subscription rather than billed as a separate seat-based SaaS. There are no per-contact fees as your guest database grows from a few thousand records to fifty thousand, and no per-message charges for the email and SMS sent through the platform. The subscription tier is based on the size of your operation, so a single neighborhood spot pays less than a multi-location group, but the CRM itself is not metered. This matters for restaurants because guest databases compound quickly once review requests, reservations, and loyalty signups are all flowing into one place.

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