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People put that stuff up on Google maps, Facebook, and Instagram now. I know it’s not popular with the crowd here, but those platforms are free, easy to use, a
by Gigachad 8mo ago
People put that stuff up on Google maps, Facebook, and Instagram now.
I know it’s not popular with the crowd here, but those platforms are free, easy to use, and where the customers are. The mainstream options for a website like squarespace are absurdly expensive.
- xmprt 8mo agoYes and no. I find the restaurant on Google maps but 9/10 times the menu is either outdated or not properly structured and having a link to the menu website is better. So Google maps is the top of the funnel but I still appreciate a website.
- Apocryphon 8mo agoReally the previous comment should have mentioned Yelp, and perhaps Tripadvisor for non-American customers.
- avhception 8mo agoFor many local places here, the only way to get the menu online is if a customer posted a photo of the menu on Google maps or something. And 1/3 of the time, that photo is too blurry and off-angle and whatnot to even read properly.
- Gigachad 8mo agoI can’t help but think what this means is just that the menu isn’t that’s important as a marketing tool. If having an up to date website and menu resulted in a noticeable boost in business, every restaurant would have it. Average person either finds the place through google maps or a TikTok video, checks a few photos of the food or venue, then goes. Doesn’t matter what the exact menu is because there are plenty of options and something will be appealing.
- ruszki 8mo agoOr it’s good for customers and bad for restaurants. There are such things, and menu can be easily one. Especially tourist focused restaurants infested with such tactics, and you can avoid most of them just looking on their menu.
- avhception 8mo agoMaybe that is the case for some places, but this is rather rural Germany. Not sure when I've last seen a tourist here.
- datsci_est_2015 8mo agoYeah that context matters significantly. What’s the turnover rate for restaurants in your area? What’s the variance in menu? “Success” in my neck of the woods is staying open more than 2 years, and menu availability plays a significant role.
- avhception 8mo agoWe usually order by phone, then drive by and pick up the food. Can't do that w/o a menu. The solution is usually to take a printed menu with you when you're there. But that's a chicken-and-egg problem!
- soco 8mo agoIs that a "restaurant" then? Your use case means a kitchen which indeed needs a menu. But dining is something else, so we cannot compare.
- avhception 8mo agoMany of them offer that option, so there is a grey zone. But you're right - should have been more clear about that.
- cxr 8mo ago
- Xenoamorphous 8mo agoWhat makes you think that the menu in the website is not going to be outdated.
- baud147258 8mo agoI think the parent is making the assumption that a business owner would be able (and willing) to update the menu on their own website, whereas random pictures on Google Maps/Instagram might not have the most recent menu.
- throwaway27448 8mo agoGoogle maps makes sense at least, but you're straight losing money if all you have is an instagram page. I can't tell if the facebook mention is a joke or not.