Beyond Booking: Your Complete Digital Growth Partner
You have a booking system. Good. But are you really asking what it is costing you — and what it is failing to give you?
Most booking platforms promise visibility on their marketplace and charge you per cover for every reservation that comes in, including loyal regulars who would have booked directly.
The Problem with Commission-Based Models
Traditional booking platforms charge a commission on every cover — typically between €2.60 and €4.00 per person. It sounds manageable. But consider the reality for an active Italian restaurant:
| Scenario | Annual commission cost |
| 100 bookings/month × €2.60 | €3,120/year |
| 200 bookings/month × €3.00 | €7,200/year |
| 300 bookings/month × €4.00 | €14,400/year |
And here is the part that stings most: a large share of those bookings are returning guests — people who already know you and would have booked directly. You are paying a commission fee for your own customers.
With Restomatix, you pay a fixed monthly fee. Zero commission per booking. Ever. Every reservation that comes in — the first, the hundredth, the regular who comes back every week — is 100% yours.
Who Owns Your Customer Data?
This is a question many restaurant owners never ask — until it is too late. With traditional booking platforms, when a customer books through their system, that data belongs to the platform, not to you. You cannot contact your guests directly. You cannot run marketing campaigns. You cannot build a relationship.
With Restomatix, all your customer data is yours. You have full access to the CRM, you can communicate directly with guests who have booked, build loyalty campaigns, and turn every reservation into a long-term relationship with your restaurant.
Your guest list is one of your most valuable business assets. Do not hand control of it to a platform.
Where Do Customers Actually Find You?
Booking platforms sell visibility on their own marketplace. But how much is that visibility worth compared to where customers are actually searching?
92% of diners — tourists and locals alike — search for restaurants on Google Maps.
A proprietary platform marketplace captures a residual fraction of that traffic. Google Maps is where discovery actually happens. And that is exactly where Restomatix puts you — with tools no other booking platform provides.
Through native Google Reserve integration, customers can book directly from Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Assistant — with no third-party marketplace in between and no commissions. 73% of bookings that arrive via Google are first-time customers: people discovering your restaurant for the very first time.
Active SEO vs Passive Booking Management
Most booking platforms manage incoming reservations. They wait for customers to find you. Restomatix does something radically different: it actively works to bring you new customers.
Our SEO GBP Plus service — available as an add-on — continuously optimises your Google Business Profile, monitors competitors, and maximises your local visibility on Google Maps. The results we have achieved for our clients speak for themselves:
- +211% organic visibility on Google
- +87% interactions on Google Maps
- +29% total bookings
No other restaurant booking platform in Italy offers an active local SEO service. It is our most concrete advantage — and yours.
Built for Italian Restaurants
We are not a generic platform imported from abroad with an Italian translation bolted on. Restomatix was designed specifically for the Italian restaurant market — from the neighbourhood trattoria to the fine-dining restaurant, from the family-run osteria to the high-volume pizzeria.
That means we understand the real dynamics: the tourist seasonality of Rome, Florence and Venice; the balance between local clientele and international visitors; the expectations of Italian guests versus foreign tourists; and the value of the personal relationship every restaurateur builds with their guests.
Our system is multilingual (Italian and English), support is available in Italian, and our integrations — from physical Google review cards to the full add-on ecosystem — are designed around the concrete operational needs of an Italian restaurant.
Technology + SEO + Relationships = Real Growth
Restomatix is not just software. It is a complete ecosystem that combines three ingredients no other platform brings together under one roof:
Technology
Commission-free booking system, Google Reserve integration, a simple and intuitive dashboard, CRM with full data ownership, automated SMS confirmations, no-show management, events portal, and much more.
SEO and Local Visibility
Active Google Business Profile optimisation, competitor monitoring, monthly visibility reports, and physical review cards to triple your Google reviews — concrete tools to get found by people who do not know you yet.
Relationships and Ecosystem
A network of connections with Italian food media, communication agencies, restaurant bloggers, and hospitality influencers. We do not just give you the tools — we connect you with the people who can amplify your visibility in your city.
Restomatix vs Commission Platforms: The Comparison
| Commission platforms | Restomatix | |
| Commission per booking | €2.60–4.00 per cover | €0 — ever |
| Estimated annual cost | €3,000–14,000+ | From €2,148/year |
| Customer data ownership | Platform’s | 100% yours |
| Google Maps visibility | Limited | Native integration + active SEO |
| Active local SEO | No | Yes (SEO GBP Plus add-on) |
| Physical review cards | No | Included in plan |
| Italian market specialisation | Generic | Built for Italy |
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