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Top Citation Sites for Restaurants

Top Citation Sites for Restaurants

The restaurant industry can be seriously competitive, so you’ll need to stand out if you want to attract new customers and keep them coming back for more.

Ranking highly in relevant local search results is one of the most reliable ways to bring in a steady stream of customers — and this requires having a powerful search engine optimization (SEO) strategy in place.

One of the first steps in your SEO plan should be getting your business listed on the best directories for restaurants. This helps to establish your online presence and demonstrates your authenticity to search engines.

In the table below, you’ll find the best citation sites for creating restaurant listings. By developing your presence on these sites, you can easily build your online reputation and enhance your search engine visibility.

As you’ll see, there’s a column to highlight which countries each citation site is for and to show which ones are free to use.

Below the niche list, we’ve also gathered the top general citation sites that most businesses should try to get listed on.

Please note: Local citation sites listed here aren’t necessarily ones we can submit to using Citation Builder. Click here for more information.

Top Business Listing Sites for Restaurants

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityCountryFree / Paid
tripadvisor.com93ALLFree
opentable.com86ALLFree / Paid
zomato.com84ALLFree
grubhub.com72USAPaid
happycow.net68ALLFree
delivery.com62USAPaid
allmenus.com59USAPaid
foodpages.ca58CANFree
menupix.com52USA, CANFree
findmeglutenfree.com51USAFree / Paid
agfg.com.au50AUSFree
bestrestaurants.com.au47AUSPaid
foodio54.com46USA, CANFree
diningguide.com45USA, CAN, UKFree
dinehere.us44USAFree
chefdb.com42ALLFree
activediner.com39USA, CANFree
worldtravelserver.com36ALLFree
foodinc.ca30CANFree
ylunch.com25USAPaid
restaurants-guide4u.com23ALLFree / Paid
foodfever.com19ALLFree
dineview.com17ALLFree
restavista.com17USAPaid
menumap.ca14CANPaid

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Top General Citation Sites

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityFree / Paid
Google Business Profile100Free
Apple Business Connect99Free
LinkedIn99Free
Facebook96Free
Instagram94Free
YELP (Country Variants)93Free
Trustpilot93Free / Paid
Waze92Paid
Foursquare92Free / Paid
OpenStreetMap90Free
Listly86Free / Paid
Here86Free / Paid
Nextdoor (Country Variants)83Free
AAO82Free
TomTom81Free / Paid
Local Yahoo77Free
Apsense75Free
Just Landed75Free / Paid
BatchGeo72Free / Paid
Kompass (Country Variants)69Free / Paid
Ailoq68Free / Paid
ProvenExpert67Free / Paid
Zeemaps67Free / Paid
Storeboard64Free / Paid
Brownbook64Free
The Dots62Free / Paid
Tupalo59Free / Paid
Hotfrog (Country Variants)58Free / Paid
Cybo58Free
Infobel58Free / Paid
BizPages58Free / Paid
TrepUp57Free
Callupcontact55Free
BOTW (Best of the Web)55Paid
Twidloo55Free / Paid
YPLocal55Free
Adpost55Free / Paid
StartUs54Free
EnrollBusiness (Country Variants)54Free
ShowMeLocal53Free / Paid
Yellow.place53Free
Zumvu52Free / Paid
Bing Maps51Free
GlobalCatalog51Free
LinkCentre51Free / Paid
Startups SnapMunk50Free
FindIt48Free / Paid
Place12348Free
2FindLocal46Free / Paid
AGreaterTown46Free / Paid

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Rada Daktina
About the author
Rada works tirelessly to manage BrightLocal's Citation Builder product. She oversees the processes and queries related to the campaigns, works closely with the Research team on the continuous upkeep of our citations database, and with our Product team on the improvements and fixes to the Citation Builder tool itself.