Cafes and restaurants are some of the most efficient operators in New Zealand - which means the easy wins from AI efficiency audit are usually already taken. The brief we accept is the one focused on the workflow you've tried to fix twice and given up on.
Built for the cafe or restaurant who's already tried the off-the-shelf option and bounced off it.
Our goal is to give cafes and restaurants a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What AI efficiency audit actually does
A two-week audit that maps your team's actual time spend, finds the 5 highest-leverage AI plays, and ships the first one. No vapourware, no 80-slide decks - just one working thing.
- 01 Time-and-motion review of your top 5 workflows
- 02 Ranked AI opportunity list - ROI, effort, risk
- 03 One pilot shipped in week two, not a six-month roadmap
- 04 Fixed price, fixed scope, kept honest
Built on: Claude Notion Loom Linear Vercel
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of AI efficiency audit runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for cafes and restaurants first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How AI efficiency audit compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
The two or three things that decide whether this works for cafes and restaurants.
- Hospitality runs on thin margins where a missed booking, a bad review left unanswered, or a slow roster costs real money.
- Reservations, reviews, and rostering are the recurring admin that pulls owners off the floor.
How we build AI efficiency audit for cafes and restaurants.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for a cafe or restaurant business, so value lands before the build is finished. Find AI wins fast.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing cafes and restaurants the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for cafes and restaurants
What changes for cafes and restaurants after this lands: the work that used to need a person stays done, the work that needs a person gets done with their attention undivided. Average pilot saves 8 hours/week within 30 days of launch.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
What's the realistic timeline for AI efficiency audit with a cafe or restaurant?
Most cafes and restaurants have their first usable slice in week 5 or 6. We'd rather ship narrow and real than broad and aspirational - your team gets to use the thing well before the engagement is "done".
Is AI efficiency audit worth it for a smaller cafe or restaurant?
Often, yes - and counterintuitively the ROI is sometimes faster than for the big end of town because there's less integration overhead. We'll tell you honestly on the scoping call if it isn't.
Has this actually shipped for a real cafe or restaurant?
Yes. Average pilot saves 8 hours/week within 30 days of launch. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
What happens if we want to swap a vendor out later?
AI efficiency audit is built behind a small adapter layer specifically so swapping a model provider or a data source is a one-day job, not a re-architecture. Claude, Notion, Loom, Linear, Vercel are our defaults, but the build is intentionally portable.
Twenty minutes, your call.
You describe what's broken. We'll tell you what we'd actually do about it.
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.