Websites for Cafes and Restaurants

Websites for Cafes and Restaurants

Almost every table you seat started with a phone: someone checking the menu, the opening hours, the photos and the reviews before deciding where to go. For a cafe or restaurant, the website is not brochureware; it is the front door before the front door. Fruitcake Media builds hospitality websites from £39 a month with hosting, SSL and support included.

What diners actually check

The pattern is remarkably consistent: menu first, hours second, photos third, then location and whether they can book. A hospitality website that answers those five things instantly, on a phone, converts checking into visits. One that hides the menu in a blurry PDF or shows last year's hours sends the table elsewhere, and nobody ever tells you it happened.

What your hospitality website should include

• The menu as a proper web page, readable on a phone, easy for you to update, never a downloaded PDF
• Opening hours that are actually current, editable by you in seconds
• Photography that does your food and your room justice
• Bookings: a booking system on your own site, or a clean link to the platform you already use
• Your story, briefly: independents win on character, so show some
• Directions, parking notes and accessibility, the small details that remove hesitation

Menus, bookings and the platforms problem

Many hospitality businesses end up scattered: menu on one platform, bookings on another, photos wherever they were last posted. Your own website pulls it together in a place you control. CMS access is included with every site, so the menu and hours stay current without waiting on anyone, and our Growth and Marketing packages include booking options when you want reservations handled on your own site.

Being found beyond the passing trade

Footfall finds you once; search brings people back and brings new ones. Local searches for food are constant and decided in the moment, and every website we build carries SEO foundations so you appear for them. Pair the site with an active Google Business Profile, which we help set up on Growth and Marketing packages, and the two reinforce each other exactly the way diners search.

What it costs

From £39 a month, nothing upfront, hosting, SSL, daily backups, CMS access and real human support included. Most independents start on Starter; venues wanting bookings, a blog and marketing support choose Growth at £79 or Marketing at £149.

Common questions from hospitality businesses

How fast can I change the menu or hours?

Yourself, in minutes, from a laptop or phone. That is the point: the details diners check most are the ones you can change fastest.

We are fully booked most weekends. Why bother?

Busy weekends hide quiet Tuesdays. A strong website and current menus fill the shoulders of the week, promote events, and protect you when a competitor opens nearby.

Browse our work, see our pay monthly packages, then get in touch and tell us about your business. Most websites are live within a few weeks.