FOR RESTAURANTS
Websites and growth systems built for restaurants
Restaurants live and die in the Map Pack. The 4-block radius around the front door is where 70% of new customers come from, and every minute a hungry person spends on a slow mobile menu is a minute they spend looking at the place across the street. Median Tri-state restaurant mobile site loads in 4.2 seconds. Median Map Pack winner loads in 1.6. The gap is the rank. Every audit we run on a restaurant starts with three questions: how fast does the menu render on a 5-year-old iPhone, when did you last reply to a Google review, and is your hours card above the fold.
What we build for restaurants
Restaurant builds get an integrated online ordering flow on the hero, reservation widget if the format calls for it, menu management the front-of-house can edit without filing a ticket, and a review reply queue that puts every Google + Yelp + Facebook review in one inbox. The site is built on Astro plus Tailwind plus Cloudflare so it loads under 2 seconds on mobile, ships with LocalBusiness + Restaurant schema for Google's food carousel, and integrates click-to-call on every section. Owners get a dashboard their host stand can run on a Tuesday. We've shipped this pattern across breakfast spots, full-service kitchens, and multi-location chains.
Modules typically used
- Online Ordering
- Reservations
- Reputation
Online Ordering, Reservations, and Reputation are the three modules every restaurant needs. Online Ordering routes orders to your POS and confirmation lands in the diner's inbox in under 30 seconds. Reservations integrate with OpenTable or run native depending on your volume. Reputation auto-requests a review 90 minutes after the check, replies AI-suggested, and surfaces the 1-star ones to the owner first thing in the morning. Add Loyalty when repeat-rate matters, Email Engine when you run weekly specials, and Multi-location when you cross two physical addresses.
The signal worth watching
Track one number weekly: review velocity. Median Tri-state restaurant lands at 0.7 reviews per month. Map Pack winners hit 6+. The shift from 1 to 6 is what moves your rank from page 2 to top 3. The 12-touch sequence in our Field Notes is how clients close the gap inside 30 days.
Frequently asked questions
What's the most common reason a restaurant website kills bookings?
Mobile speed. Median Tri-state restaurant mobile LCP is 4.2 seconds, and bounce rate doubles every second past 3. The Map Pack winners in your neighborhood load in 1.6 seconds. If your site is slow, every Google ad dollar and every Map Pack click is wasted before the menu loads.
Do you handle online ordering and POS integration?
Yes. We integrate with Toast, Square, Clover, and direct Stripe checkout depending on your stack. Online ordering lives on the hero, not buried in a /menu route. Confirmation emails fire under 30 seconds. We've shipped this across pizza, full-service, and ghost kitchens.
How do you handle Google review velocity for restaurants?
We install a 12-touch sequence: in-person ask at check, SMS 90 minutes after the receipt fires, email 3 days later, and a GBP shortlink that survives the click-out. Median client moves from 0.7 to 6+ reviews per month inside 30 days.
Can you migrate from Squarespace or Wix without losing rankings?
Yes. We carry over your URLs with 301 mapping, preserve schema, and rebuild GBP to match. Most migrations preserve 95%+ of organic traffic when the redirect map is right. We document the migration timeline upfront, week by week.
How long does a restaurant build take?
Foundation builds ship in about 4 weeks from kickoff. Multi-location or custom POS integrations take 6-8 weeks. We share a week-by-week plan upfront. No scope creep, no surprises.
Other industries we ship to
- Salons & Barbers Booking with deposits, stylist-level analytics, loyalty cards, SMS reminders.
- Auto Services Service appointment, repair status updates, review automation, fleet customer handling.
- Local Retail Storefront site with online catalog, loyalty, gift cards, local SEO, in-store pickup.
Last updated: 2026-04-27