Restaurant Websites: Inspiration and Options

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Restaurants that use their websites effectively are able to have a significant impact on their business. Whether it is allowing customers to view menus and specials, find a location, make reservations, sign up for a mailing list, or place an order online, there are a lot of ways that restaurants can benefit from a website.

National chains and small, local restaurants both have the potential for impact with their website, and in this post we’ll showcase 25 well-designed websites for your inspiration. You’ll see a lot of sites that make use of vibrant colors, and of course photos of temping food. At the end of the post we’ll also list a few options for creating a restaurant website, including some of the best templates and themes.

Mellow Mushroom

Mellow Mushroom

Marie Catribs

Marie Catribs

Pei Wei

Pei Wei

State

State

Farinella Italian Bakery

Farinella Italian Bakery

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Wendy’s

Wendy's

Dilly Deli

Dilly Deli

La Porte Sainte Claire

La Porte Sainte Claire

Nature’s Table

Nature's Table

Taco Bell

Taco Bell

The Crooked Well

The Crooked Well

McDonald’s

McDonald's

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday

La Bruschetta

La Bruschetta

Chili’s

Chili's

Toki

Toki

Twelve

Twelve

Veda

Veda

Le 28Thiers

Le 28Thiers

Ommbla

Ommbla

Giraffe

Giraffe

La Vista

La Vista

Chipotle

Chipotle

Pizza Luce

Pizza Luce

Easy Bistro

Easy Bistro

Options for Restaurant Websites:

For restaurants that don’t have the budget for a custom website there are still some other options. Here are some useful resources that may help with creating a website for your restaurant (or for a client).

Theme Force
Theme Force specializes in WordPress themes for restaurants. They currently have 3 themes available for purchase and they will soon be offering hosting for their customers as well.

Theme Force

247Waiter
247Waiter allows restaurants to offer online ordering to their website visitors. They also offer websites if you do not already have your own website.

247Waiter

The Restaurant WordPress Theme

The Restaurant WordPress Theme

Ermark Adora WordPress Theme

Ermark Adora WordPress Theme

Delicious Restaurant WordPress Theme

Delicious Restaurant WordPress Theme

Restaurant Design WordPress Theme

Restaurant Design WordPress Theme

MyCuisine WordPress Theme

MyCuisine WordPress Theme

Diner WordPress Theme

Diner WordPress Theme

For more design inspiration please see:

26 Responses

Catherine July 11th, 2011

Love this page, I was doing some research on restaurant design and this cropped up, fantastic, I love Le 28 thiers, that has to be my favourite.

Could you do one for weddings venues, that would be a fantastic area to cover as I can’t find a really nice looking site on this subject?

Michael July 11th, 2011

I suggested that readers also visit this website: .

Personally, while there are some nice sites, some aren’t so nice. Here’s a hint for all the budding website designers out there, if you use JavaScript for links (or if you require JavaScript at all on a basic site), you are doing it wrong. That goes double for flash. Interactivity is all well and good, but your visitors should be able to view the basic information without it. (Basic restaurant information includes menu, location and opening hours.)

Of the sites I looked at (maybe half?) I like the Farinella Bakery site the most. Nice design, locations up front, opening hours obvious (if you scroll down), and well presented menu. Nice.

Peter July 11th, 2011

Thanks for sharing these restaurant websites – great ideas and really creative!!!

Michael July 11th, 2011

So, it ate the link in the last post. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/restaurant_website there, does that work?

Phoenix.rising055 July 11th, 2011

Pretty cool!! thanks for sharing

aledesign.it July 11th, 2011

Really a good collection and more inspirations! I need to create a new site by a restaurant in these days! Thanks for sharing!

theo July 11th, 2011

A great collection here!

Thomas July 12th, 2011

Awesome collection of Restaurant websites.

51 Website Design July 12th, 2011

I love the use of texture on the porte saint website

taha July 12th, 2011

Very nice… I like all the designs.

raybak July 12th, 2011

designers love to do restaurant and food sites more then any other website designs.

Ryan Leaper July 12th, 2011

A delicious selection of restaurant websites. There are some really strong designs here that reflect the theme and personality of the restaurants very effectively. It’s interesting to see how a lot of them share the same characteristics with each other (such as having an attractive picture of what they serve as the main focus accompanied by a large title and heading with three or four points of interest underneath) but at the same time they remain unique amongst themselves. I think the key to a successful restaurant site is to reflect the personality of the restaurant while at the same time making it as user friendly as possible. Some great examples of effective web design.

Mark Wong July 12th, 2011

Great collection! Thanks for sharing

Neil Major July 12th, 2011

You missed out on one of the best sites. Nandos, they are a South African legend not just for the food but for their website and their ad campaigns.

Catherine Azzarello July 12th, 2011

Not only are these lovely designs, but now I’m hungry, too!

Web Design Malaysia July 12th, 2011

These are really awesome collections! We built a Malaysian nasi lemak restaurant once, and we used customer’s facial expressions as the theme of the design! Interesting subject to play with creativeness :D

sovit Ranjitkar July 12th, 2011

how about this
http://www.utsavrestaurant.com
Authentic Nepali Restaurant

Darlene July 13th, 2011

This is an excellent collection of design ideas. Your site always offers great collections of design options.

Nikunj July 13th, 2011

All the website looks as delicious as their food served in their restaurant

Superb designs thanks for the inspiration

Newcastle Web Designers July 25th, 2011

Mmm, some lovely looking restaurant website designs there, my stomach’s rumbling now! With restaurant sites it’s all about the photos, big pictures, elegant design, close-up food all works wonders to entice visitors.

Food Face Online July 25th, 2011

All of these sites look good. We’re trying to do the same thing for restaurants but with mobile. Take a look at our site, http://www.foodfaceonline.com and let us know what you think.

Tim Lawless July 25th, 2011

This is a good list. i had to research this recently for a client. i which i’d seen this.

kate July 28th, 2011

I should say this is a kind work or help done inorder to avoid confusions …i hve got so many options ….out of which i guess mac D is one of the most common known to all …..

Simon October 29th, 2011

I notice all those enlisted blogs have the eclecticism look. Also they all have the pictures which I think are their best’s.

VMobile December 15th, 2011

Nice collection … also thanks for adding WordPress templates with restaurant themes, that’s what I was looking for … :) good job!!

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