For Mess, Tiffin & Catering Services

"Aaj Ka Menu Kya Hai?"
Answered. Every Time.

Students, PG residents and office staff ask the same questions all day — today's menu, the monthly price, how to join. Your AI employee answers instantly and collects the name, phone and area of everyone who wants to join, so you spend your time cooking, not typing. And with the daily meal check-in, members tell you who is eating and who is skipping — so you cook for the real number and waste less food.

  • No credit card required
  • 5 minute setup
  • Free plan available

The Same Ten Questions, Fifty Times a Day.

Someone wants to know what is for dinner, how much the monthly plan is, or whether you deliver to their hostel. You are in the kitchen. By the time you reply, they have already joined the mess next door — and the catering enquiry for the weekend went to someone who answered faster.

What it handles

What Your AI Employee Handles For Mess, Tiffin & Catering

Trained on your own information — never makes anything up.

Daily & Weekly Menu

Answers "today's menu", "Monday lunch" or the whole week, straight from the menu you gave it — and never makes up a dish.

Plan & Joining Enquiries

Shares your plan price as you set it, then collects name, phone, area, veg or non-veg and start date — you get it as a lead and follow up.

Catering & Party Enquiries

Takes the event type, date, number of guests and venue, so your quote call starts with all the details.

Waste Less Food — Know Who Is Eating

Members tap "I'll eat" or "Skip" on your check-in link before the cut-off you set. A minute later you get one number — plates to cook, who is skipping, by hostel — by email, on your phone and (optionally) on WhatsApp. Cook for the real count and throw less food away.

Built for How India Actually Talks

Most chatbot tools handle plain English fine but struggle the moment a customer mixes Hindi and English in the same sentence — which is exactly how most Indian customers actually type. Chatsettu automatically replies in whichever language, or mix of languages, the customer uses — Hindi, English, Hinglish, and 8 other Indian scripts — with zero setup.

Where customers find it

One AI Employee. Everywhere.

No WhatsApp API to set up, no complicated setup — just a link and a QR code that work everywhere you already are.

Website Widget

Have a website? Add a chat bubble in 1 minute.

Share Link

Put it in your Instagram/Facebook bio, story, or as your ad's destination link.

QR Code

Print it at the front desk. Customers scan and start chatting instantly.

Behind the chat

More Than A Chatbot — A Mini-CRM Behind It

Answering is only the start. Every lead is saved, tracked and followed up, and your team stays organised.

Leads, saved and sorted

When a customer shares a number, it is saved as a Hot or Cold lead and you get an instant email — and a phone notification, or a WhatsApp message with the optional add-on, if you turn them on.

Follow-ups & reminders

Follow up by email or SMS, and remind customers before a booking. Follow-ups are an optional add-on.

Team, tasks & notes

Give staff their own logins, hand them leads and tasks, and keep private notes — without sharing your full dashboard. Team management is an optional add-on.

Plus a free Ad Planner (which ad brings which lead, the cost of each lead, and AI ad plans), appointment booking, a notebook-style Business Diary for your daily accounts, and a dashboard you can install on your phone like an app. We keep adding tools based on what our clients ask for.

Pricing

Simple Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.

Starter

For testing it out

₹0
  • 1 AI Agent
  • 200 Messages
  • Share Link + QR Code
  • Lead Capture
  • Ad Planner: ad link + QR tracking, 3 AI ad plans / month
Get Started Free

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does an AI chatbot cost for a mess or tiffin service in India?
Chatsettu's Pro plan is a one-time ₹699 recharge for 5,000 messages (not a monthly subscription) — more than enough for most single-kitchen messes. A free plan is also available to try it first with no card required.
Can it tell me how many people will eat tonight, so I waste less food?
Yes. Add your members (one by one or from an Excel/CSV sheet) and share the check-in link or QR. Before each meal's cut-off — the time you set, like 4 PM for dinner — members type their mobile number and tap "I'll eat" or "Skip". Right after the cut-off you get one summary with the plate count, how many are skipping, guests, and the numbers by hostel or PG, by email and as a phone notification (and on WhatsApp if you switch that on). You decide whether members who do not answer count as eating or not. It does not remind students — you tell them the cut-off — and no AI is involved, so it adds no message cost.
Students pay the monthly fee anyway — so what does the meal count actually save?
The saving is yours, not in the student's fee. The monthly fee stays the same, but your cost is every day's rice, vegetables, gas and cook time. If 15 of 80 members are away for a dinner — a trip home, an exam, a function — you can cook for 65 instead of 80, spend less on that day's raw material and fuel, and throw less food away. Over a month those days add up. You also stop the "I told you I am not eating" arguments, see which meals and days are usually lighter so you can plan the week, and know how many guest plates to make. What you do with the saving is your choice — some owners give a small credit for skipped meals to keep members honest. Chatsettu only gives you the count; it never changes anyone's fee. We do not promise a fixed saving, because it depends on your mess.
Is it only for private messes, or also for a college hostel, PG or company canteen?
Anywhere food is cooked for a known group of members — a private mess, a PG, a college or school hostel mess, a company canteen or a tiffin service. In a hostel or canteen, where cooking is done in bulk, knowing the real headcount before the cut-off matters even more. Add the members once, share the check-in link or QR, and the count reaches the person in charge.
How do I put my weekly menu in?
Type or paste it into the agent's knowledge base from your dashboard — one line per day works best — and update it whenever the menu changes. You can also share the QR code on your notice board or at the counter so students can scan and ask.
Can students order or pay inside the chat?
No online payment happens in the chat. It takes the plan request or order, and sends it to you with the customer's name and phone number — your team confirms and collects payment the way you already do.
Can I put a different QR at each hostel, PG or office?
Yes. In your dashboard you make one QR per place and name it (for example "Sai Nilayam PG"). When someone scans it and asks to join, your lead email and Leads page show that place, and the AI does not ask for their area again. Print them all in one go or download each one.
I also run the hostel or PG my members live in — is there anything for that?
Yes. The Hostel Register is a separate add-on (₹2,999/year) that keeps an Out / In register for the hostel, and it can be linked to your meal check-in so students who are away from the hostel are not counted for that meal. You can read about it at /hostel-out-register.
Does it understand Hindi or Hinglish?
Yes — this is one of Chatsettu's core strengths. It automatically replies in whichever language (or mix of Hindi/English) the customer types in, without any setup.

Ready To Hire Your First AI Employee?

Start building your AI-powered mess assistant today. Free forever to start.

Create my AI employee

No credit card required · 5 minute setup · Cancel anytime