Fill tables and take orders without handing the app a third of the check
Delivery apps bring you customers, then charge you on every order, often 15% to 30%. We help restaurants win the 'near me' search, get found on Google Maps and turn first-time app customers into people who order direct.
Restaurants benchmarks
- Typical lift in Google Maps actions (calls, directions, orders)
- +20-40%Typical lift in Google Maps actions (calls, directions, orders)
- Typical share of repeat orders moved to direct
- +15-30%Typical share of repeat orders moved to direct
- Typical lift in new reviews per month
- 2-3xTypical lift in new reviews per month
- Typical drop in cost per booked table
- -10-25%Typical drop in cost per booked table
Drawn from Digital Squad engagements with restaurants. Your realistic range comes out of the audit.
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What holds restaurants back
The same four constraints show up in nearly every restaurants engagement we start.
Delivery apps own the customer
Apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats charge a commission on every order, and they keep the customer's contact details. Each repeat order through the app costs you again. Many restaurants grow sales while their margins shrink.
The map pack decides where people eat
Most 'restaurant near me' and 'best tacos in [city]' searches end on Google Maps. A profile with old hours, a missing menu, few photos or a weak review count loses to the place down the street.
Your website doesn't take the order
Many restaurant sites are a PDF menu and a phone number. If ordering or booking takes more than a few taps on a phone, people go back to the app they already use.
Busy nights and slow nights need different ads
A flat ad budget spends the same on a packed Saturday as a dead Tuesday. Restaurants get more from spending where they have empty seats and kitchen capacity.
What we do differently for restaurants
Google Business Profile as your front door
Accurate hours, holiday hours, a real menu with prices, current photos, an order link and a reservation link. Plus a steady stream of reviews. This is where most diners decide.
Direct ordering that's easier than the app
A fast mobile ordering and booking path on your own site, linked from Google. Then a small reason to come back direct, like a first-order offer or loyalty perk, so app customers become your customers.
Local SEO for the dishes and places you're known for
Pages and profile details for what people actually search, like a cuisine, a signature dish, brunch, catering or private events, plus the neighborhood you're in.
Ads paced to empty seats
Search and social ads that turn up on slow nights and for catering and events, and turn down when you're already full. You pay for covers you can actually serve.
Services that move the needle for restaurants.
We'll recommend the smallest set that unblocks your actual constraint, not the biggest bundle.
Restaurants results, in detail.
Full case studies with the numbers, the mistakes, and what we'd do differently.
Restaurants questions, answered straight.
Usually not. Apps bring in customers who would never have found you. The goal is to stop paying a commission on the same customer forever. Keep the apps for discovery, and give those customers an easy reason to order direct next time.
Other industries we serve
Let's talk about your growth constraint.
A free 30-minute teardown built around how restaurants actually grow. You keep the findings whether or not we work together.