Pin & Plate THE RESTAURANT DISCOVERY DESK

Your restaurant's facts, checked wherever guests look

We check your Google hours, menu, listings, and reviews. We fix listing and menu mismatches from facts you approve, and record AI answers word for word. The Desk re-checks monthly. All by email. No call, and we never ask for your password.

Get a free Discovery Check

We check your Google profile, listings, reviews, and what AI assistants currently say about your restaurant using public information only. You get a one-page report listing every mismatch. Free, by email, no call.

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The problem, in your words

A guest tells you Google said you were closed. You were open.

You ask an AI assistant for the best place like yours in your town, and it names a competitor. It doesn't mention you at all.

Your hours are wrong in three places. The menu online is from two years ago. Every site says something different.

The only reviews you get are from the one guest who was angry. They sit unanswered because you're on the line, not at a desk.

None of this work is visible from inside the kitchen. The errors are public, and nobody is watching them.

What Pin & Plate does

We are the restaurant discovery desk for independent restaurants, cafés, bakeries, and food trucks. We audit every surface a guest checks before choosing, correct facts using information you supply and approve, set up an honest process for asking guests for reviews, and re-check it all every month.

You get:

How it works

  1. Get the free Discovery Check. Public information only — all we need is your restaurant's name and town.
  2. Approve the source of truth. If you go ahead, we build one sheet from your facts. You approve it in writing. Nothing is published before that.
  3. Grant manager access — inside Google, not by password. You add us as a manager on your Google Business Profile using Google's own sharing settings. You can remove us in one click, any time. We never see or hold your password.
  4. We do the fixes. Profile, listings, menu text, photos, Q&A, and the review system in the building — within 10 business days from complete intake and access.
  5. See the re-test. The same AI questions, asked again, with answers recorded word for word — what changed and what didn't.
  6. Stay matched (optional). Discovery Desk re-checks everything monthly, answers new reviews, posts your updates, and syncs menu changes to every surface.

Everything is handled by email and shared files. There are no sales calls.

Pricing

Discovery Check

Free

One page, by email, within 3 business days.

  • Google profile completeness
  • Every hours / phone / menu mismatch across Google, Yelp, Apple Maps, and your site
  • A review snapshot
  • An AI test with the questions quoted
  • A "fix first" list — the same list whether or not you buy anything

One per business. No card, no call, no password.

Get my free Discovery Check

Discovery Sprint

$795 one-time

One location. 10 business days from complete intake and manager access.

  • Source-of-truth sheet, approved by you in writing first
  • Google profile rebuild
  • Listings consistency pass
  • Menu rebuilt as readable text (print-ready PDF included as a courtesy)
  • Photo pass using photos you supply
  • Review system installed
  • AI re-test at delivery, answers quoted
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Sprint Light — $495: cafés, food trucks, and single-counter places with no reservations and 3 or fewer surfaces to fix. https://buy.stripe.com/bJecN46823upbMocdC33W2f

Discovery Desk

$249 /month

Month-to-month; cancel by email.

  • Monthly accuracy sweep (hours, holidays, links, menu, listings)
  • Every new Google review answered in your approved voice
  • 4 Google posts and photo publishes a month from material you supply
  • Menu changes synced everywhere within 2 business days
  • Monthly AI re-test with a one-page report
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Desk Plus — $399/month: adds a monthly pack of 4 captioned, ready-to-post short-form scripts built from your photos and footage, plus 1-business-day menu sync. https://buy.stripe.com/6oUdR87c66GB17K91q33W2h

Our guarantee

If we miss a stated delivery date, publish a fact that differs from the source-of-truth sheet you approved, or answer a review with wording you didn't approve, we fix it free and credit 10% of that period's fee.

We don't guarantee rankings, map placement, AI recommendations, review counts or ratings, traffic, or sales. No one honestly can. What we stand behind is the work: complete, matched to your approved source-of-truth sheet, and checked again every month.

Proof

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A real client's Discovery Check and re-test, or testimonial, goes here only with that client's written permission. Sample Checks, when shown, are labelled as samples with a fictional restaurant. Until then, this slot stays empty — on purpose.

FAQ

Do you need my password?

No — never. You add us as a manager on your Google Business Profile inside Google's own sharing settings, and you can revoke that access in one click. We never ask for, receive, or store passwords for Google, your POS, your website, or anything else.

Will this get me ranked first, or recommended by AI?

We can't promise that. Be wary of anyone who does. We make your approved facts complete and consistent, set up a process for requesting reviews, and show you — word for word — what Google and AI assistants currently say. How they use those facts is their decision.

Do you get me more reviews? How?

We install an honest system: cards on tables and at the till with a QR code, and a short script so staff ask everyone the same way. No rewards, no discounts for reviews, no asking only happy guests, no filtering. Those practices break Google policy and FTC rules, and we won't do them for anyone. Guests decide for themselves whether to write one.

Who writes the replies to reviews?

We do, using templates in your voice that you approve in advance. A negative or unusual review is never answered on autopilot — we draft it and wait for your wording before posting.

Can you certify which dishes are safe for allergies?

No. Be wary of any service that offers to. We format allergen and ingredient information exactly as you supply and approve it. We do not certify, verify, or guarantee allergen, ingredient, or cross-contact information. As the operator serving the food, you are responsible for its accuracy.

Do you write health or diet descriptions — "healthy," low-calorie, diet-friendly?

No. We don't write health, diet, or nutrition claims, and we don't calculate calories or nutrition values. If your menu carries information you have sourced yourself, we format it exactly as supplied and approved by you.

Where do the facts and photos come from?

From you. We invent nothing — no dishes, no "popular" items, no hours, no amenities. If a fact isn't on your approved source-of-truth sheet, it doesn't get published. Photos are yours too. If your profile is short of photos, we give you a short list of the ones to take on a phone.

What if Google has suspended my profile, or my name has extra keywords in it?

We work policy-clean only: no keyword-stuffed names, no workarounds. If your profile was suspended for a pre-existing problem, we document what we find and give you the reinstatement checklist so you can appeal as the owner.

How fast is it, really?

Discovery Check: 3 business days. Sprint: 10 business days from complete intake and manager access. Desk menu sync: 2 business days (1 on Desk Plus). Dates are confirmed in writing before work starts.

What kinds of places do you work with?

Independent restaurants, cafés, bakeries, and food trucks with steady trade — places guests choose by searching, mapping, asking an assistant, and reading reviews. If your profile is mandated by a franchisor, you need your franchisor's team, not us.

Start with the free Discovery Check

See what Google, the listings, and the AI assistants actually say about your restaurant today — every mismatch listed, on one page, with a fix-first list. No call, no obligation, no card, no password.

Get my free Discovery Check

Send us your restaurant's name and town. The Check is built from public information only and delivered by email within 3 business days. One per business.