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Answer restaurants' common Facebook Messenger questions for a monthly fee

Set up a chatbot that answers the same few questions restaurants keep getting on Facebook Messenger. Owners pay a monthly fee to get those hours back.

The hard part: convincing restaurant owners to pay every month for something they see as just answering messages.

Setup 2 daysRuns $30/moYour time A weekly check-inNeeds ClaudeDecision modeln8nStripe

Who pays

Restaurant owners pay a monthly fee for a chatbot that handles repeat questions on their Facebook Page. EugeniusOnlineC reports charging one owner $297/month for this. The poster also reports $497/month for a bigger restaurant package that adds review replies and social posting. These are the poster's own figures.

How to build it

  1. List the restaurant's repeat questions

    Go through the owner's Messenger inbox with them and write down the handful of questions that come up most, such as hours, reservations, and menu. Use Claude to help draft a clear answer for each.

  2. Connect the Facebook Page to n8n

    Create a Meta developer app for the restaurant's Page and send new Messenger messages into an n8n workflow.

  3. Match each message to an answer

    Use a decision model (a fast AI that only makes yes/no or sorting calls) to pick which saved question a message matches, or 'none'. Send the matching saved answer back in Messenger.

  4. Pass other messages to the owner

    When a message matches nothing, forward it to the owner by email or text so a person replies.

  5. Test with real past messages

    Run a batch of old Messenger questions through the workflow and fix any answers that come out wrong before going live.

  6. Bill monthly with Stripe

    Set up a monthly subscription for the restaurant through a Stripe Payment Link.

Sources on X

  • EugeniusOnlineC · Apr 1, 2026

    EugeniusOnlineC says a restaurant owner in Cobourg was spending 11 hours a week answering the same 6 questions on Facebook Messenger. The poster built her a chatbot in an afternoon for $297/month, and she got those 11 hours back. The poster also reports a separate restaurant package with an AI chatbot, review responses, and content scheduling at $497/month that saved 14 hours a week. These are the poster's own figures.

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