Restaurant Website Development

A restaurant website does three jobs: shows the menu with prices, lets guests book a table and order delivery. Together with a Google Business Profile listing it brings guests from search and maps. Built in up to 10 working days.

What should a restaurant website include?

• Menu. Sections, dishes with photos, weight or volume, price, allergens, "spicy" and "vegetarian" labels. As text on the page, so Google indexes it and guests see it without downloading a PDF. In the dining room, a QR code leads to the same page.
• Booking. Date, time, party size, name, phone. The request goes to the manager's Telegram or a booking system.
• Delivery and pick-up. Cart, delivery zone on a map, minimum order, timing. Card payments via LiqPay, WayForPay or Monobank, with a fiscal receipt through Checkbox.
• Contacts. Address, map, opening hours including holidays, one-tap calling, parking.
• Atmosphere. Photos of the dining room, kitchen and dishes. Banquets, events and live music get their own pages.

Do you need your own site if you are on Glovo and Bolt Food?

Aggregators bring new customers, but they take a commission on every order and keep guests' contacts. A site with its own delivery works on repeat orders: guests remember your site, receive newsletters and order again. In practice restaurants use both: aggregators for reach, the site for regulars and banquets.

How do people find a restaurant on Google?

• Google Business Profile. Category, photos, menu, hours, booking link, replies to reviews. For "restaurant near me" or "sushi Obolon", Google shows the map above websites.
• Schema.org markup. Restaurant, address, opening hours, cuisine and menu link. Google and AI assistants use this data in their answers.
• SEO pages. "Banquet hall for 50 guests", "business lunch in Pechersk", "catering". First visible results in about 3 months.
• Instagram and Meta Ads. Dish and event photos, ads targeted to a radius around the venue. Launch within a few working days after access.

Which mistakes are common on restaurant websites?

• A 15 MB PDF menu or a menu as an image: it does not open on mobile data and cannot be searched.
• Old prices and dishes that are no longer served. Guests arrive and are disappointed.
• Opening hours on the site and in Google Maps do not match.
• A phone number as an image that cannot be tapped.
• A background video on the home page that makes it load for 8 seconds.

We check all of this at launch and show the manager how to keep the data current.

Which technologies do we use?

WordPress when the manager updates the menu and prices. Next.js for chains with several locations and high speed. Booking and banquet requests go to a CRM (KeyCRM or HubSpot). GA4 and Google Tag Manager count bookings, orders, calls and route requests.

How long does development take?

From our experience, a restaurant website with a menu and booking takes up to 10 working days after the brief is agreed and we receive the menu, photos and logo. A site with online delivery ordering and payment takes up to 15 working days. A landing page for banquets or an event takes up to 3 working days. Integration with the restaurant's POS system is estimated after the brief.

From our work

For Fast Coffee, a network of self-service coffee stations in Canada, we built a MODX website for customers and future franchisees and did on-page SEO. For the Iceborn ice cream studio we built a brand landing page: flavours, where to buy in retail, and an English version.

Related: corporate website development, Google Business Profile optimisation, social media marketing.

FAQ

How much does a restaurant website cost?

It depends on the menu, booking, online ordering with payment, language versions and integrations. We quote after the brief.

Can you add online delivery ordering?

Yes: cart, delivery zone, card payment and a Checkbox receipt. Orders reach the kitchen or the manager in Telegram.

Who will update the menu?

The restaurant manager, in the admin panel: prices, sold-out items, new dishes. We show how in one session.

Do I need a website if I have Instagram?

Yes. Instagram does not answer "restaurant near me" searches or take paid orders. The website and Google listing cover both.

How long does a restaurant website take?

From our experience, up to 10 working days after the brief is agreed and materials arrive. With online ordering and payment, up to 15 working days.

Opening a restaurant or refreshing your venue website? Send us the menu and address, and we will propose a structure and timeline.

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