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Hospitality & Restaurants Marketing

Saturday fills itself. Tuesday is where the margin lives.

Restaurants and hospitality businesses live and die by local visibility, reputation, and repeat visits. We build marketing systems that drive first-time visits through top local search positions and paid campaigns — then convert one-time guests into loyal regulars through email, SMS, and loyalty-driven reactivation.

Clients includeGelotti Ice CreamCafé MatissePlaya BowlsCucina CalandraCalandra's BakeryMadameStella ArtoisFiola MareGlaze DonutsYasmeen MediterraneanArcaEatalyBy Digs

The Problem

What we see in the industry

  • Dependent on third-party platforms (Yelp, DoorDash, OpenTable) that take 15-30% commissions and own the customer relationship

  • No direct connection to past guests — when they leave, you lose them until they happen to think of you again

  • Marketing limited to social media posts that get buried in the algorithm with no measurable ROI

  • Seasonal volume swings with no system to smooth demand during slow periods

Our Approach

How we solve it

Own the relationship from first visit forward. Local SEO and Google Business Profile optimization make you the top result when someone searches 'best [restaurant type] near me.' Paid campaigns drive new traffic for events, seasonal menus, and high-margin services (catering, private events). Email and SMS build a direct guest list — yours, not Yelp's — that fills seats during slow nights, promotes specials, and drives repeat visits. Every dollar of marketing spend is measured against revenue, not likes.

Featured Work

Our Work in Hospitality & Restaurants

Openings, chef features, recap films, and the daily feed, shot on the floor for the restaurants and venues we work with.

Brand Films, Recaps & Commercials

Long-form storytelling for restaurants, cafés, and hospitality brands — the kind of content that makes the brand feel as deliberate as the food.

Café Matisse (Restaurant 167)

Café Matisse — 90-Day Instagram Rebuild

90 days of content strategy, posting cadence, community management, and engagement — end-to-end Instagram rebuild for fine-dining Matisse.

Madame

Madame — Jersey City Recap

Full restaurant recap film.

Calandra's Restaurant Group

Cucina Calandra — Brand Mashup

Brand mashup reel — Calandra's restaurant group.

Calandra's Bakery

Calandra's — History Commercial

Broadcast-ready brand history spot.

Social Content & Event Coverage

Short-form reels, chef features, openings, and dinner coverage that fuel daily posting and community growth across Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

Café Matisse

Café Matisse — Chef's Special

Talking-head chef content introducing the nightly special.

Rolls-Royce Washington

Rolls-Royce × Salamander Private Dinner

Private dinner & event recap — hospitality production.

Bugatti Washington

Bugatti × French Embassy Private Dinner

Private dinner production at the French Embassy.

By Digs

By Digs — Brooklyn Rooftop Dinner

Rooftop dinner-party content in Brooklyn.

Results

What You Can Expect

Gelotti Ice Cream — 39,262% profile view growth and 885% TikTok engagement in under a year

Calandra's Bakery — 172K views on a single Tea Party reel and 62.8K on a Newark Christmas campaign

Café Matisse — 90-day Instagram rebuild with full content strategy, posting cadence, and community management documented in the client's recap

Top 'near me' search visibility driving first-time foot traffic

Direct guest database you own — no more paying commissions to reach your own customers

Automated re-engagement filling slow nights and promoting high-margin events

Measurable marketing ROI tied to covers, reservations, and catering revenue

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Results vary based on market conditions, budget, competitive landscape, and execution. Past performance with other clients is not a guarantee of future results.

Reviews

What Hospitality & Restaurants Clients Say

4.9 from 142+ Google Reviews

Hired AB to take pictures and videos of my mobile catering Business. They were super easy to work with and created amazing content. The turnaround time for editing the pictures and videos were super quick. I would definitely recommend and use them again.

Carmelo's Oven

Restaurant & Catering

Love working with Abed and his team. We've been working together for over a year now, and they consistently go above and beyond delivering the best content!

Shay's Liquors

Hospitality & Retail

My wedding business has been working with ABMG for a few months now and we've been ecstatic with the results! We hired ABMG for Facebook Ads and they blew it out of the water with the leads we've been receiving, well worth the investment!

Blooms&Backdrops

Events & Weddings

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Next Step

Ready to Fix Your Hospitality & Restaurants Marketing?

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