Bowlzeye is a teriyaki and Asian fusion bowl counter in Clovis, California, run by a husband and wife. Every call pulled one of them away from the counter, some phone orders were never picked up, and catering orders went to the owner's cell phone. An AI agent now answers every call and sends each order into Square, paid first, including tray orders.
Business type: Restaurants & cafés. Tool used: Maple (voice AI). Result: At its pace so far, it takes about 7,000 phone orders a year worth about $186,000. It has answered every call without passing one to staff, and gives the owners about 11 hours a week back. These yearly figures come from Maple's own records.
Source: Maple case study (Company case study) · Added Fri, Oct 23 · Last updated 2026-10-23
At its pace so far, it takes about 7,000 phone orders a year worth about $186,000. It has answered every call without passing one to staff, and gives the owners about 11 hours a week back. These yearly figures come from Maple's own records. (as reported by the source)
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Bowlzeye is a teriyaki and Asian fusion bowl counter in Clovis, California, run by a husband and wife. Every call pulled one of them away from the counter, some phone orders were never picked up, and catering orders went to the owner's cell phone. An AI agent now answers every call and sends each order into Square, paid first, including tray orders.
Maple (voice AI).
At its pace so far, it takes about 7,000 phone orders a year worth about $186,000. It has answered every call without passing one to staff, and gives the owners about 11 hours a week back. These yearly figures come from Maple's own records. (as reported by the source)
Connect the AI agent to your POS (here, Square). Have it take orders the way guests give them, bowl by bowl. Require payment before the order goes to the kitchen to stop no-shows.
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You take phone orders for [Restaurant]. Use only this menu: [menu]. Take payment before sending the order. Give a pickup time of [minutes]. For catering trays, take the number of trays, the date and time, and send it as a catering order.
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