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Last updated July 8, 2026

Add Your Specials or Signature Dishes

Sometimes a diner isn't choosing a restaurant so much as chasing a particular plate. If your restaurant has a signature dish or a special worth showing up for, tell us — it's one of the best ways to help the right diners find you.


Add Your Specials or Signature Dishes

Sign in and use the form below — choose your restaurant, tell us whether you're featuring specials, signature dishes, or both, and describe them. You'll need to have claimed your listing first.

Restaurantica is built around the dish: diners discover top dishes by location, dishes carry community-driven recognition, and verified specials are surfaced at the city, neighbourhood, and restaurant level. The clearer you are about what you do best, the better we can point the right diners to it.


Signature Dishes vs. Specials

  • Signature dishes are the plates your restaurant is known for — the ones regulars order without looking at the menu and the ones you'd point a first-time guest toward. These tend to be a stable part of who you are.
  • Specials are time-bound: a dish of the day, a seasonal feature, a weekend brunch item, or a limited run. These change, and keeping them current keeps diners coming back to see what's new.

Both help diners understand what makes your restaurant worth a visit.


Why It's Worth Doing

  • Help the right diners find you. People often search for a specific dish or craving. Highlighting what you do best helps you reach the diners most likely to love it.
  • Show your strengths. A great signature dish is a clearer signal than a generic description. It tells diners exactly what to expect.
  • Keep things fresh. Current specials give regulars a reason to return and give new diners a timely reason to visit.

What Makes a Strong Submission

To present your dishes well, it helps to include:

  • The dish name — as it appears on your menu
  • A short description — key ingredients and what makes it special, in a sentence or two
  • Price (optional) — current pricing if you'd like it shown
  • Availability — for specials, when it's offered (for example, "weekends only" or "available through the autumn")
  • A photo (optional) — a clear, appetizing image you have the rights to share; we'll follow up on the best way to send it

Accurate, current detail is what makes this useful. Please make sure descriptions, prices, and availability reflect what you're actually serving.


How This Relates to Editorial Coverage

Adding specials and signature dishes is a way to enrich your own listing. It is separate from our editorial coverage, which is decided independently. Highlighting a dish does not buy a write-up, and our editors may or may not feature it as part of editorial coverage. See our Editorial Standards.

For paid promotional opportunities, which are always clearly labelled and distinct from editorial, see Advertising Opportunities.


Accuracy, Rights, and Privacy

By submitting dishes, descriptions, and photos, you confirm that the information is accurate and that you have the right to share any images you provide. Allergen and dietary information is presented as general guidance only, and we encourage diners to confirm directly with you.

See our Terms of Service for the terms that apply to submitted content and our Privacy Policy for how we handle your information.


Questions

Need a hand putting your best dishes forward? We're happy to help — visit our Contact Us page.

For more on managing your presence on Restaurantica, see Submit Menu or Update Info and Local Restaurant Resources.

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