Operations & admin

Confirm and log WhatsApp restaurant orders

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Summary: Confirm and log WhatsApp restaurant orders is an AI-agent recipe for small businesses in the Operations & admin category. Problem it solves: Order mistakes in chat. Built with n8n; difficulty: Intermediate. Cost: Template: $0 on n8n.io. Running n8n and the connected APIs costs extra (not priced here). Verified against its primary source on 2026-10-16.

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Help me set up this AI-agent recipe for my small business: "Confirm and log WhatsApp restaurant orders".

Problem it solves: Order mistakes in chat
What it does: Extracts items/quantities from WhatsApp order messages, validates against a Sheets menu, logs the order, and replies with a priced confirmation or a clarification question
Who it's for: Restaurants, food sellers
Agent / tools: n8n + WhatsApp Business + Groq + Google Sheets
Inputs: WhatsApp orders; menu sheet
Outputs: Order log, customer confirmation
Prerequisites: n8n, WhatsApp Business API, Groq
Difficulty: Intermediate
Cost (as stated by the source): Template: $0 on n8n.io. Running n8n and the connected APIs costs extra (not priced here).
Warnings: WhatsApp-first; useful if your customers prefer WhatsApp
Primary sources: https://n8n.io/workflows/17044

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What it does

Extracts items/quantities from WhatsApp order messages, validates against a Sheets menu, logs the order, and replies with a priced confirmation or a clarification question

Warnings & notes

Details

Problem it solves

Order mistakes in chat

Who it's for

Restaurants, food sellers

Agent / tools

n8n + WhatsApp Business + Groq + Google Sheets

Inputs

WhatsApp orders; menu sheet

Outputs

Order log, customer confirmation

You'll need

n8n, WhatsApp Business API, Groq

Difficulty

Intermediate

Cost

Template: $0 on n8n.io. Running n8n and the connected APIs costs extra (not priced here).
Only costs stated publicly by the source are shown. Running the tools usually has its own costs.

Date checked

2026-10-16

Review status

Verified against source

Primary sources

• https://n8n.io/workflows/17044

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