Marketing Tips

You're posting three times a week but every caption takes half an hour: that is 90 minutes gone. The concept behind ChatGPT for restaurant marketing is simple: use AI prompts to draft social captions,...

You're staring at an empty private dining room that hasn't had a booking in weeks. Tables still pushed together. AV screen gathering dust. Three competitors within a mile are booked solid because they...

You're staring at an empty private dining room on a quiet Wednesday night, knowing it has been dark since last Friday's birthday booking. Sound familiar? Your private dining restaurant marketing strat...

Your private dining room sits empty three nights a week. Meanwhile, corporate teams two streets away are booking competitors because they found them on Google first. Restaurant group dining marketing...

You've spent thousands on the fit-out, months on the menu, and your team is delivering a great dining experience. Yet the local newspaper has not mentioned you once. Why? Because roughly 95% of pitche...

You're scrambling through your phone gallery at midnight because a journalist emailed asking for your chef's biography, high-resolution photos, and a fact sheet. You type up a bio from memory and repl...

You're opening a restaurant in six weeks. The fit-out is on schedule, the team is hired, and the menu is almost finalised. But nobody outside your immediate circle knows you exist. No journalists, no...

You're scrolling Instagram and a competitor three streets away has a stunning review from a local food blogger. The photos are professional, the caption is glowing, and the comments are full of people...

You've spent months perfecting your menu, your team is finally hitting its stride, and the food is great. But nobody outside your postcode knows you exist. The UK full-service restaurant sector earned...

The grand opening went well: decent crowd, a few local faces, some nice photos for Instagram. Then comes Tuesday afternoon. Six covers. The phone isn't ringing. Nobody told you that opening a restaura...

You're staring at your opening soon restaurant sign through the scaffolding. People stop and peer through the window daily. But you have no way to reach them when doors finally open. No email list, no...

You've spent months on the fit-out. Opening day is six weeks away. You've got a marketing budget and a list of ideas from every restaurant blog online. What you don't have is a restaurant grand openin...

Your food is good. Your reviews say so. But when someone walks past, nothing sticks. The signage hasn't been updated in years, the menu is a Word document with clip art borders, and your Instagram has...

You're doing the marketing yourself after a 12-hour shift. The Instagram posts aren't landing, your Google listing is gathering dust, and the Facebook ads you ran last month cost £200 and brought in t...

You've spent three months paying a generalist agency. They got you 400 new Instagram followers. None live in your postcode. None have booked a table. In London, every empty cover costs more than anywh...

You're spending three evenings a week writing Instagram captions between clearing tables and cashing up. Engagement is flat. The chain down the road has a photographer, a content calendar, and a queue...

You've decided you need help with marketing. That part was easy. Now you're staring at a confusing mix of freelancers, agencies, and full-service companies. They all say the same things on their websi...

You're staring at a proposal from a marketing agency. It lists "social media management," "SEO," "content creation," and "paid media" under one monthly fee. It could mean anything. It could mean nothi...

You've spent the last hour Googling "best restaurant marketing agency." Every result looks the same: glossy case studies, vague promises about "growing your brand," and retainer quotes that make your...

You spent months getting the menu right. The food is great, the service is sharp, and the kitchen runs well. But online? The logo looks rushed, the colours clash, and your Instagram could belong to an...

You've been doing your own marketing for two years. Posting on Instagram between services, throwing £50 at a Facebook ad when things get quiet, updating your Google listing when you remember. Most wee...

A hospitality branding agency is a specialist firm that builds brand identities for restaurants, hotels, bars, and cafes. These agencies know that your brand must work across physical spaces, menus, s...

You have spent thousands on your fit-out, weeks perfecting the menu, and months building a team. Then a regular recommends you to a friend and the friend says "which one is that again?" Not because th...

You're posting on Instagram, running the odd Facebook boost, maybe even paying someone on Fiverr to "do your SEO." Nothing sticks. The covers don't change. So what now? Is a proper marketing agency wo...