Restaurant SEO
Is Your Restaurant Business Showing Up Where Customers Are Looking?
Restaurant SEO is Google Maps, Yelp, OpenTable, DoorDash, and now ChatGPT, all rolled into one. We make sure your restaurant shows up first when a hungry local searches "best [your food] near me" on any platform.
The Unique Challenges
What Makes This Vertical Different
Every industry has its own quirks. Here are the four that show up every time in restaurant.
- ◆Google Maps fights with Yelp, OpenTable, DoorDash for the click
- ◆Daily menu and hours updates
- ◆Review velocity and recency matter more than total count
- ◆AI assistants now make restaurant recommendations
Our Playbook
What We Actually Run
The specific tactics we deploy for this vertical. Not a generic SEO checklist.
- GBP menu + reservation link integration
- Schema for menu items, restaurant hours, accepted payment
- Yelp and OpenTable profile optimization
- AEO citation tracking for AI assistant recommendations
The Combined Stack
Local SEO + AI Engine Optimization
We do not just rank you in Google Maps. We rank you in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity using the same AI-visibility dashboard we use for our own brand.
Traditional Local SEO
- Google Business Profile optimization
- NAP citation building across 50+ directories
- Review acquisition pipeline
- On-page schema markup
- Local backlink outreach
- Neighborhood landing pages
+ AI Engine Optimization
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity citation tracking
- AEO-ready content structure (questions, schemas, lists)
- Brand monitoring via our AI-visibility dashboard
- Prompt-level competitor analysis
- Source URL optimization for AI crawlers
- Reputation signals across LLM training data
See the Playbook in Action
Local Visibility, On Screen
Ready When You Are
Ready to See How You Rank for Your Vertical?
Free 20-minute audit. We pull your current Google Maps rank, your ChatGPT mention rate, and three quick wins you can do this week.