TableChat Launches AI-Powered Restaurant Platform Connecting Food Discovery, Direct Ordering and Customer Retention
TableChat connects AI-powered dish-first discovery with direct restaurant ordering.
AI-powered dish-first discovery, restaurant-branded commerce and automated marketing, with no TableChat marketplace commissions, service fees or menu markups.
GERMANTOWN, MD, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TableChat announced the launch of its AI-powered restaurant discovery and growth platform, connecting how diners discover food with how independent restaurants acquire, serve and retain customers.
The platform combines dish-first discovery, conversational AI and Taste Graph personalization with restaurant-branded websites, direct ordering, reservations, loyalty, verified reviews and automated marketing.
TableChat's restaurant value proposition is straightforward: Get Discovered → Convert Direct → Bring Them Back.
“Restaurant discovery and restaurant software have traditionally operated as separate experiences,” said Lord Uva, Founder and CEO of TableChat. “We built TableChat to connect them. We want to help diners discover food they actually want to eat, then give restaurants the technology to turn that discovery into a direct, lasting customer relationship.”
**Food Discovery That Starts With the Dish**
TableChat lets diners begin with a dish or craving rather than a restaurant name. Diners can search for specific dishes, ask conversational questions and receive personalized recommendations.
The platform's built and functional Taste Graph uses diner preferences and interaction signals to help make future discovery more relevant.
TableChat's consumer marketplace is one discovery surface. The company is also developing infrastructure intended to extend restaurant and dish discovery to additional third-party search, maps and AI experiences. These integrations remain under development and do not represent announced commercial partnerships.
**Marketplace Discovery Connected to Restaurant-Owned Commerce**
TableChat does not charge restaurants commissions on marketplace orders, impose TableChat service or platform fees on diners, or add TableChat menu markups. Applicable third-party payment-processing and delivery costs remain separate.
Instead, participating restaurants pay a flat $299 per location per month for the core restaurant technology platform, without feature gating.
“The marketplace is the acquisition layer. The restaurant software is the business model,” Uva said. “Our goal is not to keep every future transaction inside a marketplace. It's to help restaurants turn newly discovered diners into repeat customers.”
**Technology for Direct Ordering and Retention**
The restaurant platform includes SEO-optimized branded websites, direct online ordering and reservations, conversational AI ordering, loyalty and rewards, verified reviews and reputation management, automated marketing and social media content, customer management and analytics, POS integrations, and integrated delivery.
These capabilities connect customer discovery with restaurant-branded commerce and ongoing customer relationships.
**Piloted With Independent DMV Restaurants**
TableChat enters its public launch with its core consumer marketplace, restaurant platform and Taste Graph built and operational.
TableChat piloted its platform with a few select independent restaurants in the DMV region. All participating restaurants converted to paying customers after the pilot. The pilots focused on operational readiness in real restaurant environments.
TableChat can onboard restaurants across the United States while initially focusing consumer marketplace density efforts on Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
A future roadmap includes TableChat-powered tablets to connect online and in-store experiences through a shared diner identity and personalization system. These tablet capabilities are not part of the current launch.
**About TableChat**
TableChat is an AI-powered restaurant discovery and growth platform connecting dish-first food discovery with restaurant-owned commerce and customer retention. The platform includes conversational AI, Taste Graph personalization, a no-commission marketplace, restaurant-branded websites, direct ordering, reservations, loyalty, verified reviews and automated marketing.
TableChat charges $299 per restaurant location per month for its core platform, without TableChat marketplace commissions, diner service fees or menu markups.
Website: https://tablechat-ai.com
Consumer marketplace: https://app.tablechat-ai.com
For restaurants: https://tablechat-ai.com/restaurants
**Media Contact**
Lord Uva
lord.uva@tablechat-ai.com
TableChat
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Lord Uva
TableChat
lord.uva@tablechat-ai.com
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