Web design for restaurants
Most people arriving at a restaurant site want one of four things, and a surprising number of sites make all four hard.
They want the menu, the opening hours, the location, and a table. Everything else is secondary, and any design that puts something else first is working against the visitor.
What we would insist on
- The menu as text, not a PDF. PDFs are unreadable on a phone and invisible to search engines. This is the most common mistake on restaurant sites.
- Opening hours on the home page, including exceptions over holidays.
- Booking in one tap, connected to whatever system you already use.
- Address with a map link that opens the phone's maps app.
- Real photographs of your food, not stock imagery of someone else's.
Being found locally
For a restaurant, your Google Business Profile often matters more than your website. Keep hours, photos and the menu link current there.
The site's job is to back it up: matching hours, structured data so search engines read your menu and location correctly, and pages that load fast on a phone in a street with poor signal.
Common questions
01Do I need online booking?
If you take bookings at all, yes. People increasingly will not phone. Connecting to a system you already use is usually straightforward and costs less than a custom build.
02Can I just use a PDF menu?
You can, and it will cost you customers. PDFs are hard to read on a phone and search engines cannot use them well. A text menu takes no longer to build and works everywhere.
03How much does a restaurant website cost?
Most land between £1,500 and £5,000 for a site with menu, bookings and location. Photography is often the largest single line item and worth budgeting separately.
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