A layout built around your menu
Menu items scannable on a phone in one hand, not a scanned PDF or a photo of a printed page.
Restaurant website design built to be correct, not just attractive
Restaurant website design earns its keep when the hours, menu and location details on the page match what is actually true at that address today, which is a structural decision made before a single color is chosen.
What it costs
- Plans$117 a month
- Build fee$647, after launch
- Live in7 days
- Revisions5 a month
- Domain and hostingIncluded
Who restaurant website design is for
- Diners, family restaurants and neighborhood spots whose site looks dated or reads badly on a phone
- Owners who want the design to come from their own brand, not a template palette
- Restaurants that need hours, address and menu to be the first things a guest sees
Signs you need it
- Your menu is a PDF or a photo of a printed page
- On a phone, the hours are below the fold or in the footer
- The site uses stock photos of dishes you do not serve
- Guests call to ask questions the homepage should answer
Design decisions that come before the visual ones
Before typography or color, a restaurant website design has to answer where each location's hours live, how a menu update reaches every page that shows it, and where an enquiry from a specific address is supposed to land. Skipping these questions is how a beautiful site ends up quietly wrong within a few months.
What the visual design actually carries
Once the structure is settled, design does its job: a hero that shows what the restaurant is rather than a stock photo of a plate, a menu that is easy to scan on a phone in one hand, and a layout that puts hours, address and phone number where someone glances for them first. Typography and color come from your brand, not a generic template palette.
What a design review covers before launch
Before a design ships, we check it on a phone in daylight glare, with a screen reader, and against your actual hours and menu rather than placeholder text, because a design that only looks right with dummy copy in it is not actually finished.
What you get with restaurant website design
Your brand, not a template
Colors, type and logo drawn from your actual brand rather than a generic restaurant template palette.
Hours and address placed where people look first
The details someone checks in the first five seconds sit at the top, not buried in a footer.
Designed for a phone first
Most restaurant searches happen on a phone in a parking lot; the design is tested there first.
A pre-launch design review
Checked on mobile, in bright light and with a screen reader before it ever goes live.
From teams who chose this
We reviewed the draft on handsets rather than a big screen, deliberately. The essentials are within the first screen, with an obvious way to inquire. The days of talking customers through the menu are over.
Gregory WilloughbyDining room supervisor, Family-run roadside dinerHarrisburg, Pennsylvania Mobile navigation and page layout for diner group visits
We handed over a folder of our real diner group visits replies and let them work from that. Each answer was reviewed by our own staff, so the page sounds like us rather than a copywriter. New starters read it too; it has become our reference, not just the customers'.
Sami MattarWeekend shift supervisor, Coastal breakfast and lunch dinerLexington, Kentucky FAQ research and editorial review for diner group visits
Reviews from verified clients, shared with their permission.
Case studies that used this work
All case studies- Lakeside brunch diner, Knoxville, TennesseeDiner group visits pages that work one-handedWith diner group visits, phone visitors reach the inquiry route without excavating the menu.
- Weekend brunch diner, Naperville, IllinoisAn FAQ built from real diner group visits conversationsDay to day with diner group visits, there is one place to check how something works, for customers and colleagues alike.
- Traditional greasy spoon café, Fort Wayne, IndianaBetter conversations about diner group visits start earlierFor diner group visits, one link replaced a drifting set of emails.
How the work is done, step by step
The same four steps for every plan. The launch clock starts at the onboarding call, not at purchase.
Step 1
You order and pay the first month
That starts the plan. The build fee is not charged yet.
Step 2
Onboarding form and one call
About 15 minutes per location on the form, then one call to fill gaps and agree the launch date.
Step 3
We build and you review
Every page on the shared system, checked on a phone, for speed and against your real hours and menu.
Step 4
Launch, then the build fee
Live in 7 to 15 days depending on plan. The $647 build fee is invoiced after you approve.
What is not included
So there are no surprises later. Everything else on this page is inside the monthly fee.
- Logo design from scratch (we recommend where a brand element is missing)
- Photography (we use yours)
- Printed menus and signage
How long it takes and what it costs
The price does not change with the number of locations. What drives the choice of plan is how much you want running on top of the site: the AI Engine on The Route, the Content Engine on The Full Circuit.
| Plan | Monthly | Live in | Articles a week | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Single Counter | $117 | 7 days | 2 | The full website, managed |
| The Route | $247 plus AI usage | 10 days | 2 | AI Engine |
| The Full Circuit | $597 plus AI usage | 15 days | 3 | AI Engine and Content Engine |
Every plan: $647 one-time build fee invoiced after launch, 5 revisions a month then $20 each, each within 2 to 5 working days. Domain and hosting included.
Running more than one room already?
See your own locations built out, live, in about 30 minutes
Plans from $117 a month, live in 7 days. No obligation to buy on the call.
Everything that comes with it, plan by plan
This service is part of a full managed plan, not a one-off job. Here is what runs alongside it.
Every plan
One page per location, not one page pretending to be several
Every address gets its own page with its own hours, menu highlights and map, so nothing gets averaged across locations.
Every plan
Hours and menu sync
Change a price or a holiday hour once and it updates everywhere it needs to, without a second location quietly falling behind.
Every plan
Pages that open instantly
Custom-coded pages served from the edge, 90+ PageSpeed guaranteed, on the home page and on every location page.
Every plan
Enquiries routed to the right location
A form filled out on the downtown page reaches downtown, not a shared inbox someone checks once a day.
Every plan
Weekly detail updates
We check for stale specials, seasonal hours and outdated photos across every location on a weekly cycle.
Every plan
Researched articles
Two to three researched articles a week, written for your area and your kind of restaurant, published under your name.
Every plan
Managed hosting across every location
Cloudflare hosting with SSL, CDN, DDoS protection and unmetered bandwidth included, nothing itemized, whether you run one room or five.
The Route and The Full Circuit
The AI Engine
An AI receptionist and site chat that can answer hours, location and menu questions correctly for the right address.
The Full Circuit
The Content Engine
Three articles a week, three social image posts a week, two reels a week and a managed Google Business Profile for every location.
Every plan
The location finder
A tool on your home page that asks where someone is and sends them straight to the right location page, correct hours included.
Every plan
SEO, answer engines and AI search built in
Technical and on-page SEO, a real page per location, answer-first copy, FAQ blocks, structured data (JSON-LD) and an llms.txt file, on every plan.
Every plan
Revisions and your client portal
5 revisions a month of any size, each done within 2 to 5 working days, requested from one client portal.
Every plan
Your domain, and a clean move from your old site
One domain included and registered in your name, or your own pointed at the new site, with redirects from your old addresses.
What we guarantee on restaurant website design
The build fee comes last
The $647 one-time build fee is invoiced only after your site is live and you have told us you are satisfied with it. Cancel before the build starts and no build fee is charged.
90+ PageSpeed, guaranteed
On mobile and desktop, for pages we build and host. If a page drops below 90+ because of our work, we fix it at no charge.
Ranking work until it ranks
If your site has not started ranking for local searches in your area within 3 to 5 months of launch, we keep doing the search work at no additional charge until it does.
Monthly, with a clear exit
No long contract. Email us at least 2 business days before your next invoice date (business hours are 9:00 to 17:00 Central Time, Monday to Friday, excluding United States public holidays) and no further invoice is raised.
Your domain stays yours
Registered in your name. If you leave, we transfer it at no charge and send an export of your content and articles.
The fine print, in plain words: all sales are final, and neither guarantee is a refund. They do not cover changes made by you or third parties, or rankings for terms outside your area. Full wording is in the terms and the refund policy.
Questions about restaurant website design
Do you design around our existing brand or start from scratch?
Around your existing brand wherever one exists. We use your logo, colors and tone; where a brand element is missing, we recommend one rather than inventing something inconsistent.
How is a menu displayed so it stays easy to read?
As real, styled content rather than an image or a PDF, so it stays legible at any screen size and can be updated as a revision instead of a new upload each time.
Can the design differ slightly by location?
The core brand and layout stay consistent, while each location page can carry its own notes on seating, parking or what that specific room is known for.
What if we run more than one restaurant concept under one brand?
Tell us during onboarding. Each concept can be represented honestly rather than forced into one template that does not fit either.
How long does restaurant website design take?
Design and build run together: 7 days on The Single Counter, up to 15 on The Full Circuit, from the onboarding call to launch.
Can I see the design before it goes live?
Yes. You review the site before launch, and the build fee is only invoiced after you have approved it.
Can I ask for design changes after launch?
Yes. Design changes are revisions: 5 a month included, each completed within 2 to 5 working days.
Is the design accessible?
It is built with WCAG accessibility in mind: readable contrast, keyboard access, real text menus and alt text. That helps you meet accessibility expectations; it is not a legal certification.
See it built for your restaurant
A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $117 a month, the $647 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.