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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
OpenTable85ALLPaid
Hostelworld83ALLFree/Paid
Grubhub74USAPaid
HappyCow70ALLFree/Paid
Just Eat UK69GBRPaid
Just Eat España68ESPPaid
Lieferando Deutschland67DEUPaid
Takeaway66BELPaid
SkipTheDishes61CANPaid
Just Eat France60FRAPaid
Thuisbezorgd59NLDPaid
FoodPages CA58CANFree
Menulog55AUSPaid
Just Eat Italia55ITAPaid
MenuPix54CAN,USAFree
Eat Well Guide52USAFree
AGFG (Australian Good Food Guide)50AUSFree
Find Me Gluten Free50ALLFree
Just Eat Ireland48IRLPaid
DiningGuide46USA,ZAFFree
Best Restaurants of Australia46AUSPaid
Lieferando Österreich45AUTPaid
Just Eat CH45CHEPaid
Find The Needle44GBRFree
DineHere40USAFree
ChefDb40ALLFree
ActiveDiner39CAN,USAFree
Local Harvest35AUSFree
Missouri Restaurant Association35USAPaid
WeGoPlaces34CAN,USAFree
USA Restaurants34USAFree
FoodInc31CANFree
BNB Directory24ALLFree/Paid
Restaurants Guide4U23ALLFree
FoodFever20ALLFree
RestaVista19ALLFree / Paid
Local Seafood Restaurant17USAFree
Dine View17ALLFree/Paid
Bed and Breakfast Compass15AUSFree
MenuMap12CANPaid
Best Restaurants of New Zealand11NZLPaid
Find A Local Caterer8USAFree
Meet Your Markets6ALLFree
Pubs-and-Bars3GBRFree / Paid

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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.