Be the restaurant in Durban that answers first.
Restaurants businesses in Durban compete on two things most of them never measure: how fast they reply, and what their reviews say.
Why enquiries go cold in Durban
Diners choose on rating and photographs before they ever visit. A single bad month of reviews shows up in empty tables.
- Peak enquiry timeThursday and Friday afternoons, and the hour before dinner
- Typical job valueR400–R1 800 per booking
- In our Durban sampleNot yet sampled
We acknowledge enquiries promptly on WhatsApp, follow up when a quote goes quiet, and send the same neutral review invitation after every eligible completed job.
The market you're competing in
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Questions people actually ask
How important are Google reviews for a restaurant?
They are effectively the menu now. Diners filter by rating before they read anything else, and a restaurant sitting below four stars is excluded from most searches before its food is ever considered. Volume and recency both matter — a hundred reviews from three years ago count for very little.
How can a restaurant get more reviews without nagging customers?
Ask once, shortly after the visit, on WhatsApp rather than email, and only of guests who booked or paid in a way that gives you their number. One well-timed message converts far better than a QR code on the table nobody scans.
Can a restaurant automate its bookings?
Yes. Enquiries that arrive on WhatsApp, Instagram and the website can be answered and confirmed automatically, which matters most on Friday afternoons when the phone is busiest and nobody is free to answer it.
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Win more of the enquiries already coming to restaurants in Durban.
Fifteen minutes, no presentation. Bring what you spend now and we'll put our number next to it, line by line.