Restaurant marketing, from people who understand the trading floor

We’ve marketed restaurants since 2014. We work only in hospitality, and the consultant who proposes your plan is the one who runs your account.

Founded2014

FocusHospitality only

TeamUK-based core

Experience50+ years combined

Our story

Restaurant Genie was set up to do one thing well: market restaurants. We chose to go deep in one sector rather than wide across many, and that’s what makes the work effective. We understand your customers, your margins and what a Saturday service feels like.

We’ve worked inside restaurants ourselves, and members of our families run restaurants of their own. We know what a Saturday service, a quiet Tuesday and a supplier price rise feel like.

We deliberately limit how many clients we take on. Every account gets proper time and attention, not a template handed to a junior team after the sales call.

How we work

Qualifying call

A short conversation to confirm the business is ready for marketing and that we’re the right fit. Not every business is, and we’ll say so.

Proposal

If there’s a fit, we send a written proposal. You review it, we answer questions, and once you’re happy we book the Deep Dive.

Deep Dive and Online MOT

We build the strategy from what we learn about your business, not from a template. We check your website, listings and reviews and fix problems before any campaign goes live.

Launch: test, then scale

Campaigns start on a small budget. What works gets the spend; what doesn’t is changed or switched off.

Monthly review

At the start of each month we review results and agree the plan ahead. Can’t make it? We send it over for comments.

What we commit to

From us

A named account lead from day one
A monthly results review, every month, without exception
Telling you what isn’t working before you ask
Not taking the retainer if the timing isn’t right

From you

Access to your Google, Meta and other relevant accounts
Honest feedback when something isn’t right
Time for your monthly review
Comments on plans and content within 3 working days

Principles

What we actually operate by

Read our values & principles in full

Honesty over comfort

We’ll tell you when your business isn’t ready for advertising, when a competitor has the edge, or when a campaign isn’t working.

Specialism, not scale

We limit the number of clients we take on, so every account gets real thinking. We’d rather decline work than deliver it poorly.

Right fit, both ways

If a business has problems that advertising would expose rather than fix, we say so before we start, not after.

Accountability, not excuses

When something underperforms we find the cause and act on it. We report what actually happened and what comes next.

Communication

We can’t fix problems we don’t know about. Not daily check-ins, but honest, responsive contact both ways.

Mutual respect

We bring real expertise and commitment, and we expect to be treated as a professional partner in return.

Our team

The people who do the work

A UK-based core team, supported by specialist partners across paid search, SEO, social advertising and content. 50+ years’ combined team experience, working only with restaurants and food businesses.