Ask a restaurant about food allergies before you go

By the CallForMe team at Great Work LLC · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · 2 min read

Short answer: Tell your agent the restaurant, the allergy and how severe it is. CallForMe calls during a quiet hour, asks how the kitchen handles that allergen, about shared fryers and prep surfaces and which dishes can be made safe, and reports what the staff said word for word. It can book the table in the same call. Each answered call costs $1.

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An allergy question needs a real answer from someone who knows the kitchen, and that rarely fits in a website FAQ. A two-minute call in the afternoon gets you whether they cook with peanut oil, whether the fryer is shared and which dishes can change, before you've booked anything.

What your agent does

1. find_business finds the restaurant's number and whether it's open now.
2. plan_call checks the restaurant's local time and warns your agent during the lunch or dinner rush, when hosts are least able to check with the kitchen.
3. place_call asks your questions, and asks the host to check with the kitchen if they aren't sure.
4. Your agent gets each answer and the transcript, and books the table if you said to.

{
  "phone": "+15125550173",
  "business_name": "Lantern Thai",
  "goal": "Find out how the kitchen handles a severe peanut allergy, then book a table for 3 on Saturday at 6:30pm if the answers are clear.",
  "details": "Severe peanut allergy (not a preference). Party of 3, Saturday 6:30pm, name Patel. 6 to 7:30 is fine.",
  "questions": ["Do you cook with peanut oil?", "Are woks, fryers or prep surfaces shared with peanut dishes?", "Which dishes can be made without peanuts?"],
  "on_behalf_of": "Anika Patel",
  "callback_number": "+15125550188",
  "constraints": "Don't book if the kitchen says it can't avoid cross-contact."
}

Example result

Illustrative example: names and answers are made up.

Questions worth asking

• Do you cook with peanut, tree nut or sesame oil?
• Is the fryer shared? Are woks, grills or cutting boards cleaned between orders?
• Which dishes can be made without the allergen, and which can't?
• Can someone from the kitchen talk to us when we order?
• For gluten: do you have a separate fryer or pasta water, and are sauces thickened with flour?

Tips

• Say how severe it is in details. "Severe allergy" gets a different answer from "we'd rather avoid it."
• Use constraints to tell the assistant not to book if the kitchen can't avoid cross-contact.
• Ask for the name of the person who answered, so you can mention it when you arrive.

What it costs

$1 per answered call, including the first 2 minutes, then 40¢ a minute. An allergy question plus a booking usually fits in about 2 minutes. Asking three restaurants is about $3.

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