Your menu is a PDF that diners have to pinch and zoom to read on their phone.
Anyone wondering "what's on the menu" closes it and moves on to a competitor's profile.
Websites for restaurants
Restaurant website design isn't about being admired. It's about getting booked.
We build websites for restaurants, trattorias and pizzerias that work hand in hand with your Google Business Profile, your menu, your reviews and a database of guests who keep coming back. Not one more showcase: a system that fills tables.
L&C
We were born inside Longino & Cardenal, which for over thirty years has been sourcing and delivering ingredients to chefs and restaurants across Italy. We know restaurants from the kitchen side, long before the marketing side.
Your restaurant★★★★★ 4.8 (312) · Up-to-date menu · Open
Book
The trattoria down the street★★★★☆ 4.2 (58) · No menu
Call
The osteria with a PDF menu★★★★☆ 4.0 (21) · Outdated website
Website
This is how diners deciding where to eat see you. In twenty seconds, on their phone.
If two of these sound familiar, the problem isn't your website. It's that it works alone.
These are the five signs we see most often when we open up a restaurant's digital presence. None is serious on its own. Together, they cost you covers every week.
The only way to book is by phone, and it rings in the middle of service.
Bookings made at 11 p.m. or on Sunday morning are lost.
A cousin set up your Google Business Profile in 2019. The photos, hours and menu are still the same.
It's the first thing 100% of new guests see. Before your website, before Instagram.
You have hundreds of happy guests and no way to reach them again.
Every night you start from scratch: no list, no invitations, no events announced.
Delivery platforms bring you orders, but they keep the margin and the customer.
The customer belongs to them. You're an interchangeable supplier in their app.
Self-assessment
Seven questions. One minute. Your digital score, right now.
Answer honestly: nobody sees it but you. If you like, send us your result and your full assessment starts right here.
Is the menu on your website up to date and easy to read on a phone?
Not a PDF, not a photo of the chalkboard.Can guests book online, even at 11 p.m. on a Sunday?
From your website and your Google Business Profile, without calling.Does your Google Business Profile have recent photos, correct hours and an uploaded menu?
Check your holiday hours too.Do you reply to reviews, including negative ones, within a few days?
Your replies are read by future guests, not just the reviewer.Do you have a guest list (email or WhatsApp) you can contact whenever you want?
Not followers: those belong to Instagram.Do you know how many bookings come from your website and how many from Google each month?
A number, not a feeling.Does your website load in under three seconds on a phone over mobile data?
Test it out on the street, not in the dining room on Wi-Fi.What we build: a restaurant website with a digital menu at its core
The website is the centerpiece, not the only piece. We design it together with everything that takes a guest from a Google search to the table, and from the table back again.
They find you
Google Business Profile and local SEO
- Complete Google Business Profile: photos, hours, menu, booking
- Ranking for "restaurant + area + cuisine"
- Reviews: requested and answered with a method
They choose you
The website that wins them over in 20 seconds
- A digital menu you can update yourselves in two minutes
- Real photos, clear prices, how to get there
- Fast, built on Shopify or the right platform for you
They book
Direct bookings and orders
- Online booking integrated with your reservation system
- Takeout and delivery with no platform commissions
- Gift cards, events and themed dinners sold online
They come back
Guest database and repeat visits
- Contact capture at the table, on the website, via Wi-Fi
- Newsletters and WhatsApp for menus and events
- Social content that drives bookings
Every phase is measured: bookings from the website, calls and direction requests from your Google Business Profile, list sign-ups, return visits. If a phase isn't delivering numbers, we act there, not everywhere.
Shopify Partner
Certified partnership
We're a Shopify Partner
We build and manage Shopify stores as a certified partner: access to agency tools, development environments, priority support and early updates on new features before they reach everyone else. This very website runs on Shopify, so we use what we recommend before anyone else.
- Custom themes, not off-the-shelf templates
- Migrations without losing rankings
- B2B, multi-store and multi-currency
- Your team stays independent
Brands that have already put us to the test
Figures measured through platform connectors (Google, Wix, Meta), not promises. The next case study on this page could be your restaurant.
Restaurant · fine dining
Ristorante Da Alice
The full system on this page, put into practice: website and online bookings, Google Business Profile, social media with photos and video produced by us, advertising and email. In the first four months, the Google Business Profile became the engine of demand.
100+online bookings in 4 months
600+calls from the Google Business Profile
x2.6social reach in one month
Social and content · seafood specialties
Don Gambero
Content designed to sell, not to fill the feed: editorial plan, formats and coordinated campaigns.
+25%engagement rate
43Kimpressions
50posts
Website and ecommerce · spices
Bembo
A complete website redesign in one week, with structure, catalog and customer acquisition redesigned together.
7days for the redesign
+251%orders year over year
+188%revenue year over year
How we work
Four steps, always in the same order
1 · Week one
Assessment
We review your website, Google Business Profile, reviews, social media and data. We hand you the three things that really matter.
2 · One call
Priorities
Together we decide what to do, what not to do and in what order. With budget, timing and what you need to have ready.
3 · 4 to 6 weeks
Build
Website, Google Business Profile, bookings and contact capture go live together. We train you to update everything yourselves.
4 · Every month
Measurement
Bookings, calls, direction requests, sign-ups, return visits. A report you can read in five minutes.
Where to start
We always begin with the assessment, which is free. Then we choose the engagement format that fits your restaurant, not the biggest package.
Step 1
Digital assessment
- Review of website, Google Business Profile, reviews, social media
- The three priorities with their expected impact
- A 30-minute call to discuss it
FreeNo commitment. It's yours to keep, even if you go it alone.
Step 2 · The typical project
Website + Google Business Profile + bookings
- Custom, mobile-first website with an easy-to-update digital menu
- Google Business Profile optimized and aligned with the website
- Online booking and contact capture
- Training for your team
Custom quoteThe assessment gives you a precise figure before you decide.
Step 3
Ongoing management
- Content and social media focused on bookings
- Newsletters and WhatsApp messages to your guests
- Local campaigns when they make sense
- Monthly report
MonthlyScope agreed together once the project is live.
Restaurant website design: the questions every restaurateur asks us
Short answers. For the long ones, there's the assessment.
How much does a restaurant website cost?
It depends on three things: whether you need just the website or also online bookings and takeout, how much material you already have (photos, copy, menu), and whether you want ongoing management. The free digital assessment is designed to give you an exact figure before you decide.
I already have an Instagram page that works. Do I really need a website?
Instagram brings attention, a website brings bookings. On Instagram, guests can't find your menu with prices, can't book, and remain followers of the platform rather than contacts of yours. The two work well together and poorly on their own.
Do I have to start over from scratch?
Almost never. Often the website can be saved and the problem lies elsewhere: the Google Business Profile, the menu, bookings or speed. The assessment tells you what to keep, what to fix and what to rebuild.
How long does it take?
A typical project goes live four to six weeks after the priorities call, provided that photos, menu and account access arrive on time.
Will online bookings work with the reservation system I already use?
In most cases, yes: we integrate the most widely used booking systems and, if you don't have one, we help you choose the right one, with no per-cover commissions.
Who updates the menu and photos afterward?
You do, in two minutes, from your phone. We train you and leave you a guide. If you'd rather we handle it, that's included in ongoing management.
Read this before you call us
If you'd rather understand first and talk later, these articles are the place to start.
Free digital assessment
Tell us where you are. We'll tell you where to start.
Within 48 hours you receive a document with the three priorities for your digital presence and a proposed call to discuss them. No barrage of sales calls, no commitment.
- Review of website, Google Business Profile, reviews and social media
- Three priorities, with the expected impact on bookings and guests
- If a project is needed, a clear quote. If it isn't, we'll tell you.