Restaurant website design
A restaurant website has two jobs: show people what they'll eat, and get them booked in. Everything else on it is there to support those two.
From
£99 /mo
→The short answer
Good restaurant website design makes the menu easy to read on a phone, puts the booking button on every page, shows real photos of your food and your room, and links your Google profile straight to your menu and bookings. We build restaurant websites from £99 a month with local SEO included, and you see yours before you pay.
(02)Table booking
Choose the one that suits how you run the room.
Table booking options
| Option | Good for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| A booking system's widget on your site | Busy restaurants that need table plans, reminders and deposits | Per-booking or monthly fees; read what it costs before signing |
| A simple booking request form | Smaller places happy to confirm each booking by phone or message | Someone has to reply, quickly, every time |
| Phone and WhatsApp buttons | Places where most guests ring anyway | Missed calls in service are missed bookings |
| Deposits for large groups and set menus | Reducing no-shows on the bookings that hurt most | Say the rules clearly before payment: when it's refunded, and when it isn't |
(03)Food photos
Food photos that sell the dish
Real dishes, as served
Photograph what the kitchen actually sends out, on your own plates. A photo that oversells the portion leads to disappointed reviews.
Daylight, by a window
Natural light beats the restaurant's evening lighting every time. Shoot mid-afternoon, before service.
The room and the people
Guests choose the evening, not just the food: the room, the bar, the garden, the team.
Kept current
When the menu changes, the photos should follow. A gallery of last year's dishes tells people the site isn't looked after.
(04)Your Google profile
Where many diners meet you first.
Linking your Google profile to your menu and bookings
Menu link
Your Google Business Profile can link straight to your menu page. Point it at the web page, not a PDF.
Reservations link
Add your booking page as the reservations link, so people can book from Google's results without hunting for it.
Hours, including holidays
Christmas, bank holidays and private functions. Nothing loses a booking faster than turning up to a locked door.
Photos and replies
Fresh photos of dishes and the room, and a reply to every review. See SEO for restaurants for the rest.
(05)A concept site
For a fictional restaurant.
What a restaurant's homepage can look like
(06)What it costs
No build fee.
Restaurant websites from £99 a month
SEO WebsiteFits this best
£99
a month
For getting a proper, findable website live.
- Website design and build
- Hosting and maintenance
- Mobile-first design
- Keyword research and on-page SEO
- Sitemap and indexing set-up
- Local SEO and Google Business Profile support
Traffic Growth
£199
a month
For turning the site into a steady source of enquiries.
- Everything in SEO Website
- New SEO content and service pages each month
- Location pages where they're justified
- Better calls to action and enquiry forms
- Monthly report with recommendations
Growth Partner
£499
a month
For businesses ready to push hard on growth.
- Everything in Traffic Growth
- Competitor and market analysis
- Strategic landing pages and customer journeys
- Monthly performance review call
- A prioritised growth plan
Questions
(07)Questions
Better not. A PDF is hard to read on a phone, slow to update and harder for Google to match to searches. A menu written as a web page fixes all three, and you can still offer a printable version.
Yes, through a booking system that supports deposits or card details. Explain the rules before guests pay: how much, when it's refunded and when it isn't.
Yes. Collection orders through your own site cost card fees rather than a delivery app's commission, and allergen information is shown before the order is placed.
(08)Start a project
Let's build your
free preview.
Tell us about your business. We'll come back with a plan and start on your preview. You pay nothing until you give it the nod.