Restaurant and café marketing
Restaurant marketing that starts on Google Maps, for cafés, bakeries and restaurants across the US and Canada. People pick where to eat from their phone, so we keep your menu, hours and photos right, and every review answered.
How guests choose where to eat
For restaurants, cafés, bakeries
A wrong hour or an old menu sends guests next door.
- A menu that matches what you serve today
- Holiday hours set before the holiday, not after
- Photos of the food, the room and the front door
- A reply to every review, good or bad
- A fast site with the menu as text, not a PDF
Use of ChatGPT and other generative AI for local recommendations rose from 6% to 45%, now the third most popular source (BrightLocal, 2026). Those tools draw on your website and Google profile, one more reason to keep the menu as text.
What we do for restaurants
Menu and hours, in step
Tell us once when the menu or hours change, and we update Google, Apple Maps, your site and the main directories, then watch for public edits.
Photos that sell the table
Your own food, room and storefront photos on your profile and site, refreshed with the seasons, so guests know what they’ll get and where the door is.
A reply to every review
Replies drafted in your voice for you to approve, for good reviews and bad, never the same template twice.
A menu-first website
Menu, hours, location and booking or ordering in the first screen, with the menu as real text that search engines and AI tools can read.
Café Mireille
Concept project for an invented business
A neighborhood café that wants walk-ins to find it, and find the menu right.
See the concept
Questions owners ask
Still unsure? Ask us directly and a person will reply within one business day.
Ask a questionHow do I get more customers for my restaurant?
Start where people decide: Google Maps and the other map apps. Keep your menu, hours and photos current, reply to every review and make sure your website loads fast with the menu as text. Then see where you show up when people nearby search for your kind of food.
How do I keep my menu and hours right on Google?
Update them in your Google Business Profile whenever they change, and set holiday hours before each holiday. Anyone can suggest edits to your listing, so check it regularly for changes you didn’t make. Keep your website, Apple Maps and other directories matching, so no source contradicts another.
Do restaurants need local SEO?
Yes, if you rely on people nearby. When someone searches for brunch or pho close by, Google shows a map with a few places, and local SEO is the work that helps you appear there: an accurate profile, the right categories, photos, reviews and a website that backs them up.
Should a restaurant reply to every review?
Yes. 89% of consumers expect owners to respond, and 80% are likely to use a business that responds to all its reviews (BrightLocal, 2026). Keep replies short and personal, because templated replies put off 50%. For a bad review, thank them, address the problem and take the details offline.
How do I get my restaurant recommended by ChatGPT?
Nobody can guarantee it, and AI answers change from one run to the next. What helps is what those tools read: a website with your menu as text, a complete Google profile, listings that match and recent reviews. We check how often AI answers name you across repeated runs and fix the sources they use.
Do I need a website if my menu is on Google?
Yes. Your Google profile is where many people find you, but your website is the one place you fully control: the menu, your story, reservations or ordering, and the details other sites and AI tools pick up. Keep it fast on a phone, with the menu as text rather than a PDF.
Your next customer is searching now
See where you rank on Google Maps today, street by street, before you decide anything. Free, with no card and no sales call.
- Your Google Maps rank at 49 points around you
- A check of your Google Business Profile and AI answers
- The 3 fixes we’d make first, in plain English