The location platform behind the world’s biggest restaurant brands
Radar powers every location moment in the restaurant guest journey, from finding the nearest location to arriving for pickup, giving your team the solutions to serve guests faster and more efficiently.
Everything your restaurant experience needs, powered by one location platform
Fire every order at exactly the right time
Trigger order prep automatically based on where guests are and when they’ll arrive, so food is always fresh, wait times stay low, and every pickup experience runs smoothly.
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Turn nearby guests into your next order
Trigger personalized messages and offers based on where guests are in the real world, driving more foot traffic whether they’re near a location or passing a competitor.
Unlock your app the moment a guest walks in
Surface mobile ordering, loyalty actions, and personalized offers automatically when a guest arrives, turning every visit into a digital engagement opportunity.
Turn every search into an order
Power your store locator and ordering flow with customizable maps, geocoding, and real-time address autocomplete and validation, so every search is fast and every address is accurate.
Turn location into a revenue driver
uplift in conversion rate from nearby notifications
uplift in conversion rate from localized in-app messaging
increase in repeat visits from location-based order ahead
Trusted by leading restaurant brands
"Radar allows us to provide our back-of-house staff with insights into customer arrival times to increase kitchen efficiency, reduce food waste, and give our customers the highest quality food with minimal wait times."
Kristen Addington
Senior Digital Solutions Manager, Whataburger
"From creating meaningful location experiences for our guests to saving almost 60% in cost, Radar’s Maps Platform will be a game changer for the industry."
Sergio Pérez
Senior Director of Omnichannel, Bojangles
The proof is in the platform
The most accurate, real-time location data
Radar’s SDKs and APIs collect location, device, and sensor data across GPS, Wi-Fi, IP, and more, giving you the most accurate, real-time signals in the market.
Developer-friendly by design
Modern SDKs and APIs built for fast integration. Connect to your existing stack, integrate with just a few lines of code, and ship in a single sprint.
Enterprise-grade scale and support
1 billion API calls per day and installed on hundreds of millions of devices. SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, backed by a team of location experts who support you at every step.
Cost-effective, all-in-one
Proprietary infrastructure and economies of scale make Radar more cost-effective than legacy solutions or building in-house, so you get more location for less.
Frequently asked questions
How does Radar know when a guest is arriving for pickup?
Radar Optimize uses a combination of GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular signals to track a customer’s journey from the moment they leave for your restaurant to the moment they pull into the parking lot. Your kitchen gets a live ETA that updates in real time, so staff can time order prep precisely. Food stays hot, wait times drop, and customers don’t end up waiting in the lot. See how Whataburger uses this to run more efficient kitchens without relying on customers to manually check in.
Which restaurant use cases does Radar support?
Radar supports the full guest journey: arrival detection and ETAs for order-ahead and drive-thru, on-premise app experiences that activate when a guest walks in, location-based marketing to reach customers near a location or near a competitor, and store locator and address autocomplete to help customers find and order from you online. Most restaurant brands can integrate Radar in a single sprint. They’ll start with Radar's Maps Platform to power a branded store locator or add address autocomplete to their ordering flow, and expand from there.
How does Radar integrate with our existing restaurant tech stack?
Radar offers pre-built integrations with the most widely used platforms in the restaurant industry, including Olo, Braze, Segment, and mParticle. See the full list on the integrations page. The Radar SDK is available for iOS, Android, and web and can be integrated in a single sprint using Radar’s developer docs. If you’re already using an ordering platform or a CRM, Radar can likely connect directly without custom development.
Can Radar help us send smarter push notifications to our loyalty app users?
Yes. Radar Engage lets you trigger push notifications and in-app messages based on where guests are in real time: near one of your restaurants, inside one, near a competitor, or returning after a period of inactivity. Restaurants using Radar for nearby notifications have seen a 57% uplift in conversion rate compared to time-based campaigns alone. You set the rules; Radar handles the location logic.
Does Radar work for drive-thru as well as order-ahead pickup?
Yes. Radar supports both. For order-ahead, Radar tracks the guest’s arrival and updates the kitchen with live ETAs. For drive-thru, Radar can detect when a guest enters the drive-thru queue or approaches the lot, enabling smarter sequencing and reduced bottlenecks. The same SDK and dashboard power both use cases, so there’s no need for separate solutions.
How does Radar handle battery drain from continuous location tracking?
Radar’s SDK is designed to minimize battery impact while maintaining the accuracy needed for operational use cases. It uses smart tracking modes that adjust how frequently location is sampled based on movement, distance, and app state. This is a critical engineering consideration for consumer apps, and Radar has spent years optimizing its SDK to keep battery impact low enough that users don’t notice it. You can explore technical implementation details in Radar’s developer docs.
Can Radar replace Google Maps for our restaurant store locator?
Yes. While Google Maps is the default for many restaurant brands, it comes with significant trade-offs: high and unpredictable API costs, no control over map styling, and a core customer experience that looks and feels like a third-party product. Radar's Maps Platform gives restaurant brands a fully branded store locator with custom fonts, colors, and map styles, accurate location search, and transparent pricing at a fraction of what Google charges. Outback Steakhouse, Sonic, Bojangles, Raising Cane’s and more use Radar to power their store locators and deliver a seamless, on-brand experience from search to visit.