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Website for restaurants and bars · Rio de Janeiro and the metropolitan area

Website for a restaurant or bar in Rio de Janeiro

The person looking for your restaurant, bar, bistro or café is often already out, or in a group chat deciding where to have dinner. They want to see the menu, know whether the kitchen is still open and secure a table. Nothing more, but all of it now. The Restaurant template was made for exactly that, for places from Ipanema to Centro, from Barra to Niterói.

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What guests look for on your website

The menu, readable on a phone

No PDF that needs zooming: a normal page, with the dishes, a short description and the prices. Divided the way your day is: lunch specials, snacks, dinner, desserts, cocktails and the wine list. Vegetarian and vegan dishes get a label, and guests with allergies find a note asking them to mention it when reserving.

House hours and kitchen hours

"Open until midnight" and "kitchen until 11 pm" are two different things. Someone who wants dinner at 11:15 pm wants to know that before getting in the car or calling a taxi. Both sets of hours are on the site, with the differences for weekends and public holidays.

Reserving without detours

Reserve is the main button on every page. In the template, the guest calls or sends a message on WhatsApp or by e-mail, and the page says what you need: date, time, number of people and dietary restrictions. The house rules are there too: how long a table is held and until when a reservation can be cancelled.

Groups and events, separately

A table for two is a different request from a company dinner for thirty. The template has its own block for groups, with set menus, a price per person and a separate button. The request arrives with the details you need to make a proposal.

Directions, parking and accessibility

Which metro station is closest, is there parking or a valet, is the street easy to reach by car, is there a step at the entrance? In Copacabana that is one conversation; in Barra da Tijuca, another. Write it the way you would explain it on the phone.

Atmosphere in a few photos

One good photo of the place and a few of dishes coming out of your kitchen. Nothing more is needed. Heavy galleries slow the site down, and a hungry person does not wait for a page to load on 4G from the sidewalk.

Common mistakes on restaurant and bar websites

  • The menu as a PDF or a photo. Tiny type on a phone, hard for screen readers and, with every change, a new file.
  • Last season's prices. A guest who sees a higher price at the table than online starts the evening with a bad impression.
  • Closing time, but not the kitchen's. Exactly the thing that decides whether someone still comes for dinner.
  • A home page with a video or a photo carousel. Beautiful on a large screen, slow on mobile data from the sidewalk.
  • Reservations by form without confirmation. The guest does not know whether it arrived, calls anyway, or simply does not show up.
  • Forgetting the holidays. At Carnival, New Year's Eve and long weekends everyone wants to know whether you are open.
Preview of the Restaurant template

The template

Restaurant: the menu and the reserve button

The example is a fictitious restaurant, which is why the directions page shows a made-up address. Your site will of course show your address and your own landmarks.

  • Home: reserve button, menu summary, groups and hours
  • Menu: by time of day, with description, price and dietary labels
  • Reservations: phone, WhatsApp or e-mail, with a separate block for groups and set menus
  • How to get there: metro, car and parking, plus accessibility

The example has four pages and the Start package includes 1 to 3. With Start, you pick what matters most for your place; directions, for instance, can be summarized on the home page. To have all four pages you need the Plus package (up to 6 pages), or you join the offer (up to 4 pages).

A new price or a different dish you pass on to me by WhatsApp or e-mail, and I update the menu. On the Complete plan, that falls within the included hour per month; beyond it, the rate is R$ 290 per hour.

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What does a restaurant or bar website cost?

Below are the build costs, the same as on the pricing page and already the final amount. For most places, the menu and reservations are the essentials; together with the home page, that fits in Start. Plus gives room for all four pages and, for example, a dedicated events page or a second menu.

Website Start

R$ 3.490

one-time payment, final price

  • 1 to 3 pages based on a template
  • Your texts and photos applied
  • Optional logo for R$ 890
  • 1 round of revisions
  • Live in 2 to 3 weeks

Website Plus

R$ 6.490

one-time payment, final price

  • Based on a template, up to 6 pages
  • Simple logo included
  • Local SEO: one page per service and per neighborhood
  • 1 round of revisions
  • Live in 2 to 3 weeks

Both packages come with a maintenance plan: Basic R$ 249 or Complete R$ 490 per month, required for the first 12 months and cancellable monthly after that. See what maintenance includes.

Prefer not to pay everything at once? With the offer you pay R$ 0 in setup cost and R$ 590 per month for 24 months. There is no separate charge for building the site; the total is R$ 14.160 over 24 months, for a template-based website with up to 4 pages.

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How it works, without pulling you out of the dining room

No in-person meetings: I work from the Netherlands and handle everything with you by video, WhatsApp and e-mail, preferably outside your busiest service hours.

  1. Step 1

    Initial conversation

    30 minutes by video or phone, in the quiet afternoon hours if you prefer. A fixed-price quote within 2 business days.

  2. Step 2

    Menu and photos

    You send the menu with prices, the hours, the reservation rules and the photos. I turn that into pages that read well on a phone.

  3. Step 3

    Test version

    You and your team check the site at a test address and send your corrections in one round.

  4. Step 4

    Live

    Published in 2 to 3 weeks, on your domain, with hosting and maintenance on the Basic or Complete plan.

Questions from restaurant and bar owners

How often can I change the menu?

As often as needed. You send the changes and I update it. Individual prices and dishes fall, on the Complete plan, within the included hour per month. An entirely new seasonal menu can take longer; I estimate that beforehand, at R$ 290 per hour.

Can I integrate the reservation system I already use?

The template starts from reservations by phone, WhatsApp or e-mail, confirmed by you. If you already use a reservation system and want guests to book directly in it from the site, that integration is a custom development project. After the initial conversation you know what it costs, before I start.

Can guests order delivery or takeout through the site?

Not in this template. It is a website to be found, show the menu and receive reservations. Online ordering with payment is a different kind of project; if that is what you need, I discuss it with you as custom work.

What if my hours change at Carnival or New Year's Eve?

Let me know in advance: I put the special hours on the site and remove them afterwards. Adjusting hours is exactly the kind of small change the included hour on the Complete plan is for.

Not a restaurant or bar?

Then one of the other templates probably fits better. What comes with every site, from security to backups, is on maintenance and website design.

Ready for a website that works and is secure?

Tell me what you want to achieve. You get a reply within 1 business day and, within 2 business days after our call, a quote with a fixed price.

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