Cafe & coffee shop web design 
51 five-star reviews
51 five-star reviewsCafe Website Design
I’m Spencer, a freelance web designer in Brighton. I build cafe websites for independent coffee shops, roasteries, brunch spots, bakeries and delis — sites built around daytime footfall rather than evening covers.
Most people find a cafe on a map, not on a website. Your site’s job is usually to confirm rather than to discover: are you open now, where exactly are you, what’s on today, and can I bring the dog.
Google Business Profile Google Maps Instagram Click & collect WooCommerce
£800Starting price, fixed quote upfront
100+WordPress websites built
55+Businesses worked with directly
10+Years working with WordPress
Running a full evening service too? My restaurant and hospitality web design page covers bookings. This one is the daytime trade — walk-ins, takeaway cups, laptops, prams and dogs.
Talk it through → Why it matters
Your site confirms the decision your map listing started
For a cafe, the map pack does most of the work. Someone searches “coffee near me”, sees three pins, and taps whichever looks open, close and well reviewed. By the time they land on your site they aren’t deciding whether to have a coffee — only whether it should be yours.
So the site has a narrow job: load fast on one bar of signal, put hours and address above everything, show a menu readable while walking, and settle the two or three questions that decide it. Dog, laptop, gluten-free, pram.
Independent coffee shops and espresso bars
Speciality roasteries with a retail arm
Brunch and all-day cafes
Bakeries, patisseries and delis
Farm shop and garden centre cafes
Community, gallery and church cafes
Mobile coffee carts and horsebox setups
Cafes with wholesale or office delivery
Small multi-site independents
The essentials
What a cafe website actually needs
Nine things separate a cafe site that pulls people through the door from one that merely exists.
Hours that agree with each other
Site says 8am, Google says 7:30, Instagram bio says “8 til late”. The commonest fault I find, and it costs you the customer who met a locked door. One editable block, marked up for search, matched to your Google Business Profile.
A menu in HTML, never a PDF
PDFs index badly, so your coffees and cinnamon buns never surface in search — and on a phone they download, open elsewhere and need pinching. Real pages load instantly and you change a price in seconds.
Dietary and allergen detail
“Vegan cafe” and “gluten free brunch” are real searches with loyal customers behind them — and a legal matter. Natasha’s Law requires full ingredient and allergen labelling on food pre-packed for direct sale, and the site is where people check first.
Dog friendly, laptop friendly, baby changing
Phrases people genuinely type — “dog friendly cafe”, “cafe with wifi to work in”, “cafe with baby changing” — that most cafe sites never say in words a search engine can read.
Online ordering and click and collect
Order-ahead suits the morning rush: regulars pay on the walk over and skip the queue. Every order on your own site rather than a delivery app keeps the margin where it belongs.
Speed, because nobody waits in the rain
Someone on a wet pavement will not sit through a homepage video and a slider. Light pages and compressed images put hours, address and menu on screen almost immediately.
Instagram as the real front door
For many cafes that’s where discovery happens. The site catches that traffic — one clear link, a feed that keeps the homepage current, and specials that don’t vanish with the story.
Coffee bean retail and subscriptions
If you roast or resell, a shop turns a daytime business into one that earns overnight — and subscriptions are the strongest version. Built on WooCommerce.
Wholesale and catering enquiries
A flat white is a transaction. An office coffee contract or a wholesale bean account is a relationship worth hundreds — so it deserves its own page and form, not a line in the footer.
The first six are standard on every cafe site I build. The last three depend on how you make your money.
Get a free quote Pricing
How much does a cafe website cost?
Builds start from £800 and most cafe projects land between £800 and £3,000. Larger builds — bean shop, subscriptions, several sites — run £2,000 to £5,000 and up. Fixed quote upfront.
The shopfront From £800
What a single-site cafe needs to be found and visited.
- Menus as editable web pages
- Hours, address and Google Maps
- Dietary and allergen information
- Dog, wifi and baby-changing details
- Instagram feed and gallery
- Mobile-first, speed-focused build
- Basic SEO and WordPress training
Order ahead From £1,500
Adds click and collect, plus the enquiry routes worth real money.
- Click and collect ordering
- Wholesale enquiry page and form
- Event and office catering enquiries
- Loyalty or newsletter sign-up
- Multiple menus you edit yourself
- Google Reviews integration
- Full SEO setup
Roastery & retail From £2,000
A shop for beans, kit and subscriptions — or several locations.
- WooCommerce bean and merch shop
- Coffee subscriptions, recurring billing
- Shipping, tax and stock setup
- Multiple locations, each its own page
- Advanced local SEO across sites
- Ongoing support arrangement
Two optional extras, and they’re separate products: managed hosting from £10/month, and care plans from £30/month. SEO retainers start at £250/month, and there’s a free mockup before you commit a penny.
What I offer
Cafe web design services
Custom web design on WordPress, built by the person you brief.
Local search and your Google Business Profile
The map pack is where cafes are won, so the site supports the listing rather than competing with it: consistent name, address and phone number, hours marked up so search engines read them, local business schema. Beyond the basics, that’s what my SEO service is for.
Menus you can change before the doors open
Specials change daily, the coffee list changes with the roast. Menus are web pages with a simple editor, so putting up today’s soup takes a minute on your phone behind the counter — not an email to me and a two-day wait. Dietary tags and allergen notes live alongside, so they never fall out of step with the food.
Selling beyond the counter
- Bean and merchandise shop — grind options, tasting notes, cups and kit.
- Subscriptions — recurring deliveries with a customer account.
- Click and collect — order-ahead for the morning rush.
- Wholesale accounts — trade enquiries, price lists, application forms.
- Event and office catering — the higher-value enquiry, with a form that asks the right questions.
Fast to load, and kept that way
Cafe photography is beautiful and enormous, and it’s what makes most cafe sites crawl. I compress and size everything properly and keep scripts minimal — because the person choosing between you and the place opposite is outside in the drizzle with a toddler.
Support once it’s live
Seasonal menus, Christmas hours, a new roast, a refit. Managed hosting from £10/month and care plans from £30/month — separate things, so take one, both or neither. You deal with me, not a ticket queue.
One person, 10+ years of WordPress, and a former British 800m Champion’s eye for detail.
Get a free quote → The process
Steps I take to ensure a smooth process
Four stages, worked around your service.
First
Initial call
How you trade, where customers come from, and whether there’s a wholesale or retail side worth building.
Then
Quote and mockup
A fixed price and a free mockup, so you see it laid out before committing anything.
After that
Design and build
Design, menus, ordering, allergen content, speed work and SEO setup, with progress you can steer.
Finally
Handover
Training so you can change hours, prices and specials yourself in minutes. You own the site outright.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Still unsure about something? Ask me directly — I answer every enquiry personally.
Get a free quoteDo I need a website if my Google listing is good?
Yes. The listing wins the discovery, but it links straight to your site, and Google leans on what it finds there to decide how far to trust the listing. The site is also the only bit you control — full menu, allergen detail, dog policy and wholesale form need a permanent home.
Why is a PDF menu such a bad idea?
Search engines index PDFs poorly, so none of your dishes or coffees show up in results. On a phone it’s worse — it downloads, opens in another app, and has to be pinched and zoomed. A normal web page loads instantly.
How do I keep opening hours right everywhere?
This goes wrong constantly — site, Google Business Profile and Instagram bio drift apart and someone arrives at a closed door. I build hours as one obvious editable block, mark them up for search engines, and show you the routine for updating Google at the same time.
Can you handle allergens and Natasha’s Law?
Yes. Natasha’s Law requires full ingredient lists with allergens emphasised on food pre-packed for direct sale — sandwiches, salads, cakes made on site and put in the chiller. I structure menus so allergen and dietary information sits with each item and stays maintainable by you.
Can customers order ahead and collect?
Yes. A regular orders on the walk over, pays on the site and skips the queue. Built on WooCommerce, with collection slots and no commission off each order.
Can I sell beans and coffee subscriptions?
Yes, and it’s the most useful addition for anyone roasting or reselling. The shop handles grind options, tasting notes, bag sizes and kit; subscriptions add recurring deliveries, turning a business that trades seven till four into one that earns overnight.
Do you only work with cafes in Sussex?
No. I’m based in Brighton, Sussex, but the whole process runs over calls and email. I’ve built 100+ WordPress websites and worked directly with 55+ businesses — see the range in my portfolio.
What does it cost to keep running?
Hosting and support are two separate optional products. Managed hosting starts at £10 a month and keeps the site online, secure and backed up. A care plan starts at £30 a month and covers updates, monitoring and content changes. Take one, both or neither — the site is yours to move.
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How can I help?
Whether you’re looking for website advice, planning a new website project, need graphic design support or want to discuss branding services, I’m here to help. From WordPress development and website redesigns to logo design and complete brand identity projects, Podium Design offers comprehensive digital solutions for businesses across Sussex.
Please feel free to book a call using the calendar or fill in your details using the contact form to discuss your website project requirements, and I’ll be in touch as soon as possible. I’d love to hear about your web design goals, branding needs, or any graphic design projects you have in mind.
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Sectors
Industries I work with
Whether you’re a startup, small business or multinational company, I build websites for businesses of all sizes across Sussex. Browse all sectors.
Accountants Architects B2B / Corporate Bakeries Builders Cafes / Coffee Shops Care Homes & Home Care Charities Chiropractors Coaching Construction Consultants Cosmetic Surgery Dentists Driving Instructors Electricians Estate Agents Financial Advisors Flooring Florists Golf Clubs Gyms / Fitness Hotels & B&Bs Insurance Brokers Interior Designers Kitchens Landscapers Law Firms Mechanics / Garages Medical Professionals Mortgage Advisors Nurseries / Childcare Nutritionists & Dietitians Photographers Physiotherapists Plumbers Podiatrists / Chiropodists Pubs & Bars Recruitment Agencies Renewables & Solar Restaurants / Hospitality Roofers Salons / Spas / Beauty Schools & Education Sports Clubs Therapists Tree Surgeons Vets Weddings / Events