StoryNova.

Restaurants & hospitality

Restaurant website design
that gets people through the door.

Almost nobody reads a restaurant website at a desk. They are standing on a sidewalk, deciding between you and the place across the street, and they want three things in about five seconds: the menu, whether you are open, and how to get there.

What usually goes wrong

Three problems
we see every time.

01

The menu is a PDF

A PDF menu is the single most common mistake in restaurant websites. It loads slowly, pinches and zooms badly on a phone, and search engines cannot read a word of it, so your dishes never show up in search.

02

Hours that nobody trusts

If your site says one thing and Google says another, people believe neither and call instead, or just go elsewhere. Hours need one source of truth, and holiday changes need to be easy enough that you actually make them.

03

Atmosphere that does not come through

People choose restaurants emotionally. A site built from stock plates and a generic template gives them no reason to pick you over the identical-looking place two doors down.

What we build

Restaurant Website Design,
built the way it should be.

A real HTML menu

Fast, readable on any phone, searchable by dish, and simple enough for you to update yourself when the specials change.

Ordering and reservations wired in

Toast, Square, OpenTable, Resy, whatever you already run, integrated so the booking or the order happens without a detour to a third-party page.

Photography-led storytelling

The room, the food, the people. The things that actually make somebody choose you get the space they deserve instead of a thumbnail in a sidebar.

Catering and private events, surfaced

Large-party and catering enquiries are the highest-margin traffic most restaurants get, and most sites bury them in a contact form footnote.

Every build includes
  • SEO-friendly structure
  • Mobile-first, works on every device
  • Fast load times
  • Clean, accessible code
  • Analytics & tracking set up from day one
  • A design system built around your brand

See it built

Not a mockup.
A working site.

Every build below is live and clickable. Except where marked as an actual site, these are concept builds for fictional businesses, created to show what a real business in this industry could have.

hatties.storynovaglobal.com
Hattie's Burger Stand website built by StoryNova

Hattie's Burger Stand

Heritage single-page site

A family burger stand since 1976, built around heritage and a walk-up-window culture.

Concept site, opens in new tab ↗
caldwells.storynovaglobal.com
Caldwell's Pit BBQ website built by StoryNova

Caldwell's Pit BBQ

Multi-page restaurant site

Texas barbecue since 1968, with the catering pipeline most restaurant sites bury.

Concept site, opens in new tab ↗
willowvine.storynovaglobal.com
The Willow Vine website built by StoryNova

The Willow Vine

Story-led single-page site

A century-old garden restaurant, built around atmosphere and the experience of being there.

Concept site, opens in new tab ↗
stavros.storynovaglobal.com
Stavros' Kitchen website built by StoryNova

Stavros' Kitchen

Heritage single-page site

Greek hospitality and Southern plates, built around the daily menu.

Concept site, opens in new tab ↗

Questions

Asked and answered.

Can I update the menu myself?

Yes, and you should be able to. We hand over a menu you can edit without calling us, because a menu you have to pay someone to change is a menu that goes stale.

Do you handle online ordering?

We integrate the ordering platform you already use rather than replacing it. If you are choosing one, we will walk you through the fee structures, because the difference between platforms is real money at restaurant margins.

What about Google listings and maps?

We make sure your site, your Google Business Profile and your structured data all agree on name, address, hours and phone. Inconsistency there quietly costs you local visibility, and it is one of the easiest things to fix.

How much does a restaurant website cost?

A strong single-page build sits at the lower end and a full multi-page site with catering, events and ordering sits higher. Send us your current site and we will build you a free sample page first, so you can see the work before money is discussed.

Get started

Want to see it
before you commit?

Send us your current site and we will build one full sample page free, in less than a week, so you can see exactly what we would do differently. Starting from scratch? Let's get on a call to understand your business, and we'll come back with a site plan and single page within a week.