Every floor team can recite them: is this spicy, what comes with it, do you have something lighter, what do you recommend. The same handful of questions, at nearly every table, all night long.
Repetition is a tax on service
Answering the basics forty times a shift is time your team is not spending on the part that builds a memorable visit: reading the room, recommending, welcoming. The questions are fair. Having a person repeat the answers all night is the expensive part.
A menu that talks back
An assistant attached to your menu can answer those questions on the spot, in the guest's own language, drawn only from what you put on the menu. The guest gets a fast, clear answer. Your team gets those minutes back for hospitality.
Keep it honest
An assistant is a host, not a doctor. For allergies and dietary needs it points the guest to your staff, who know the kitchen. Used that way it handles the routine questions and hands the sensitive ones to a person, which is exactly the right split.
Let the menu carry the repetitive questions, so your people can carry the welcome.