How D-Spot Dessert Cafe Increased Walk-Ins by 38% in One Quarter

D-Spot Dessert Cafe (Mississauga, ON branch) is a late-night dessert spot known for artisanal waffles, crepes, shakes, and cakes serving families, students, and date-night crowds across the city.

Despite strong in-store appeal, digital lead flow lagged because the Google Business Profile was under-optimized (few photos/posts, mixed categories), the website buried key menus and hours, and tracking didn’t capture “Order Online / Directions / Call” actions—so local rankings were inconsistent and paid spend under-attributed.

Main Challenges 🦾

Menu discoverability

Menu buried in PDFs with no structured data; thin page copy for signature items.

Under-optimized GBP

Missing secondary categories, sparse posts/Q&A, low photo velocity → weak local-pack coverage at peak times.

Tracking gaps

No GA4 events for “Order Online,” “Call,” “Directions,” or third-party ordering clicks (UberEats/DoorDash/Skip).

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Menu + EEAT Signals

Built crawlable menu pages (no PDFs) grouped by Waffles, Crepes, Cakes, Shakes—with ingredients, allergens, and enticing descriptions. Added signature item pages (e.g., “Ferrero Rocher Waffle in Mississauga”) to capture high-intent searches; interlinked to location page.

Local SEO Improvements

Standardized categories, services, attributes (late-night, dine-in, takeout, delivery). Launched a photo & post cadence (weekly: bestsellers, limited-time items, weekend features), answered Q&A, added menu highlights and order links as UTM-tagged URLs.

Technical SEO & Schema

Implemented Restaurant, Menu, MenuItem, FAQ, AggregateRating schema; fixed CWV on image-heavy pages via modern formats & lazy-load. Simplified URL structure and hub→spoke internal linking from the location hub page to menu and signature items.

We Got Incredible Results 💰

As expected, the results were amazing and the location was getting several more walk-in customers within 3 months. 

38%
Increase ⬆️

Increase in walk-in customers within 1 quarter. 

61%
Increase
⬆️

In organic sessions to menu & location pages

94%
Increase
⬆️

Google Business Profile actions (calls, directions, website clicks)

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