A website for your restaurant that people can read on a phone
Most people look up a restaurant on a phone, often while they stand outside or sit in a car. They want three things: the menu, the hours, and a way to order or book. A good restaurant site gives them those in a few seconds.
What a restaurant site needs
- The menu as text, not a PDF
- A PDF menu is hard to read on a phone, a screen reader often cannot read a scanned one, and Google cannot match a search for a dish to it. I put the menu on the page as text, so you can change a price without a new file.
- Allergens and dietary notes next to the dish
- Mark gluten-free, vegetarian and nut items on the dish itself, in words and not only with an icon. A small icon with no label means nothing to a screen reader.
- Hours that match Google
- Wrong hours lose customers. Your site and your Google Business Profile should say the same thing, including holiday and seasonal hours. I show you where to change both.
- Links to the ordering and booking you already use
- If you take orders through Toast, Square, DoorDash or a booking service, the site links to it with a clear button. I do not replace a system that already works for you.
- Address, parking and a tap-to-call number
- The phone number is a link that dials, and the address opens in maps. If parking is hard to find, say where it is.
What the free check looks for
The free check reads your front page in a few seconds. These are the results that matter most here.
- Images with no alt text. Food photos are often the whole page, and with no description a screen reader reads the file name aloud.
- No viewport tag, so the menu shows as a shrunken desktop page on a phone.
- Pinch-zoom switched off, which stops people with low vision from enlarging small menu text.
- No structured data, so Google has to guess that the page is a restaurant and what its hours are.
- Many separate scripts. Ordering widgets and social feeds can make the page slow to settle on a phone.
Run the free check. The full review goes through every page for $9.
What you get, and what it costs
- You pay what you think the site is worth, from $100. It is the same site at every price.
- Every account, from the domain to the hosting, is in your name.
- It loads fast, works on every phone, and works with a screen reader and a keyboard.
- No trackers, and nothing about your customers is sold.
- If you want me to keep it safe and current, the care plan is $9 a month. It is optional.
Questions
- Can you put my menu on the site if I only have a PDF?
- Yes. Send the PDF or a photo of the printed menu, and I type it into the page as text. After that you can change items and prices yourself.
- Do you build online ordering?
- No. I link to the ordering service you already use, such as Toast, Square or a delivery app. They handle payments and the kitchen side, and they do it well.
- What about my Google Business Profile?
- Your profile is often the first thing people see. I check that its hours, phone number and website link match the site, and I show you how to keep them in step.
- Can the site show seasonal hours?
- Yes. You can change hours yourself, and add a short note for holidays or a seasonal closing.
See what your site needs
Start with the free check of the site you have. If you have no site yet, tell me about your business and I will reply.