Where a restaurant’s reviews actually come from
Most restaurants have one review link — on the receipt, the website, a sticker by the door — and no idea which diners use it. Give every spot its own code and the question changes from “are we getting reviews?” to “which spot is getting them?” A tent on the table at the end of the meal beats a sticker by the exit every time: the diner is seated, fed and holding the phone while the bill is on its way.
Tables and counters, never servers
Per-server cards work because a person gives you a card and says a sentence. Keep that. Change what the card is named after: the terrace, the counter, the Friday-night section, not the person working it. Google’s contribution policy was updated in April 2026 to name what merchants should not do:
“Merchants requesting that staff solicit a certain number of reviews” and reviews “that include specific content, including content that identifies a staff member” — Google Maps user-generated content policy, April 2026
A leaderboard of tables cannot break either rule. That is why the product is built around spots.
What to print first
| Spot | Item | Spot name |
|---|---|---|
| Every table | 60 mm table tent | Restaurant |
| Till or takeaway queue | 25 mm sticker on the card machine, or a counter tent | Counter |
| Bar | 60 mm tent at the service point, or coasters | Bar |
| Terrace | 60 mm tent, laminated | Terrace |
Export the file, scan it once with your own phone, then order the print run. If a spot goes quiet for seven days the idle-code notification fires — usually the tents were cleared with the tablecloths.

