Restaurant SEO starts with the searches your future guests actually run
Restaurant SEO for a chef-led kitchen starts with the specific searches guests run before booking, dining guides, cuisine and neighborhood terms, and "open near me tonight" queries, because that is a more reliable path to visibility than optimizing for the restaurant's own name alone.
What it costs
- Plans$117 a month
- Build fee$647, after launch
- Live in7 days
- Revisions5 a month
- Domain and hostingIncluded
Weekly articles built for search, not for volume alone
Every plan includes 2 or 3 researched articles a week, each 2,500 to 3,200 words, covering topics guests actually search for around your cuisine and neighborhood. This is the primary lever for search visibility beyond your own homepage, since a single homepage rarely ranks for more than a handful of terms.
Technical fundamentals, handled once and correctly
Every page ships with the on-page fundamentals search engines expect: a correct title and description, a canonical URL, structured data matched to the page type, and 90+ PageSpeed. These are set correctly at launch rather than retrofitted later, which is the more common and more expensive way restaurant sites end up fixing SEO.
Why we do not promise a ranking number
We do not promise a specific ranking position or a percentage increase in traffic, because no honest agency controls a search engine's algorithm. What we do commit to is the concrete, controllable work: 90+ PageSpeed, correct technical setup, and a consistent schedule of researched content aimed at the terms your guests actually use.
What you get
Everything below is included on every plan unless the line says otherwise, and your part in all of it is the same: approve it. Nobody at your restaurant logs in to the website.
- 01 Weekly researched articles2 or 3 a week depending on tier, each 2,500 to 3,200 words, aimed at real guest searches.
- 02 Structured data on every pageSchema matched to page type: menu, FAQ, location and article pages each carry the correct markup.
- 03 90+ PageSpeedA real, measurable ranking signal, guaranteed on every plan rather than treated as optional polish.
- 04 Location-aware page architecturePages built around the neighborhoods and areas you genuinely serve, without fabricating a coverage area.
- 05 Internal linking that supports the whole siteArticles and pages cross-link to your menu, reservations and sub-niche pages rather than sitting isolated.
In their words
What restaurant teams tell us about the work
Everyone talks about the new design; I cared more about where the old seasonal dining menus links would land. We reviewed the full redirect map before launch and checked the destinations ourselves. Not one ‘your link is broken’ message arrived after launch.
Dorian PrescottTable bookings administrator, Mexican cantina restaurantI never trusted pageview counts; what I wanted was to know where seasonal dining menus inquiries began. It shows which page an inquiry started on, not merely how many people visited. It gives us a better question to ask of every page.
Stuart AckermanFloor manager, French provincial restaurantWe handed over a folder of our real seasonal dining menus replies and let them work from that. Each answer was reviewed by our own staff, so the page sounds like us rather than a copywriter. The phone calls about basic seasonal dining menus details have noticeably thinned out.
Gabriel SatterfieldReception supervisor, Farm-to-table country restaurant
Case studies from restaurant teams
All case studies- 03An FAQ built from real seasonal dining menus conversationsSteakhouse and grill restaurant, Tacoma, Washington
- 09Clearing out dated seasonal dining menus informationSeafood restaurant by the marina, Reno, Nevada
- 15A rebuild that respects existing seasonal dining menus linksSpanish paella restaurant, Tacoma, Washington
Comparing this against A restaurant marketing agency?
Different purchases. An agency runs campaigns across channels; we build and keep the asset those campaigns send people to.
We wrote a full page on it, including the cases where A restaurant marketing agency is the better fit for a chef-led restaurant.
Questions about restaurant SEO services
How long before a new restaurant site starts ranking?
It varies by market and competition, but a realistic window for the first meaningful movement is 3 to 5 months of consistent publishing and correct technical setup, not overnight.
Do you guarantee a specific ranking position?
No. No honest provider controls a search engine's algorithm, so we do not sell a ranking guarantee. We commit to the work that is actually within our control: speed, technical correctness and a consistent publishing schedule.
What do the weekly articles actually cover?
Topics guests search for around your cuisine and neighborhood: dining guides, seasonal menu context and location-specific queries, researched and written around your actual restaurant rather than a generic template.
Is local SEO different from this, or the same thing?
Local SEO is one part of it, focused specifically on map and "near me" visibility; see our dedicated local SEO page for the location-specific detail.
Can you guarantee we will rank first?
No, and nobody honestly can. Our stated expectation is that the content work starts to show within 3 to 5 months, and that window only begins when the publishing does.
Do you do the technical side as well as content?
Both. Clean page addresses, correct headings, sitemaps, redirects, internal links and page speed on the technical side; menu, wine list, story, service pages and weekly researched articles on the content side.
What do the weekly articles actually get written about?
Searches your future guests really run: dining guides for your area, context on your seasonal menu, and questions specific to your cuisine and neighborhood. They are researched around your restaurant rather than reused from a template.
What is AEO and GEO, and do we need them?
Answer engine optimization means structuring answers so a search engine or assistant can lift them cleanly. Generative engine optimization means being readable and citable by assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Both are included, and neither can be guaranteed to produce an appearance.
See it built for your kitchen
A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $117 a month, the $647 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.
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