Built for Restaurants & F&B Brands That Have Outgrown Their Last Social Media Agency.
Social media isn't optional anymore. Most Tampa restaurant owners leave thousands in monthly revenue on the table by treating it like a side project.
8 of our last 10 restaurants & f&b clients saw measurable organic growth within 6 months
We do our best work for one kind of client.
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EQUALLY IMPORTANT
We are probably not the right fit if...
You need results in 30 days. Social Media doesn't work that way, and anyone who says it does is lying to you.
You want to own the strategy internally and outsource only execution. We work as strategic partners, not vendors.
Your budget is under $2,000/month. We can't do our best work at that level.
The brands we work best with are past the “let’s try Social Media” phase. They know it works. They want it done properly.
Tampa restaurants & f&b is a different game.
We’ve run Social Media here. We know what it takes.
72,000 Tampa restaurants compete for attention daily.
Tampa's restaurant scene spans iconic neighborhoods—Ybor City's historic spots, Hyde Park's upscale dining, and the Channel District's waterfront venues—each with distinct customer expectations. Your average competitor spends $3,200/month on digital marketing, but most of that goes to ads without a retention strategy. Yelp and TripAdvisor control 60% of discovery, while your own social channels remain dormant goldmines. The restaurants winning right now aren't the ones with the biggest budgets—they're the ones building community, not just audiences.
The 3 places Tampa restaurants & f&b brands leave revenue on the table
Every engagement starts with a structured audit. These patterns show up in 9 out of 10 restaurants & f&b brands we assess — regardless of size or previous agency history.
Don’t take our word for it.Here’s what we actually delivered.
Strong walk-in business masked the fact that younger diners and tourists were choosing competitors on Instagram and Google. No catering inquiries despite perfect margin for events. Email list was non-existent—every promotion required paid ads.
Built email capture campaign around catering menu + event hosting; generated 350 emails in month 1 using 15% discount incentive on first catering quote.
— Marco T.
Restaurant Owner
Read the full case study →BEFORE → AFTER
Monthly catering + delivery revenue · BEFORE
$800
Monthly catering + delivery revenue · AFTER
$5,400
You shouldn’t have to wonder what your agency is doing with your money.
Every Friday, you get a Loom from your strategist. Not a report — a walkthrough. What changed, what we’re doing about it, what to expect next week. Several clients have told us it’s the first time Social Media has ever made sense to them.
From audit to measurable growth, step by step
After 6 months, your restaurant will have 2,000–3,500 email subscribers, Instagram engagement 4–5x higher, and a measurable feedback loop where social drives repeat bookings and reviews—no longer relying on Yelp or paid ads alone. Expect 25–40% more catering inquiries and 15–25% higher customer retention from email campaigns.
Audit & Competitive Gap
We analyze your current Instagram, Facebook, Google Business Profile, and email strategy against 8–12 direct competitors in your neighborhood (Ybor City, Hyde Park, Channel District). We identify what's working for them, where they're vulnerable, and which search queries are costing you the most customers.
Build Owned Channels & Capture
We optimize your Instagram bio for conversions, set up a Google Business Profile review funnel, and launch an email capture campaign (sign-up incentive: 10% off catering quote, early menu access, etc.). Goal: build your first 500–1,000 email subscribers within 30 days.
Content Calendar & Community Strategy
We create a 12-week content calendar built around your high-margin items (catering, delivery, happy hours), local events (Gasparilla, summer festivals), and staff spotlights. Every post includes a micro-call-to-action tied to email capture or booking.
Paid Amplification & Retention Loop
We run targeted Instagram and Facebook ads ($200–500/week budget) to local audiences, testing messaging around delivery, catering, and happy hours. Every ad route-to-email or booking. Simultaneously, we launch 2–3 email campaigns per week (welcome series, weekly digest, catering promo, review request).
Measure, Iterate & Scale
We track cost-per-email-signup, cost-per-booking, customer lifetime value, and repeat-purchase rate. Monthly strategy calls review what's driving revenue and what needs to pivot. By month 6, we're scaling winning tactics (high-converting content angles, ad audiences, email segments).
The honest difference
We’re not going to call other agencies bad. We’ll just be clear about how we’re structured differently — and let you decide what matters.
| Omakaase | What we hear from most agencies | |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts | ✓ Month-to-month. Walk away any time. | 12-month minimum (standard) |
| Who's on your account | ✓ Senior strategist. Doesn't rotate. | Account manager, often junior, rotates 6–12 months |
| Reporting cadence | ✓ Weekly Loom video + live dashboard | Monthly PDF report |
| Attribution model | ✓ Revenue-connected from Day 1 | Rankings + traffic only |
| Cost transparency | ✓ You see where every dollar goes | Black-box retainer |
What this typically looks like for a Tampa restaurants & f&b brand
The median restaurants & f&b client after 6 months
Stop guessing. Get the exact 12-week playbook used by top-performing restaurants in Ybor City, Hyde Park, and the Channel District to build email lists, drive catering inquiries, and outsmart Yelp.
Median result across 12 restaurants & f&b Social Media case studies. Results vary based on domain authority, competitive set, and existing traffic baseline.
“Instagram was an afterthought. It's now our second-highest revenue channel after word-of-mouth. I didn't think social could actually drive B2C revenue at this scale.”
Ben H.
CEO · Retail Brand, $7M revenue
“The content calendar process changed how our whole team thinks about marketing. We're telling a story now — not just filling a grid to look active.”
Cora M.
Brand Director · Lifestyle Brand
“They mapped our content to every stage of the buyer journey. That sounds basic — but nobody had done it for us before. The results were immediate.”
Raj S.
Founder · E-commerce Brand, $3M revenue
The questions founders actually ask us
Not the FAQ we wrote. The questions from real first calls.
How much should I budget for social media marketing as a Tampa restaurant?
Industry average is $3,200/month. We recommend a 60/40 split: 60% on owned-channel building (email, content, tools) and 40% on paid amplification ($1,300–1,500). If you're starting from zero email list, we front-load email capture for the first 60–90 days, then shift to retention and repeat-booking campaigns. Most clients see ROI by month 2–3.
Can you help with Yelp reviews and Google Local ranking?
Yes. Review requests are built into our email strategy—we automate post-visit review requests that generate 3–4 new reviews per week for most clients. Google Local optimization is part of our audit and setup. However, our primary focus is building your owned channels (email, Instagram, catering/delivery visibility) so you're less dependent on Yelp's algorithm.
We have 8,000 Instagram followers but barely any bookings. Why?
High follower count with low conversion is the most common problem we see. Root cause: no call-to-action, no email capture, no retention loop. Followers aren't customers—they're an audience. We rebuild your strategy around a conversion funnel: attract → email capture → nurture → booking. Within 90 days, engagement and booking quality both increase 3–5x.
How do you measure success? What metrics matter?
Vanity metrics (likes, followers) don't matter to us. We track: (1) Email subscribers and growth rate, (2) Cost per email signup, (3) Email open rate and click-through rate, (4) Bookings attributed to email/social, (5) Customer lifetime value. We send monthly reports tied to revenue, not impressions.
How long until we see ROI?
Month 1–2: email list building and content setup (no direct revenue yet, but infrastructure in place). Month 3–4: first repeat bookings and catering inquiries from email campaigns. Month 5–6: scaled revenue from proven tactics. Average client breaks even by month 2 and sees 200–400% ROI by month 6.
FREE · NO COMMITMENT · 48HR TURNAROUND