AI Proposal Generation for Restaurants: Stop Writing Proposals by Hand
For most restaurants, creating an event proposal is a 30–60 minute task. You review the inquiry, pull together the relevant menu options, calculate pricing based on guest count, note any dietary restrictions, and write a personalized email that makes the guest feel like you understand exactly what they're looking for. Then you do it again for the next inquiry. And the one after that.
The Proposal Problem
Proposals are where most restaurant event inquiries stall. A guest submits a request, the restaurant receives it, and then — nothing. The manager is too busy. The proposal isn't written. The guest books somewhere else. This happens constantly, and every missed proposal is a missed event.
What AI Proposal Generation Does
AI proposal generation reads the incoming inquiry, identifies the relevant packages based on the guest's requirements, calculates pricing, and assembles a complete proposal — in seconds. The AI knows your menus, your pricing structures, your capacity rules, and your available spaces. It produces a proposal that looks like it was written by your most experienced event coordinator.
- ✦Proposal generated in seconds, not hours
- ✦Contextually relevant — based on actual inquiry details
- ✦Accurate pricing based on your packages
- ✦Personalized tone that matches your brand
- ✦Ready for human review before sending
How Requa Handles Proposals
When an inquiry arrives through Requa, the AI reads the submission (which already includes menu preferences, guest count, and budget signals from the interactive brochure) and generates a proposal draft. The restaurant's team reviews it, makes any adjustments, and sends — typically in under five minutes.
The Quality Question
AI proposals are only as good as the information they're trained on. Requa's AI is configured with your specific menus, pricing, and packages during onboarding. Proposals are personalized to each inquiry's specific details — not generic templates with names swapped in.
AI proposal generation doesn't eliminate your judgment — it eliminates the time you spend writing. You still review, adjust, and approve. The AI just does the first draft in seconds instead of the first hour.