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Get your restaurant found on Google Maps and in AI answers
We help small restaurants, cafes and eateries show up when people search Google Maps or ask ChatGPT where to eat. That starts with the basics: a menu written as a web page, a complete Google Business Profile, honest reviews, working booking and ordering links, and the same hours everywhere.
How do people pick where to eat now?
They search Google Maps for a dish or a craving (“birria tacos near me”, “brunch with outdoor seating”), check photos and reviews, scroll Instagram and the delivery apps, and some ask AI assistants. AI answers about restaurants tend to draw on Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, delivery apps, local food blogs and “best of” lists. If your details are missing or wrong in those places, you’re easy to skip.
- In the top three map results at that spot
- Lower in the results
- Not in the top results
- The business
Why should my menu be a web page instead of a PDF?
Because search engines and AI tools read text on a web page more reliably than a PDF or a photo of your menu. Google’s own guidance for its AI features says to keep important content in text form. When your dishes, ingredients and prices are on the page as text, Google and AI tools can match you to searches like “vegan ramen near Capitol Hill”.
We write the menu page with sections, dish names, short descriptions with key ingredients, and prices exactly as you confirm them. Dietary tags like vegan or gluten-free appear only when you confirm them in writing, with “Ask your server about allergens” on the page. Any mandatory service fee is shown on the menu itself.
What do you do for a restaurant?
- HTML menu page (Penn and Wren), as above, plus restaurant structured data with your menu, cuisine, and reservation and ordering links (Sage).
- Google Business Profile (Lola): categories, hours and holiday hours, menu, attributes, real photos, two to four posts a month, and your booking and ordering links.
- The same details everywhere (Lola and Juno): name, address, phone and hours on Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp, Facebook, TripAdvisor, your booking platform and the delivery apps.
- Reviews within the rules (Lola): a simple kit to ask every guest, mostly for Google reviews, with no discounts or freebies in return. Reply drafts that thank people for specific things and take complaints offline calmly.
- Local “best of” lists and food press (Juno): honest pitches to the lists and blogs AI tools already cite, with a real angle such as a new dish, a story or an event. Paid placements only with a visible “sponsored” label.
- Your story (Penn): an about page with facts AI tools can repeat, such as the year you opened, who cooks, where ingredients come from, or the oven you use.
- Social: for most restaurants, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest matter more than YouTube. We suggest what to post. You supply real photos and video.
- AI checks (Otto): questions like “Where can I get gluten-free pizza near Fountain Square?” across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google.
Which booking and ordering platforms do you work with?
The ones you already use. We link your website and Google profile to your reservation and ordering pages, such as OpenTable, Resy, Toast, DoorDash, Uber Eats or Grubhub, and keep your details the same on each. You don’t need to switch platforms.
What do you need from a restaurant?
- Your current menu with prices, and written confirmation of any dietary or allergen claims.
- Hours, including holiday hours, and changes as soon as you know them.
- Real photos every month: dishes, the dining room, the team, the outside.
- The booking, ordering and delivery platforms you use.
- Access by invite to your Google Business Profile, Search Console and website.
- Quick approvals on posts and review replies.
How do you measure results for a restaurant?
- Google Business Profile calls, direction requests and website clicks.
- Bookings and orders that come through your website, where your platform can track them.
- Reviews: new reviews, average rating and how many got a reply.
- Search Console: the dish, cuisine and neighborhood searches you appear for.
- AI answers: who gets named for “where to eat” questions in your area, and whether you’re one of them, over several months.
Frequently asked questions
Can you get us more five-star reviews?
We can help you get more reviews, not more five-star ones. We give you a simple way to ask every guest. Google bans review incentives and asking only happy customers, and the FTC’s rule bans incentives tied to a positive review. So we offer nothing in return and ask everyone.
Why don’t you ask for Yelp reviews?
Yelp asks businesses not to request reviews from customers, so we don’t. Guests who already use Yelp will still find you there, which is why we keep your Yelp details accurate.
Can you get us onto “best of” lists?
We can pitch the writers and editors who make them, with a real reason to include you. They decide. We never create fake lists, and any paid placement is labeled “sponsored”.
Do we need a new website for a proper menu?
Usually not. Most sites can take a new menu page. If yours can’t, or it’s slow on phones, a small rebuild may cost less than patching it.
Can you add vegan or gluten-free labels to our menu?
Only the ones you confirm in writing. Dietary and allergen claims carry real risk for your guests and for you, so we never guess, and we add “Ask your server about allergens” to the menu page.
Do you reply to reviews for us?
We draft replies. Once our owner and you both approve them, we post them through the manager access you gave us, or you post them yourself. Nothing is posted without our owner’s approval and yours.
Free AI Visibility Snapshot
We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews the questions your customers ask, and show you who gets recommended and why.