Side Dishes

Other helpful tools to grow your customer base

Delivery platforms

If you are not using these platforms yet, now is the time! The current climate may have trapped people inside their houses, but that does not mean they are any less inclined to skip meal prep and order food instead. And many of them go straight to these delivery platforms to pick something out, so make sure they can find you there!

Simplify reservations

Many people prefer to make their reservations online instead of picking up the phone. Luckily, there are more efficient ways to cater to these people’s needs (and even make your life easier when it comes to table management and organizing your reservations).

Yelp Reservations

“I love waiting for a table when I go out to eat with my family and friends” – said no one ever. As one of the most popular table management apps, Yelp can improve your customer’s experience and increase your restaurant’s reach by:
• Helping you keep track of your floor and service team
• Making waitlist management easier
• Improving communication with your patrons via customizable, 2-way text messages
https://www.yelpreservations.com/demo/

Open Table

Open Table makes it super easy for your patrons to make a reservation and it also provides useful insights that help improve customer service so they keep coming back!

https://restaurant.opentable.com/

Resy

Does your restaurant promote events regularly? Resy not only allows you to manage reservations and waitlists but also helps you with event planning. There, you can create ticketed events and pre-paid experiences all within the same reservation platform.

https://www.resyos.com/request-demo

A spin on the old-fashioned loyalty punch card

Not seeing too many customers coming back for more? Offering discounts, coupons, or even free meals through a loyalty rewards program is a great way to incentivize your customers to come back again and again. Punch cards could be a good way to do so — but that only works when your patrons don’t lose it! You can avoid this problem with a technological spin on the tried-and-true loyalty punch card:

OAppso

https://loyalty.oappso.com/

Fivestars

https://hi.fivestars.com/adwords-demo.html

Create an enticing menu

Serving mouth-watering food is just the first step: your menu also has to reflect how good your dishes are! There are many awesome online menu builders out there, but these are some of our favorites:

Canva

https://www.canva.com/create/restaurant-menus/

IMenuPro

https://imenupro.com/

Must-Have Menus

https://www.musthavemenus.com/

Connect with Other Restaurants

Connecting with other restaurants is not only an awesome way to share ideas and resources for your business: when you collaborate with others, you also gain access to their following and increase your reach on social media. It’s a win-win for all involved!

Testimonials

I’ve been in love with cooking and feeding people since I was 6 1/2. My mom would give me a little bit of ground beef, a few peas and the “eyes” from potatoes and I would “cook” them and then plate them beautifully and serve them to my dolls. It was only natural that I would become a chef who would one day own a restaurant and feed real people delicious, well thought out plates of interesting food.

Stephanie Roswell

My passion for cooking started at an early age. I knew I wanted to work at my parent’s Italian cuisine restaurant at the early age of 8. Owning a restaurant was a great achievement for my parents as they were raised in a lower economic background. After seeing the dedication they put into their restaurant and making sure the food quality was superb, it inspired me to want be the chef of their restaurant one day.