Book a restaurant table by voice through OpenTable
- Level Beginner
- Setup~30 min (estimated)
- Evidence Some evidence
- CostNot stated in source
- No-codeYes
What they did
The Verge's reviewer asked Alexa+ to 'book a dinner for two in downtown Charleston for tomorrow night at 7PM,' then changed it to a Friday two weeks out.
How it went
It offered only three restaurants. It booked the table and added it to the calendar, but for the wrong day (Thursday). It fixed the booking when asked, and the whole thing was still slower than using the app.
Worth knowing
- Check the confirmation text. The date was wrong here, and Wirecutter reported a similar mix-up.
- It only works with restaurants on OpenTable, and not with bookings that require a credit card.
Prompt
Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.
Book a table for [number] at [restaurant or cuisine] in [area] on [day, date] at [time]. Read back the date and time before confirming, and add it to my calendar.
Recommended
Try it in Grok Bot
- Copy the prompt (button below).
- Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
- Connect the listed tools (Google Calendar) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
- If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."
Alternatives: the same prompt works in Alexa+, Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.
Set it up
Tools: Google Calendar · Stack: Alexa+
- Read the original source for full context.
- Connect the tools your agent needs.
- Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
- Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.
Generic suggested steps, not from the source.
Evidence
Check the confirmation text. The date was wrong here, and Wirecutter reported a similar mix-up. It only works with restaurants on OpenTable, and not with bookings that require a credit card
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