AI answers for restaurants: hours, menu and bookings people actually rely on

People now ask AI assistants the kind of questions they used to type into a search box. For restaurants they sound like this:

Where can I get vegan food near the station tonight?
Is this restaurant open on Monday?
Can I book a table online, or is it walk-in only?

An assistant can only answer well if your own pages state the facts clearly and consistently. Nobody can make an assistant cite you, but you can make yourself hard to get wrong.

Checked on 13 October 2026 against schema.org and Google Search Central documentation. Open the source links before you rely on a detail.

Facts to state plainly on your own site

Opening hours, including the days you are closed and seasonal changes
A menu as real HTML text on your site, not only a PDF or photo
Type of cuisine and dietary options you really offer (vegan, gluten-free and so on)
How to book: online link, phone, or walk-in only
Price level in plain words or a range
Exact address and the nearest landmark or station, if people struggle to find you

Mix-ups worth checking for

Summer hours or holiday closures that never got removed
An old menu PDF that still ranks after you changed the menu
A previous restaurant at the same address being confused with you
Delivery-platform listings with different hours from your own site

Our why AI gets you wrong guide explains the usual causes behind mix-ups like these.

Structured data: the type to use

Use Restaurant. On schema.org the path is Thing > Organization > LocalBusiness > FoodEstablishment > Restaurant. Google's local business documentation asks you to use the most specific subtype possible.

Example only. Every value below is a placeholder; replace each one with your real, current facts, or leave the property out.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Example Bistro",
  "url": "https://www.example.com/",
  "telephone": "+45 00 00 00 00",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "Nordic",
    "Vegetarian"
  ],
  "priceRange": "$$",
  "menu": "https://www.example.com/menu",
  "acceptsReservations": true,
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Example Street 1",
    "addressLocality": "Example City",
    "postalCode": "0000",
    "addressCountry": "DK"
  }
}

Do not add ratings about yourself. Google's review snippet documentation limits local business and organization ratings to sites that capture reviews about other businesses (it calls the rest self-serving reviews).

Careful with claims

Google's local business documentation lists a menu URL, servesCuisine, priceRange and opening hours among the recommended properties, so keep those current and consistent with what your own pages say.

What we do not claim

We do not claim structured data or any file makes an AI assistant mention or recommend you.
We do not claim to know how any specific assistant ranks businesses in your industry.

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