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Hospitality & food

Menus people can read. Bookings that go through.

Diners check the menu and book on a phone, often while standing on the footpath. If the menu is a PDF and the booking widget will not load, they keep walking.

  • Concept homepage for a fine dining restaurant, on desktop and phone
  • Concept homepage for a brunch café, on desktop and phone
  • Concept homepage for a pizza & takeaway, on desktop and phone
  • Concept homepage for a winery cellar door, on desktop and phone
  • Concept homepage for a artisan bakery, on desktop and phone

The problem

Venue websites tend to be built once and then left to the person with the least spare time. The menu becomes a PDF uploaded from the printer, hours are out of date, and the booking widget is an embed that broke when the theme was updated. Google shows different opening hours to the website.

Food businesses that sell online have more moving parts: ordering platforms, delivery zones, pickup times, gift cards and function enquiries. We make the menu a real web page that staff can edit, get bookings and orders working reliably, and keep everything in step.

What we watch for

  • Menus as real HTML, not PDFs, so they load fast, read well on phones and can be found in search
  • Allergen and dietary information is supplied and checked by you — we display it clearly
  • Booking and ordering reliability over weekends, public holidays and event nights
  • Changes timed around service, not in the middle of Friday dinner
  • Liquor licensing details and age notices, which you confirm and we display

Jobs we do for hospitality & food

  • Turn the PDF menu into a web page

    An editable, mobile-friendly menu with dietary tags that search engines can read.

  • Fix the reservation widget

    Get OpenTable, SevenRooms, Resy or similar loading and tracking properly.

  • Online ordering setup or repair

    Connect or fix ordering for pickup and delivery through your chosen platform.

  • Functions and events enquiries

    A clear enquiry form with the details your events team needs to quote.

  • Hours, locations and Google consistency

    Make opening hours and details match across the site and your business profiles.

  • Gift cards and vouchers

    Sell and redeem gift cards online through your existing tools.

Scoping agent

Tell us what’s stuck.

Two minutes of guided questions. You get a plain-English brief, and a developer replies within one business day.

  • Guided questions, not an AI chatbot
  • A person reviews every brief
  • Never asks for passwords or keys
Scipio agent Guided brief · human-reviewed
2 min brief
Hey — what are you trying to get over the line?Now

No account. No sales script. Never asks for passwords or keys.

Hospitality & food / Straight answers

Before you ask.

How much does a restaurant or cafe website cost?

Most venue website jobs with us cost between $250 and $4,000 AUD, priced before work starts. Defined fixes, such as a broken booking widget, start from $250. A single landing page starts from $900, and a small site of up to five pages is typically $2,500 to $4,000. Connecting ordering or booking platforms usually lands between $600 and $3,500. There is no retainer or monthly fee from us.

How long does it take to fix or build a restaurant website, and can you work around service?

Most fixes take 1 to 5 business days, and a small new site takes 2 to 4 weeks, depending on how ready your menus, photos and details are. We schedule changes for quiet times, never in the middle of Friday dinner, and test bookings and ordering before you open. If a launch is tied to an opening or new menu, tell us the date when you ask for a quote.

Can staff update the restaurant menu themselves instead of uploading a PDF?

Yes, that is the main reason to move the menu off a PDF. We turn it into a real web page with a simple editor, so dishes, prices and dietary tags can change without a developer. An HTML menu loads faster on phones, is easier to read on the footpath, works with screen readers and can be read by search engines and AI tools. You can still offer a printable version alongside it.

Can you fix our OpenTable, SevenRooms or Now Book It reservation widget?

Usually yes, because most broken booking widgets come down to a theme update, a script conflict or an embed that fails on mobile. We find the cause, fix it, and test bookings on real phones and browsers. Where the platform allows, we also check that bookings are tracked properly in your analytics. Changes to how the booking platform itself works are for that provider. Most defined fixes land between $250 and $1,200.

Which booking platform should our restaurant use?

That is a business decision we will not make for you, because it depends on your fees, floor, team and the features you need. What we can tell you is how well each option embeds on your site, how it behaves on phones, what it lets you track, and whether it links cleanly from your Google Business Profile. If you switch, we update the website and links so nothing points to the old system.

Can we take online orders on our own website instead of only through Uber Eats?

Yes, many venues add direct ordering for pickup or delivery alongside the delivery apps. It is usually done with an ordering tool you already use or choose, such as Square or Lightspeed, connected to your website. We set up or repair the connection, delivery zones, pickup times and gift cards through your existing tools. We do not build ordering systems from scratch. Most integration jobs cost $600 to $3,500.

How do I get my restaurant showing up in Google Maps and local search?

Keep your Google Business Profile accurate and make your website agree with it. We check that hours, address, phone, menu and booking links match across the site and your profiles, including public holiday hours. We add restaurant and menu structured data, make sure the menu is real text rather than a PDF, and speed up mobile pages. Technical SEO audits start from $600. Review management and social media are outside what we do.

Will ChatGPT or Google’s AI recommend my restaurant?

Nobody can guarantee it, but you can make your venue easier for AI tools to describe correctly. They draw on information that is clearly stated online, so a readable menu, current hours, location, cuisine, dietary options and booking details on your own website all help. We make that information plain text with structured data on fast pages. What diners say about you in reviews is outside anyone’s control.

What do we need to show about allergens and liquor licensing on our restaurant website?

That depends on your licence and your state, so confirm the requirements with your liquor regulator, council or food safety adviser. Food allergen rules sit under the Food Standards Code, and liquor licences can carry conditions about advertising and display. You supply and check the allergen, dietary and licence details, and we display them clearly. If you collect bookings or send marketing emails, the Privacy Act and Spam Act may also apply.

Do you need our passwords, and who owns the website afterwards?

No, we never ask for passwords; you invite us as a user on your website, booking or ordering platform and remove us when the job is done. All work stays in your accounts, so you own the site and its content. We do not do food photography, social media, marketing retainers or ongoing management. Each job is defined and priced up front, and we leave a short note on what changed.