Bulk SMS for Restaurants & Cafes

Restaurants tables, full. Tuesdays, included.

Table booking confirmations, festive offers, loyalty rewards and win-back SMS — the cheapest way to fill seats on a slow night.

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  • Table booking confirmationInstant SMS with date, time, pax count and reservation ID.
  • Happy hour & lunch offersWeekday 4–7pm or lunch buffet SMS to nearby customers.
  • Festive & weekend campaignsMother's Day, New Year, Valentine's, Karva Chauth menu SMS.
  • Loyalty & cashback alertsPoints earned, expiring or redeemed at billing — auto SMS.
  • Birthday / anniversary vouchersFree dessert or 20% off on birthday — high-conversion.
Short Answer

Restaurants, cafes and cloud kitchens use Bulk SMS to confirm table bookings, send festive and happy-hour offers, run loyalty rewards, deliver birthday vouchers and reactivate lapsed customers. Pacewalk's restaurant SMS panel drives 8–15% repeat footfall per campaign and integrates with Petpooja, Posist and Zomato dashboards.

Restaurants SMS use cases

How restaurants use Bulk SMS every week.

Real campaigns Pacewalk runs for restaurants across India — built around what actually moves the needle.

Table booking confirmation

Instant SMS with date, time, pax count and reservation ID.

Happy hour & lunch offers

Weekday 4–7pm or lunch buffet SMS to nearby customers.

Festive & weekend campaigns

Mother's Day, New Year, Valentine's, Karva Chauth menu SMS.

Loyalty & cashback alerts

Points earned, expiring or redeemed at billing — auto SMS.

Birthday / anniversary vouchers

Free dessert or 20% off on birthday — high-conversion.

Win-back lapsed diners

60-day inactive customer SMS with personalised offer.

Order ready / out-for-delivery

For cloud kitchens — order packed, OFD with rider details.

Event & DJ night invites

Live music, brunch event, kids' day SMS to opted-in list.

Why it works

Why Bulk SMS still wins for restaurants.

98% open rate

Read within 3 minutes — no app, no internet needed.

Works on every phone

From smartphones to ₹999 keypad handsets.

No spam filters

Reaches the inbox even when emails bounce.

Instant delivery

Send lakhs of messages in minutes from a single panel.

SMS Channels

Promotional, transactional & OTP routes.

Pick the route that matches your message — Pacewalk handles DLT, sender ID and templates for your restaurants use cases.

Promotional SMS

  • Happy hour and weekday lunch deals
  • Festive and seasonal menu launches
  • Weekend brunch and event campaigns
  • Loyalty tier promo and win-back
  • Combo and family-pack offers

Transactional SMS

  • Table booking confirmation
  • Reservation change / cancellation
  • Order placed / packed / OFD (cloud kitchen)
  • Loyalty points credited / redeemed
  • Birthday and anniversary voucher
Benefits

What restaurants get with Pacewalk SMS.

Fills slow nights

98% open rate means a Tuesday happy-hour SMS hits everyone before dinner.

Petpooja / Posist integration

Connect billing to API — birthday & loyalty SMS fire automatically.

Hyper-local targeting

Run SMS only for the 3 km radius around your outlet.

Cloud kitchen ready

Order status SMS for Zomato/Swiggy white-label and direct orders.

Cheap per cover

18 paise/SMS — fills a table for less than the cost of a samosa.

Sender ID like CAFEDX

Branded 6-character header makes the SMS feel premium.

Talk to a Bulk SMS expert

Get a free Bulk SMS plan tailored for your restaurant.

Share your numbers and your use case — we will recommend the right route, DLT templates, and pricing within one working hour.

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City availability

Bulk SMS for restaurants across India.

Local panel, local support, local sender IDs. Choose your city below or call us — we cover the entire Tricity, Punjab and pan-India.

FAQ

Common questions about restaurants SMS.

Yes — Pacewalk's REST API integrates with Petpooja, Posist, PetBakes and most Indian restaurant POS. Birthday and loyalty SMS fire automatically.
TRAI allows promotional SMS to non-DND numbers between 9am and 9pm. Most restaurants schedule at 11am (lunch push) and 6pm (dinner footfall window).
A single outlet doing 800 covers/week typically sends 4,000–6,000 SMS a month — Business plan (₹5,000/25k SMS) covers ~4 months.
Yes — order placed, packed and out-for-delivery SMS drives customer trust and repeat orders. Combine with WhatsApp for richer media.
Yes — segment your customer list by outlet or PIN code and run hyper-local campaigns per branch.
Yes — 30+ pre-written DLT templates for happy hour, festive menus, birthday vouchers and weekend offers — submitted for approval on your behalf.

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