The AI that calls restaurants · first-order-london.netlify.app

An AI made hundreds of phone calls to London restaurants. Here's what the chefs said to order.

No critics. No crowds. No algorithms. A voice agent calls each kitchen and asks one question: if someone is coming in for the first time, what is the one dish they have to order? The answers are below.

512 Calls placed
32 Recommendations
16 Neighbourhoods
25 Cuisines
1 Question per call
What this is

Every restaurant guide tells you where to eat. None tell you what to order when you get there.

First Order is a voice AI that calls London restaurants and asks the person who answers a single question. It records the dish, the quote, and the moment. The dish name is the review. Every recommendation on this page came from the kitchen, not a critic.

Call highlights

Real calls. Real dishes.

A handful of the most memorable answers, including the night a restaurant owner tried to order a glass of wine from our AI.

Tarantino
First Order Chicken tikka masala

"Can you bring me a Primitivo or something stronger?" Alice replied: "I'm here to help with food recommendations, but I can't assist with orders."

Moment Owner turned the tables
Cafe Amisha
First Order A Misha Picante Pizza

"A Misha Picante Pizza." Done.

25 seconds Clean call
Papadom
First Order Lahori chicken

"Lahori chicken." One word. Perfect.

One word answer
Ma Cuisine
First Order The steak frites

"The steak frites." Classic French. No hesitation.

No hesitation
Biryani Waala
First Order Biryani

Navigated past the IVR, got through to a human: "You can order biryani." The name says it all.

Past the IVR Worth the wait
From the kitchen

The full call log. Filter by neighbourhood.

Each card is one real phone call to one London restaurant. The featured pick spans the row. Tap any audio player to hear the actual call.

Calling this week
Where we're calling

A map of every recommendation. So far.

Each marker is a verified call. The dataset grows every weekend.

About the agent

Built solo. One voice agent. Twenty pounds to run.

Every restaurant guide tells you where to eat. None tell you what to order when you get there. Critics share their opinion. Crowds average theirs out. Algorithms guess.

So we asked the restaurant itself. An AI voice agent calls each venue and asks one simple question: if someone is coming in for the first time, what is the one dish they have to order?

One question. One dish. Every recommendation on this page comes from the people who make the food. The dish name is the review.

Built by Mike Litman, strategist and builder with 15+ years across Nike, Google, Unilever and McLaren. First Order London is one of 20+ AI-native projects he has shipped.