Restaurant marketing FAQs.

Hotkhana Media is a Bangalore-based restaurant marketing agency. We do two things: build fast, AI-search-ready restaurant websites, and run AI-driven digital marketing for restaurants — Google Business Profile, reviews, social content, ads and AI search visibility.

Yes. We work only with food and hospitality businesses: restaurants, cafés, cloud kitchens, bakeries, bars, pubs and microbreweries. Every template, prompt and checklist we use is built for F&B.

Our restaurant websites start at ₹14,999 in India and $349 for overseas clients, with a custom Signature site at ₹29,999 / $699. Care plans for hosting, security and updates start at ₹1,499 a month. See the pricing page for everything included.

AI assistants recommend restaurants they can read and trust. We add structured data (schema) for your menu, hours and location, write clear FAQ answers, align your Google Business Profile and listings, publish fresh content and build review signals — so assistants have facts to quote.

A Starter site goes live in 7 days and a custom Signature site in about 14 days once we have your menu, photos and logo. Multi-outlet sites take 3–4 weeks.

Yes. We work with restaurants in the US, UK, UAE, Canada, Australia and Singapore, priced in US dollars, with calls scheduled in your time zone and all work delivered online.

No — and you don't need a photographer. Each week we send your team a short shot list. They film 10 minutes of clips on a phone during service and send them on WhatsApp or Google Drive. We edit them into reels, posts, stories and captions with our AI content engine and designers, and you approve everything before it goes out. Want professional content for a launch or new menu? We'll scout and recommend vetted local photographers, reel creators and food influencers — you hire and pay them directly, and we brief them and edit what they deliver.

We build showcase and booking websites with WhatsApp, call, table reservation and links to your Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Eats or DoorDash pages. We don't build our own delivery checkout.

Hotkhana restaurant websites start at ₹14,999 for a Starter site (up to 5 pages, live in 7 days) and ₹29,999 for a custom Signature site with AI search optimisation and a blog. Multi-outlet and franchise sites start at ₹59,999. Overseas clients pay $349, $699 and $1,299.

Menu items and prices as real text (not a PDF), schema markup for Restaurant, Menu, OpeningHours and FAQ, a consistent name-address-phone across the web, an llms.txt summary, fast mobile pages and clear answers to common diner questions.

Yes. You can send changes on WhatsApp and we update within one working day on a care plan, or you can edit the menu yourself in a simple sheet that feeds the site.

Yes. Care plans from ₹1,499 ($39) a month include secure hosting, SSL, daily backups, uptime monitoring and updates. Our sites are static and hardened, so there's no plugin to hack.

Yes. We map every old URL to its new page with 301 redirects, keep your best-ranking content, and resubmit the sitemap so you keep the rankings you've earned.

Yes — through WhatsApp booking, a reservation form that emails you and the guest, or links to tools like Dineout, EazyDiner, OpenTable or Resy.

It's restaurant marketing where AI does the heavy lifting — planning content calendars, drafting posts and captions, replying to reviews, monitoring what AI assistants say about you and optimising ads — while our team reviews everything for taste, accuracy and brand.

No. We start from your real food photos and videos. AI helps with layouts, captions, variations and scheduling; a designer checks every piece, and you approve before anything is published.

Plans start at ₹9,999 ($249) a month for AI Visibility (Google Business, reviews and AI search), ₹24,999 ($599) for AI Growth with social content and ads management, and ₹44,999 ($999) for AI Growth Pro. Ad spend is paid directly to Google or Meta.

Yes. Every review gets a personal, on-brand reply within 24 hours. Negative reviews are flagged to you on WhatsApp first, with a suggested reply.

Monthly report of calls, WhatsApp chats, direction requests, website bookings, review rating and count, and how often AI assistants recommend you for your key searches.

No long contracts. Plans are month to month after the first three months.

AI search optimisation — also called AIO or generative engine optimisation (GEO) — means making your restaurant easy for AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot to understand, trust and recommend.

SEO aims for a ranking in a list of links. AIO aims to be named in the AI's answer. It relies more on structured facts, consistent listings, reviews, clear question-and-answer content and being cited by other sites.

Fixes to your website and listings are usually picked up in 2–8 weeks. Building enough reviews and mentions for competitive searches takes 3–6 months.

No one can guarantee it. We improve the signals assistants use, track your visibility for your key searches each month and show you the change.

No. Three things are always paid directly by you: domain renewal (about ₹1,000 / $15 a year), ad spend to Google or Meta, and any content creator, photographer or influencer you choose to hire from our recommendations. Everything else is in the price you see.

We scout, vet and recommend them, and brief them on your dishes. You agree terms and pay them directly — their fees and any meals or barter are never included in our plans.

Prices for Indian clients are exclusive of 18% GST. Overseas clients are billed in USD with no GST, as an export of services.

Websites: 50% to start, 50% at launch. Monthly plans are billed in advance each month. We accept UPI, bank transfer, cards and PayPal or Wise for international clients.

Yes, upgrade or downgrade any month. Monthly plans have a three-month minimum, then run month to month.