Specialized in hospitality
Web design for restaurants
Every reservation that comes through TheFork or a booking portal costs you money — even when it's from a customer who already knew you. I design restaurant websites that win that channel back: your own online reservations with no per-diner commission, a digital menu you update in two minutes, photos that whet the appetite and local SEO so whoever searches for a place to eat in your area finds you before the restaurant across the street.
How a restaurant loses money with a poor website
If any of these sound familiar, tables and margin slip away every service.
You pay a commission for every diner
Around two euros per person on every portal reservation: a table of four is eight euros, and by month-end the invoice stings. Worst of all, many of those bookings are from regulars who would have reserved anyway... on your website, if they could.
You don't appear for "restaurant + your area"
The decision of where to eat is made on Google and Maps, almost always on a phone and a few hours before the meal. If your profile is half-done and your website doesn't rank, the restaurant on the corner keeps that table.
The menu is a scanned PDF
Unreadable on a phone, with crossed-out prices and dishes that no longer exist. Diners want to see the menu before deciding: if they can't read it, they often never come at all.
Photos that don't make anyone hungry
People eat with their eyes first — online too. Dark photos taken in a rush between services convey the exact opposite of what comes out of your kitchen.
Reservations by phone only
At peak hours nobody can answer, and whoever is planning a dinner at eleven at night won't call in the morning: they book online at the first place that lets them.
Instagram is not a website
The profile is alive, but it doesn't rank on Google, doesn't take reservations, doesn't show the full menu or today's hours. It creates cravings; it doesn't convert. It needs a website behind it to close the deal.
What a well-built restaurant website includes
What I deliver when I work with a restaurant.
Commission-free online reservations
Your own booking engine or a fixed-cost integration: customers reserve from your website in three taps, with automatic confirmation and a reminder that cuts no-shows. Zero euros per diner.
An always-current QR digital menu
A fast, mobile-readable web menu with allergens, translations and prices you change yourself in two minutes. The same QR code on the table works forever, even if you change the menu every week.
Local SEO and Google Business
A complete, living Google Business Profile — hours, photos, dishes, answered reviews — connected to a website optimized for "restaurant + your area" and the searches for your cuisine: rice dishes, tapas, brunch, groups.
Photos that make people hungry
Art direction so the website shows off your kitchen: I coordinate a session with a food photographer or get the most out of the photos you already have. It's the part of the website that sells the most.
The essentials always one tap away
Hours, directions, phone and the reserve button visible at all times on mobile. Daily menu, events and closures editable by you without touching code.
Monthly maintenance
Updates, backups, monitoring and seasonal changes. Your website working every service without you having to think about it.
How pricing works
Every project is priced by scope: pages, features, integrations, and deadlines. No inflated agency rates, no mid-project surprises.
After a 30-minute call, you get a fixed written quote within 24 hours, with deliverables and a timeline.
I take on a limited number of projects per year. I look for clients who want a long-term technical partner, not the lowest bid.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a website for a restaurant cost?
It depends on what you need: presence with a menu and reservations only, or also seasonal menus, several languages or takeaway ordering. Every project is priced individually: after a 30-minute call I send you a fixed written quote within 24 hours, with deliverables and deadlines.
Can I really stop paying commissions per reservation?
Yes. With your own booking engine or a fixed-cost integration, reservations that come through your website pay no per-diner commission. Many restaurants keep TheFork as a channel for new customers and steer regulars — newsletter, Google, Instagram, the QR on the table — to book through the website. The monthly savings show from the first month.
How does the QR digital menu work?
The menu is a page on your own website, fast and designed to be read on a phone, with sections, photos, allergens — mandatory under EU Regulation 1169/2011 — and translations if you serve international customers. You edit it yourself from a simple panel, and the QR printed on the table never changes.
How long does a restaurant website take?
A restaurant website with a digital menu, reservations and local SEO is usually ready in 2-4 weeks, depending on whether there's a photo session and how many languages. The exact timeline is locked in the quote.
How do I show up when people search "restaurant in my area"?
By working the Google Business Profile — categories, photos, hours, answered reviews — together with a website optimized for your area's searches and your type of cuisine, with Restaurant and menu schema. Most restaurants leave the profile half-done: doing it properly already puts you ahead of nearly everyone in the neighborhood.
Does the website include professional photos?
Photography is planned per project: I can coordinate a session with a food photographer — quoted separately — or work with the photos you already have, selecting and editing the best. In a restaurant, photos are half the sale, so I never leave them to chance.
Will I be able to change the menu and the daily specials myself?
Yes. The website is delivered with a simple visual editor and a training session: changing a price, removing a dish or publishing today's menu will take you less time than writing it on the chalkboard.
Can I add takeaway or delivery ordering?
Yes. We can add your own online ordering system, without the delivery platforms' commissions, with online payment and kitchen alerts. If you already work with aggregators, the website can coexist with them and give you a direct channel with better margin.
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