Restaurant software for full-service restaurants
Sturgeon is the AI back office for full-service restaurants. It plans the seating, answers the phone, costs every plate, and matches every review to the table that wrote it, all from the POS, reservation, and invoice systems you already run.
Where the day goes wrong
The host stand at 5:45 on a Saturday
Reservations, walk-ins, a patio, and a VIP all want the same four tables. Seating decided by hand is decided under pressure, and sections drift out of balance by the second turn.
A phone that rings during service
Every call someone answers is a minute off the floor, and every call nobody answers may be a booking lost.
Food cost you learn about at month end
Vendor prices creep, portions drift, and waste goes unlogged. By the time the count is done, the month is over.
What Sturgeon does about it
- SeatingRestaurant seating, solved by a constraint solverThree seating plans every service from a constraint solver. Capacity and allergies are hard rules; your host picks the plan.
- Live floor & sectionsRestaurant server sections that assign themselvesEach table goes to the server already covering the tables around it, never past an even split, and one tap re-balances the floor.
- AI conciergeAn AI receptionist that answers your restaurant's phoneAva answers the phone and the reservations inbox, books the table when the book has one, and hands anything else to a person with the follow-up on a checklist.
- Review managementRestaurant review management that knows who wrote the reviewAnonymous Google, Yelp, and Tripadvisor reviews matched to the visit, the table, the check, and the server, with a reply drafted for your approval.
- Food cost & wasteRestaurant food cost you can trust: recipes, waste, and live inventoryRecipes costed from live invoice prices and inventory that deducts itself, so food cost is a daily number instead of a month-end surprise.
Worth reading
Questions
Does Sturgeon work with OpenTable, Resy, and SevenRooms?
Yes. Seating plans are built from the reservations in OpenTable, Resy, or SevenRooms plus walk-ins on the waiting list, and reviews are matched to visits using the same reservations and your POS checks.
Do I have to replace my POS to use Sturgeon?
No, not to start. The intelligence layer reads from the systems you already run, such as Toast, Square, or Clover, and unifies them into one live dashboard, so it replaces nothing. If you want to reduce subscriptions and services, the full stack offers replacements for those tools too. Upgrading also centralizes more of your data, which makes it more powerful and actionable, and you can upgrade whenever you're ready.
Which plan does a full-service restaurant need?
It depends on what you want Sturgeon to run. The Intelligence layer puts Stu, the Daily Flash, food cost, and review management over your existing tools. The Full stack adds the phone, the live floor, seating, the kitchen screen, checklists, and the books around the same data.
How long does it take to go live?
Under a week. You connect your systems on day one. History backfills and the models calibrate on day two. By day three, the AI consultant already knows your covers, costs, and guests.
Other kinds of restaurant
See your own numbers in Sturgeon in under a week, with your POS connected, your forecasts calibrated, and Stu answering. White-glove onboarding is included.
No credit card. No six-month contract. Your data stays yours.