Google and Yelp
- Google Business Profile
- Yelp
Together they were about two thirds of the sources AI cited for restaurants in a 2026 study.
BrightLocal, August 2026
Diners ask AI where to eat. Be the answer.
Diners now ask AI assistants where to eat tonight, where to take a client and who has a private room. bisica finds out what they’re told about your restaurant, does the work to change it and runs the same questions again to show you what changed.
A diner asks AI
What are the best date night restaurants in Chicago’s West Loop that aren’t a tasting menu?
The answer
Three restaurants come up most often:
- Your restaurant: handmade pasta, a quiet back room and tables you can book online.
- Competitor A: great cocktails but loud after 8.
- Competitor B: a beautiful room but tasting menu only.
Sources
yourrestaurant.com
yelp.com
theinfatuation.com
Why now
Diners already ask AI where to eat.
AI draws its answers from a handful of places you can influence.
22%
of U.S. consumers have used AI to choose a restaurant.
DoorDash and SevenRooms, 2026 Restaurant Industry Trends Report: survey of 3,001 U.S. consumers
45%
of U.S. consumers now use AI tools such as ChatGPT for local recommendations. A year earlier it was 6%.
BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026
80%
of the sources AI cited for restaurants came from four places: Google Business Profile, Yelp, Tripadvisor and OpenTable.
BrightLocal, 1.9 million citations from ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, August 2026
The questions
What diners ask AI.
Examples of the questions we map and track for a restaurant. Yours come from your neighborhood, your menu and your guests.
Getting ideas
- Where should we eat in the West Village on Saturday night? There are four of us and we want somewhere quiet.
- Good restaurants in Silver Lake with a patio and solid vegetarian options?
- Where do locals actually eat in the Mission? I want to skip the tourist places.
Comparing
- Which is better for a client dinner in Midtown? I need to be able to hear the conversation.
- Compare three steakhouses in downtown Dallas for a business dinner on price, noise and private dining.
- Is this restaurant safe for someone with celiac disease, or is it just gluten-friendly?
Ready to book
- Find a table for two at a quiet Italian place in the South End this Friday at 7:30.
- Which restaurants have a private dining room for 14 in December, and how do I book it?
- Book a table for six near the Theater District at 5:30 before an 8pm show.
The sources
Where AI gets its answers about restaurants.
A few sites carry most of the weight. So the work starts there and with a website AI can read.
Booking and review sites
- OpenTable
- Resy
- Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor and OpenTable were the next most cited. Some AI tools can also check live tables on booking sites.
BrightLocal, August 2026
City food guides and local press
- Eater
- The Infatuation
- Local papers
They are a small share of the sources. They still give AI an independent description of your restaurant.
Your own website
- Menu
- Hours
- Private dining
AI can only use what it can read. Menus, hours and private dining details need to be in plain text as well as in any PDF or image.
The work
What we do for restaurants.
A senior operator does the work and runs the same questions again to report what changed. How we work
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Put your menu in text
We publish your menu with prices and dietary notes as a page AI can read.
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Fix your listings
We make your hours, booking link and details match across Google, Yelp, OpenTable, Resy and Tripadvisor.
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Spell out private dining
We publish room sizes, set menus, minimum spends and how to book. Then AI can answer group and event questions.
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Earn the mentions
We work to get you into the city guides and local coverage that AI draws on for your neighborhood and your kind of place.
The free snapshot
See what AI says about you.
We ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews 50 questions your diners ask. Your report shows who they name in each answer and which websites they draw on.
- How often AI names youThe share of answers that name you, next to your competitors’ share.
- Who AI names insteadThe competitors it names for each question.
- Where AI gets its answersThe websites it draws on in your category.
- Your biggest gapsThe questions that matter most where AI doesn’t name you.
bisicaAI visibility snapshot
AI answers that name you
21%Questions where you appear
17 of 50Top competitorRestaurant A
47%Who AI names in your category
How often each AI tool names you
- ChatGPT16%
- Claude22%
- Perplexity28%
- Google AI Overviews18%
Websites AI relies on most
yelp.comopentable.comtripadvisor.comeater.comtheinfatuation.com
Biggest gap
“private room for a client dinner for 20 in River North”
All four AI tools recommend Restaurant A here. None mention you.
Pricing
The snapshot is free. Paid work starts at $7,500.
Snapshot
Free
One report · No commitment
See where you stand in 48 hours.
- 50 of your buyers’ questions
- Four AI tools
- Side by side with your competitors
- Delivered within 48 hours
Sprint
First paid stepFrom$7,500one-time
One project · Six weeks
Six weeks to fix your biggest gaps.
- A diagnostic at the end of week 2
- Every wrong or missing fact fixed on your site
- Up to 8 existing pages reworked
- Up to 2 new pages
- Correction requests to up to 5 outside sources
- A second count at week 6
Retainer
From$6,000a month
Ongoing · Three-month minimum
The work continues every month.
- An operator doing the work
- 6 to 10 pages a month
- Weekly tracking and a weekly scorecard
- Ongoing site fixes
- Paid media available
After a Sprint, Monitoring runs the same questions every week from $1,000 a month. Retainers have a three-month minimum and then run month to month. You own everything we create. Larger brands and multi-location groups get a custom quote. All prices in USD.
- Our menu is a PDF. Is that a problem?
- Often. AI tools can struggle to read PDFs and images, so they may miss your dishes, prices and dietary options. We put the menu on a page as text and keep the PDF for guests who want it.
- Do you write or manage our reviews?
- No. We never write, buy or filter reviews. We make sure your listings are complete and accurate, and we show you what diners and AI say about you so you can act on it.
- Is this worth it for a single restaurant?
- The free snapshot is. It shows how often AI names you for the questions diners ask in your neighborhood and who it names in your place. Paid work makes most sense for groups and for restaurants with private dining or events.
- We have several locations. How does that work?
- Each location gets its own questions and its own results because diners ask by neighborhood. Restaurant groups get a custom quote.
Free AI visibility snapshot
See what AI tells your diners.
A free report within 48 hours on 50 questions your diners ask AI.
Book a call if you’d rather talk first.