Marketing for restaurants

Tables full. Phones ringing. Every shift.

We help restaurants own local search, fill the slow nights with paid ads that actually pay for themselves and turn happy diners into 5-star reviews on autopilot. No vanity reports. Just butts in seats.

3,000%
Foot traffic lift
$120K
Monthly revenue · Ortega's
#1
Map Pack avg.
+312 Direction requests
4.8
1,247 Google reviews
Before: 3.6★After: 4.8★
Reservations Tonight
42 / 60
↑ from 18 same Tue last month
Sound familiar?

You opened a restaurant to cook food, not to fight algorithms.

Every operator we work with hits the same wall. Here's what we usually find.

Tuesday-Wednesday is dead

Weekends are slammed, mid-week feels like a ghost town. Same staff, same rent, half the covers.

No-shows wreck your bookings

You blocked the table for 6PM. They didn't show. You couldn't seat the walk-ins. Now you're down two tickets.

DoorDash and Uber Eats take 30%

Third-party apps own the customer relationship and eat your margin. Direct orders are where the real money is.

Reviews stuck under 4 stars

One bad Saturday from 2022 is still on the first page. New diners scroll past you and book the spot next door.

People can't find your menu

Old menu on Yelp, old hours on Google, no menu on your site. Customers give up and order elsewhere.

Calls go to voicemail at 7PM

The front of house is in the weeds during the rush. Reservation calls drop. You'll never know how much that costs you.

What we do

Three products. Built to fill your tables.

Pick one or run all three. Every package is shaped around how restaurants actually grow.

PRODUCT 01 Hyper SEO

Local SEO

Block-by-block ranking that puts your restaurant in the Map Pack for every "restaurants near me," "best tacos near me" or "[your cuisine] [your city]" search.

  • Google Business Profile rebuilt
  • Menu and hours synced everywhere
  • Cuisine-specific keyword targeting
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PRODUCT 02 ROI guarantee

Google Ads

Conversion-tracked campaigns that fill empty seats on slow nights and drive direct orders that skip third-party fees. If we don't hit your agreed ROI in 90 days, we work for free until we do.

  • Call tracking on every ad
  • Direct order push (skip the 30% fee)
  • ROI forecast before you spend a dollar
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PRODUCT 03 All-in-one

Clear Choice Marketing System

The complete system. CRM, automation, reputation, SMS reservation reminders, missed-call recovery and Jess AI taking calls when the host stand can't.

  • Jess AI handles inbound 24/7
  • Reservation confirm + no-show SMS
  • Review automation
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Case study

From $88K to $120K monthly revenue. In one year.

Ortega's Mexican came to us doing solid weekend business but bleeding on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and lunch. We rebuilt their local search presence, layered in Google Ads with conversion tracking and ran reputation in the background.

"We tried Yelp ads, Facebook boosts, the works. Nothing moved the needle. CCS was the first agency that actually tied marketing spend to people walking in the door. Our slow days aren't slow anymore." Ortega's Mexican · Owner
4x
Monthly revenue increase
3,000%
Foot traffic lift in 12 months
#1
Map Pack for "Mexican near me"
5.2x
Return on ad spend
3.6 → 4.7
Star rating lift
12mo
From $88K/mo to $120K/mo
Restaurants we work with

A few of the names on our roster

Ortega's Mexican
Vicky's Burger
Palapas Brunch & Lounge
Alvarado's Mexican Grill
Oaxaca de Mis Amores
Southern Twist BBQ
Results across our restaurant clients

The numbers we move for restaurants.

Real outcomes from across our active restaurant accounts. Foot traffic, revenue, reviews and rank. Nothing made up.

3,000%
Foot traffic lift · top performing client
5.2x
Average return on Google Ad spend
+218%
Lift in GBP profile views in 90 days
30-40%
Lost calls recovered via missed-call SMS
FAQ

Common questions from restaurant owners

If yours isn't here, ask us on the audit call.

How much does marketing for a restaurant cost?

Depends on which products you run and how competitive your area is. We don't publish pricing because every restaurant is different (single location vs multi, suburb vs downtown, fine dining vs fast casual). Book a free 15-minute audit and we'll give you a real number.

How fast can a restaurant see results from marketing?

Reviews and reputation usually move within 30 days because we automate the asks at point of sale. Google Ads start producing tracked calls and online orders within 2-4 weeks. Map Pack ranking and steady local SEO takes 60-120 days depending on how competitive your cuisine is.

The fastest combo for filling empty seats is reputation plus Google Ads. Most operators feel the bump inside the first month.

Can you help reduce no-shows on reservations?

Yes. The all-in-one Marketing System runs SMS reservation confirmations and reminders at the right intervals (24 hours before, 2 hours before). Restaurants running this typically see no-shows drop by 40-60%. Jess AI can also call ahead to confirm large parties.

Will you help us reduce dependency on DoorDash and Uber Eats?

Yes. Third-party apps take 25-30% commission and own the customer relationship. We push your direct online ordering link in ads, on your Google Business Profile, in your review responses and on your website. Most restaurants we work with see direct orders climb 3-5x within the first 90 days.

The third-party apps are fine as a discovery channel, just not as your only channel.

What if my restaurant has multiple locations?

Multi-location is something we handle well. Each location gets its own Google Business Profile optimization, its own Map Pack work and its own ad attribution. One dashboard rolls it all up so you can compare locations side by side.

How is this different from Yelp ads?

Yelp ads charge per click and don't track to a booking, a call or a reservation. There's no proof anyone who clicked actually walked in. We track every dollar of ad spend to a tracked call, an online order, a reservation or a direction request. You see the ROI in real numbers, not vibes.

Is there a contract?

SEO and reputation take time to compound so we typically work in 6-month initial engagements. After that it's month-to-month. Most restaurants stay because the ranking and review momentum they've built isn't something they want to lose.

Let's fill the slow nights.

Book a free 15-minute audit. We'll pull up your Google rank, your nearest competitors and your review count then show you exactly what we'd do for your restaurant.