36 verified qualified inquiries in 90 daysThe volume standard we build toward and verify through tracked forms and call logs.
Catering and private-events pipeline for fine-dining restaurants
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Codex builds a 90-day pipeline that captures qualified buyout, private dining, and catering inquiries, routes them to the right owner, and keeps follow-up moving until each lead books or clearly falls out.
Choose Growth Engine if your team has an events owner who can handle fast response and follow-up. Choose Events Concierge if you need Codex to run the chase for you.
Built for 15+ guest eventsPrivate dining, catering, buyouts, and large-party inquiries where follow-up is worth protecting.
For fine-dining teams with 1-3 locationsA focused pipeline for restaurants that need more qualified event demand, not generic local marketing.
Ad spend paid directly by youNo bundled media mystery. Your restaurant pays the platforms directly; Codex builds, tracks, and optimizes the pipeline.
Choose the model
Choose based on who will chase the lead.
The ads are not the biggest difference. The difference is whether your team can respond quickly, follow up consistently, and keep the pipeline moving when service gets busy.
Codex Growth Engine
$3,500/month90-day minimum. Ad spend paid directly by the restaurant.
Best for restaurants with an events owner who can respond within 2 business hours and keep follow-up moving internally.
Codex builds the funnel, tracking, routing, scripts, campaigns, and pipeline reviews. Your team owns the response, follow-up, proposals, and booking process.
Choose this when your problem is demand, structure, and visibility — not staff capacity.
Codex Events Concierge
$5,000/month90-day minimum. Includes Growth Engine plus the concierge layer. Ad spend paid directly by the restaurant.
Best for restaurants whose managers, owners, or event teams are too stretched to chase every inquiry quickly.
Codex helps respond, qualify, follow up, and book meetings during coverage hours, so qualified leads do not sit while your team is in service.
Your team still owns availability, pricing, proposals, final details, and deposits.
G.R.O.W. framework
What changes in the first 90 days.
By the end of the first 90 days, qualified private-event inquiries should no longer depend on a manager noticing an email at the right time. Your offer, routing, response standard, follow-up path, and pipeline reviews are all working from the same system.
G - Groundwork
We define what counts as qualified: guest count, event types, minimums, availability, routing rules, and who owns each inquiry.
R - Rollout
We launch the inquiry funnel, tracking, campaigns, scripts, and lead routing so qualified demand reaches the right person fast.
O - Optimize
We review real inquiry data: lead quality, response speed, source performance, follow-up gaps, and where prospects are getting stuck.
W - Win
We keep the system usable through busy services, slower weeks, staffing changes, and seasonal swings, so private-event demand does not disappear when the dining room gets hectic.
After 90 days, you should know what is coming in, who owns it, how fast it is being handled, where it is getting stuck, and whether the pipeline is worth scaling.
Measured proof
Proof you can use before you apply.
You should not need a sales call to understand the standard. Before you apply, you cansee the inquiry guarantee, the response expectation, the event-size focus, and examples of the kind of demand Codex is built to support.
Verified qualified inquiries
The 90-day inquiry standard we build around and verify through tracked forms and call logs.
Business-hour response
The response expectation when your team runs follow-up through Growth Engine.
Guests
The event-size focus: private dining, catering, buyouts, and large-party inquiries where the economics can support a real pipeline.
Look for fit, not just big numbers: event type, timeline, inquiry quality, and what the restaurant needed internally to convert the demand.
Catch Carmel by the Sea
$40,000In private events revenue in 90 daysFine-dining buyouts and large-party bookings driven from first inquiry to booked deposit. Ongoing engagement.
Read the case study →
El Colibrí Restaurant & Deli
$15,000In catering revenue in 30 daysCatering pipeline built from a standing start, with qualified corporate and event inquiries routed straight to the team.
Read the case study →
What happens next
Start with fit, not a pitch.
The application helps us see whether the 90-day pipeline has a fair shot: your event capacity, minimums, current inquiry flow, internal ownership, and whether your team needs the Concierge layer. If there is a match, we send the 20-minute fit-call link and map what the first month would actually look like.
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Choose your likely model
Growth Engine if your team can own response and follow-up. Events Concierge if you need Codex to run that layer.
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Share the operating details
Tell us about your venue, event types, minimums, current inquiry flow, and who owns private-event leads today.
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We review within one business day
We look for fit, capacity, and obvious blockers before inviting you to a call.
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If there is a match, we map the rollout
The fit call covers what Codex owns, what your team owns, what the first 30 days look like, and what has to be true for the 90 days to work.
FAQ
Questions restaurant owners ask before starting.
Nothing important should be hidden behind the fit call. Here is what Codex owns, what your team still owns, and where the limits are.
What is the difference between Growth Engine and Events Concierge?
Growth Engine installs the pipeline and gives your team the system to run it. Events Concierge includes Growth Engine plus Codex operating the follow-up and meeting-booking layer so your staff does not have to chase leads.
Who pays for ad spend?
The restaurant pays ad spend directly to the platforms. Codex builds, tracks, and optimizes the funnel and campaigns.
Do you guarantee bookings or revenue?
The Growth Engine guarantee is based on verified qualified inquiry volume, not booked revenue. Revenue depends on venue fit, response speed, sales process, availability, and close rate.
How fast is response expected?
The Growth Engine model expects a real events owner who can respond within two business hours and keep follow-up moving.
What do we need internally to make this work?
You need clear event minimums, routing ownership, a person responsible for inquiries, and willingness to review pipeline quality and response speed.
How much time does our team need to give this?
Growth Engine requires a real events owner who can respond within two business hours, keep follow-up moving, and join pipeline reviews. Events Concierge reduces the chase, but your team still needs to confirm availability, pricing, menus, proposals, and final booking details.
What does Codex not control?
Codex does not control your availability, pricing, menu fit, close rate, event capacity, or whether a qualified inquiry becomes booked revenue. The guarantee is based on verified qualified inquiry volume, not booked revenue.
How do we know if this is worth the cost?
We look at your average event value, realistic close rate, capacity, and 90-day program cost. If the math does not make sense, the pipeline is not a fit yet.
What should life look like after 90 days?
New inquiries should be tracked, routed, responded to, followed up on, and reviewed. Your team should be able to see what came in, what was qualified, who handled it, what converted, and where revenue is getting stuck.
Who should not apply?
Restaurants without clear event capacity, minimums, availability, or someone who can support the booking process should wait. If no one can own response and follow-up internally, Growth Engine alone is probably not the right model.
Know whether this can work before you spend weeks talking about it.
Tell us which model you think fits. We will review your venue, event capacity, team readiness, and current inquiry flow within one business day. If there is a match, the fit call is about the rollout: what Codex owns, what your team owns, and what has to happen in the first 90 days.