Websites for restaurants and cafes
People choose where to eat on their phones, often while already hungry and nearby. I build restaurant and cafe websites that answer their questions in seconds: what you serve, what it costs, whether you're open now and how to get there.
What a restaurant site needs
- The menu as text, with prices
- Today's hours, holidays included
- Directions and parking
- Table or order enquiries
- Photos of real dishes
How diners decide
Most people find a restaurant on Google Maps, look at the photos and reviews, then check the menu and the price level before they go. If the menu is a blurry photo or a PDF that won't open, many of them simply pick the next place on the map.
A restaurant website doesn't need to be large. It needs a menu that loads instantly, hours that are right today, a map link that opens at your door and a way to book or ask. The rest, such as your story, events and private dining, can sit underneath.
What I build for restaurants and cafes
Menu pages
Dishes, prices and dietary notes as text, grouped the way your menu is, easy to update when prices change.
Hours and holidays
Opening hours, kitchen closing times and special hours for festivals and fasting months.
Bookings
Table requests by form or WhatsApp, and enquiries for parties and private events.
Finding you
Directions from places people know, parking, and a map link that opens at the entrance.
Photos
Your real dishes, room and team, sized so the page stays fast.
Restaurant markup
Structured data for your cuisine, price range, hours and menu, so Google understands the page.
Your Google listing is your shop window
For a restaurant, the Google Business Profile often does more than the website. It shows your photos, your rating, your hours and a link to your menu right on the map. I set the right cuisine category, upload the menu, add dish photos and set up a simple way to ask happy diners for a review, such as a QR card on the table.
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Questions restaurant owners ask me
Should the menu be a PDF or a photo?
Neither on its own. Put the menu on the page as text, with prices, so it loads quickly, can be read on any phone and can be found by Google when someone searches for a dish. Keep a PDF as an extra for people who want to print it.
Can people book a table on the website?
Yes. A simple form or a WhatsApp button with the date, time and number of guests filled in works for most places. If you already use a reservation system, I connect it instead.
Do I still need a website if I'm on delivery apps?
Delivery apps show you to people ordering in. A website and a Google listing show you to people deciding where to go out, checking your hours or looking for your phone number, and they don't take a commission.
Want more diners finding your restaurant?
Send me your menu and your Google Maps link. I'll tell you what diners see now and what I'd change first.