Food & Leisure

Stop Losing 30% of Your Revenue to No-Shows

Restaurants • Cafés • Hotels • Entertainment Venues

Gulf restaurants lose millions in SAR annually from cancelled bookings, chaotic schedules, and overwhelmed staff. Mawidi solves this with WhatsApp booking and automated deposits.

30%
of revenue lost to no-shows
4–6h
daily wasted by staff on calls
25%
of bookings cancelled last-minute

Challenges You Face

Why Restaurants Lose Money

These are the real problems costing thousands in SAR monthly:

No-Shows Cost a Fortune

Empty seats, wasted prep

Avg loss: SAR 15,000–40,000/month (mid-sized venue)

Manual Booking Chaos

Calls, paper notebooks, lost WhatsApps

Staff spend 4–6 hours/day managing bookings

Staff Under Pressure

Rush-hour calls, angry guests, missed reservations

Turnover up to +25% from burnout

Complete Solution

How Mawidi Turns Your Restaurant into a Profit Machine

One system that stops losses, increases bookings, and gives hours back to your team—via WhatsApp.

Automated WhatsApp Bookings

24/7 Arabic & English
Live availability, instant confirmation
Auto-reminders reduce no-shows by up to 85%*

Prepayments Protect Your Revenue

Secure pay links (Mada, Apple Pay, cards)
Auto-refund on attendance (configurable)
Reduce no-shows from ~30% → ~3%*

Voice Agent for Overflow Calls

Answers during peak hours
Speaks Gulf Arabic & English
Transfers to staff when needed

* Example outcomes from Mawidi venues; results vary by concept, location, and policy.

Features that Translate Directly to Profit

Smart Multi-Channel Booking

WhatsApp, website, voice, host desk

Up to +40% bookings by removing friction

Automated Deposit Collection

Weekends/holidays/large parties

Recover SAR 25k–50k monthly

Smart Waitlists

1-tap join, WhatsApp updates, auto-claim

Save 2–3h/day managing queues

QR Table Ordering

Scan, order, pay

+15–20% revenue via faster turns

Real Results (GCC Venues)

85%
reduction in no-shows
+35%
increase in revenue
4–6h
staff time saved daily
92%
customer satisfaction
Before Mawidi we lost 8–10 tables weekly to no-shows. Now? Less than one table. The automated deposit changed everything. We recovered over 35,000 SAR monthly.
Ahmed Al-Shammari
Owner, Al-Bayt Lebanese Restaurant, Riyadh

Trusted by Hundreds Across the Gulf

300+ active restaurants & cafés
50K+ monthly bookings
6 GCC countries
24/7 Arabic support

Get Started in 3 Simple Steps

1. Quick Setup (15 min)

Add menu/floor plan; connect business WhatsApp

2. Enable Payments & Rules

Gateways, deposits, pacing, no-show policy

3. Start Receiving Bookings

Share links/QRs; Mawidi automates the rest

Platform Features

Two-Way Inbox

WhatsApp/SMS/Email threads, quick replies, templates, internal notes, SLAs

Broadcasts

Consent-aware promos, pre-arrival info, weather or venue alerts (quiet hours respected)

Integrations

POS/KDS, payments (Stripe/Mada/Apple/Google Pay), accounting (Xero/QB), maps

Security

TLS in transit, encrypted at rest, role-based access, audit logs

Languages

Arabic/English with full RTL support

Ready to Stop Losing Money?

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