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A chef plating dishes at the pass during evening service

For exceptional restaurants

AI search for restaurants

Guests now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude where to eat, and book one of the handful of places they name. We make your restaurant one of them, on Google too, so the guest who asks ends up at your table.

Free AI Visibility Report: discover if AI Search platforms recommend you.

The questions

Guests ask AI exactly what they want

Not just “best restaurant in town”, but the occasion, the dish, the view. Each question is a table you win, or one you hand to a rival.

  • “Romantic restaurant with a sea view for an anniversary”

  • “Best tasting menu in Madrid that’s worth the price”

  • “Where do locals eat the best rice dishes in Valencia?”

  • “Restaurant with a private room for a business dinner”

  • “Michelin-starred restaurant open on Sunday evening”

  • “Vegetarian tasting menu in Barcelona”

How AI decides

AI recommends what many sources agree on

ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude search the web before they answer. They name the restaurants that guides, listings, press and reviews describe the same way, and cite the pages that answer the question best. If your own website doesn’t say you have a terrace, a tasting menu or a private room, AI has no reason to recommend you for it.

  1. 01

    Your website

    Menu and prices as text, hours, awards and a booking link.

  2. 02

    Guides

    The Michelin Guide, Repsol and Guidavera, the guide for Spain.

  3. 03

    Listings and reviews

    Google Maps, TheFork and Tripadvisor.

  4. 04

    Press

    Features, local food press and “best of” round-ups.

What we do

Everything AI needs to recommend your restaurant

Whether it’s called GEO, AEO or SEO for AI, the work is the same: be the clearest, most consistent answer wherever AI tools and Google look.

  1. 01

    Your menu, readable by AI

    Menu, prices, hours, awards and dietary options set out as text and labelled, so AI describes your restaurant correctly. A PDF menu is hard for AI to read.

  2. 02

    Answers to what guests ask

    Pages on your website for the occasions and dishes guests ask about: anniversaries, private dining, the tasting menu, the wine list.

  3. 03

    The guides and listings AI reads

    Your Guidavera profile, Google Business Profile, TheFork and Tripadvisor complete and consistent, so every source tells the same story.

  4. 04

    Press and round-ups

    Mentions in the food and local press, and a place in the “best of” lists AI cites.

  5. 05

    Google search (SEO)

    Your website ranking for the searches that lead to bookings, in every language your guests search in.

  6. 06

    From answer to table

    A clear booking link wherever guests land, so a recommendation becomes a reservation.

See how AI sees your restaurant

The free AI Visibility Report asks ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude the questions your guests ask, and shows who they recommend, why, and what would put you on the list.

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Illustrative data

Salmarea

Seafront restaurant, tasting menu · Sample report

AI Visibility Score

41/100

Sometimes recommended

ChatGPT
52
Gemini
43
Claude
28

AI recommends you in 8 of 21 answers. Trattoria Scogliera scores 63, ahead of you.

What it’s worth

≈ 14–38 extra bookings a month · ≈ €1,330–3,610

With our plan, your market share in your area grows from 9% to 17%, won from your rivals.

Today
Salmarea9%
With our plan
Salmarea17%

You against your rivals

PlaceScoreRecommended
Trattoria Scogliera6313 / 21
Salmarea418 / 21
Il Gabbiano Blu377 / 21
Osteria Punta Rossa224 / 21

Share of voice

  • Salmarea 16%
  • Trattoria Scogliera 26%
  • Il Gabbiano Blu 14%
  • Osteria Punta Rossa 8%
  • Everyone else 36%

Your biggest opportunities

  1. 01

    Anniversary dinners by the sea

    Guests ask“Romantic restaurant for an anniversary dinner by the sea”

    AI sends them toTrattoria Scogliera, Il Gabbiano Blu

    Worth ≈ 5–13 bookings a month · ≈ €475–1,235

  2. 02

    The tasting menu

    Guests ask“Best tasting menu on the coast”

    AI sends them toOsteria Punta Rossa

    Worth ≈ 4–11 bookings a month · ≈ €380–1,045

  3. 03

    Fresh fish, where locals go

    Guests ask“Where do locals eat the freshest fish”

    AI sends them toIl Gabbiano Blu

    Worth ≈ 3–8 bookings a month · ≈ €285–760

Also in the full reportEvery answer, question by questionWhat AI praises, and what gives it pauseWhere AI gets its informationWhat your rivals’ websites haveYour plan of action

Free AI Visibility Report: discover if AI Search platforms recommend you.

Questions from restaurant owners

How does ChatGPT decide which restaurants to recommend?

It searches the web, reads what guides, listings, reviews, press and restaurants’ own websites say, and names the places that best match the question and that many sources agree on. It often cites the pages it used.

Does a Michelin star or a Repsol Sol mean AI will recommend us?

It helps: guides are among the sources AI reads. But guests ask specific questions, about a terrace, a tasting menu or a private room, and for those AI needs your own website and listings to say so clearly.

Is this GEO, AEO or SEO?

All three. GEO (generative engine optimisation) and AEO (answer engine optimisation) are the industry’s names for being recommended by AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude; SEO is ranking on Google. Google itself says optimising for AI search is still SEO, and most of the work serves both, so we do it as one.

We already use TheFork. Isn’t that enough?

Listings help AI find you, but they describe every restaurant in the same format. Your own website is where you can answer the questions that set you apart, and where a booking carries no platform commission.