Web design for restaurants
Menu, opening hours, reservations and directions – presented so that guests on a smartphone find what they are looking for straight away.
Anyone looking for a restaurant usually wants to know three things: What’s on the menu? Is it open today? Can I get a table? A restaurant website should answer exactly these questions quickly – and make people want to visit.
The menu is a PDF on the website that is barely readable on a phone. The opening hours on the website, on Google and on social media don’t match. And reservation requests come in by phone, email, Instagram and WhatsApp.
On top of that there are public holidays, closing periods, seasonal menus and events – information that changes constantly and still has to be up to date, while every minute counts during service.
Not every restaurant needs every feature. A bistro with a lunch menu has different needs from a restaurant with an evening menu and events – we choose the building blocks to fit.
As a real web page instead of a PDF: easy to read on a smartphone, accessible to search engines and organised by category.
A reservation form for requests that you confirm – or integration of a reservation system you already use.
Dishes, dining room, terrace: photo galleries that show guests what to expect.
Themed evenings, live music, the start of the season or closing periods: a section for dates and news.
Opening hours, address and phone number as text – consistent with your Google Business Profile and, if you wish, as structured data.
In holiday regions and cities, many guests come from abroad. A menu and key information in English or Danish is a real service.
A good restaurant website takes work off your team’s hands: fewer calls with standard questions, clearer reservation requests – and guests arrive with the right expectations.
Menu, opening hours and reservations – these three things have to work instantly on a smartphone.
1. Initial consultation: free and without obligation – by phone, video, email or WhatsApp. We clarify what your website should achieve, what content already exists and which package fits.
2. Written quote: with a fixed price and a clearly described scope. You can review it conveniently online and sign it digitally.
3. Build: design, copy, technology and search engine fundamentals. We incorporate your feedback in rounds of revisions (PREMIUM: up to two, PROFESSIONAL: three).
4. Launch: on your domain, with SSL encryption and technically integrated legal notice and privacy pages.
5. Afterwards: hosting & support at a fixed monthly price if you wish – or you run the website with your own provider.
We know structured content from our own experience: on Dansk Cottage we maintain a recipe collection in four languages that is marked up for search engines as recipes – menus can be built on the same principle.
Dansk Cottage Digital is run by Arndt and Jan Floto from Hamburg. We conceived, wrote, designed and built the multilingual website of our holiday home Dansk Cottage ourselves – it is our most important reference project. More about us
Home page, menu, gallery, contact and directions fit within BASIC (up to five content pages). More pages, events and extensive galleries point to PREMIUM, a multilingual website to PROFESSIONAL. Which reservation solution fits is set out in the quote.
Essential are an easy-to-read menu, up-to-date opening hours, address with directions, a tap-to-call phone number and a way to reserve – all quickly accessible on a smartphone. A photo gallery, a section for events and information on allergens, groups and parties are also useful. An online shop or delivery section is only needed if you actually offer it.
As a web page. A PDF first has to be loaded and zoomed on a smartphone, and its content is harder for search engines and screen readers to read. A menu as a web page loads faster, is more accessible and can be organised by category. A printable PDF can be offered in addition.
Yes, in two ways: via a reservation form whose requests you receive by email and confirm, or by integrating a reservation system you already use. We clarify which solution fits your workflow in the initial consultation and set it out in the quote.
What matters is that your website and your Google Business Profile always show the same times. You also enter different times on public holidays or during closing periods as special opening hours in your Business Profile. We can make minor changes to the website for you as part of our optional support.
In tourist regions, border regions and cities, often yes. Even an English version of the menu and the key information helps international guests decide. We don’t simply machine-translate but adapt terms so that dishes remain understandable.
Tell us briefly about your restaurant, your menu and how you take reservations today. We will get back to you personally with a proposal.
No obligation and free of charge – we will get back to you personally.
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