Julio’s toy town: cafés, a pub and tables by the river
Food and drink

The marketing team for restaurants

Diners find you on Google Maps and Instagram, then book whoever answers. Julio gives you a better website with your real menu, markets it every week and answers table enquiries during service.

  • £0 upfront
  • £79 a month
  • No contract
  • Live in about 48 hours
Julio dressed as a chef, in a tall hat, holding up a steaming plate of spaghetti

What is Julio?

Julio is the marketing team and receptionist you text: it builds your website, gets you found, and answers every enquiry.

  1. WebsiteBuilt, hosted and live
  2. MarketingGoogle, AI search and Instagram
  3. ReceptionistEvery call and enquiry answered

£0 upfront · from £79 a month · no contract · change anything by text

Sound familiar?

What gets in the way

  • The phone rings during service and nobody can get to it, and it’s often a big table.

  • Group and Christmas party enquiries mean menus, deposits and days of back-and-forth.

  • No-shows on Saturday, and empty tables from Monday to Wednesday.

How it works

Your website, marketing and receptionist, in one.

  1. 01 · Website

    A new website, built and live in 48 hours

    Julio reads your site, Google profile and reviews, then builds your menu as real text with dietary tags, a booking button and a private dining page. Need a change? Text it, like “the Sunday roast is back from 12”, and it’s done.

  2. 02 · Marketing

    Found on Google, AI search and Instagram

    Every week Julio writes a page diners search, like Sunday lunch or Christmas parties in your town, and keeps your Google profile fresh. It turns new dishes into reels the day they launch, and you approve each one with a tap.

    How people look for you

    • “restaurants near me”
    • “Italian restaurant [town]”
    • “Sunday lunch [town]”
    • “private dining room [city]”
    Julio · this week
    • Christmas parties in [town]: set menus, deposits and dates, live from September
    • Sunday lunch at [restaurant]: the roast, times and booking
    • A reel of a new dish being plated, the day it goes on the menu
    Next week’s Instagram, for you to approve
  3. 03 · Receptionist

    Every call and enquiry answered

    When someone calls during service or messages, Julio replies in seconds, asks the date, time and party size, and books the table, passing any allergy question to your team. Then it texts you who booked and for how many.

    Replies to every enquiry: on Julio. Calls, messages and bookings: on Julio + Receptionist.

    JulioExample

    Have you got a table for 8 on Saturday 13 December? One of us is coeliac.

    JulioWe have 7:45pm for eight. Our kitchen uses flour, so I’ve flagged the coeliac guest for the manager to talk it through with you. Shall I book it?

    Sorry, we need to cancel tomorrow’s table for 4.

    JulioNo problem, Tom, that’s cancelled. Thanks for letting us know. I’ve offered the table to the waiting list.

    Julio behind a reception desk with a headset, holding up a phone
Every week

Julio texts you what came in

What it did, who got in touch and what it suggests next. You just reply.

JulioExample

Morning! Last week:
41 calls answered, 17 during service. 23 tables booked.
4 Christmas party enquiries, 2 deposits paid.
Day-before reminders: 3 cancellations, all tables rebooked.
Tuesdays are quiet. Want me to promote your set lunch?

Pricing

What it costs

Website

£79 /month

£0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

  • A new site, copied from yours or upgraded
  • Hosting, and your domain connected
  • Changes by text
  • Google basics built in: fast, mobile, your business details in Google’s format, and a sitemap
  • Every enquiry recorded, with where it came from

Julio does the work, and a person checks your launch.

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Recommended

Julio

£249 /month

£0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

Everything in Website, plus:

  • Weekly Google and AI-search work
  • Instagram posts you approve
  • Every enquiry to your phone
  • Replies to leads in about 60 seconds
  • Missed calls texted back
  • Review requests
  • A chat on your site

Julio does the work, and a person looks at anything it isn’t sure about.

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Julio + Receptionist

£349 /month

£0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

Everything in Julio, plus:

  • The AI receptionist: answers your calls, takes messages and books people in
  • A fair-use call allowance each month

For when the phone rings and you can’t pick up.

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Every plan: £0 upfront, no contract, cancel by text.

Add to either plan

+ Ads

from£399 /month + ad spend

Minimum ad spend £500 a month.

  • Meta and Google ads run by Julio and checked by a specialist
  • Your cost per enquiry, every month

Add it to either plan. No contract.

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+ Your own expert

+£250 /month

A person on your account.

  • A named person
  • A monthly call
  • Checks before anything goes live

Add it to either plan. No contract.

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Questions

Questions restaurants ask

Can Julio answer allergy questions?

Only from your written allergen information, and it never says a dish is “safe”: it passes the guest to your team. The FSA recommends having allergen information in writing, backed by a conversation with staff.

Can Julio answer the phone during service?

Yes, on Julio + Receptionist (£349 a month): it answers calls, takes bookings and passes on anything it can’t handle. On Julio (£249 a month), missed calls get a text back.

Does Julio work with my booking system?

Julio links to the booking system you already use. If you don’t have one, Julio + Receptionist can take simple bookings into your calendar.

Can I put a service charge at the bottom of the menu?

Only if it’s genuinely optional. A compulsory service or cover charge has to be in the price shown under the DMCC Act 2024.

Do I have to show my food hygiene rating?

At your door, yes in Wales and Northern Ireland, and it’s voluntary in England. Online it’s voluntary everywhere, though the FSA encourages it.

The rules Julio follows for restaurants

  • Allergy questions go to your staff, and Julio never calls a dish “safe” (FSA allergen guidance)
  • “Gluten-free” only under 20 parts per million; “fresh” and “homemade” only if true (CAP Code)
  • Compulsory service or cover charges are in the price shown (DMCC Act 2024)

Get a better website. Then win more customers.

Julio builds your new website, free to see. £79 a month to go live.

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