Wikivoyage:Restaurant listings

Sometimes it's hard to pick just one

We have a standardized format for restaurant listings, and a template, Template:Eat to help you format them.

Formatting listings

Restaurant listings should be in the format below:

• Name of Restaurant (local or alternative name), Address (extra directions if necessary), ☎ +91-22-2222-1234, fax: +91-22-2222-1235, e-mail: fakeemail@example.com. 9am-5:30pm. One to five sentences about the food, service, atmosphere, view, specialties, music, what have you. Rs. 50 for entrance.

Here's the Wiki markup:

* {{eat
| name=Name of Restaurant | alt=local or alternative name | url=http://www.example.com | email=fakeemail@example.com
| address=Address | lat=latitude | long=longitude | directions=extra directions if necessary
| phone=+91-22-2222-1234 | tollfree= | fax=+91-22-2222-1235
| hours=9am-5:30pm | price=Rs. 50 for entrance
| content=One to five sentences about the food, service, atmosphere, view, specialties,
  music, what have you.
}}

Here's an example using real information from Hiroshima:

Yeah, it's probably gross, but Sheepshead Curry is interesting enough to warrant a mention.

• Shabuchin Shabu Shabu, 1-1-6 Kokutai-ji, Naka-ku, ☎ +81 082-246-7327. 11:30AM-2PM, 5PM-10PM daily. Small, friendly, family run shabu shabu restaurant in the fashionable Jizo-dori area. They make their own sauces, and all the ingredients are fresh; dip fresh meat and vegetables in a hot sauce to lightly cook it before dipping it in a savory sauce to eat. Expect to pay from ¥3,000-5,000, including drinks.

Some notes

• Addresses should just be the street and number, not a full postal address. If the city is different (for example, in a suburb), add that, too.
• Phone numbers should be in the format as they would be dialed internationally, but in a way that shows the part that can be dialed locally.
• Days should be abbreviated (M Tu W Th F Sa Su), times should be AM and PM.
• Prices should be in the local currency.
• URLs should point to the official Web site for the restaurant and conform to Wikivoyage guidelines for external links. If there's no official Web site, just leave that part out.
• Properties should be listed in alphabetical order within a single subsection of "Eat"

Describing a chain of restaurants

Looks authentic, add it to the guide!

Chains of restaurants/cafes should be reviewed in the city/region's main article. Individual locations should be placed in their specific districts (if it's city-wide chain) or towns (if the chain spans multiple towns in the region). Details applicable to all locations should be included into a global review; all individual details of specific locations should be described locally. Please do not copy a global review to every local description in districts; instead refer from district listing to a global review in the main article.

If there're multiple individual locations in a single article, list them all only if there's no more than 7 locations. Otherwise, try to use more compact description, like "most locations are in districts A and B, plus several in the district C".

Example:

• Harold's Chicken Shack. The great South Side fried chicken chain is cheap, usually a little dirty, and always delicious. Crowded at meal times. $2-5.

• , 917 W 87th St, ☎ +1 773 224-4621. 11AM-3AM daily.
• , 10259 S Halsted St, ☎ +1 773 568-5906. M-Th 10AM-midnight, F-Sa 10AM-1AM, Su 11AM-10PM.
• , 2521 W 63rd St, ☎ +1 773 778-9659. Su-Th 11AM-2:30AM, F-Sa 11AM-4AM.

See also

• Project:Listings, Project:Manual of style