Solving Restaurant Management Challenges with "Sensei AI - Restaurant"
Sensei AI is a tool that allows you to consult about management challenges in a chat format. It is useful when you want to first consider solutions yourself by proposing specific solutions, before consulting with experts or others.
Tools Used
- Sensei AI - Restaurant
Feel Free to Confide Your Concerns in Sensei AI
"Customer traffic is down lately," "We're struggling with information sharing on social media," "Service quality is declining due to staff shortages." While the challenges faced by restaurant owners are varied, many find consulting an expert costly, or they hesitate or feel unsure about where to start when approaching local commerce or tourism associations.
Sensei AI - Restaurant utilizes our extensive knowledge in digital marketing to quickly provide optimal advice for even the smallest of concerns. By combining the information provided by the AI with your own knowledge, experience, and understanding of local conditions, you can derive the best solutions for your establishment.
Specific Steps
1.Organize Your Challenges
Before consulting Sensei AI, organize the challenges you want to solve. Having specific data and a clear understanding of the situation will help you get more accurate answers.
[Examples of Challenges]
- Few customers during weekday lunch hours
- Having a social media account but not knowing what to post
- Low retention rate for part-time staff
2.Consult "Sensei AI - Restaurant" About Your Challenges
Send your organized challenges to the AI via chat. The key is to make your questions as specific as possible, including background information.
Prompt examples:
"We've seen a recent drop in weekday lunch customers. There are many office buildings nearby, and our target is business professionals in their 30s. What kind of customer acquisition strategies could we consider?"
"We want to improve our restaurant's social media presence. Besides food photos, we'd like to know posting ideas that will boost engagement."
"Our part-time staff leave quickly. Aside from salary, please suggest ways to increase employee satisfaction and ideas for improving the retention rate."

3.Deepen the Solution Through Dialogue
Using the AI's response as a reference, delve deeper into specific solutions. Do not stop with a single question; by repeating the dialogue, you can draw out more practical advice.
[Dialogue Example 1]
"Thank you. Regarding the 'Buy 4 lunches, 5th free' plan you suggested, could you give me ideas for the specific menu composition and pricing?"

[Dialogue Example 2]
"Creating a menu with items served within 10 minutes sounds good. What kind of items would be popular?"

4.Execute the Solution and Test the Effect
From the several solutions obtained through the dialogue with the AI, select the easiest one to implement and start by executing it. It is important to begin with a small step and verify its effectiveness.
[Examples of Execution and Verification]
- Consider whether a weekday lunch centered on a "Buy 4, Get 5th Free" promotion can be adjusted to be profitable.
- Offer speed menus (served within 10 minutes) for a limited time.
Achievable Outcomes
By utilizing "Sensei AI - Restaurant," restaurant management challenges are resolved quickly, leading to an expected increase in sales.
Target Metrics for Six Months of Implementation
KGI (Key Goal Indicator):
- The restaurant's monthly sales: 10% increase year-over-year
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators):
- Repeat customer rate: 5% increase
- Store review score: Maintain 4.0 points or higher
- New customer count: Increase by 30 or more per month