User:W. Frank/Eat
We have a standardized format for restaurant listings, and a template, {{Eat}} to help you format them.
Formatting listings edit
The easiest way to add a restaurant listing is to select the eat listing type from the "Listings" section of the edit toolbar - hover your mouse over the "crossed spoon and fork" icon and click on it. Doing so will add a blank eat template to the edit window that can then be filled out.
Alphabetical order should be used. If the list grows too long, split it into sub-sections (eg: type of cuisine, price range, district).
Restaurant listings should be in the format below:
- 1 Name of Restaurant (local or alternative name), Street Address (extra directions if necessary), ☏ +44 141 222-1234, toll-free: 0800 123 4567, fax: +44 141 222-1235, fakeemail@example.com. 11:00-23:30. One to five sentences about the food, service, atmosphere, view, special dishes, music, what have you. £18 for all-you-can-eat buffet.
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=Street Address | lat=decimal latitude | long=decimal longitude | directions=extra directions if necessary
| phone=+44 141 222-1234 | tollfree=0800 123 4567 | fax=+44 141 222-1235
| hours=11:00-23:30 | price=£18 for all-you-can-eat buffet
| content=One to five sentences about the food, service, atmosphere, view, special dishes, music, what have you.}}
Here's an example using real information from [Hiroshima]]:
- 2 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 piquant sauce to eat. Expect to pay from ¥3,000-5,000, including drinks.
Some notes edit
- 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.
- Lat and Long must both be decimal (GPS co-ordinates) for correct display and map output. If one is present, so must the other be.
- Days should be abbreviated (M Tu W Th F Sa Su), do not use both 24- and 12-hour time formats within one article.
- Phone numbers should be in the format as they would be dialled internationally, but in a way that shows the part that can be dialled locally.
- 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.
- Restaurants should be listed in alphabetical order within a single subsection of "Eat"
Describing restaurant chains edit
Chains of restaurants/cafés should be reviewed in the city/region's main article. Individual locations should be placed in their specific districts (if it's a 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 are 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.