Industries · Restaurants & cafes
Websites for Westside restaurants and cafes.
Most people deciding where to eat are on a phone, often standing on the sidewalk. They want the menu, the hours, and a way to order or book, fast. That is what a restaurant site should do first.
A restaurant website rarely needs to be big. It needs to answer the same handful of questions every guest has, and it needs to answer them in about two seconds on a phone: what do you serve, are you open right now, where are you, and how do I order or get a table?
On the Westside that guest might be a regular from down the street in Westchester, an office crowd in Playa Vista or El Segundo looking for lunch, or a visitor walking around Venice or Marina del Rey. The site should work for all of them without making anyone pinch and zoom.
What a restaurant website needs
- The menu as a real web page, not a PDF. A PDF menu is hard to read on a phone, slow to open, and usually out of date. A menu built into the page is easy to scroll, can be read aloud by screen readers, and gives search engines your actual dishes to work with. Updating a price becomes a quick edit instead of a redesign.
- Hours and location at the top. Today's hours, the address with a map link, and parking or transit notes if they help. Holiday and special hours should match your Google listing exactly.
- Ordering and reservation links you already use. If you take pickup orders, delivery, or reservations through a service such as Toast, Square, ChowNow, OpenTable, or Resy, the site links straight to it with a clear button. No need to switch systems.
- Photos that look like your food today. A few honest, well-lit photos of real dishes and the room do more than a stock gallery. Image sizes are kept small so the page still loads quickly on cellular data.
- Dietary notes and catering, if you offer them. Simple labels like vegetarian or gluten-free (only where accurate), and a short catering or private-events section with an inquiry form that emails you.
What your Google Business Profile needs
- Correct primary category (for example, Mexican restaurant or Coffee shop rather than just Restaurant).
- Regular hours plus special hours for holidays, so Google does not send people to a closed door.
- A menu link pointing to the menu page on your site, and ordering or reservation links where Google offers them.
- Recent photos of food, the storefront, and the interior.
- Replies to reviews, short and specific, including the critical ones.
For a step-by-step version, see what to fix on your Google Business Profile before you pay for ads.
Sample design
See a sample restaurant site.
Sepulveda Tacos is a fictional taco counter used to show the approach: the full menu with prices is built into the page, hours sit near the top, and an Order pickup button sits in the main navigation. It is a sample design on a Starter plan layout, not a client.
All sample sites are demo designs for fictional businesses, made to show the style and range of the studio. They are not client projects. See all sample sites.
How to start
A free homepage mockup first.
Tell me about your business and I'll design your homepage in 3-5 days. If you don't like it, there are no strings attached and nothing to pay.
- Starter: a polished one-page custom site, mobile-first, with a contact form that emails you.
- Business: up to 5 custom pages, Google Business Profile setup, local SEO foundations, and booking, menu, or gallery integration.
- Google Business Profile cleanup or monthly management: categories, hours, photos, posts, and review replies. You stay the owner.
- Optional care plan: hours, menu, price, and content updates by email after launch.
Every project gets a fixed quote before work begins. Everything happens by email, with no required calls or meetings.
FAQ · Restaurants & cafes
Common questions.
Can you turn my PDF menu into a web page?
Yes. I rebuild the menu as part of the page, grouped the way you serve it, so it reads well on a phone. When prices or dishes change, you email the update and it gets changed.
Do I have to change my online ordering or reservation system?
No. The site links to whatever you already use, whether that is a POS ordering page, a delivery app, or a reservation service. You keep your existing accounts.
Can you keep my Google hours and menu link up to date?
Yes. Google Business Profile cleanup is a one-time option, and ongoing Google profile management is available monthly. You stay the owner of the listing and add me as a manager.
Is a one-page site enough for a restaurant?
Often, yes. Menu, hours, location, story, and ordering links fit comfortably on one well-organized page. A multi-page site makes sense if you have catering, events, or more than one location.
What does the free homepage mockup include?
A custom homepage design for your business (layout, messaging, and visual direction) in 3-5 days. If you don't like it, there are no strings attached and nothing to pay.
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