Fill tables with real bookings
A reservation flow that’s visible from the first screen, not buried three clicks deep in a menu.
Website design for restaurants & bars
Restaurant websites that fill the tables.
Fast, appetite-driving sites built around what a hungry customer actually needs: today’s hours, the menu, and a way to book a table without a phone call.
What a restaurant site is for
A hungry customer decides fast. Every page is built so they can see the menu, trust the room and book, without picking up the phone.
- Phone-first design
- Booking one tap from every page
- Menus as real text, not a photo of a PDF
- No popups in the way
Local search
Be the table people book first.
When someone searches “dinner reservations near Barrie” on their phone, you want to be in that short list. We build the pieces search engines look for:
- A local page for each town your diners come from
- Restaurant structured data: menu, hours, price range, booking link
- A tidy Google Business Profile and consistent listings, guided by us
- Fast, mobile-friendly pages, built for someone deciding on the fly
The job
Six jobs your website has to do.
Show off the food and the room
Real photography of the food and the space — never a stock photo of someone else’s restaurant.
Keep hours and specials current
Update hours, holiday closures and tonight’s specials yourself, in a minute, from your phone.
Get found for “near me” searches
Local pages and the structured data search engines use to understand a restaurant, its hours and its menu.
Build a following
Social links, events and private dining inquiries that go somewhere, not a contact form that disappears into a void.
Turn browsing into a booking
One clear path from “that looks good” to a reserved table, on every page, not just the homepage.
ExampleTonight’s menu
- Seared scallops
- $00
- Braised short rib
- $00
- Wild mushroom risotto
- $00
- Chef’s dessert
- $00
01 · THE MENU
The menu, done right.
Real text, not a photo of a PDF someone has to pinch and zoom to read. Dishes, prices and dietary notes laid out clearly, so a hungry visitor can decide before they even walk in.
- Menu as real, searchable text — not an image
- Easy to update seasonally or nightly
- Dietary and allergen notes, clearly marked
ExampleReserve a table
Party size · 4 guestsDate · Sat, Oct 4Time · 7:30 PMReserve table
02 · RESERVATIONS
Book a table in two taps.
Whether you use OpenTable, Resy, or nothing at all yet, we build the booking flow around what you already have — or a simple request form that lands straight in your inbox.
- Usually connects to the reservation tool you already use
- A simple request form if you don’t have one yet
- Party size, date and time, in two taps
ExampleThis week
- Mon–Thu
- 5–10pm
- Fri–Sat
- 5–midnight
- Sunday
- Closed
- Live music
- Fri
03 · HOURS & EVENTS
Hours, specials and events, always current.
A holiday closure or a last-minute private event shouldn’t need a developer. Update hours, specials and events yourself, and they show up everywhere they need to — site, search, and your Google listing.
- Hours and closures you can change in a minute
- A page for events, live music and private dining
- Specials that show up in local search too
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STEP 01
We talk.
A short call about your menu, your room and how you want to take bookings.
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STEP 02
We build.
A photography-led site with your reservation flow connected and a page for every area you draw diners from.
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STEP 03
You get found.
We launch, then keep the site fresh and send a simple monthly report.
Pricing
Simple packages, no surprises.
Most restaurants and bars fit one of these two. Setup fees can be split into monthly payments.
Basic
$1,500
Payment plans available
Best for: a clean, straightforward site with the essentials done right.
- Up to 5 pages
- Mobile-friendly design
- Contact form
- Basic on-page SEO
Startup
$3,000
Payment plans available
Best for: a fuller site with more pages, events and local pages.
- Up to 10+ pages
- Custom design system
- On-page SEO
- Local search pages
Recent work
Sites we’ve built.
01
Briar Hill Gourmet
A new website plus a page for every community she serves, and a side business that became a full-time job.
Case study
02
Sober Coach
Sobriety coaching with warmth instead of clinical distance, plus local pages for the communities it serves.
Case study
03
Minton Contractors
A civil contractor site built to prove the crew shows up and the site stays safe, not to win a design award.
Case study
04
Mastering.to
Rebuilt around programmatic SEO: average search position from 96 to 7.2, and top-10 rankings for 400+ terms.
Case study
Every project, in one place.
Product launches, brand identities and more local businesses.
See all workQuestions
Restaurant website questions.
How much does it cost?
Most restaurants and bars fit our Basic ($1,500) or Startup ($3,000) package. Startup includes local search pages. Payment plans are available, so setup fees can be split into monthly payments.
Can you connect our reservation system, like OpenTable or Resy?
Usually, yes. We can embed or link out to the booking tool you already use, or build a simple request form if you don’t have one yet. We’ll confirm exactly what’s possible on our first call.
Can we update the menu ourselves without calling a developer every time?
Yes. Menus, hours and specials are quick to change yourself, and we can handle updates for you if you’d rather not think about it.
Do you write the copy and take new photos?
We can write the copy and design around photos you already have. If you need a photo shoot for the food or the room, costs depend on availability and location, and we’ll tell you up front.
What’s a local page, and do we need one?
A local page targets people searching in a specific town or area, like “restaurant near Barrie.” It helps nearby diners, and visitors planning a night out, find you instead of somewhere else.
We’re seasonal, or only open certain months. Can the site handle that?
Yes. Seasonal hours and closures are easy to update yourself, so the site always reflects the season you’re actually in.
Restaurants near you
Local pages for the areas we work in.
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Your move
Ready for a site that fills the room?
Tell us about your restaurant. We’ll tell you what we’d build, what it costs and when it could be live.