Restaurant Marketing

AI for restaurants is a category of tools that use artificial intelligence to automate phone calls, optimise menus, predict stock levels, and run marketing. For UK independents, AI solutions for resta...

Your private dining room seats 20 and hasn't had a booking in three weeks. Tables still pushed together from the last party, AV screen gathering dust, events page saying "contact us." Meanwhile, a ven...

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've been sending emails to journalists and posting on social media for months. Still, not one local newspaper has written about your restaurant. How much would the right PR partner change that? UK...

You're launching a new seasonal menu next month and your head chef just won a regional award. These are stories worth telling, but you are staring at a blank page with no idea where to start. A restau...

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're running a hotel, restaurant, or bar that genuinely cares about the guest experience. Your team works hard, your product is strong, and yet the only press coverage in your area seems to land on...

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 restaur...

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...

Launch day is tomorrow. You've spent months on fit-out, menu development, and hiring — the signage is up and you've told everyone you know. But around 60% of UK restaurants close within their first ye...

You've spent months on the fit-out, trained your team, and finalised the menu. Opening day is three weeks away and your Instagram account has 43 followers. That is not going to fill 60 covers on a Sat...

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 grand opening is in two weeks. The menu is set, the staff are trained on paper, and you're confident everything will run smoothly. It won't. Every restaurant discovers problems on opening night —...

You're posting on Instagram three times a week. You set up a Google Business Profile months ago. You even boosted a Facebook post once. The result? A few likes, maybe a comment from a regular, and no...

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 restaurant marketin...

You're staring at this month's sales data wondering where the profit went. Your lamb shank has a 68% margin but nobody's ordering it. Fish and chips is slammed but barely breaks even. The four quadran...

You've spent hours perfecting your signature dish. The presentation is stunning, the flavours balanced, the margins healthy. Yet it sits at the bottom of your sales reports while basic fish and chips...

You've spent thousands on your menu design. The photos look beautiful, the layout seems professional, and your chef is proud of every dish. But week after week, customers order your lowest-margin item...

You're looking at your menu data. Something doesn't add up. Your best-selling dish barely breaks even. Meanwhile, that fancy special you're proud of gets three orders a week. The problem isn't your co...

You've spent hours perfecting your signature dish. The flavours are spot-on, the presentation is beautiful. Yet it sits there, week after week, barely selling. Meanwhile, an average dish in the top-ri...

You've spent money on a beautiful menu. Crisp photos, elegant fonts, everything looks professional. But there's a pattern: customers order your lowest-margin dishes while signature items sit gathering...

You know there's money left on the table somewhere. Your menu looks fine — customers genuinely enjoy it, prices seem reasonable — but profit isn't matching what it should be. Research shows optimised...

You're doing decent covers. Tables fill up on weekends. Staff seem happy enough. Then you look at your bank balance at the end of the month and wonder where it all went — every restaurateur knows this...

You've got a queue out the door on Saturday nights. But Tuesdays? Wednesdays? You could hear a pin drop. You're posting on Instagram when you remember, writing the odd email, maybe even thinking about...

You're watching your competitors' blogs show up in search while yours has two posts from six months ago. You started with good intentions, then got slammed with a Saturday rush and forgot it existed....

It's 10pm, you've just finished service, and you're staring at an empty Instagram drafts folder. You know you should post something tomorrow, but what? Meanwhile, that new place down the road seems to...

You post a photo of your best dish. Lighting is decent, presentation is spot-on. Eight likes. Meanwhile, the chain across the road has a queue out the door posting the same burger every week. You're w...

90% of diners check restaurants online before deciding where to eat. You're posting three times a week. Lighting's decent, food looks good. Three likes — two from staff. Meanwhile, the chain down the...

You are staring at the blackboard. Last month's prices. You have been meaning to update it for weeks, but between 12-hour shifts and being down two staff, it never quite happens. A customer just point...

You have just finished a 12-hour shift. Your feet hurt. A customer just asked if you still do the lamb special — the one you took off six months ago. The crossed-out prices and handwritten amendments...