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
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Can guests reserve a table or order online from the site?
Should my menu be a PDF or on the page?
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Will I lose my Google rankings if I replace my current site?
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