Semantic search (RAG) for cafes and restaurants.
The version of semantic search (RAG) that cafes and restaurants still use a year after launch.
Rosters that account for 11 public holidays, including Matariki, plus your anniversary day, without a spreadsheet.
Built differently, on purpose.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
What years of building for cafes and restaurants taught us.
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.
Made for New Zealand paperwork.
Ask questions across your manuals, contracts and records and get answers with the source attached, not a guess.
- 11 public holidays, plus yours
- Holidays Act until August 2028
- Government work is tendered on GETS
From one-person trades to national organisations, we find the hours :)
The questions a public sector buyer asks, answered up front: privacy impact, the NZISM, where the data lives and how an algorithm is held to account.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Average search time drops from 6 minutes to 12 seconds. For cafes and restaurants, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart. Kiwi Dynamics
Already buried in admin? We'll sort the first workflow for you :)
Nine hours a week of admin is 468 hours a year. That could drop to about 52.*
*Illustrative, based on 9 hours a week of admin at a typical 80% automation rate. The calculator uses your own numbers.
Questions cafes and restaurants ask
How long does semantic search (RAG) take to ship for cafes and restaurants?
We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks - narrow scope, real cafes and restaurants data, measurable outcome. From there it's another 6-8 weeks of hardening before you'd consider it production. Full rollouts (multiple sites, multiple teams) typically land in 3-4 months.
Anyone else in this space using semantic search (RAG)?
Plenty. Average search time drops from 6 minutes to 12 seconds. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" - it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy semantic search (RAG) into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Pinecone sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
Does scheduling handle public holidays?
It should. New Zealand has 11 national public holidays, including Matariki, plus a regional anniversary day that depends on where your business is.
Can it keep track of ACC levies?
Yes. ACC work levies are set by the classification unit your work falls under, and self-employed people are invoiced after filing their tax return.
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