Resto.be Restaurant Scraper: Extract Belgian Restaurant Data

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What Is Resto.be?

Resto.be is Belgium's primary online restaurant discovery platform, listing thousands of dining establishments across Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp, and beyond. It provides detailed profiles including menus, ratings, reservation availability, and location data. Manually extracting this information is impractical at scale — the Resto.be Restaurant Scraper automates collection from search result pages, delivering structured records ready for analysis.

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Overview

The Resto.be Scraper processes restaurant search/listing pages and extracts rich profile data for each result. Ideal for:

• Restaurant aggregators building or enriching dining directories
• Market researchers analysing Belgian F&B landscape by region or cuisine
• Sales teams generating hospitality sector leads
• Developers feeding data into reservation or review platforms

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Input Format

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.resto.be/restaurant/bruxelles?searchPage=2&randomSeed=-452753312"
  ],
  "max_items_per_url": 200,
  "ignore_url_failures": true
}

Field	Type	Description
urls	Array of strings	URLs of Resto.be restaurant search/listing pages to scrape. Add one per line or use bulk edit. Example: https://www.resto.be/restaurant/bruxelles
max_items_per_url	Integer	Maximum number of restaurant records to collect per URL. Default: 20. Set higher (e.g., 200) for full-page extraction.
ignore_url_failures	Boolean	If true, the scraper continues running when a URL fails instead of stopping the entire run. Recommended for bulk jobs. Default: true.

Tip: To paginate through results, adjust the searchPage query parameter in your URLs (e.g., ?searchPage=1, ?searchPage=2). The randomSeed parameter maintains consistent ordering across pages — copy it from your browser session for accurate pagination.

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Output Format

Sample output

{
  "business_id": 186567,
  "business_type_id": 1,
  "business_name": "Jalebi - Restaurant indien",
  "street": "Avenue de Laeken  33",
  "zip": "1090",
  "city": "Jette",
  "region": "Bruxelles",
  "phone": "+32486543091",
  "has_old_reservation_form": false,
  "cuisines": [
    "Indienne"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.resto.be/restaurant/bruxelles/1090-jette/186567-jalebi-restaurant-indien/",
  "neighbourhoods": null,
  "pictures": [
    "https://images.resto.com/view?iid&context=default&width=620&height=350&imageType=JPEG&hash=ffca00860f3c601ce30f6c7e6af5833f",
    "https://images.resto.com/view?iid&context=default&width=620&height=350&imageType=JPEG&hash=ffca00860f3c601ce30f6c7e6af5833f"
  ],
  "lon": "4.323691",
  "lat": "50.871163",
  "avg_rating_1": null,
  "avg_rating_2": null,
  "avg_rating_3": null,
  "avg_rating_combined": "8.766666",
  "nr_of_ratings": "14",
  "nr_of_menus": 0,
  "nr_of_promotions": 0,
  "timeslots": [],
  "has_tablebooker": false,
  "tablebooker_id": "01049362",
  "paid_tablebooker_profile": false,
  "description": "Un voyage gustatif\nAUX MILLES SAVEURS\nOsez l'expérience d'une cuisine indienne raffinée. Notre secret ? Des produits frais triés sur le volet ; des chefs expérimentés ; un service sur mesure. ",
  "budget_id": null,
  "accommodation_ids": [
    470,
    450
  ],
  "neighbourhood_ids": null,
  "budget_price": null,
  "city_url": "restaurant/1090-jette",
  "client": true,
  "premium": false,
  "top_result": false,
  "from_url": "https://www.resto.be/restaurant/bruxelles?searchPage=2&randomSeed=-452753312"
}

Each restaurant returns a record with 35+ fields:

Identity & Location

Field	Meaning
Business ID	Unique internal Resto.be identifier
Business Type ID	Category type code for the establishment
Business Name	Restaurant's display name
Street	Street address
ZIP	Postal code
City	City name
Region	Belgian region (e.g., Brussels-Capital, Flanders, Wallonia)
Neighbourhoods	Named neighbourhoods associated with the listing
Neighbourhood IDs	Internal IDs for neighbourhood tags
Displayed Location	Formatted location string as shown on the site
City URL	Resto.be city-level listing URL
URL	Direct URL to the restaurant's Resto.be profile

Contact

Field	Meaning
Phone	Restaurant phone number

Cuisine & Description

Field	Meaning
Cuisines	Cuisine types (e.g., Italian, Belgian, Asian Fusion)
Description	Restaurant description as shown on the profile
Budget ID	Internal code for price range tier
Budget Price	Human-readable price range (e.g., €€, €€€)
Accommodation IDs	IDs for special accommodation features

Ratings & Activity

Field	Meaning
Average Rating 1	Rating score from dimension 1 (e.g., food quality)
Average Rating 2	Rating score from dimension 2 (e.g., service)
Average Rating 3	Rating score from dimension 3 (e.g., ambiance)
Average Rating Combined	Overall combined rating score
Number Of Ratings	Total count of user ratings
Number Of Menus	Number of menus published on the profile
Number Of Promotions	Active promotions or deals listed

Reservation & Booking

Field	Meaning
Has Old Reservation Form	Whether the legacy reservation form is active
Has Tablebooker	Whether online table booking via Tablebooker is enabled
Tablebooker ID	Tablebooker integration identifier
Paid Tablebooker Profile	Whether the restaurant has a paid Tablebooker subscription
Timeslots	Available booking time slots

Media

Field	Meaning
Pictures	Array of image URLs for the restaurant
Longitude	Geographic longitude coordinate
Latitude	Geographic latitude coordinate

Listing Tier

Field	Meaning
Client	Whether the restaurant is a paying Resto.be client
Premium	Whether the listing has premium placement
Top Result	Whether the listing is featured as a top result in search

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How to Use

1. Find listing URLs — Search for restaurants on Resto.be by city or cuisine. Copy the full search results URL including query parameters.
2. Configure input — Paste URLs into the urls array. Set max_items_per_url to match the expected number of results per page (typically up to 20–50 per page on Resto.be).
3. Enable failure tolerance — Keep ignore_url_failures: true for multi-URL runs.
4. Run & export — Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Common issues:

• If results are empty, confirm the URL is a search/listing page, not a single restaurant profile page.
• For consistent multi-page scraping, preserve the randomSeed value across paginated URLs.

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Use Cases & Business Value

• Lead generation: Build contact lists of restaurants by city, cuisine, or budget tier
• Competitive analysis: Map restaurant density and rating distribution across Belgian cities
• Reservation platform integration: Identify Tablebooker-enabled venues for partnership outreach
• Directory enrichment: Populate or update dining databases with fresh coordinates, photos, and hours

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Conclusion

The Resto.be Restaurant Scraper delivers comprehensive, structured data from Belgium's top dining platform. With detailed output across location, ratings, booking, and listing tier fields, it supports everything from market analysis to lead generation — without a single manual copy-paste.