For restaurants and cafés

This week's menu, posted before the lunch rush. In your voice.

Looky for restaurants and cafés is the content and visibility workspace that turns your weekly menu, events and seasons into posts and short video scripts in your voice, planned ahead and approved by you.

Join the waitlist How approval works

At a glance

What is Looky for restaurants and cafés?

Looky for restaurants and cafés is built for owner-run restaurants, cafés and bistros that need fresh posts every week but have no time between lunch and dinner service. You paste this week's menu or type a note about an event; Looky drafts a post per channel, a story hook or a 30–90-second reel script, using only dishes, prices and allergens you provided. Topic cards follow the food year: Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Advent. Nothing goes out without your approval or a rule you set (how approval works).

Last reviewed 6 November 2026

One menu note: A post per channel, a story hook and a 30–90 s reel script with hook, shot ideas and on-screen text
Only your facts: Dishes, prices and allergens come only from material you provided or approved
Food calendar: Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, summer heat, Advent, Christmas and regional holidays
AI answers: ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity get local questions with your location; you see who is named

One note a week

How does this week's menu become a week of posts?

You teach Looky your place once, paste the week on Monday morning and approve the drafts between services. Looky writes only from your menu and notes and plans the week ahead.

Content planner

What should a café post in a typical week?

A rhythm you can keep beats bursts: the week's menu on Monday, a guest question midweek, an event reminder before the weekend, with seasonal topic cards weeks ahead.

Fixed points in the weekMenu on Monday, a guest question on Wednesday, a reel script on Thursday, the weekend event on Friday. The calendar shows the gaps.
The food year, ahead of timeValentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, summer heat, Advent and Christmas parties arrive as topic cards before guests start booking.
Guests' questions as posts"Do you have vegan options?" or "Can I bring my dog?" become short posts answered from your own menu and notes.
Your shift lead can approveGive the shift lead the reviewer role and posts still go out on time when you're in the kitchen.

See the content planner

SEO and AI visibility

Why does ChatGPT name the café next door and not mine?

AI assistants answer from what they find on the web, so a café whose website and profiles state hours, dishes and location clearly gives them more to work with. Looky measures what they say about you; no one can guarantee a recommendation by AI systems.

Local questions with your locationLooky asks ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity questions like "Where can I get a good breakfast in Köln-Ehrenfeld?" through their APIs, with web search and your location.
You and the places you listAdd two nearby cafés and see the mention rate for you and for them, with the pages each answer cites.
Gaps become tasksIf your breakfast hours appear on no page, that becomes a task you can turn into content.

See SEO and AI visibility

Before you post

What should a restaurant check before posting?

Menus, guests and music come with a few rules Looky can't check for you. Looky helps you draft; you remain responsible for what you publish. This is not legal advice.

Allergens and prices match the menuLooky only uses what you provided, so update the menu first. If no allergens are given, drafts point guests to the menu or your team instead of guessing.
Ask before you post guestsAsk guests before you post photos in which they can be recognised. Add "no recognisable guests" as a rule and reel scripts remind you.
Reposts need permissionAsk before you repost a guest's food picture, even when they tagged you.
Music in reelsUse the platform's licensed music library for reels and stories.

In practice

What do restaurants and cafés create with Looky?

Three fictional places, three notes. Every dish, price and date comes from the owner.

Café, Cologne
The weekly lunch menu
You give
Menu note · Monday
Week 44: pumpkin soup with roasted seeds, leek and goat's cheese quiche, plum cake. Lunch 12–3 pm.
Looky does: Looky drafts a post per channel and a story hook; with no allergens given, the line reads "see menu or ask our team".
You get
Menu post and story hook
Soup season starts today: pumpkin, roasted seeds, 12–3 pm.
Waits for your approval
Wine bar
A tasting evening
You give
Event note
Thursday 7 pm, wine tasting with a winemaker from the Ahr valley, 8 seats left, booking by phone.
Looky does: Looky writes the event post, a reminder for Wednesday and a 30-second reel script.
You get
Reel script · 30 s
Hook: "Eight seats left." Then the glasses, the winemaker, the phone number.
Scheduled after your approval
Restaurant
Christmas parties
You give
Topic card · Advent
Christmas party menus for 12 to 30 people: which dates are still free?
Looky does: Looky combines the seasonal topic card with your note on menus and free dates, six weeks ahead.
You get
Website post
Christmas parties: menus and dates still free
Waits for your approval

Options

How does Looky compare for a restaurant?

Looky fits a restaurant that wants weekly posts written from its own menu with an approval step; Buffer is cheaper if you only need scheduling, Uberall covers listings and reviews for many locations, and posting yourself from the phone costs nothing.

As of 27 October 2026
As of 27 October 2026	Doing it yourself	Buffer	Uberall	Looky
Writes posts from your menu and notes	You write every post	AI assistant without your brand knowledge	AI post creation for local channels; not menu-based	Yes, from approved knowledge, per channel
Reel and short-video scripts	No	No	No	Yes, scripts only: you film
Approval step	You are the approval	Approvals on the Team plan only	Not described on the page we checked	Built in: three modes, rules per channel
Price model	Free, costs your time	Free (3 channels); Essentials $5 per channel per month	No public prices	Subscription per company, yearly or monthly, see pricing

Compare Looky with

Doing it yourselfLooky

Writes posts from your menu and notes: You write every postYes, from approved knowledge, per channel
Reel and short-video scripts: NoYes, scripts only: you film
Approval step: You are the approvalBuilt in: three modes, rules per channel
Price model: Free, costs your timeSubscription per company, yearly or monthly, see pricing

Where the alternatives are better: Buffer publishes to more channels today, including Google Business Profile; Uberall covers far more directories and is built for chains with many locations; posting yourself is free and immediate. Sources: buffer.com/pricing, uberall.com/de (competitors' own pages, checked 27 Oct 2026).

Honest limits

What Looky doesn't do for restaurants

Looky drafts and plans from your menu; the kitchen, the photos and the final word stay with you.

What Looky does

Drafts a post per channel, story hooks and reel scripts from your weekly menu and notes
Uses dishes, prices and allergens only from material you provided or approved
Suggests seasonal topics from the food year weeks ahead
Holds every post for your approval, or follows the rules you set

What Looky doesn't do

Invent dishes, prices, allergens or opening hours
Manage delivery platforms, reservations, table bookings or your POS system
Photograph, film or edit; Looky writes captions and scripts
Run giveaways or influencer collaborations, or advise on their legal rules
Update your menu in the Google profile
Promise full tables, more bookings or rankings

No one can guarantee a recommendation by AI systems. Looky helps you draft; you remain responsible for what you publish. This is not legal advice.

FAQ

Questions from restaurants and cafés

All questions

Does Looky know my menu and allergens?

Looky knows what you give it: your menu as a PDF, your website and weekly notes. Dishes, prices and allergens in drafts come only from that material, and you approve the facts first. If no allergens are provided, drafts point guests to the menu or your team instead of guessing.

How often should a restaurant post?

A rhythm you can keep every week works better than bursts. Many restaurants post around fixed points: the week's menu on Monday, a guest question midweek, an event reminder before the weekend. Looky drafts the week from one note and the content planner shows gaps; you decide how many posts go into the calendar.

How should a restaurant reply to a bad Google review?

Thank the guest, name the specific issue, skip excuses, offer one concrete next step and invite them to talk directly. Looky drafts such replies in your voice from a review you paste in, and you approve each reply before you post it. More in the guide to replying to Google reviews.

Can Looky help me get more Google reviews?

Looky can draft a short, friendly request for your menu card, receipt or website that asks every guest equally. Asking only happy guests or offering a free drink for a review breaks Google's rules, so Looky never suggests either. According to Google, more reviews and good ratings can help local ranking.

Can I post photos of guests or repost their food pictures?

Ask first. Guests who can be recognised in a photo should agree before you post it, and reposting a guest's picture needs their permission. Looky writes captions and reel scripts, and you can add "no recognisable guests" as a rule in your brand voice so scripts remind you; the consent itself stays with you.

Is TikTok worth it for restaurants?

TikTok works for restaurants with something to show, such as a kitchen moment, a signature dish or the team. Looky writes reel scripts that work for TikTok and Instagram Reels from your notes; you film them yourself. Publishing to TikTok from Looky is not available; you upload the video yourself.

Why does ChatGPT recommend the café next door and not mine?

AI assistants answer from what they find on the web, so a café whose website and profiles state hours, dishes and location clearly gives them more to work with. Looky asks ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity local questions with your location, shows who is named and which pages are cited, and turns gaps into tasks. No one can guarantee a recommendation by AI systems.

Your menu is already your next post.

Paste the week on Monday. Looky drafts, you approve between services.

Join the waitlist Book a demo