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Websites for restaurants and bars

Restaurant and bar websites that get people in the door.

A restaurant website should get a hungry person from "where should we go?" to a table or an order in a few seconds. We design and build fast, custom websites for restaurants, bars, breweries and coffee shops that put the menu, hours, location and a reserve or order button up front, and connect to the menu, reservation and ordering tools you already update. Builds cost $2,500 to $4,500, plus $150/month for hosting and care.

01 / What guests look for

Answer the three-second questions first.

Most people check a restaurant's site on a phone, often standing on a sidewalk or sitting in a car. They want a few facts, fast, and they leave if they have to hunt. Every site we build for a restaurant or bar puts these one tap away:

  • The menu, readable on a phone without pinching and zooming
  • Today's hours, including kitchen hours if they differ from the bar
  • Where you are, where to park, and whether there's a patio
  • A button to reserve a table or order for pickup or delivery
  • Happy hour, specials and events, if you run them
  • A tap-to-call phone number for questions and big groups
  • How to ask about private events or catering

No autoplay video, no pop-up before the menu, no splash page. Just the answers, and a way to act on them.

03 / Reservations, ordering and events

Send guests straight to the tools you already run.

You already pay for tools that take reservations and orders. The website's job is to send people to them with as few taps as possible.

  • Reservations through OpenTable, Resy or a similar tool, with a "Reserve" button in the header on every page.
  • Online ordering for pickup or delivery through the ordering system you use, so orders land where your kitchen already sees them.
  • Happy hour, specials and events. If they change weekly, we pull them from a place you already post, such as your Instagram or an events tool. If they rarely change, we put them on the page, and updates are quoted.
  • Private events and catering. A short inquiry form asks for the date, headcount and type of event, with spam protection, so real leads reach your inbox.

Payments and guest details stay in those tools. The site itself has no database or admin login, which keeps it simple to secure.

04 / Local search

Built to be found by hungry people nearby.

"Brewery near me" and "happy hour downtown" are searches people make with their wallet out. Every build includes the basics that help Google and AI search tools understand and recommend you:

  • A fast site. Ours are custom-built with no page builder, so pages load quickly on any device, even on a slow mobile connection.
  • Your menu as readable text, not only an image.
  • Your name, address, phone number and hours matched exactly to your Google Business Profile. Mismatched hours are one of the fastest ways to lose a guest's trust.
  • Structured data that tells search engines you're a restaurant or bar, where you are, when you're open and where to find the menu.
  • Google Search Console setup and a sitemap at launch, plus permanent redirects from your old site.

Holiday hours change often, so keep those current in your Google Business Profile, where most people check. A restaurant group can have a page for each location on the Signature package.

One honest note: rankings take time, and Google decides them. Your competition, your Google Business Profile, your reviews and how long you've been in business all play a part, so we won't promise you page one. Be wary of anyone who does. Google's own advice is that no one can guarantee a #1 ranking. What we can promise is that your website won't be what's holding you back.

05 / Pricing

What a restaurant website costs.

Three fixed prices, with no hourly billing during the build:

  • Essential, $2,500: up to 5 pages. Good for a coffee shop, food truck or neighborhood spot that needs a menu, hours, a map and a way to order.
  • Studio, $3,500: up to 10 pages, with a keyword plan, copy editing and a visual refresh. Room for separate menus, happy hour, events and a catering page.
  • Signature, $4,500: up to 15 pages, with location pages and menu, reservation or ordering integrations. For restaurant groups, breweries with a taproom and a kitchen, or places with private dining.

Every site runs on the $150/month Hosting & Care plan: hosting, SSL, security updates, daily backups, uptime monitoring and a monthly report. Content changes aren't included and are quoted separately. Fees for your POS, ordering or reservation tools are paid to those companies directly. You pay 50% to start and the balance at launch, and you own your domain and site files. Compare the packages in detail.

Restaurant website FAQ

How much does a restaurant or bar website cost?

Our custom builds are $2,500, $3,500 or $4,500 depending on how many pages and features you need, plus $150/month for hosting and care. A coffee shop or a single-location spot often fits Essential. A restaurant group, or a place with catering, events and a private dining room, usually fits Studio or Signature. You pay 50% to start and the balance at launch.

Can I change the menu myself?

Yes, as long as the menu lives somewhere you already update. Our sites don't have an editor to log in to, so we connect the site to your live menu from the POS or ordering system you use, or set up a menu file you can replace. Changes to the menu text on the page itself are quoted before we do them, and nothing is billed without your approval.

Can guests reserve a table or order online from the site?

Yes. We link to or embed the tools you already use, such as OpenTable or Resy for reservations and Toast or Square for online ordering. The reserve and order buttons sit in the header and stay within reach on phones. Orders and payments run through those tools, not through the website.

Should my menu be a PDF or on the page?

Ideally both. A PDF is handy for printing and for a quick swap when prices change. The menu written out as real text on the page is what Google and AI search tools can read, so someone searching for "birria tacos near me" can find you. We set up both. You can update the PDF yourself; changes to the text version are quick quoted changes.

How do I keep weekly specials and events up to date?

Pull them from a place you already post. If you announce specials on Instagram or list events in an events tool, we link to or embed that feed so the site stays current without a change request. If your happy hour and events rarely change, we write them onto the page, and updates are quoted.

Will I lose my Google rankings if I replace my current site?

Not if the move is done carefully. Before launch we map every old page address to its new one, including old menu and location pages, with permanent (301) redirects. Google and anyone with an old link lands on the right page. See how a project works.

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