Calls Collide With the Rush
The phone rings hardest at 6:30 on a Friday, the same moment your team is running the counter, bagging orders and seating guests.
TARA answers every call, takes the order and sends it into Square, built from your Square menu with the right items, modifiers and prices. Flat monthly pricing, unlimited calls and no commission on your orders.
Counter, online ordering and kiosks all flow into Square. Phone calls still depend on whoever is free to pick up.
The phone rings hardest at 6:30 on a Friday, the same moment your team is running the counter, bagging orders and seating guests.
Tools that only text a link make the guest finish the order on their phone. Some do. Some order somewhere else.
When a phone order is written on a notepad and rung in later, that's where wrong modifiers and missed items come from.
Some phone and ordering tools take a percentage of every order, so the busier you get, the more you pay.
TARA orders from your real Square menu and hands the kitchen a ticket it already knows how to read.
TARA picks up on the first ring in your restaurant's name, at peak and after hours, and handles as many callers at once as you get.
She builds the order from your Square menu, so every size and modifier is something Square can ring in, and suggests a relevant add-on along the way.
The completed order goes into Square. Your kitchen sees it like any in-store or online order.
TARA texts an order confirmation and, if you like, a secure link to pay. The call transcript is saved for your team.
When you compare AI phone tools, ask where the order ends up. Then ask to watch a phone order ring into Square live on the demo.
| What matters | HeyTARA + Square | Link-only phone tools | Staff on the phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the order goes | ✓ Into Square | ~ Guest finishes online, if they do | ~ Rung in by hand |
| Menu accuracy | ✓ Synced from Square | ✓ Your online menu | ~ Depends who answers |
| Calls during the rush | ✓ All answered, at once | ✓ All answered | ✗ Some ring out |
| Upsell on every order | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ~ When there's time |
| Commissions | ✓ None | ~ Varies by vendor | ✓ None, but labor cost |
New to AI phone agents for Square? Read our Square buying guide or the vendor-neutral buyer's guide.
Every plan includes unlimited calls and no commissions.
TARA answers every call, handles your FAQs, transfers guests who ask for a person and texts callers your online ordering link.
Adds direct phone ordering into Square with real-time menu sync, upselling, Spanish, warm handoffs, payments by text and call transcripts.
For multi-unit groups: multi-location dashboard, custom branded voice, help-desk workflows and custom integrations, managed by our team.
Yes. HeyTARA connects to Square with real-time menu sync. On the Main Course plan ($199/month), TARA takes full phone orders and sends them into Square like any other ticket. On the Starter plan ($99/month), TARA answers every call and texts guests a link to your online ordering site.
Both are possible. With direct ordering on Main Course, TARA takes the whole order in conversation and it lands in Square, so nobody re-keys it. Text-to-order links are available on every plan, so guests who prefer to order on their phone can still finish online.
TARA uses real-time menu sync with Square, so menu and price changes you make in Square carry over to what TARA offers callers. You don't keep a second menu up to date.
Yes. TARA takes orders in natural conversation, including combos, substitutions, add-ons and pickup times, and builds them from the items and modifiers in your Square menu.
No. Every HeyTARA plan is one flat monthly price with unlimited calls. You keep 100% of every order TARA takes.
On Main Course, TARA can text guests a secure link to pay for their order, so no one reads a card number over the phone.
Yes. On the Main Course plan, TARA understands and responds to callers in Spanish.
We handle the setup: connecting Square, importing your menu, configuring your hours, upsells and transfers, and running test calls. We'll give you a go-live date for your locations on the demo call.
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Book a 30-minute demo and watch a phone order go from the call into Square, using your menu.