On-demand session

How AI Is Changing the Way Customers Find Restaurants

Watch this practical, casual session from DoorDash and SevenRooms to see how AI is changing the way customers find your restaurant online.

Session Overview

What you'll learn

More diners are using ChatGPT, Google AI, and Gemini to decide where to eat — is your restaurant showing up? We'll show you how AI recommends restaurants, where it gets its information, and the updates that can help your restaurant appear more often.

Plus, you'll get access to our AI Action Checklist so you can make sure your business is set up to appear in AI restaurant recommendations.

Part 1

AI Search overview

From AI search to simple ChatGPT prompts, your hosts Erica and Katelyn will show you how AI tools like ChatGPT and Google AI choose which restaurants to recommend.

Part 2

Where AI pulls from

Next up they'll cover the four most important sources AI uses to surface restaurant recommendations to potential customers.

Part 3

AI Action Checklist

Finally, they'll a cover a simple cheat sheet restaurants can use to make sure they're set up to appear in AI search.

Speakers

Who you'll hear from

Get to know the experts leading the session.

Erica Hays

Integrated Marketing Manager, DoorDash

At DoorDash Erica oversees Commerce Platform's content strategy, focusing on creating educational resources that help merchants grow. With over 10+ years of experience, she's marketed everything from restaurant hiring software to dating apps. Outside of work you can catch her watching reality TV, singing karaoke, and ordering burritos on DoorDash.

Katelyn Bodkin

Content Marketing Manager, SevenRooms

The voice behind SevenRoom's popular newsletter, Heard!, Katelyn Bodkin is a content marketing leader who builds audience-first strategies designed to rank, resonate, and drive results. Her approach is rooted in listening to audiences, understanding what matters to them, and turning those insights into content that educates and inspires action.