Business Extends: LocalBusiness

Restaurant Schema Markup

Restaurant extends LocalBusiness with properties specific to food service businesses. It supports cuisine type, menu links, and reservation services, making it essential for any dining establishment that wants to appear properly in Google's local search results.

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Eligible Rich Results

Local Business Knowledge Panel Google Maps Restaurant Carousel

When to Use Restaurant

Fine dining Casual restaurants Fast casual Food trucks Cafes

Properties

Property	Type	Status	Description
name	Text	required	The restaurant name.
address	PostalAddress	required	Restaurant address.
servesCuisine	Text	recommended	Types of cuisine served (e.g., Italian, Mexican, Sushi).
hasMenu	URL or Menu	recommended	Link to the restaurant's menu.
telephone	Text	recommended	Phone number for reservations.
priceRange	Text	recommended	Price level ($, $$, $$$, $$$$).
image	URL	recommended	Photo of the restaurant or food.
openingHoursSpecification	OpeningHoursSpecification	recommended	Operating hours.
acceptsReservations	Boolean or URL	optional	Whether the restaurant takes reservations, or URL to book.
starRating	Rating	optional	Official star rating (not user reviews).
geo	GeoCoordinates	recommended	Location coordinates.
url	URL	recommended	Restaurant website.

JSON-LD Examples

Italian Restaurant

Full restaurant markup with cuisine, menu, and reservation info.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Bella Italia Trattoria",
  "image": "https://bellaitalia.com/interior.jpg",
  "url": "https://bellaitalia.com",
  "telephone": "+1-212-555-0188",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "Italian",
    "Mediterranean"
  ],
  "priceRange": "$$$",
  "hasMenu": "https://bellaitalia.com/menu",
  "acceptsReservations": "https://bellaitalia.com/reservations",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "789 Broadway",
    "addressLocality": "New York",
    "addressRegion": "NY",
    "postalCode": "10003",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7328,
    "longitude": -73.9927
  },
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": "Sunday",
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ]
}

Common Mistakes

Using LocalBusiness instead of Restaurant — you lose access to cuisine and menu properties.

Not including servesCuisine — this is one of the most important properties for restaurant discovery.

Forgetting to list the days you're closed (closed days simply aren't included in openingHoursSpecification).

Complete Guide to Restaurant Schema Markup

Restaurant schema markup is critical for any dining establishment that wants to be found in local search. Google uses Restaurant structured data to populate knowledge panels with cuisine type, menu links, reservation options, and operating hours — information that directly influences whether a potential customer chooses your restaurant.

The servesCuisine property is one of the most important for discoverability. When someone searches for 'Italian restaurant near me', Google matches this property against the search query. You can include multiple cuisine types as an array, which is useful for restaurants that serve dishes from multiple traditions.

The hasMenu property links to your online menu. If you have a dedicated menu page (rather than a PDF), link to it here. Google may crawl this page separately and use it to surface specific dishes in search results. For the best experience, consider adding Menu and MenuItem structured data to your menu page itself.

For restaurants that accept reservations, the acceptsReservations property can be set to true (boolean) or to a URL where customers can book a table. Integration with reservation platforms like OpenTable or Resy is increasingly important for local search visibility.

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