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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
Facebook96Free
Bing Places94Free
Yelp93Free
Foursquare92Free / Paid
Snapchat92Free
Waze92Paid
Here Maps86Free
NextDoor (Country Variants)84Free
TomTom83Free
APSense80Free
JustLanded76Free / Paid
AiLoQ69Free / Paid
Kompass (Country Variants)69Free
ProvenExpert64Free
BrownBook62Free
StoreBoard62Free / Paid
The Dots62Free
Infobel59Free / Paid
ReleaseWire58Free
HotFrog (Country Variants)57Free
TrepUp57Free
Tupalo57Free
Cybo56Free
CallUpContact55Free
BOTW (Best of the Web)55Free / Paid
TwidLoo54Free / Paid
Tech Directory54Free / Paid
Yellow.Place54Free
YPLocal.us53Free / Paid
ShowMeLocal53Free / Paid
Start Us53Free
Navmii52Paid
EnrollBusiness (Country Variants)51Free
Global Catalog51Free
Find It50Free
LinkCentre49Free / Paid
2FindLocal47Free / Reciprocal
Place12347Free
Yocale46Free
AGreaterTown45Free
Travelful45Free
WhoDoYou44Free
iGlobal.co43Free / Paid
SIC Code41Free
Teleadreson40Free
Fyple (Country Variants)39Free
Cylex (Country Variants)33Free
Opendi (Country Variants)30Free

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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.