Web design for restaurants
A restaurant website with HTML menus, real reservations, allergen tagging, and a private dining page that earns its keep.
01 / Why restaurant sites need rebuilding
Three things matter: menus, reservations, photos
Most restaurant websites are built once for a launch and then gather dust until the next refurb. The menu is a 2019 PDF, the reservations widget is broken on iOS, and the food photography is from a soft-launch that nobody talks about anymore. Guests scroll, get frustrated, and book the restaurant down the road.
We build restaurant sites that put the menus, the reservations and the food where guests can find them. HTML menus that Google can read, your existing booking system embedded cleanly, and image handling that loads even on a packed Tube. One monthly fee covers the design, the hosting and the weekly menu updates.
02 / What you get
A restaurant site that earns its covers
Menus, reservations, allergens, private dining and press. The five things guests check before they tap reserve.
Reservations through your existing system
OpenTable, ResDiary, SevenRooms, Resy, Quandoo or DesignMyNight - we embed your booking widget so the reserve button is impossible to miss and the calendar stays where you already manage it.
Menus as live HTML pages
À la carte, set lunch, tasting, kids, drinks, wine list. Each menu is a proper web page Google can read, customers can search, and your team can update without a graphic designer.
Allergens and 14 dietary tags
Every dish carries allergen and dietary information so guests can scan a long menu in seconds. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free and the legal allergens, all easy to keep current.
Private dining and events page
Hire the back room, the whole restaurant, or run a chef's table. We build a dedicated page with capacity, sample menus, pricing per head and an enquiry form that lands in your events inbox.
Press and review section
Pulled-out quotes from Time Out, the Standard, Eater, the Guardian or the local press, paired with a Google review score. Builds trust before the first scroll.
Speed on every phone
Restaurant sites are usually heavy with hero video and 4K food shots. We compress and serve everything properly so the site loads in a blink even on a packed Tube.
03 / How it works
From first call to live restaurant site
Restaurant walk-through
We talk through the cuisine, the room, the booking system, your private dining setup and the kind of guests you want more of. Photos of the dining room and dishes get this moving.
Design preview
Home, menus, reservations, private dining, about and contact, all designed around the room and the food. You see a clickable preview before any code is written.
Build, embed, schema
Build the site, embed the booking widget, add restaurant schema for Google, hook up Instagram, add allergen tagging, and connect the domain. Tested on real devices.
Live and updated
Go live and get your portal. Menus change weekly, set lunch evolves, private dining inserts get refreshed each season. Drop a message and we update it.
FAQ
Common questions
Why move our menu off PDF?
PDFs don't rank in Google, are slow to open on a phone, and look terrible compared with a real menu page. Moving the menu to HTML lets you appear in searches like 'sea bass restaurant clapham' and lets guests scan it in seconds rather than waiting for a download.
Can the site take reservations?
Yes. We embed whichever booking system you already pay for - OpenTable, ResDiary, SevenRooms, Resy, Quandoo, DesignMyNight - so the reservation button is one tap away on every page and your covers stay in your existing calendar.
How do you handle allergens?
Each dish on each menu carries the allergen and dietary tags as part of the data, not as a footnote. Guests can filter for vegan, vegetarian, gluten free or any of the 14 legal allergens, and you can update the data the moment a recipe changes.
What about private dining and events?
Private dining gets its own page with capacity, sample menus, price per head, photos of the room and an enquiry form that goes straight to your events lead. We can even add a downloadable PDF brochure for guests who want to share with a corporate booker.
Will the site help with Google ranking?
We add the proper schema for restaurants, hours, menus and location, which is the technical groundwork Google needs. Ranking depends on competition and your Google Business profile, but the site is built so it cannot hold you back.
How much does it cost to run a restaurant site this way?
Plans start at £79/month and cover the lot - design, build, hosting, weekly menu updates, ongoing changes and seasonal refreshes. No setup fee, no contract lock-in, and no separate invoice every time you change a starter.
Ready for a restaurant site that fills tables?
Start on the free plan. We design, build, host and update your restaurant website so the kitchen can stay focused on the food.