The community operations platform for Canadian restaurants

Your managers are fielding donation requests, recovering unhappy guests, and dealing with bad reviews — on napkins, in their heads, and with zero consistency across locations. Avantly replaces that chaos with one workflow that tracks everything, recovers more guests, and protects your reputation before complaints go public.

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Avantly community operations platform overview

Used by Catch Hospitality Group — operating 8+ restaurant concepts across Oakville and Hamilton. Built on technology running in Canada's restaurant industry for over 8 years.

Catch Hospitality Group
Thirsty Cactus
The Wood

Tracked digital voucher for restaurant guest recovery shown on mobile device
The Problem

Community requests keep coming. Your system for handling them doesn't exist.

You're running a restaurant group. You've got enough on your plate, literally. But every week, your managers are getting bombarded with donation requests from local schools, sports teams, charities, and community organizations. Some get handled. Most get lost. Nobody knows what went out, to whom, or whether it ever came back as a reservation.

When a guest has a bad experience, your manager comps the meal and hopes for the best. There's no record of what was given, no follow-up, no way to know if that guest ever came back. Meanwhile, the ones who didn't get recovered are writing reviews right now.

And your reputation? You find out about the one-star review 72 hours after it posts, when your GM forwards it in a panic. This isn't a people problem — it's a systems problem. Avantly is the system.

One workflow for the three things
your managers handle on napkins

Donation request list showing event names, contacts, and approval decisions
Donation request management

Every donation request gets logged, tracked, and responded to — with a consistent process across all your locations. You'll know exactly what you donated, to whom, when, and whether it turned into a reservation.

  • Centralized request intake form

  • Automated acknowledgment and approval workflow

  • ROI reporting by location and campaign

Gift certificate stats and a redeemed voucher list
Guest recovery with tracked vouchers

When a guest has a bad experience, your manager issues a tracked digital voucher on the spot, right from their phone. You'll know if it was redeemed, and whether you actually recovered that guest.

  • Digital vouchers with unique tracking codes

  • Redemption alerts sent to management

  • Per-location recovery dashboards

Survey routing: low ratings get a private follow-up question, next to the guest-facing rating card
SMS-triggered reputation protection

Within 10 minutes of a guest's experience going sideways, Avantly's SMS feedback tool gives them a private channel to tell you what happened — before it becomes a public review.

  • Automated SMS sent post-visit

  • Positive sentiment redirected to Google review prompts

  • Location-level reporting


How it works: the community goodwill lifecycle

01

REQUEST

A community organization submits a donation request. It goes into Avantly's intake system — every location, every time.

02

GIVE

Your team reviews, approves, and fulfills the donation through a consistent workflow. Every decision is logged with its context.

03

RECOVER

When a guest experience goes wrong, your manager issues a tracked digital voucher. You have a record of every recovery attempt.

04

PROTECT

Before unhappy guests reach Google, Avantly's feedback system gives them a private channel to tell you first.


Trusted by Canadian restaurant operators

Built by a team with 20+ years of experience in CRM, customer success, and analytics at some of Canada's largest brands — including Bell Canada, Sirius XM Canada, and Sears Canada.

"Before Avantly, donation requests were scattered. They were coming in from everywhere. Now everything's organized and I can actually see which community partnerships bring customers back."

Doug Greco

President, Catch Hospitality Group

"I get requests all the time — email, phone, in-person. It never stops. I like to support my local community, Avantly helps me keep on top of it and stay on budget."

Pete Mitropoulos

GM, Thirsty Cactus

"We needed a tool that was easy to use and saved us time. With Avantly all requests now come in through one form on our website."

Jeff Whitefield

GM, Managing Partner, The Wood

Simple, transparent pricing for every restaurant group

All plans include donation management, guest recovery and reputation protection.

Tier 1: 1–2 locations

$99/user/mo

All core features, real-time tracking and notifications, on-demand redemption, customizable templates.

Tier 2: 3–9 locations

Volume pricing

Everything in Tier 1, plus promotion compatibility, company-wide analytics, location-based users.

Tier 3: 10+ locations

Custom Enterprise

Everything included, plus unlimited campaigns, enterprise support, location benchmarks.

Prices exclude any applicable taxes.

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