AUTOMATIVELocal SEO for pubs & restaurants
Chosen on a phone,an hour before dinner.
Most people pick where to eat from Google on their phone, often just before they go. We get pubs, restaurants and cafés into the top three, with the photos, menus and reviews that turn a search into a booking.
- Pubs
- Restaurants
- Cafés
- Bookings
- restaurants near me
- sunday roast near me
- dog friendly pub near me
- best fish and chips st ives
The problem
Great food, invisible on the map.
A hungry person on their phone looks at three or four options, glances at the photos and rating, and decides. If you're not in that handful, the food doesn't get a chance.
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Out-of-date details
Old opening hours, a menu from last year or a closed kitchen showing as open. One bad experience and they don't come back.
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Photos that sell someone else
Dark, blurry or customer-only photos, while the place down the road shows its best dishes and a warm bar.
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Missing the searches
People search for 'Sunday roast', 'dog friendly' or 'beer garden', not your name. If Google doesn't know you do it, you don't show.
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Reviews without replies
Plenty of reviews, but no replies, and the one complaint sitting at the top with no answer.
What we do
What fills tables from Google.
Built around how people choose where to eat: quickly, on a phone, judging on photos, rating and whether they can book.
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Google profile
Everything right, every week.
Hours, holiday hours, menus, attributes like dog friendly or outdoor seating, and a booking link, kept accurate all year.
- Opening hours
- Menu
- Attributes
- Booking link
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Photos
Show them what they'll get.
Your best dishes, the bar, the garden and the rooms, updated with the seasons so the profile always looks like the place does today.
- Food photos
- Interior & garden
- Seasonal updates
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Website
Menus you can read on a phone.
A fast site with menus in text, not PDFs, pages for things people search like Sunday lunch, events and private hire, and booking one tap away.
- Phone-friendly menus
- Events
- Private hire
- Book a table
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Posts
Give them a reason tonight.
Weekly posts for specials, live music, quiz nights and events, so your profile looks busy and gives people a reason to come.
- Specials
- Events
- Offers
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Reviews
Every review answered.
A steady flow of new reviews from happy guests, and a reply to every one, good or bad, in your voice.
- Review requests
- Replies
- QR code for tables
Where do you rank today?
Your free video review shows where you appear on Google Maps across your area, who's above you and what we'd fix first.
Case study
The Dolphin Inn, a village pub near Truro.
A pub website with menus, events, the Sunday carvery and private hire, built for phones with booking a table always a tap away.
Read The Dolphin Inn case studyWhat local SEO does
From nowhere to the top three.
Each dot is a point on the map where we searched Google. The number is where a business ranks from that spot. Red is nowhere near; green is the top three, where the calls go.
How it works
Clear from day one. Better every month.
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Free video review
We scan where you rank for the searches that matter to you, across the area you serve.
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Build the plan
Quick wins first, then the pages, profile work and reviews most likely to bring in the work you want.
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Fix and build
Your Google profile, website, listings and review routine sorted in the order that moves results.
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Track and improve
Rankings, calls and enquiries reviewed every month, with the next month's work based on the numbers.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Do people really choose restaurants from Google Maps?
Yes. Searching 'near me' on a phone is one of the most common ways people find somewhere to eat, especially visitors who don't know the area.
Should my menu be a PDF?
Better not. PDFs are hard to read on a phone and Google can't use them as well. A text menu on your website helps you show up for dishes people search for.
Can you help with seasonal trade?
Yes. We update your hours, photos and posts ahead of each season, so you're showing properly when the visitors arrive and still visible to locals in winter.
What about TripAdvisor?
It still matters for some visitors, and keeping your details right there helps. But most local searches start on Google, so that's where we focus first.
Can you build us a new website as well?
Yes. We build fast, phone-first websites for pubs and restaurants, like The Dolphin Inn's, with menus, events and booking built in.
Local SEO services
Each part, done properly.
- Google Business ProfileCategories, services, photos, posts and reviews, so you show up on the map.Find out more
- Technical SEOSpeed, indexing, schema and structure, so Google can read and trust your site.Find out more
- Review managementA steady flow of genuine Google reviews, and a reply to every one.Find out more
- CitationsYour name, address and phone the same on every directory that matters.Find out more
Industries
Who else we work with.
Also
What else we do.
- 01WebsitesFast, hand-built sites that rank and turn visitors into enquiries.New websitesService & area pagesHosting & care
- 02Google & Meta AdsPaid campaigns with proper tracking, for when you need calls this week.Google SearchLocal Services AdsFacebook & Instagram
- 03Custom softwareQuoting tools and apps built around how you work, like DigDealer.Quoting appsCustomer portalsAutomations
Free video review
Get your free video review.
A short, personal video for your business: where you show up on Google today, who's beating you, and what we'd do about it. Two to three minutes. No call, no obligation.
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Where you rank
A map-grid scan of where you appear on Google Maps across your whole area.
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Who's beating you
The businesses in the top three, and what they have that you don't.
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Your Google profile
Categories, services, photos and reviews, checked against what Google rewards.
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Your website
A technical check: speed, indexing, schema and the on-page basics Google needs to rank you.
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What we'd fix
The changes we'd make, in order of impact.
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