# 30 social media post ideas for restaurants

> 30 post ideas for a restaurant, written for diners.

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- **Behind the scenes:** Show the kitchen before opening: one photo, one line about what gets set up first.
- **Behind the scenes:** Introduce one person on the team: name, role, the question diners ask them most.
- **Behind the scenes:** A 15-second video of the most satisfying part of the job, no voiceover, captions on.
- **Proof:** Post a full table on a Friday night. Caption: what the diners asked for, what you did, one sentence from them.
- **Proof:** Screenshot a review (with permission) and reply to it publicly in the caption.
- **Proof:** One number from last month (dishes delivered, diners served) and what it took.
- **Education:** The one mistake diners make before coming to a restaurant, and the fix.
- **Education:** "Chef answers": pick the question you got three times this week and answer it in five lines.
- **Education:** A carousel: 5 things to know before choosing dishes. One per slide, last slide is your CTA.
- **Education:** Myth vs. fact about dishes, as a two-image post.
- **Offer:** This week only: one clear offer on dishes, the price, the deadline, how to book.
- **Offer:** Reminder post: what is still available this week and the fastest way to claim it.
- **Engagement:** This or that: two dishes options side by side; ask diners to vote in the comments.
- **Engagement:** Fill in the blank: "The best thing about my last visit to the kitchen was ___."
- **Engagement:** Ask diners what they want to see more of: three options, pick one next week.
- **Engagement:** Caption this: a funny photo from the kitchen, best comment gets a shout-out.
- **Story:** Why you started the restaurant: three sentences, one photo from the early days.
- **Story:** A hard week and what you learned from it. Keep it to five lines.
- **Story:** The dishes you are proudest of this year and why.
- **Community:** Shout out another local business your diners love. Tag them.
- **Community:** A local event this weekend and whether you will be there.
- **Community:** Thank the diners who have been with you longest; name a few if they are happy to be named.
- **Seasonal:** What changes at the kitchen this month, and what diners should do before it does.
- **Seasonal:** A holiday or awareness day this week that fits a restaurant, and one honest line about it.
- **Process:** Step-by-step: what happens when a new diner books dishes. Carousel, 5 slides.
- **Process:** What a typical day looks like for the chef, as a timeline post.
- **FAQ:** Price transparency: what dishes costs and what affects it.
- **FAQ:** The question diners are embarrassed to ask about dishes, answered kindly.
- **Recap:** Week in review: three things that happened at the kitchen, one photo each.
- **Recap:** Your most-saved post from last month, reposted with an update.

## Related

- [Post ideas for every business](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas)
- [Sunday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/sunday)
- [Monday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/monday)
- [Tuesday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/tuesday)
- [Wednesday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/wednesday)
- [Thursday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/thursday)
- [Friday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/friday)
- [Saturday](https://scheduleforyou.com/post-ideas/restaurants/saturday)