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"Where should we eat tonight?" now gets answered by AI.

Ask ChatGPT for the best Cuban sandwich in Coral Gables or a quiet spot for a business lunch, and it names a few places. We make yours one of those names. Then we make sure the call during the rush, the catering request, and the guest who left a review all get an answer.

Aday Interactive, Inc. is a Coral Gables AI systems firm. We help independent restaurants, cafes, small restaurant groups, and caterers get named by AI engines when guests ask where to eat, and we answer every reservation, catering, and review in English and Spanish.

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The new first impression

Guests ask AI before they eat.

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers now hand guests a short list of names, and they cite the sources they trust. We build so your restaurant is one they can find, trust, and cite by name.

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Why this matters right now

Most restaurants do not have a food problem. They have a findability and follow-up problem. Three gaps sit underneath it: AI cannot read the menu, reviews go quiet, and the phone rings when everyone is busy.

  1. 01AI cannot read your menu
  2. 02Your reviews have gone quiet
  3. 03The phone rings during service
PDF menu

AI cannot read your menu

Guests ask AI by dish, diet, and occasion: "gluten-free pasta near me," "best ropa vieja in Miami." Engines answer from menus they can read. A menu that lives in a PDF or a photo is hard for them to use, so they name someone else.

Reviews

Your reviews have gone quiet

Engines and guests both look at how recent your reviews are and whether you reply. A 4.7 with nothing new in two months and unanswered complaints loses to a 4.5 that looks busy.

The rush

The phone rings during service

Friday at 7:30 is when the phone rings most and when no one can pick up. Catering and private dining requests, your biggest checks, wait until the next morning, and by then the planner booked someone else.

Run the check. Count last Friday's missed calls. Then ask ChatGPT for the best restaurant like yours in your neighborhood, and see whose name comes back.

Free estimate · your numbers only

What are the calls and requests that never book worth to your restaurant?

For value, use your average check for the whole table or order, or your average catering order. Pick your main service, then move the sliders to your own numbers.

Your main service

Each choice loads starting values for that kind of work. They are rough examples, not industry data.

Today

Booking or ordering today
100 a month · 1,200 a year
Not booking
100 a month · 1,200 a year

Estimate · if your rate rose

from 50% to 55%

+$14,400 a year

about +$1,200 a month in estimated new orders

Estimated value of all requests that did not convert, 12 months
$144,000

100 a month × 12 months × $120

This is an estimate, not a prediction. Not every one of these is winnable, and we will not tell you what your rate will become. Nobody honestly can. Based only on the numbers you enter. Not a projection, benchmark, or guarantee of results. Nothing you enter is sent to us.

How to read this estimate. It multiplies the numbers you enter, nothing more. It does not count costs, refunds or unpaid bills, seasonal swings, or how much new work your team can take on. The starting values are rough examples, not industry data or results from any firm. This is not legal, financial, or tax advice, and Aday Interactive, Inc. does not promise any result.

The catering and private dining pipeline we build for restaurants

Inquiry Answered Menu and quote sent Deposit paid Event served Review asked
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Start with the free Restaurants guide

A complete, plain-language guide to a menu AI can read, every rush-hour call and catering request answered, and honest reviews that keep your name in the answer. Yours to keep, instantly.

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The Restaurants Growth Playbook

Fifteen one-page plays on a menu AI can read, every rush-hour call and catering request answered, honest reviews, and regulars who come back. Every play names the rule that applies and gives you three things to do on Monday.

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How Aday Interactive, Inc. helps

Four disciplines, matched to what your restaurant needs first.

  1. 01Get named when guests ask AI where to eat Start here
  2. 02Every call, catering request, and review answered
  3. 03A site that sells the food and takes the order
  4. 04Bring regulars back, with their consent
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Start here

Get named when guests ask AI where to eat

We turn your menu into text and structured data engines can read, fill out your Google profile, and build pages for the dishes, diets, and occasions people ask about. Then engines can name you for the searches that fill tables.

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Every call, catering request, and review answered

Missed calls get a text back in seconds with your booking and ordering links. Catering and private dining requests get a fast reply and follow-up to a deposit. Every guest gets one honest review request, and every review gets a reply.

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A site that sells the food and takes the order

A fast, photo-forward site with the menu in real text, reservation and ordering buttons, catering and private dining pages, and any service charge posted the way Florida now requires.

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Bring regulars back, with their consent

Birthday notes, a nudge for guests you have not seen in a while, and news about the new menu, sent only to guests who said yes, in the language they chose.

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Bilingual for the Miami market

Replies, texts, and menu pages in English and Spanish, with clear rules for when a guest is handed to a person.

02

Reviews done the honest way

Every guest gets the same request, every review is real, and every one gets a reply. No gating, no perks for good reviews only.

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Honest measurement

We track missed calls answered, catering inquiries, reviews, and AI mentions on a set schedule. We never promise a number of covers or a specific AI answer, because no honest firm can.

Pricing

What it costs for restaurants and cafes

Restaurants usually start with reviews and the phone: one honest review request to every guest, a reply to every review, and a text back for every missed call. Then AI visibility, so engines can read the menu and name the restaurant. Starting floors; your exact number comes from one consultation.

Reputation, Booking, or Follow-Up Engine Lab $497 each One engine built with you: the Reputation Engine on a third Thursday every other month, Booking and Follow-Up when a date opens (join the list); 30 days on the platform includedNot included: The platform seat after 30 days (Solo, $349)
Engine, Done for You $997 each The same engine built for you; 30 days on the platform includedNot included: The platform seat after 30 days (Solo, $349)
Growth Systems Intensive $1,997 A private online diagnosis, then a Thursday and Friday, 10 to 3, in our Coral Gables office with two or three other firms (or a separate online cohort): booking, follow-up, pipeline, and website AI chat built with you, and your team trained. Online tuning two weeks later; written blueprint and a fixed Implementation quote; 30 days on the platform; credits in full toward Implementation within 60 daysNot included: The platform seat after 30 days (Practice, $649, keeps the AI chat)
Growth Systems Implementation from $4,997 We build the rest and run it for you for 90 days: contact cleanup, full nurture and reactivation, voice AI where scoped, weekly tuning, training, and SOPs; the platform is included for all 90 daysNot included: The platform seat from day 91
Firm Map $197 One verified record of every fact AI uses to identify your firm (one location, up to two principals)Not included: Extra locations and principals, quoted
AI Visibility Intensive from $2,697, or $3,397 on hosted builders Schema in a Week, then the parts of up to 10 pages that AI reads rewritten, a working session, readout, and day-30 re-check. Hosted builders (Squarespace, Wix, HubSpot) route this work through settings panels and add markup of their own, so it takes longer there: $3,397Not included: The Firm Map ($197) first; full body rewrites, quoted
Website Build from $8,497 Up to 20 pages of original copy, bespoke design, migration with a redirect map, AEO foundation, CRM setup, training, 30 days of tuningNot included: A platform seat, only if the site runs a Growth System
Platform seat $349 Solo, $649 Practice, or $1,149 Group, a month Software, hosting, backups, monitoring, a monthly health check, email support, and a usage allowance (Practice adds the AI voice agent and AI chat)Not included: No scheduled hours; usage above the allowance at $0.03 a text segment and $0.25 a voice minute

Worked example

A cafe that misses calls during the lunch rush

The Reputation Engine: Google profile tune-up, review requests, missed-call text-back, and website capture, built with you ($497) or done for you ($997), with 30 days on the platform included. Then the Solo seat ($349 a month).

From $497, then $349 a month.

Each step is bought on its own; this is an example, not a bundle. Hours, usage, credits, and payment terms are the same for every industry and are on the pricing page.

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Who you work with

“I help regulated practices get found, trusted, and cited by AI, before it hands their best clients to lesser competitors.”

Brandon Aday, Founder, Aday Interactive, Inc.

Founded the firm in 2002. Seven years at Microsoft Latin America, then digital growth at Univision, Catalina Mobile Payments, and Cascade Financial Technology, and AI work at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits. He leads every engagement personally.

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Compliance posture

Fla. Stat. §509.214 FDA menu labeling (21 CFR §101.11) TCPA Fla. Stat. §501.059 FTC review rules (16 CFR Parts 255, 465) ADA digital accessibility

Aday Interactive, Inc. builds restaurant websites, online menus, guest follow-up, and AI visibility systems with reference to Florida's service charge notice rule (Fla. Stat. §509.214, as amended July 1, 2026), FDA menu calorie rules for chains of 20 or more locations (21 CFR §101.11), the FTC rules on reviews, the TCPA and Fla. Stat. §501.059 for texts, and ADA digital-accessibility expectations. Alcohol service, food safety, and local permits stay with the restaurant. We are not a law firm, and Brandon Aday is not a lawyer. Nothing here is legal advice.

Last reviewed 2026-11.

Questions restaurant leaders ask

9 answers
Do people really pick restaurants through AI?
More and more, yes. Guests ask ChatGPT, Google, or a voice assistant for "a romantic dinner in Coral Gables," "vegan brunch near me," or "a caterer for 50 people in Miami," and the engine names a few places from menus, profiles, and reviews it can read. We do not guarantee a mention, because engines decide on their own. We build for it and measure it honestly.
Why does a PDF menu hurt us?
Engines read text far more reliably than a PDF or a photo of a menu. When your dishes, prices, and diet notes are on the page as real text, with menu structured data, an engine can answer "does it have a gluten-free option" or "best paella near me" with your name. A PDF can stay for printing. The text menu is what engines read.
We are on OpenTable, Resy, and the delivery apps. Is that not enough?
Those apps help you take bookings and orders, but your listing is one of many and some charge on every order. Your own site is the source engines trust for your menu, hours, and details. When it is readable, an engine can send the guest to you directly, and direct online orders keep the full check.
What does Florida require if we add a service charge?
Since July 1, 2026, Florida law calls any automatic fee an "operations charge," including service charges, automatic gratuities, card surcharges, and delivery fees. The menu, any written catering contract, and the website or app where guests order must say the amount or percentage and what it is for, in type at least as large as the menu descriptions. The bill must say it is included, and receipts need separate lines for tip, the charge, and sales tax (Fla. Stat. §509.214). We post it the right way on every menu page and ordering page we build. Aday Interactive, Inc. is not a law firm and Brandon Aday is not a lawyer, so confirm the details with your counsel.
Do we have to show calories on our online menu?
Only if you are part of a chain with 20 or more locations under the same name selling mostly the same menu. Those restaurants must show calories on menus and menu boards, and the FDA counts menus on the internet (21 CFR §101.11). Most independent restaurants and small groups are not covered, though some choose to show calories anyway.
Can we ask guests for reviews?
Yes, if you ask every guest the same way and every review is real. The FTC's rule on reviews (16 CFR Part 465) bans fake reviews, perks for good reviews only, and hiding bad ones, and its Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255) say to disclose any perk a reviewer got. We set up one review request after the visit and a reply to every review. This is our Reputation Engine.
Can you text our guests?
Yes, with consent. Confirmations for a booking the guest made are fine. Marketing texts, like specials or a birthday offer, need a clear written yes first, must say who is texting, and stop the moment someone replies STOP. That comes from the TCPA (47 CFR §64.1200) and Florida's telephone solicitation law (Fla. Stat. §501.059). We build every guest text flow consent-first.
Can the AI answer calls in Spanish?
Yes. It answers hours, directions, reservations, and catering questions in English and Spanish, takes the details, and hands the guest to a person when it should. In Miami, that is often the difference between a booked table and a lost one.
What does it cost?
It starts free with the Google profile audit. Most restaurants then start with one Growth Systems engine, usually the Reputation Engine: $497 built with you in one day, or $997 done for you, with 30 days on the platform included. After that, the platform seat starts at $349 a month. A new website or AI visibility work is priced on our pricing page, and the pricing section on this page lists what restaurants usually buy. Each step is priced on its own. Two exceptions: the Growth Systems Intensive credits toward Implementation, and Custom AI Build Scoping credits toward the Proof of Concept, when you start within 60 days.

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Response time

Response time is a target, not a promise. Our AI intake agents aim to answer in under 60 seconds, and typically respond within one to three minutes. Actual timing depends on third-party voice, SMS, and network delivery, which we do not control. We measure the real number and report it in your dashboard rather than guarantee it. Speed also depends on correct account setup, carrier registration (A2P 10DLC), and your intake configuration.

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