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Lyons Group Expands Partnership with Bilt to Connect Its Restaurants with Local Communities and Create New Guest Experiences Through Bilt Neighborhood OS

Through an expanded partnership powered by Bilt Neighborhood OS, Lyons Group will connect its restaurants to nearby residential communities, offices, hotels, and sports fans to reach new guests, unlock neighborhood spending power, and deliver personalized dining experiences.

BOSTON, MA — Nov. 10, 2026 — Lyons Group, one of Boston’s premier hospitality groups, with a celebrated portfolio of restaurants and nightlife destinations, today announced an expanded partnership with Bilt, the neighborhood commerce and rewards platform, to deepen its restaurants’ connections with local communities through Bilt Neighborhood OS™, an AI platform that helps businesses grow by reaching new customers and building loyalty through personalized experiences in their neighborhood. Building on their existing relationship, the expanded partnership will create new opportunities for Lyons Group to reach guests and deliver personalized dining experiences across the Bilt Neighborhood.

Lyons Group has built its business around creating places where people come together, from lively neighborhood gathering spots to memorable coastal dining destinations. Through Bilt Neighborhood OS, Lyons Group will build on that foundation by creating new ways to connect its restaurants with local residents, office workers, hotel guests, and sports fans, reaching new customers while delivering more personalized dining experiences.

Through the expanded partnership, participating Lyons Group restaurants will be able to:

  • Reach new guests through neighborhood channels: Connect with Bilt’s growing network spanning 1 in 4 U.S. apartment buildings and more than 50,000 merchant partners, creating new opportunities to reach residents, office workers, hotel guests, and sports fans throughout the neighborhood.

  • Tap into neighborhood spending power: Bring incremental spending into participating restaurants by enabling eligible customers to use credits, rewards, and benefits made available through Bilt’s residential, office, hotel, and sports partners.

  • Create experiences at the moments that matter: Welcome residents who have just moved into the neighborhood, bring fans together around game day, or create personalized dining experiences for local professionals and hotel guests.

Beyond reaching new guests, the expanded partnership will help Lyons Group build stronger, lasting customer relationships by connecting Bilt Neighborhood OS with Lyons Group’s existing restaurant systems. This will create new opportunities to recognize returning guests, deliver relevant benefits, and build loyalty that extends beyond any single visit.

Bilt’s AI agents work across participating businesses’ existing systems to help enable more seamless guest recognition, personalized offers, and connected hospitality experiences. For Lyons Group, this could mean introducing nearby residents to Harry’s Hare, or helping guests at Ocean Club on Martha’s Vineyard discover an experience tailored to their visit. The partnership is designed to make hospitality more personal while supporting restaurant teams through the systems they already use.

“For more than 40 years, we’ve built our business around a simple idea: great hospitality is about bringing people together,” said Patrick Lyons, Co-Founder and CEO of Lyons Group. “From neighborhood pubs to destination restaurants, every concept we create is designed to become a place people want to return to. Expanding our partnership with Bilt gives us new ways to reach the communities around our venues, introduce guests to experiences they might not otherwise discover, and build stronger relationships that extend well beyond a single visit.”

“Lyons Group has spent decades creating the places that define Boston’s dining and nightlife scene. What we’re building together is a way to connect those destinations directly to the people living, working, and spending around them,” said Ankur Jain, Founder and CEO of Bilt. “We’re turning the neighborhood into a powerful new growth channel, giving operators the ability to reach new audiences, recognize their guests, and create experiences that bring people back. That’s a fundamentally different way for restaurants to grow.”

Bilt’s inaugural State of the Neighborhood Study, conducted with 451 Research by S&P Global, found that two-thirds of U.S. consumers do at least 80% of their everyday spending within 15 miles of their home. Dining is a big part of that: at a median spend of $175 per month among respondents, it’s the second-highest everyday spending category after groceries, and it’s almost entirely in-person. The study also found that 95% of consumers say they would try a local business if they could earn rewards there.

The partnership is already live at The Ocean Club on Martha’s Vineyard, with plans to expand to Harry Hare’s in Boston as the new concept prepares to welcome guests.

Together, Lyons Group and Bilt are building on their existing partnership to create a more connected neighborhood dining experience, where restaurants can grow through the communities around them and guests can enjoy more value, recognition, and personalized hospitality.

About The Lyons Group

Lyons Group is a hospitality management and consulting company with over 40 years of experience partnering with more than 30 restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues across New England and beyond, including establishments in Boston, Martha’s Vineyard, Connecticut, Illinois, and a soon-to-come expansion in New Hampshire. Patrick Lyons founded the group in 1980, and it provides administrative, marketing, and conceptual services to a highly diverse group of venues. The Lyons Group maintains top bars such as Game On!, Loretta’s Last Call, and The Bleacher Bar, as well as fine-dining, award-winning destinations like Scampo, Rochambeau, and Sonsie, bringing an array of dining and nightlife destinations to life. The newest additions to the Lyons group will open in the coming months, including Harry Hare’s, a classic British pub in Boston’s Beacon Hill, as well as Loretta’s Last Call and Game On! locations in Salem, New Hampshire. For more information and to stay up to date, please visit https://lyonsgroup.com/.

About Bilt

Launched in 2021, Bilt is the membership for where you live and the Neighborhood Operating System (OS) powering everything around it. More than 8.2 million members use Bilt to earn rewards on housing payments, build a path to homeownership, and redeem the highest value rewards currency on the market across travel, dining, fitness, sports, and more. With Neighborhood OS™, the AI platform to help businesses grow through the neighborhood, Bilt connects multifamily property managers, travel advisors, sports organizations, and more than 50,000 merchants nationwide with nearby customers. Bilt powers 1 in 4 U.S. apartment buildings, including those in the Bilt Alliance, built with some of the nation’s largest owners and operators. For more information, visit www.bilt.com and download the Bilt app.