TL;DR
RestroAI Insights is Restrofi's daily AI brief for restaurant owners. Every morning it reads yesterday's orders and reports revenue versus your 7-day trend, stockouts that cost sales, the lowest-margin top seller, a demand prediction for today, and any upcoming festival to prep for — in plain English or Hinglish.
Most restaurant owners look at their numbers once a month, if at all — usually when the accountant asks. By then, the slow Tuesday, the dish quietly losing money, and the stockout that turned guests away are long gone. RestroAI Insights flips that around: it reads yesterday's data every morning and tells you the one or two things worth acting on today.
What is RestroAI Insights?
RestroAI Insights is the daily morning brief inside Restrofi. Every day at around 6 AM, RestroAI analyses your previous day's orders and writes a short, plain-language summary — the kind of read your sharpest manager would give you over chai, except it never misses a day and never sugarcoats a dip. It's built specifically for Indian F&B, so it speaks in rupees, GST, and — if you prefer — Hindi or Hinglish.
It is not a dashboard you have to remember to open. It comes to you.
What's actually in the daily brief?
The depth of the brief scales with your plan, but the signals are computed from your real data — not invented by a chatbot:
- Revenue vs trend. Yesterday's revenue and order count, compared to your 7-day average, with the percentage move called out ("18% above your weekly average").
- Anomalies that matter. A surge or dip beyond 25%, items that ran out (lost sales), and shifts in your top seller — surfaced automatically.
- Margin watch. When you've entered food costs for your dishes, RestroAI flags the lowest-margin item among your top sellers — the dish doing volume but quietly eroding profit.
- A prediction for today. A short, forward-looking note using the day of week and recent trend ("expect a busier weekend — prep more of your top dish").
- Festival readiness. On Pro and Chain, the brief factors in the nearest upcoming Indian festival ("Diwali is in 6 days — stock up on sweets and dry goods").
- Multi-outlet view. For owners running more than one outlet, the brief rolls up total revenue and flags the best-performing location.
How is RestroAI different from a normal analytics dashboard?
A dashboard shows you everything and decides nothing — you still have to hunt for the signal. RestroAI does the hunting. It compares, ranks, and writes the conclusion, so a busy owner-operator gets the insight in ten seconds instead of ten minutes of staring at charts. (For a deeper comparison, see What is RestroAI.)
| RestroAI Insights | Typical analytics dashboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | A 3–4 line written brief | Charts and tables |
| Delivery | Pushed to you every morning | You open it when you remember |
| Anomaly detection | Automatic (surge/dip, stockouts, top-item shifts) | You eyeball the trend |
| Margin flagging | Yes, from item costs | Rarely |
| Festival / demand context | Yes (Pro/Chain) | No |
| Language | English, Hindi, or Hinglish | English |
Can I ask RestroAI a question directly?
Yes. Beyond the morning brief, RestroAI includes a natural-language analytics assistant — ask "what was my best-selling dish last week?" or "how did revenue compare to last month?" in plain English or Hindi, and it answers from your real data in a sentence or two. It respects your plan's analytics window, so the answer is always grounded in numbers you actually have.
How do I get the most out of RestroAI Insights?
- Add food costs to your menu items. This unlocks the margin watch — the single most valuable signal for protecting profit.
- Run at least a week of orders. RestroAI compares against your 7-day trend, so the insights sharpen after the first week.
- Read it daily. The value compounds: catching a 25% dip on the day it happens is worth far more than discovering it in a month-end report.
Which plans include RestroAI Insights?
Every plan gets a RestroAI brief. The Free plan includes a daily summary; Starter adds full insights (anomalies, margin watch, and a prediction); Pro and Chain add festival readiness and multi-outlet roll-ups. See pricing for the full breakdown, and explore the rest of the platform — QR ordering, KDS, and WhatsApp updates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is RestroAI Insights?
RestroAI Insights is Restrofi's daily AI brief for restaurant owners. Each morning it reads yesterday's orders and reports revenue versus your 7-day trend, stockouts, the lowest-margin top seller, a demand prediction for today, and any upcoming festival — in English or Hinglish.
Does RestroAI track profit margins?
Yes. When you enter food costs for your menu items, RestroAI calculates per-item margin and flags the lowest-margin dish among your top sellers — the item doing volume but eroding profit.
Does RestroAI work in Hindi?
Yes. The daily brief and the question-answering assistant both work in English, Hindi, and Hinglish, so owner-operators can read their numbers in the language they think in.
Can RestroAI predict demand for festivals?
On Pro and Chain plans, RestroAI factors the nearest upcoming Indian festival into the brief with a prep nudge — for example, flagging that Diwali is days away so you can stock up in advance.
Which plans include RestroAI?
All of them. Free includes a daily summary; Starter adds full insights with anomalies, margin watch, and predictions; Pro and Chain add festival readiness and multi-outlet roll-ups.