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AI TikTok Videos for Restaurants and Cafés
Restaurants win on TikTok when people can almost taste the food. The problem is time: the hours you would spend filming and editing are the hours you are running service. MRKT DEPT plans and produces short videos about your menu, specials and story, and posts them on a schedule, so your feed stays busy even in your busiest weeks.
Why social media is hard for restaurant and café owners
Service hours leave no time to film, edit and caption.
Specials change weekly, so content goes stale fast.
Posting stops the moment the one staff member who "does social" is off.
5 video ideas that work
The dish regulars order every visit, and why.
This week’s special in 20 seconds, posted the day it starts.
What happens before doors open: prep, deliveries, the first coffee.
A local tip: the best time to come to skip the wait.
The story behind the name or the recipe that started it.
Example hooks
“Our regulars all order the same thing — here’s why.”
“Come at 2pm and you’ll never wait for a table.”
“This week’s special only lasts until Sunday.”
Want more for your own business? Try the free TikTok hook generator.
A sample 20-second script
Hook: Our regulars all order the same thing, and it’s not on the front of the menu.
What changed: It’s the slow-braised short rib — six hours, made fresh every morning, and it sells out most nights by eight.
Call to action: Come in before eight this week, or check the link in our bio to book a table.
How MRKT DEPT does it for you
Tell it about your business in a short web chat (or paste your website).
It researches your niche, plans your posts and writes each script.
It produces vertical videos with an AI spokesperson, captions, a hook title and your brand card — no filming.
You review each post; approved posts go out to TikTok and Instagram on your schedule.
Plans start at $79/month for 12 videos; Dominate is 60 videos a month for $299 — about $5 a video. See plans.
Questions
Can the videos show our actual food?
Yes. Upload photos of your dishes or space during setup and MRKT DEPT uses them as the visual reference for your videos, alongside an AI spokesperson who presents them.
Can it promote our specials?
Posts are planned from your business details, menu and brief. You review every post before it goes out and can send it back with changes — for example to put this week’s special front and centre.