The Best Restaurant Marketing Agency in South Florida: 8 Firms Compared (2026)

Every marketing agency in South Florida will tell you it can fill your tables. Very few actually understand what it takes to run a restaurant, where the margins are thin, the reviews are public, and a slow Tuesday is a real problem. So when you search for the best restaurant marketing agency in South Florida, the real question is not who has the flashiest website. It is who understands covers, tickets, and repeat visits.

We are Button Up Media, and yes, we put ourselves at number one on this list. We will be straight with you about why, and we will describe the seven other Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and Coral Gables agencies below plainly, based on what they do and what they offer. This guide lays out what each firm brings so you can pick the right partner, not just the first name you find.

How we ranked these South Florida restaurant marketing agencies

We are a restaurant marketing agency ourselves, so we are not pretending to be a neutral review site. Instead, we tried to be useful. Every agency below is a real South Florida firm with genuine restaurant or hospitality experience. For each one, we describe plainly what they do and what they offer, and how focused they are on restaurants and hospitality specifically. We did not invent stats, awards, or client counts for anyone, including ourselves. Where a firm is a general agency rather than a restaurant specialist, we say so plainly.

1. Button Up Media (South Florida): built for hospitality

Button Up Media is a marketing agency built for one kind of business: hospitality. Restaurants, bars, breweries, cafes, and coffee shops are all we do, and that focus is the whole point. We do not split our attention across dentists, law firms, and e-commerce brands, so we already understand slow shoulder seasons, the difference between a reservations problem and a walk-in problem, and why a five-star review streak matters more than a follower count.

Because hospitality is our specialty, we keep everything under one roof instead of sending you to five different vendors. That includes social media content, in-house photography and video shot in your space, Google Business Profile and local SEO so you show up when nearby diners search, website design built to take bookings and orders, and Google and Meta ads. Every one of those channels points at the same goal: measurable bookings, phone calls, and online orders. We report in plain language, because most owners do not want a dashboard with forty metrics. They want to know if last month's spend put more people in seats.

We are also a small, senior team, so you work directly with the founders, Juan Hernandez and Christian Paula, not a rotating cast of junior account managers. We are bilingual in English and Spanish, which is a real advantage for reaching every guest in South Florida. And we have done this work for real local hospitality names, including the Rusty Pelican, The Odyssey, Castaway, and The Boathouse, with results like a 72 to 1 return on ad spend and more than 20 million organic views.

If you run a South Florida restaurant, bar, or cafe and you want a team that lives and breathes hospitality, we believe we earn the top spot. Book a free call with Button Up Media, hosted personally by our co-founder Juan, and we will walk you through exactly how we would help your business.

2. Host Hospitality (Miami)

Host Hospitality is a Miami digital marketing agency that works exclusively with restaurants and food-and-beverage brands. Their scope is broad within that niche, covering paid ads, SEO, social media, content, influencer partnerships, and email. They position themselves as a growth partner focused on making food-and-beverage brands more visible, recognizable, and profitable.

3. Restaurant Suite 360 (Miami)

Restaurant Suite 360 is a Miami-based agency that serves restaurants exclusively and bundles an unusually wide range of services under one roof: menu design, web design, social media, Google Ads, SEO, online ordering, and photo and video. Their pitch centers on local-first marketing that drives bookings, calls, and online orders.

4. Slique Media (Miami)

Slique Media is a social-media and content creative agency that has long worked with restaurants and hospitality brands. Their focus is social strategy, short-form and branded content, TikTok, and influencer marketing, aimed at turning trend-aware content into engagement and repeat customers.

5. William Davis Moore (Boca Raton)

William Davis Moore is a visual media and social studio serving Palm Beach and Broward counties. They produce restaurant photography, video, and drone content alongside social media management, framing the work as restaurant marketing that turns attention into reservations.

6. Savage Global Marketing (Fort Lauderdale)

Savage Global Marketing is a Fort Lauderdale creative and advertising agency offering advertising, social media, web development, and video production. Their restaurant experience includes a Taco Bell Cantina case study, and they lean on bold creative and an all-in-one production approach.

7. Ardor Consulting (Miami)

Ardor Consulting is a Miami marketing and branding firm offering brand strategy, influencer marketing, web design, SEO, social media, and fractional CMO services, with hospitality and restaurants among the sectors it serves. Its approach centers on storytelling that builds trust and authority.

8. Heyday Marketing (Coral Gables)

Heyday Marketing is a Coral Gables full-service digital agency offering SEO, PPC, social media, email, content, branding, and web design, and it lists restaurants among the industries it serves. It positions itself as bringing big-brand strategy to small and mid-sized businesses with no long-term contracts.

How to choose the right restaurant marketing agency for your restaurant

Start with the problem, not the agency. Most South Florida restaurants want the same handful of things: more people in seats, more phone calls, more online orders, and marketing that ties back to what they actually spend. For a hospitality business, that usually points toward a restaurant and hospitality specialist that already lives in your world, like Button Up Media, rather than a generalist you have to teach from scratch. The other agencies above each do solid work, and we have described plainly what each one offers so you can compare them for yourself.

Then ask three questions on any intro call. Do you work with restaurants specifically, or are we one industry among many? How will you measure success, and will I actually understand the reporting? And what does month three look like if this is working? An honest agency will give you clear, specific answers. If you want ours, book a free call with Button Up Media and we will walk you through exactly how we would approach your restaurant.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best restaurant marketing agency in South Florida?

For hospitality businesses, we believe Button Up Media is the best restaurant marketing agency in South Florida, because it works only with restaurants, bars, and cafes and ties ads, social, and websites to bookings, calls, and orders. Host Hospitality and Restaurant Suite 360 in Miami are two other restaurant-focused agencies in the area, and this guide describes plainly what each one does.

Are there restaurant marketing agencies that work only with restaurants?

Yes. Button Up Media, Host Hospitality, and Restaurant Suite 360 all focus specifically on restaurants and food-and-beverage brands. Working with a restaurant-only agency usually means less time spent explaining how your business works and more time on strategy built for hospitality.

Which South Florida agencies focus on social media and short-form video?

Slique Media in Miami focuses on social strategy, short-form and branded content, TikTok, and influencer marketing. William Davis Moore in Boca Raton pairs photo and video with day-to-day social. Button Up Media also produces social content and short-form video in-house, as one part of a full hospitality marketing program that covers ads, SEO, and your website.

Who does restaurant photography and video in Palm Beach or Broward?

William Davis Moore is a visual media and social studio serving Palm Beach and Broward counties, producing restaurant photography, video, and drone content alongside social management. Savage Global Marketing in Fort Lauderdale also offers video production as part of its creative work. Button Up Media shoots photo and video in-house too, built into a full hospitality marketing program.

What is the difference between a restaurant specialist and a general marketing agency?

A restaurant and hospitality specialist already understands covers, reviews, and seasonality on day one, which is why we lead with restaurant-focused firms. General agencies like Heyday Marketing and Savage Global Marketing offer broad digital services across many industries. The descriptions above explain what each one does, so you can compare them against a specialist like Button Up Media.

I need brand strategy, not just ads. Which agencies offer that?

Ardor Consulting in Miami offers brand strategy, fractional CMO services, and senior marketing direction, with hospitality among the sectors it serves. Button Up Media also builds brand and strategy into its hospitality work, tied directly to the channels that drive bookings and orders.

Do these agencies require long-term contracts?

It varies by firm, so always confirm during your intro call. Heyday Marketing, for example, positions itself around no long-term contracts and month-to-month flexibility. If contract terms matter to you, ask each agency directly before you sign anything.

How do I get started with Button Up Media?

Book a free call at buttonupmedia.com/contact. We will ask about your restaurant, what is working, and where you are stuck, then walk you through exactly how we would help. Every call is hosted personally by our co-founder Juan.

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If this was useful and you would rather hand it off, book a free strategy call and we will build a plan around your specific restaurant.