Restaurants · Search engine optimisation
Be found for the dish people search at seven in the evening.
SEO for a restaurant decides whether you appear when somebody nearby searches for biryani or a birthday dinner venue an hour before they eat. GullySales writes a page for the dishes and occasions you want the covers for, and fixes a site that loads too slowly on a phone.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What search engine optimisation means
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the work of getting your website to appear when a buyer searches Google for what you sell. GullySales builds pages around real search terms, fixes technical issues that block ranking, and tracks which searches actually bring enquiries.
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For restaurants
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The search is a dish, not a restaurant”
Nobody types multi-cuisine family restaurant. They type Andhra meals near me, and one page about that meal answers it.
“The decision is made an hour before eating”
Your page has to open on a phone in a car park and show today's price for two, not a PDF menu from 2021.
“Occasions are searches too”
Birthday party place for twenty and kitty party venue each bring one organiser and fifteen covers. Almost no restaurant has a page for either.
What we do
What we deliver for restaurants.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A page for each dish you want to be known for
One page for the biryani, one for the thali, one for the weekend buffet, each carrying today's price, the photographs and how far ahead to come.
Result: A search for that dish can land on you.
An occasion page for groups and parties
A page for birthday dinners, kitty parties and office team lunches, showing the set menus per head, the private area and how many it seats.
Result: The organiser searching for twenty seats finds you.
Today's menu and prices as text, not a PDF
The current menu written into the page with prices, so search engines can read it and a customer does not have to download a file in a car park.
Result: The price for two stops being a mystery.
A site that opens on a phone in a few seconds
Heavy images, dead plugins and broken links cleared out of a site built when you opened, because the whole decision happens on a phone.
Result: Nobody gives up waiting and opens Zomato instead.
The FSSAI number and the details a guest checks
Licence number, hours, parking, whether a cake may be brought in and whether there is a lift, put where somebody looks for them.
Result: The questions that cost a booking are answered on the page.
Reporting by dish page and occasion page
Which pages brought calls, bookings and direction requests, set against the baseline recorded before work started.
Result: You know which dish is worth its page.
How the result is measured
- Ranking positions
- Organic traffic
- Enquiries from organic search
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Searches your buyers type
What a hungry guest types before choosing where to eat, and the page that answers it.
- best biryani near me
- A page for your signature dish. Show the dish with a photograph, the style it is cooked in, the portion sizes and whether it is available for dine-in, takeaway and delivery.
- restaurant for a birthday party for a large group
- An occasion page. State the seating, the private area if you have one, how to reserve, what advance you take, and what the group can and cannot bring, such as a cake.
- pure veg restaurant near me open now
- A page and a Maps listing that agree. Say whether the kitchen is wholly vegetarian, the opening hours including the break between lunch and dinner, and parking.
- Sunday lunch buffet in Indiranagar
- A page for the buffet. Show the dishes that rotate, the price and the timing as text, and the days it runs, so the page can be checked before the family leaves home.
- restaurant with a private dining room
- A page for business and family hosts. Show photographs of the room, how many it seats, the set menus you offer, and the number to call for a booking.
- jain food in Bengaluru
- A dietary page. Say which dishes you can make without onion and garlic, how the kitchen keeps them separate, and what to tell the waiter, so a guest with this need can trust you.
Who it is for
This is written for these restaurants.
- Family restaurants and multi-cuisine dining
- South Indian vegetarian restaurants and darshinis
- Biryani, kebab and non-vegetarian specialists
- Regional cuisine restaurants
- Casual dining and bar restaurants
- Quick service restaurants and food courts
- Cloud kitchens and delivery-only brands
- Office canteens and food service operators
- Multi-outlet restaurant groups
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
- You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
- You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the search engine optimisation work runs
- 1
Audit and baseline
We record where the site stands today: positions, traffic, technical faults and the enquiries search currently produces. Nothing starts until this number is written down.
- 2
Decide what to rank for
We map the searches your buyers use, in your words and theirs, and pick the ones worth the effort for your margin and your capacity.
- 3
Fix the foundations
Technical faults first, because the cheapest gains are usually there. Then the Business Profile and directory consistency.
- 4
Build the pages
A page for each thing you do, written to answer the question it is searched for, with a clear next step at the end.
- 5
Publish and earn mentions
Content goes out on the calendar. Links and mentions are earned from real relationships, not bought.
- 6
Measure, report, adjust
At the interval agreed at the start we report what moved and what did not, and change the plan when the numbers say so.
Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
We are on Zomato. Why do we need our own site?
How long before this shows results?
Should every dish on the menu have its own page?
We have several outlets. Can one page serve them all?
Should we leave Swiggy and Zomato?
Are paid food blogger visits worth it?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
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Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.