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Reservation Recovery Agent
Turn no-shows into covers

A no-show isn't a lost cover. It's $1,200–$3,000 gone every month.

For Restaurants on Resy · OpenTable · Tock

What Reservation Recovery Agent does

Reservation Recovery Agent cuts restaurant no-shows. It texts every guest to confirm at 24 and 3 hours out, refills canceled tables in seconds from a standby list it builds for you, and holds deposits on parties of six or more — so the covers you're owed actually walk in.

In New York, roughly one in five booked seats never shows — and by the time your host notices the empty chair, it's too late in service to fill it.

Plugs into

ResyOpenTableTockAny reservation book

Built for

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Reservation Recovery Agent

  • It confirms
  • It refills
  • It protects & reports honestly
~20%Of NYC reservations no-show
$1.2–3KRecovered per month, est.

Plugs into

  • Resy
  • OpenTable
  • Tock
  • Any reservation book

Where the money goes

Three leaks Reservation Recovery Agent closes

Leak No. 1

The no-show

A confirmed table holds prime real estate at peak — then nobody walks in. At a ~20% no-show rate, that's one seat in five you staffed, prepped, and turned away walk-ins to protect, sitting empty at 8pm.

$1,200–$3,000 / motypical loss, est.
Leak No. 2

The late cancel

A guest cancels at 6pm and the table just dies there. Your host is slammed on the floor, nobody works the waitlist, and a seat that could have turned twice sits dark for the rest of the night.

$40–$120 / tableper unfilled cancel, est.
Leak No. 3

The big-party gamble

A 6-top books for Saturday with no deposit on file. One no-show doesn't cost you a cover — it blows a whole section, and you had a waitlist you could have seated in its place.

$240+ per 6-topwalks with no hold, est.
~20%Of NYC reservations no-show
$1.2–3KRecovered per month, est.
96 secCancel → table refilled
100%Of covers reminded & tracked

Dollar and percentage figures are industry estimates for independent New York venues, or simulated demo results. Your real baseline gets measured on site during onboarding.

How it works

Three steps, no new software

01

It confirms.

A two-touch SMS at 24 hours and 3 hours out asks every guest to confirm or cancel — polite, on-brand, automatic. Intent surfaces while there's still time to act on it, on every single cover.

02

It refills.

The moment a table cancels, the agent works a standby list it built for you — Resy Notify, “we're full” callers, and turned-away walk-ins — and books the open seat in seconds. No waitlist? It grows one for you.

03

It protects & reports honestly.

Deposit holds on 6+ tops, a 7-day win-back on no-shows, and a weekly tally that splits recovered dollars from protected ones — holds are never counted as won until the guest sits.

Why AgentHood

Built for your room, not a chain

The big reservation platforms were built to fill their own networks, not to fight for your specific empty table on a Tuesday. We built this for independents — the rooms where one no-show six-top actually stings. Every seat recovered goes back on your books, and the math traces to a named guest.

— Jason PieroniFounder, AgentHood Operators

You approve every word

Nothing this agent says to a guest goes out without your tap. Sensitive moments route to your phone, your voice is set from your own menus and the way you actually talk, and you can turn any behaviour off in one message.

How we work →

Reservation Recovery Agent

Questions owners ask

Will the reminder texts annoy my guests?
Two touches, both useful, both easy to answer with one word. They're written in your voice and follow quiet hours. Guests broadly prefer a confirm text to arriving at a table that was given away.
Do I have to start charging deposits?
No. Deposit holds are optional and typically applied only to parties of six or more. Plenty of rooms run the confirm-and-refill loop alone and never take a card.
How do I know the recovered covers are real?
The weekly tally separates dollars recovered — a specific canceled seat that a specific standby guest then sat in — from dollars merely protected by a deposit hold. Holds are never counted as won until the guest actually sits.

Free discovery call

See Reservation Recovery Agent run against your own numbers

Start with a 15-minute discovery call. If it’s the right fit, we’ll run a working session at your venue during a slow shift, with the agent pointed at your actual operation.