02 · Hospitality · Restaurants, bars, venues and groups
Fill the quiet nights.
More bookings and fuller quiet nights.
People choose where to eat on their phones, in seconds. We make your food, your room and your people look like the night out they're looking for, then put it in front of diners nearby and turn the interest into bookings.
Kodachi Starter from $329 a week · All prices in NZD, excluding GST
What we make for you
Built for hospitality.
- 01
Menu and dish reels
Short cinematic reels of your signature dishes, drinks and kitchen, shot to make people hungry and posted where locals scroll.
In every retainer
- 02
Booking ads to local diners
Ads to people within driving distance, timed for your quiet nights, that send them straight to your booking page.
In every retainer
- 03
Google profile and reviews
Your profile tuned so you show up when people search nearby, plus a review-request QR code for the table.
In every retainer
- 04
Venue walkthroughs for functions
A cinematic walk through your spaces for event and function enquiries.
Tachi and up
- 05
AI Receptionist for bookings
Answers the phone during service, takes bookings and answers the usual questions, and texts you a summary. It always says it's an AI.
Tachi and up
- 06
KurōAI
Run the business from your phone, even during service. KurōAI is the assistant we built to run Ichiban, set up for you: message it, or wake it by voice with a name you choose, and it handles the admin, tells you when each job is done and checks with you before anything important.
Tachi and up
- 07
Automation workflows
The busywork, automated: every new lead into your CRM, booking confirmations and reminders, a review request after every job and a daily summary on your phone, connected to the tools you already use.
Tachi and up
- 08
AI agent employees
A team of AI agents inside KurōAI, each with its own job: one confirms every booking, one answers DMs and one asks every guest for a review. They work around the clock, always say they're AI and check with you before anything important. We build them and look after them.
Ōdachi, or one-off in Express
Why it pays
Why it pays in hospitality.
Groups share one shoot
Three or more venues can share a shoot day, so each gets more content for the same price.
Diners are cheap to reach
Restaurants have some of the lowest lead costs on Facebook: a median of about USD 3.16 a lead.
Source: WordStream Facebook ad benchmarks, April 2024 – June 2025.
Quiet nights are the target
Ads and posts are timed to your slow nights, not your full ones.
Bookings you can count
We count tracked bookings from our ads, booking links and number, not likes.
And for every client
A 90-day target, reported monthly
Every plan starts with a goal we set together at kickoff. Every result is reported.
One plan, not four bills
Content, ads, lead capture and reporting in one weekly price, billed monthly.
You own everything
Your ad accounts, tracking, data and creative belong to you, always.
Cinematic by default
Every reel is lit, shot and cut like a film. It's why people stop scrolling.
Your 90-day starter
Prove it first. Then choose your sword.
Kodachi Starter
$329 / week
Billed $1,426 / month
For up to 90 days, with everything Kodachi includes. Hit the goal and you choose your blade, from $399 a week.
All prices in NZD, excluding GST.
Apply for your starterEvery month
- 4 reels and 4 photos from a 2-hour shoot
- Meta ads, spend up to $1,500
- Instant lead texts and missed-call text-back
- A Google profile tune-up
- 2 platforms, with a weekly check-in
- A monthly results report
- Goal
- 60 tracked bookings in 90 days, about 5 a week.
- What counts
- Only results tracked through Ichiban's ads, forms and numbers count.
- Ad spend
- At least $600 a month, paid straight to the platforms.
- What it’s worth
- About $8,400 at $140 a booking. An example: yours is set from your own numbers at kickoff.
- Bigger businesses
- Groups of three or more venues can start on the Tachi Starter ($650 a week); the goal and ad spend double.
How it works
Four steps. One goal.
- 01
Apply
A consultation from this page. We audit your business first and talk price after.
- 02
Kickoff
We set the goal from your own numbers. Our form, call number and outcomes sheet go live.
- 03
Up to 90 days
The full service for your industry, at the starter price.
- 04
Goal hit
Choose your blade from the next month, locked in forever.
- Goal hit
- Choose Kodachi ($399), Tachi ($790) or Ōdachi ($1,390) a week from the next month, locked in forever.
- Not hit at day 90
- You stay at the starter price, in place of “month 4 free”. By month 6, either side can walk away or reset the plan and the goal together.
Then choose your blade
Goal hit? Choose your blade.
Kodachi
White Blade · Get found
$399 / week
Billed $1,729 / month
- 4 reels · 4 photos a month
- Meta ads · instant lead texts
Tachi
Red Blade · Grow
$790 / week
Billed $3,423 / month
- 6 reels · 4 photos a month
- AI Receptionist · 2 channels
Ōdachi
Black Blade · Lead the market
$1,390 / week
Billed $6,023 / month
- 10 reels · 8 photos a month
- SEO + AI search · 3 channels
All prices in NZD, excluding GST. Weekly prices, billed monthly.
Compare the bladesOur work
Shot for hospitality.
Hospitality Signature dish
Hospitality Waterfront restaurant
Hospitality New lunch spot
Apply
Apply for a consultation.
We audit your business first and talk price after.
- 1Consultation and audit
- 2Goal set together at kickoff
- 3Tracking live in week 1
- 4Starter price until the goal is hit