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100 Restaurant Review Sites to Use for Restaurant Marketing

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Everybody is a critic and if you are a restaurant owner, you have a target on your business.  Restaurant review sites are growing and there is more than just Yelp to consider.

Each day can be spent chasing comments on the Internet to protect your restaurant reputation.  While this article is not about restaurant reputation management, the long list below may make you nervous enough to look for a solution.

Reminder:  When someone makes a comment online, you will not feel it or hear about it anymore than you would in the old days when people would talk.  The difference is in the permanance of the comment and the whole world is watching and listening.

Turn the comments and restaurant reviews online into a restaurant marketing opportunity.  Instead of waiting for something to happen and wonder "Will it be ok?", be pro-active and influence your destiny.

Your next step might be to set up a special page for your restaurant.   Buy a domain name at 1and1.com and call it: 

www.yourrestaurantnamereview.com

For instance:  www.saltysreview.com or www.bennigansreview.com.  You get the idea.  Your domain name or restaurant name with "review" at the end.

You can send every guest to that website url domain name via the menu, personal invitation, email follow-up, Facebook, etc. Have available a list of links they can click on to share a comment. 

The website domain name (www.yourrestaurantnamereview.com) can be pointed to a special page on your restaurant's website if you like.

Instead of sending them direct to a very long link on your site, buying a domain name with "review" in it and pointing it would be a better bet.

Need help?  Contact me.  I will help you set up a page where you can invite people to give positive comments.  The website or page will simply be a portal to those restaurant review sites you would like them to comment on. 

Don’t put every restaurant review site on the list.  Just pick and choose your favorites.  This website page will be very personal and can include photos or video and a special thank you.  (Don't forget to make an invite.)

The reason people are using Yelp is because they know about it.  If you set up your own page with great options and encourage them to review your restaurant, you will leave breadcrumbs online for others to follow for years to come.  Of course, be sure to ask those who are very happy with your service to share their experience.

Here is a list of restaurant review sites in alphabetical order (with links).  It is my gift to you. 

10 Best  http://10best.com

All Menus  http://allmenus.com

AZ Central http://azcentral.com

Bacon and Bakin http://baconandbakin.blogspot.com

Beer Advocate http://beeradvocate.com

Boorah  http://www.boorah.com

Brian X  http://brianx.com

Chicago Reader  http://chicagoreader.com

Chowhound  http://www.chowhound.com

City Guide MSN  http://cityguides.msn.com

Citysearch  http://www.citysearch.com

Delishhh  http://www.delishhh.com

Dex Knows http://dexknows.com

Dine.com  http://www.Dine.com

Ding Out with Rob Balon  http://www.diningoutwithrobbalon.com

Fodor’s http://fodors.com

Foodie Universe  http://foodieuniverse.blogspot.com

Foodio54  http://www.Foodio54.com

Fork and Bottle  http://www.forkandbottle.com/restaurants/seattle/seattle.htm

Foursquare  http://foursquare.com

Frommers  http://frommers.com

Gayot   http://gayot.com

Go City Kids – Parents Connect  http://gocitykids.parentsconnect.com

Google Maps  http://maps.google.com/

Grub Hub  http://grubhub.com

Half Baked Seattle  http://www.halfbakedinseattle.com

Happy Cow  http://happycow.net

Insider Pages  http://www.insiderpages.com

Judy’s Book  http://www.judysbook.com

Kudzu  http://www.kudzu.com

Menuism  http://www.menuism.com

Menu Pages  http://www.menupages.com

MenuPix http://www.menupix.com/  

Menutopia  http://menutopia.com

Merchant Circle  http://www.merchantcircle.com

MetroMix  http://metromix.com

Mojo Pages  http://mojopages.com

MySpace  http://myspace.com

NY Mag  http://nymag.com

NYC  http://www.nyc.com

Open Table  http://reviews.OpenTable.com

Qype  http://qype.com

Restaurant.com  http://www.restaurant.com

Restaurantica  http://www.Restaurantica.com

Reviews MetroGuide  http://reviews.metroguide.com

Roadfood  http://roadfood.com

Seattle Dining  http://www.seattle.com/restaurants

Seattle Foodster  http://www.seattlefoodster.com

Seattle Mag  http://www.seattlemag.com

Seattle Met  http://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/restaurant-reviews

Seattle Times Restaurant Reviews  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restaurants

Seattle Weekly  http://www.seattleweekly.com/restaurants

Timeout  http://timeout.com

Top Table  http://www.toptable.co.uk

Top Restaurants  http://www.toprestaurants.com/seattle.htm

TravBuddy  http://travbuddy.com

TripAdvisor  http://www.tripadvisor.com

TripBuzz  http://www.tripbuzz.com

Trusted Places  http://trustedplaces.com

Twitter  http://twitter.com

Urban Spoon  http://www.urbanspoon.com

VirtualTourist  http://virtualtourist.com

WCities  http://wcities.com/seattle

Worst Pizza  http://www.worstpizza.com

Yelp  http://www.yelp.com

Yummy Eats  http://yummyeats.com

Zagat  http://www.zagat.com/

This is not the complete list. There are more In your local community.  Do a little research or hire someone to find the opportunities and set up your online presence.

A year from now there will be two restaurants online side by side.  One has dozens of reviews and the other will only have a few.  The first was pro-active and the other waits. 

A group of hungry humans will be viewing the reviews on their mobile device wondering "Which to choose?"  Which will they respond to?  Which is yours?

Focus on each guest, treat them as if they were your friend, family or royalty.  They will do the rest by sharing their experience on restaurant review sites.

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