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Never walk back to
the table again

Wrong orders cost high-end restaurants thousands per month in wasted dishes, comped meals, and lost guests. Dummy Waiter captures every detail so nothing gets lost between the table and the kitchen.

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Introducing

The clip

Small enough to forget. Smart enough to remember every order.

Dummy Waiter clip device, a small wearable microphone for restaurant waitstaff
MEMS microphone array
20+ hour battery
Bluetooth 5.0

Product concept

The clip is in development. During early access, Dummy Waiter works through any device with a microphone.

The real cost of wrong orders

Every mistake hits your bottom line. Most go untracked.

$35+average cost of a single wrong order
1 in 5orders contain a modification or allergy note
68%of guests won't return after a bad dining experience

How it works

Three steps. Zero walkbacks.

01

Wear the clip

A lightweight device clips to your apron or collar and disappears into your shift.

02

Take the order naturally

Talk to your guests like you always do. The clip listens and parses every item using AI.

03

Review and approve

Review the parsed order, confirm everything looks right, and it fires straight to the kitchen.

Built for the way restaurants actually work

Not another app your staff won't use. A tool that fits your operation.

Allergy & Modification Tracking

Every allergy flag, substitution, and special request is captured automatically and tagged to the order. Nothing slips through the cracks.

POS Integration Ready

Designed to plug into the POS systems your restaurant already runs on. No ripping and replacing.

Works for Your Whole Floor

Managers get a live dashboard. Waiters just wear the clip and talk. Setup takes minutes, not training sessions.

See it in action

From conversation to kitchen in seconds.

Desktop dashboard

Dummy Waiter
Shift
Active orders2
Floor plan
Order history
Restaurant
Menu editor
Staff
Analytics
Clip #1 - 98%
La Trattoria
Floor 1 - Shift started 2h 14m ago - Luke M.
List viewFloor view
New order
Active orders
4
2 pending review
Orders this shift
12
+3 from last hour
Avg confidence
93%
Above target
Walk-backs
0
Clean shift
Table
Items
Status
Conf.
Time
Waiter
Table 7
2x Margherita, 1x Caesar Salad, 1x Tiramisu
Pending review
94%
45s ago
Luke M.
Table 9
4x Lunch Special, 2x Iced Tea, 1x Kids Pasta
Pending review
87%
12s ago
Luke M.
Table 12
1x Risotto, 2x Bruschetta, 3x Sparkling Water
Approved
97%
2m ago
Sarah K.
Table 3
1x Carbonara, 1x House Red, 1x Panna Cotta
In kitchen
96%
8m ago
Luke M.
Table 5
2x Pizza Diavola, 1x Caprese, 2x Limoncello
Completed
99%
22m ago
Sarah K.
Table 7Pending review
2 guests - Captured 45s ago
Parsed order
Margherita Pizza
12 inch
98%x2
Caesar Salad
No anchovies
91%x1
Tiramisu
96%x1
Confidence94%
Transcript
You: Hi there, are you ready to order?
Customer 1: Yeah, can I get the margherita pizza?
You: Sure thing. And for you?
Customer 2: I'll have the caesar salad, but no anchovies please.
Customer 2: And a tiramisu for dessert.
Customer 1: Oh, make that two margheritas actually.
Reject
Edit
Approve

Mobile app

9:41
Clip connected
Table 7 order
Review and approve
Back
Parsed order
Margherita Pizza
12"
98%
x2
Caesar Salad
No anchovies
91%
x1
Tiramisu
96%
x1
Transcript
You: Hi there, are you ready to order?
C1: Yeah, can I get the margherita pizza?
You: Sure thing. And for you?
C2: I'll have the caesar salad, but no anchovies.
C2: And a tiramisu for dessert.
C1: Oh, make that two margheritas actually.
Overall confidence94%
Edit order
Approve + send
Orders
Record
Menu
Profile
Fewer wrong orders•Lower food waste•Happier guests•Works with your existing POS•No staff training required•Built by a restaurant worker•Human-in-the-loop by design•Privacy-first•Fewer wrong orders•Lower food waste•Happier guests•Works with your existing POS•No staff training required•Built by a restaurant worker•Human-in-the-loop by design•Privacy-first•
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Born in a restaurant, not a boardroom

The founder's first restaurant job had a dumbwaiter elevator that carried food from an upstairs kitchen. The name stuck, but the mission changed.

Dummy Waiter exists because order mistakes cost restaurants real money and drive guests away. The tools to fix this should come from someone who has been on the floor, not from a tech company guessing at restaurant problems.

Get early access

Sign up and we will get you set up personally.

Built by a former restaurant worker who got tired of walking back to the table.

By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Free during early access. No credit card required.

1. You sign up

Takes 10 seconds

2. We review your restaurant

We read every application

3. We onboard you personally

Real setup, real support