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Your staff can read your menu. Talking about it is harder.

Meet Basil. He sits at your table, asks about your dishes and orders — so your team practises the real conversation before a real guest walks in.

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— The Brief —

Your menu changes. Your team is ready before the doors open.

On day one for new hires. Every shift for your existing team. New specials, allergen updates, policy changes — Basil sends every server a short, focused training session, and tells you who has completed it before service starts.

01
You update the menu
New special, new allergen, new policy — saved in seconds.
02
Your team is notified
Every server gets a short training session linked directly to what changed.
03
You see who's ready
Completion tracked in your dashboard before the first cover walks in.
Specials, ingredients, allergens, policies — every change, every shift.
— The Curriculum —

Four modules. One service standard.

Every module runs the same four-layer loop — learn the phrases, take a short quiz, practise with a virtual guest, then review a scored breakdown of what you said. Each one runs at three difficulty tiers, so the same server can be pushed further as they improve.

01 Try it now

Serving the menu

Greeting, taking an order, describing dishes, recommending, and confirming the order back.

  • Opening the table
  • Describing and recommending
  • Confirming the order
Tiers 123
02 Pilot release

Allergies & dietary needs

Asking properly, checking with the kitchen instead of guessing, and never giving a false all-clear.

  • Asking the right question
  • Checking, not guessing
  • Escalating safely
Tiers 123
03 Try it now

Handling complaints

Acknowledging, apologising, fixing it within your authority, and knowing when a manager is required.

  • Acknowledge and apologise
  • Fix within authority
  • Escalate when required
Tiers 123
04 Pilot release

Payment & farewell

Presenting the bill, splitting it, explaining service charges, and sending guests out well.

  • Presenting and splitting
  • Explaining charges
  • Closing the visit
Tiers 123
02 Allergies & dietary needs — preview

Module 02 is not open in this demo. It ships with the pilot.

Modules 1 and 3 are open in this demo. Modules 2 and 4 ship with the pilot. Managers assign modules and tiers per member of staff, and see completion and scores in the dashboard.

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Step One · Learn
Key phrases for taking an order
1
"Are you ready to order?"
Ask this to start taking the order
2
"Would you like something to drink first?"
Ask about drinks before food
3
"I'll come back in a few minutes."
Say this if they need more time
4
"So that's one Margherita — is that everything?"
Confirm the full order before leaving
Example Script
WaiterAre you ready to order?
GuestYes, I think so. Can I have the Margherita, please?
WaiterOf course. Would you like something to drink with that?
GuestJust a lemonade, thanks.
WaiterSo that's a Margherita and a lemonade — is that everything?
GuestYes, that's everything. Thank you.
WaiterI'll get that started for you right away.
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Step Two · Quiz
Test your knowledge
Scenario

Take Basil's order.

Basil is sitting at table 4. He is ready to order. Take his food and drink order in English. Use the menu below to help you.

3-5 minutes
A2-B1 level
The Heart of Basil
The Heart of
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Step Three · Practise
Speak to
Choose how difficult Basil is
Same scenario, same menu — only Basil's behaviour changes. This is how tiers work in the product.
The guest
Basil
Table 4 · Ready to order

He speaks, he listens, and he changes his mind. How hard he makes it is the tier you picked above.

Basil is ready to order
0 exchanges
Basil is sitting at table 4. He is ready to order. You speak first.
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Step Four · Review
How did you do?
/ 10
Analysing your conversation…
Your Conversation — with Industry Standard
Your words are shown first. The industry standard version appears below each of your responses.
For restaurant owners and managers

Train your team before every shift.

Built around your menu. Practised on phones. No classroom. No homework. Just confident staff at the start of every shift.

Flagship feature

Allergy module

Dedicated training on the most high-stakes conversation in service. Staff learn the exact language for handling allergens — what to ask, what to confirm, when to escalate. Trained, tracked, protected.

Included in the pilot programme

Built around your menu

Every scenario uses your dishes, your specials, your service language — not generic restaurant English.

Practise on demand

Staff log in, choose a scenario, practise. Five minutes between shifts. No formal training required.

Consistent guest experience

Every server uses the same vocabulary. Your brand voice stays consistent across the whole team.

Set up in 24 hours

Send us your menu. We build your venue-specific training. Staff start practising within a day.

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— Pricing —
Train your whole team on your menu, your allergens, your service.