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Restaurant Websites That Fill Tables & Drive Online Orders.

91% of diners check a restaurant's website before deciding where to eat. They scan photos, scroll the menu, check hours and location, and look for reviews — all in under 90 seconds. We build restaurant websites that show up in "restaurants near me" searches, present your menu beautifully, integrate online ordering and reservations, and turn first-time visitors into regulars.

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Visitor mindset

What hungry visitors think when they land on your site.

A couple deciding where to eat tonight at 6pm has Yelp, Google, OpenTable, and your website open in 4 tabs. They're scrolling fast. They want photos that make them hungry, a menu that's actually readable on mobile, hours that make it clear if you're open, and a reservation button or "order now" link they can tap in two seconds.

Your website's job is to win that 90-second decision. Not to be a digital brochure. We build restaurant sites engineered to convert hungry browsers into booked tables and confirmed delivery orders.

"Does the food actually look good in their photos?
"Are they open right now? Do I need a reservation?
"What's on the menu — and what's the price range?
"Can I order delivery / pickup straight from this site?
"Do they have vegetarian / gluten-free options?
The problem

Why most restaurant websites lose customers to competitors.

Restaurants pay 15-30% commissions to DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Resy. Direct orders + reservations through your own website cost you nothing. Four reasons most restaurant sites fail to capture that direct traffic.

PDF menus that nobody reads on mobile

72% of restaurant traffic is mobile. A PDF menu opens in a tiny illegible window with pinch-to-zoom required. Customers bounce immediately and check the next restaurant. We build native HTML menus with photos, dietary tags, prices, and search/filter — all mobile-first.

No online ordering on your own domain

Every order through DoorDash costs you 25-30%. Every order through your own site costs you 0%. Yet most restaurant websites send people OFF their site to UberEats. We integrate Toast / Square / ChowNow / Olo so orders happen on your site, in your name, with your customer data captured.

Photos that don't make food look good

Stock images of food look obviously fake. Phone photos taken in dim lighting look amateur. Both kill conversion. We work with food-photography partners or coach you on lighting/composition for smartphone shoots — and we structure galleries that load fast and look stunning.

No local SEO + Google Maps optimization

"Restaurants near me," "[neighborhood] dinner," "best [cuisine] [city]" — these are the searches that fill tables. Most restaurant sites don't rank for them because they lack proper schema, GBP optimization, and local content. We engineer all three.

What we build

Eight restaurant-specific features.

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Native HTML menu

Mobile-first menu with photos, prices, dietary tags (V, GF, VG), search/filter. Schema-tagged for rich results.

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Online ordering

Toast, Square, ChowNow, Olo, BentoBox integration. Orders flow into your POS. 0% commission on direct orders.

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Reservation system

OpenTable, Resy, SevenRooms, Tock integrated. Direct bookings on your site, captured in your CRM.

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Visual gallery

Hero food photos, dish galleries, ambiance shots, behind-the-scenes. Lazy-loaded, AVIF-optimized.

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Multi-location pages

Per-location pages with unique hours, menus, photos. Each ranks for its own neighborhood searches.

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Dietary filtering

Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, kosher tags. Searchable menu. Critical for dietary-restricted diners.

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Gift cards + events

Digital gift card sales (TheKnot for events, Toast Gift Cards). Private dining inquiry forms.

Live hours + status

Real-time "Open now until 11pm" indicator. Holiday hours. "Walk-ins welcome / reservation recommended."

Pricing

Three tiers for restaurants.

Single Location

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$1,500/mo
  • Mobile-first menu
  • Reservation integration
  • Online ordering setup
  • Photo gallery
  • Local SEO + GBP
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Multi-Concept Group

Custom
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  • Multi-brand sites
  • Catering + private dining
  • Loyalty program integration
  • Custom POS integration
  • Dedicated strategist
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FAQs

Common restaurant website questions.

Both. Use DoorDash/Uber Eats for discovery (you'll never replace their reach), but route loyal customers to your own site to save the 25-30% commission. We build first-party ordering that integrates with your POS (Toast, Square, etc.) so the same kitchen workflow handles both.
OpenTable (largest network, $249-499/mo), Resy (cheaper, hipper restaurants $189/mo), SevenRooms (highest-end + CRM, $349+), Tock (events + paid bookings + tasting menus). For most independents we recommend Resy. For fine-dining/multi-location, SevenRooms.
Yes. Per-location pages with unique menus, hours, photos, reservation links. Single CMS so you update once and changes propagate where needed. We've shipped 12-location restaurant groups across multiple cities.
Helpful but not strictly required. iPhone 13+ photos work fine for hero galleries with good natural light. For high-end restaurants, professional food photographer ROI is huge ($500-1,500/shoot). We provide a photo brief and shot list either way.
Massively. We rebuild Google Business Profile (categories, services, products, photos refreshed weekly), build LocalBusiness + Restaurant + Menu schema, integrate review velocity automation. Most restaurants we work with reach Map Pack top-3 within 60-90 days.
Yes. We use Schema.org/Menu markup so your dishes show up in Google's restaurant results, voice search ("hey Google, what's on the menu at..."), and rich snippets. PDF menus do none of this — they're SEO dead weight.
Ready to fill more tables?

Stop paying 30% to DoorDash on every order.

Free 30-minute restaurant audit. We'll review your menu, your reservations setup, your local SEO, and outline what it would take to dominate "restaurants near me" in your neighborhood.

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