Pub & bar web design 
51 five-star reviews
51 five-star reviewsPub and Bar Website Design
I’m Spencer, a freelance web designer in Brighton. I build websites for pubs, bars, taprooms and inns — sites that answer the two questions every customer has: are you open, and can I get a table?
Most people looking for a pub are on a phone, outside somewhere, deciding what to do in the next ten minutes. Your website gets seconds to load, show today’s hours and get them through the door.
Table booking integration HTML menus, not PDFs Events & live music listings Function room enquiries Google Business Profile
100+WordPress websites built
55+Businesses I’ve worked with directly
51Five-star reviews
£800Where most pub websites start
Free house, micropub, cocktail bar, taproom or coaching inn — the fundamentals are the same, the emphasis changes. If food is the main event, my restaurant and hospitality web design page goes deeper on that side.
Talk it through → Why it matters
Your website is the decision, not the brochure
Nobody browses pub websites for pleasure. They search “pub near me”, “Sunday roast near me” or your name plus “opening times”, glance at what loads first, and pick somewhere. The visit lasts under a minute.
So what loses you customers is rarely what people worry about. It isn’t the font. It’s the menu locked in a PDF, the hours still showing the Christmas timetable in March, and forty unresized photos taking eleven seconds to load on 4G outside your own front door.
Hours and location visible without scrolling
Book a table in two taps, from anywhere on the site
Photos that sell the place and still load in under two seconds
The essentials
What a pub website has to do
Ten years with WordPress, and hospitality is where small technical decisions cost the most covers. Here’s where they get made.
Win the map pack
“Pub near me” barely shows organic results above the fold — it shows the map pack. Getting in is mostly your Google Business Profile; the website underneath decides whether you stay there. Consistent name, address and phone, local schema, and a page naming the village you’re in.
Hours that are right everywhere
Your hours live in at least four places: the site, Google Business Profile, Facebook and Instagram. When they disagree, Google trusts itself and your customer meets a locked door. I mark them up as structured data and give you one place to edit them, kitchen times included.
Menus as HTML, never a PDF
PDF menus are the most common mistake I see. They download instead of opening, need pinching to read, and get indexed badly or not at all — so you never rank for the dishes you’re known for. Real pages instead.
Bookings that don’t lose people
I’ll embed whatever you already run — ResDiary, OpenTable, SevenRooms, DesignMyNight, Tablein — so it looks like part of the site rather than a bolted-on iframe, keep a “Book a table” button in reach on mobile, and state your walk-in and large-group policy before anyone phones to ask.
What’s on, with real dates
Live music, quiz nights, open mic, sports fixtures and beer festivals, built as proper dated events rather than a photo of a poster nobody can read on a phone. One of the few things that brings the same person back week after week.
Function room and private hire
The page that pays for the website. A wake, a birthday or a work Christmas do is worth many times an average table, and people compare three venues in open tabs. Capacity, layouts, set menus, deposit terms, photos of the room — and a form asking date, headcount and occasion.
All six are standard on every pub website I build. The portfolio has the last few years of work in it.
Get a quote Pricing
What does a pub website cost?
Builds start from £800, and most pub and bar projects land between £800 and £3,000. Larger sites — several venues, accommodation, a full events calendar — are usually £2,000 to £5,000+. What moves the number is scope, not decoration.
Every project gets a fixed quote upfront — no hourly billing, no surprise invoice halfway through. I’ll do a free mockup first, so you see the homepage rather than imagine it.
Separate, optional products: hosting from £10/month, support and care plans from £30/month, and SEO retainers from £250/month.
Get a free quote for your pub website From £800 Most pub and bar builds £800 – £3,000
That typically includes
- Custom WordPress build, mobile first
- Hours and location front and centre
- Menus as editable web pages
- Your booking system embedded
- What’s On events listings
- Function and private hire page
- Fast, compressed galleries
- Local SEO and Google Business Profile setup
- Training for your team
- 30 days post-launch support
What’s included
Pub and bar web design services
Built in from the start rather than bolted on later, because in hospitality the bolt-ons are what break.
Menus that earn their traffic
Every menu becomes its own page, in HTML, structured so search engines can read the dishes:
- Food, drinks, wine and cocktails as separate indexable pages
- Allergen and dietary markers built into the layout
- Prices editable by your team in a minute
- Seasonal menus that swap in without breaking links
- No downloads, no pinch-zooming, no “menu.pdf”
Sunday roast and seasonal pages
“Sunday roast” plus a place name is one of the most reliably searched phrases in British hospitality, and it peaks every Saturday night. Same for Christmas menus from September, and the first warm week when everyone wants a beer garden. I build these as permanent pages updated each year, not posts that get deleted — so the ranking compounds.
Local SEO for “pub near me”
Local search is where pubs are won and lost. The foundations go in with the build:
- Google Business Profile aligned to the site
- Local business and menu schema
- Consistent name, address and phone
- Fast mobile pages on a weak signal
Pushing further each month — neighbouring villages, the roast, the function room — is what an SEO retainer is for.
Galleries that load fast
Photography sells the atmosphere better than any paragraph, and it’s also the usual reason a hospitality site crawls. Every image is resized, compressed and lazy-loaded, so the garden in July appears instantly on two bars of signal.
Rooms and accommodation
If you’re a coaching inn or a pub with rooms, the site has a second job: filling beds. Room pages with rates and photos, and a direct booking route so more of the margin stays with you. If rooms are the main business, see my hotel website design page.
Hosting and ongoing support
Two separate things, both optional. Hosting starts at £10/month. Support and care plans start at £30/month: updates, backups, security and someone to email when the Christmas menu has to go live tonight. Take one, both or neither — the site is yours regardless.
One person builds it. The same person answers the phone.
Get a free quote → The process
How the build runs
Four stages, timed around service so nothing lands in the middle of your Friday night.
First
A conversation
Usually at the pub. What you’re known for, where bookings come from, what the function room does.
Then
Quote and mockup
A fixed price and a free homepage mockup, so you approve the thing rather than a description.
After that
Design and build
Design, menus, booking integration, events, local SEO. You review as it goes, between shifts.
Finally
Launch and training
Go live, plus training for whoever updates it. Thirty days of support after, and no obligation to keep paying me.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Still unsure about something? Ask me directly — I answer every enquiry personally.
Get a free quoteHow much does a pub website cost?
Builds start from £800, and most pub and bar websites come in between £800 and £3,000 depending on how many menus you have and whether accommodation is involved. Larger projects sit in the £2,000 to £5,000+ range, and every quote is fixed before work starts.
Why shouldn’t my menu be a PDF?
It fails on both counts that matter. On a phone a PDF either downloads or opens in a viewer that needs pinching and dragging, and most people give up. Search engines also index PDFs poorly, so you never rank for the dishes you’re known for. An HTML menu is a normal web page: it loads instantly, reads properly on mobile, works with screen readers, and can rank — and it’s far easier to change a price on.
How do I get my pub into the map pack?
The map pack is driven mainly by your Google Business Profile, how close the searcher is, and your reviews. The website’s job is to back that up: identical name, address and phone number, local business schema, hours as structured data, and pages fast enough that Google doesn’t hold it against you. All of that goes in with the build.
Can my team update menus and events themselves?
That’s the point of building on WordPress. Menus, prices, specials and hours are editable by whoever is on shift, and I train your team at handover. If you’d rather not touch it, a care plan from £30/month means you email me the change instead.
Do you work with pubs outside Sussex?
Yes. I’m based in Brighton and do a lot of web design across Sussex, but the process runs fine over calls and email. If you’re local I’ll come to the pub — it’s the fastest way to understand a place.
Am I dealing with an agency?
No — I’m one person. I’ve built over 100 WordPress websites, worked directly with more than 55 businesses, and hold 51 five-star reviews. In a previous life I was British 800m Champion, which mostly taught me about deadlines. The person you brief builds the site and picks up the phone afterwards. For the wider picture, see my web design page.
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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
Pubs are one of many trades I build for — see every sector I work with, from small independents to multi-site businesses across Sussex.
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