Restaurant Website Design

No. I’m based in Brighton, Sussex, and I’ve worked with hospitality businesses right across the county — beachfront cafés, countryside pubs, town centre restaurants — but I work with venues across the UK too. Most of the process happens over the phone, email and video calls, so where you are has never been the deciding factor.

Yes. I integrate with systems like ResDiary and OpenTable, or I can build a simple booking form directly into your site so customers reserve a table in seconds without leaving your website. If you’re not using anything yet, I’ll talk you through the options and what each one actually costs you per cover.

Yes, and you should be able to. Menus are built as easy-to-read web pages that are simple for you to update when dishes change — no PDFs, no waiting on me, no design skills needed. I’ll show you exactly how during handover training, and on the mid tier you can run multiple menus (lunch, dinner, tasting, Sunday) yourself.

Because the decision is usually being made on a phone, often outside, often in a hurry. A PDF that downloads on mobile is a lost customer. Real web pages load instantly, are readable without pinching and zooming, and get indexed by Google — which means your dishes can show up in search results, and a PDF never will.

Most straightforward restaurant and cafe sites take three to four weeks from go-ahead to launch. Sites with integrated booking, multiple menus, events or online ordering usually run to four to six weeks. I’ll give you a realistic timeline on our first call, and I’ll work around your service times rather than the other way round.

Every site I build is designed mobile-first and tested across devices — iPhone, Android, tablet and desktop. This matters more in hospitality than almost any other sector, because most people searching for somewhere to eat are doing it on their phone, often while they’re already out and hungry.

Yes. I can build takeaway and delivery ordering into your site, with or without third-party integrations. Every order that comes through your own website rather than a delivery platform is worth substantially more to you, because there’s no commission taken off the top. Over a year that difference is usually the entire argument.

Yes — gift voucher sales let customers buy gift cards directly from your website, which is a genuinely useful revenue line in November and December. It’s part of the top tier, built on WooCommerce, and it sits alongside online ordering so both use the same checkout.

Every restaurant website I build has SEO built in from the start — proper site structure, fast loading speeds and local keyword targeting, so you show up for searches like “restaurants near me”. For venues that want to compete for the top spots over time, I offer ongoing SEO retainers as well.

Yes. Pubs and gastropubs, cafés and coffee shops, bars, catering companies, food trucks, bakeries and delis — plus hotels and B&Bs and event and wedding venues. Each one needs a different structure, which is exactly why I don’t start from a template.

Managed hosting is £10 a month if you’d rather not think about it — security updates, backups and plugin updates all handled. There’s no monthly platform fee and no commission on your bookings. If you already have hosting you’re happy with, I can work with your existing setup instead.

Builders look cheap upfront, but most venues outgrow them quickly — limited SEO, generic layouts, awkward menu handling and monthly fees that never stop. A custom WordPress site ranks better and you own it outright. I’ve compared them head-to-head in my Wix vs Squarespace vs WordPress test.

It helps enormously. Your gallery is where people decide whether they’re hungry, so high-quality photography of your interior, your dishes and the atmosphere earns its money back fast. If you don’t have shots yet, I’ll tell you what to brief a photographer for, and I can build with placeholders until they land.