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Ads that you can see working.

Build and boost ads, target your own guest lists, and see spend and return side by side.

By the numbers

Where the next guest is looking

Guests find restaurants in their feeds. Ads put you there — if you can see what they return.

45%

of diners have tried a restaurant for the first time because of its social media post.

Source: MGH survey of 1,000+ adults, 2019

What changes with Gumbeaux

Build a campaign or boost a post, aimed at audiences from your own guest lists and lookalikes.

38%

of guests find new restaurants by word of mouth — the top channel. Facebook follows at 27%.

Source: Toast survey of 1,466 adults, 2025

What changes with Gumbeaux

Spend, cost per result and return on ad spend in one view — next to the orders they brought in.

Industry research about restaurants in general, shown with its source — not results from Gumbeaux Soft customers.

Time back

Ads, two ways

Who sees them

Today

Broad targeting and hope.

With Gumbeaux

Audiences from your own guest lists, plus lookalikes.

How much to spend

Today

A guess.

With Gumbeaux

Budget suggestions from your past campaigns.

Did it work?

Today

Clicks, maybe.

With Gumbeaux

Spend, cost per result and return, with conversions tracked.

Boosting a good post

Today

A separate app.

With Gumbeaux

One tap from the post.

How it works

How it works

  1. Choose the goal

    Plain-language goals become conversion models.
  2. Pick the audience

    Your guest lists, lookalikes or saved audiences.
  3. Build or boost

    A full campaign, or boost a post.
  4. Watch the return

    Spend, cost per result and return on ad spend.

Ads · last 30 days

2 campaigns

$420

Spend

budget $500

$3.10

Cost per result

orders and bookings

4.2×

Return on ad spend

tracked orders

61

New guests

first visit

Illustration · sample data

Features

What it does

Ads dashboard

Spend, cost per click and per result, return on ad spend and trend.

Campaign builder and boost

Build a campaign or boost a post.

Audiences

From your own guest lists, plus lookalikes and size estimates.

Budget suggestions

Based on your past campaigns.

Conversion tracking

Browser and server-side, without double counting.

Questions

What owners ask us

Which ad platforms?
Facebook and Instagram ads.
Can I target my own guests?
Yes — audiences built from your guest lists, plus lookalikes.
How do I know what to spend?
Budget suggestions come from your past campaigns.
Can I see what ads brought in?
Yes — spend, cost per result and return on ad spend, with conversions tracked.

Need something specific?

Ask us. If it's not already built, we take special feature requests.

See your ads next to what they bring in.

A guided demo, about 20 minutes, built around what you run.