Restaurant GPT-4 receptionist for bookings & delivery using Vapi, Telegram, Airtable
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 79 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Airtable, OpenAI Chat Model, OpenAI and Telegram and 1 more. It also calls maps.googleapis.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On Telegram events (message) (plus 2 other triggers).
- Check if Text (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Set Timezone (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: timezone
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Get Voice (Telegram): work with file
- Convert Time to UTC (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; 1 tool (Restaurant Tool); memory: Simple Memory
- Transcribe The Voice (OpenAI): transcribe (audio)
- Get All Tables (Airtable): search
- Reply (Telegram): uses Telegram
- Send Transcribe Context To AI Agent (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: message.text, sessionId
…plus 46 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: maps.googleapis.com
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (17)
- MCP Server Trigger
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpTrigger - Call n8n Workflow Tool
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow - Execute Workflow Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Airtable
n8n-nodes-base.airtable - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - No Operation, do nothing
n8n-nodes-base.noOp - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Simple Memory
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - MCP Client Tool
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpClientTool - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Telegram Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger
From the author
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