How do I get my restaurant recommended by AI?
To get recommended by AI, make sure the facts about your restaurant are accurate, consistent, and well-covered across the sources AI reads — your own site, menus, reviews, and editorial mentions — and structured so models can extract them. Start by measuring where you stand: which engines name you, for which questions, and where your details are wrong.
1. Measure your current AI visibility
Before changing anything, find out which engines recommend you, for which questions and occasions, and where you rank against your real competitive set. You can't improve a number you don't have.
2. Fix accuracy and hallucinations
AI frequently gets menus, hours, and prices wrong. Make sure your own site and listings state the facts clearly and consistently, so models have a reliable ground truth to quote instead of guessing.
3. Earn the right coverage
Editorial mentions and consistent descriptions across trusted sources carry weight. Coverage that describes your cuisine, price, and best occasions in plain language gives AI the context it needs to recommend you confidently.
4. Track it weekly
AI answers shift as sources change. Treat AI visibility like any other metric you manage — measure it on a regular cadence and watch the trend, not a one-off snapshot.
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How long does it take to improve AI visibility?
It varies. Accuracy fixes on your own surfaces can be reflected as sources are re-crawled; earning editorial coverage takes longer. Tracking weekly shows the trend.
Can I just pay to be recommended by AI?
No. AI recommendations aren't ad slots — they're built from the sources models trust. The lever is accurate, consistent, well-covered information, not payment.