A restaurant website earns its keep by doing four things on a phone in under three seconds: show the current menu with prices, show hours and where to park, show photos of the real food, and put a reserve or order button in reach of a thumb. Get those right and the site quietly fills tables. Get them wrong and the diner taps back to the list and picks the place that loaded faster.
We build and run our own local service businesses on the exact stack we sell — a site, 24/7 AI lead capture, and hosting — so this isn't theory. Below is what a restaurant site actually needs, what it should cost, and the honest case for when a simple page is plenty.
Most visits start with one question: what do you serve and what does it cost. We put a real, readable menu front and center — not a PDF that pinches to zoom and not a photo of a chalkboard. Prices stay current because you can edit them yourself.
We wire in your reservation system or a simple request form, plus a commission-free online order option so you keep the margin a delivery app would skim. The goal is fewer taps between hungry and booked.
Hours, address, cuisine, and dietary options are marked up so Google and AI answers pull them correctly. When someone searches "Thai near me" at 6 p.m., the site and your Business Profile are built to show up with the right info.
The AI assistant answers "are you open Sunday," "do you take large parties," and "is there a gluten-free option," then takes the name and number for a booking request — so the late-night question becomes a table instead of a missed call.
Two honest ranges, depending on how you buy:
Need the content engine that publishes monthly pages and tracks where reservations come from? That's the $597/month plan. The full custom CRM and reputation automation starts at $1,750/month. Same stack we run on our own companies.
We'd rather tell you the truth than sell a site you don't need. Hold off if:
We don't post stock testimonials. On a 15-minute call we screen-share the real dashboards behind our own businesses — live leads, rankings, and the exact page that produced each one. See the proof →
Compare the tools behind the counter on our restaurant software guide, browse websites by industry, and see why local SEO is worth it for a place people search by name and by "near me." A 24/7 AI receptionist catches the booking questions that come in after close, and our local SEO cost breakdown shows what getting found really runs.
A custom build runs $2,500–$8,000 one time, or $50–$300/month on a template. Ours is $249/month with hosting, edits, and AI lead capture included, month-to-month, and you own everything.
A current menu with prices, hours, location and parking, real food photos, a tap-to-call button, and a clear path to reserve or order. It has to load fast and read on a phone without pinching.
They help, but they rent you the customer and take a cut. A site you own keeps the relationship, takes commission-free orders, and is what Google shows for your name and for "near me."
Within 48 hours. You see a working version before you pay anything, and there's no contract.
Send your restaurant name and city — we'll confirm your market is open and build a working demo within 48 hours. Free, no card, no commitment.
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