Restaurant Website Examples: 13 Sites and Patterns That Work
Thirteen restaurant website examples, from Noma and Franklin Barbecue to cafe and takeaway patterns, with a checklist and how to build yours.
Mythex Team · · 6 min read
The best restaurant websites answer four questions within seconds: are you open, where are you, what do you serve, and how do I book or order? Everything else, from photography to story, comes after. Below are 13 restaurant website examples: five real sites we read in October 2026, and eight patterns for common types of restaurant, described without naming a site. Then a checklist, common mistakes and how to build your own.
The 13 examples at a glance
| # | Example | Type | Key idea |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin Barbecue | Destination counter service | Hours, "until sold out", and pre-orders made clear |
| 2 | Sweetgreen | Fast-casual chain | Ordering and allergens on every menu item |
| 3 | Dishoom | Multi-location group | Locations by city, many menus, a shop |
| 4 | Noma | Fine dining | Editorial storytelling, booking via Tock |
| 5 | Eleven Madison Park | Fine dining | Photos first, booking via Resy |
| 6 | Neighbourhood cafe | Pattern | Hours and today's specials up top |
| 7 | Takeaway and delivery | Pattern | Order button first, menu with prices |
| 8 | Pizzeria | Pattern | Online ordering, deals, delivery area |
| 9 | Food truck | Pattern | Where we are this week |
| 10 | Bar or wine bar | Pattern | Events and drinks list |
| 11 | Bakery | Pattern | Pre-orders and custom cakes |
| 12 | Family restaurant | Pattern | Kids' menu, groups and parking |
| 13 | Catering and private dining | Pattern | Enquiry form with date and guest count |
Real restaurant websites, and what they do well
All descriptions are as of October 2026.
1. Franklin Barbecue
Franklin Barbecue's site states the address, phone number and hours plainly: open Tuesday to Sunday from 11am "until sold out", closed Mondays, with upcoming holiday closures listed. It links to a separate pre-order site, ships nationwide through Goldbelly, and sells sauces, rubs and gift cards. Practical notes, like bringing a chair for the wait, set expectations for first-timers.
Learn from it: if your service is unusual (a queue, a sell-out, a pre-order window), explain it on the homepage. It saves you answering the same question by phone.
2. Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen's site puts "Order now" buttons throughout and in the navigation. The menu is grouped (salads, warm bowls, sides), and each item has a photo, a description of ingredients and an allergen line, with dietary markers on some items. Catering, an app download and a nutrition and allergens guide are linked from the main navigation and footer.
Learn from it: put allergen information next to each dish, not only in a separate document.
3. Dishoom
Dishoom runs restaurants in several UK cities. Its site lists locations grouped by city, has a "Book a table" button in the header, and separates menus by meal and occasion (all day, breakfast, drinks, group feasts, vegan, children's). There's a linked allergen tool, a separate ordering site for delivery, a shop and a journal with recipes and stories.
Learn from it: a multi-location site works when each location is one click away and menus are organised by when and how people eat.
4. Noma
Noma's homepage reads like a magazine: large photos, a letter from the team about its plans, and sections for its pantry products, coffee subscription and a book. A "Book a table" button links to Tock. Hours and the address are listed, and the site has English and Danish versions. It doesn't publish a menu on the homepage.
Learn from it: for a restaurant people plan a trip around, story and anticipation matter. The booking link and practical details still need to be easy to find.
5. Eleven Madison Park
Eleven Madison Park's site is mostly a slideshow of photos with a short navigation: reservations, about and shop. Booking goes through Resy, gift cards are sold on the site, and the wine list is a linked PDF.
Learn from it: a minimal site can work for a famous restaurant. For most places, though, skipping the menu and hours leaves too many questions unanswered.
Restaurant website patterns you can copy
6. Neighbourhood cafe
Today's hours at the top, a short menu with prices, a few photos, the address with a map link and a line about Wi-Fi, seating or dogs if people ask. A "specials" section you can edit in seconds keeps the site current.
7. Takeaway and delivery
The order button is the hero. The menu lists prices, sizes and options; the delivery area and minimum order are stated; and links to delivery apps sit alongside direct ordering if you offer it. See how to build a food ordering website.
8. Pizzeria
Online ordering with build-your-own options, current deals, delivery zones and an estimated wait time if your system provides one. A phone number for people who'd rather call.
9. Food truck
"Where we are this week" is the most important section: a calendar or list of locations and times, updated often. Add catering enquiries and links to the social channels you post on daily. See how to start a food truck business.
10. Bar or wine bar
Opening hours (including late nights), a drinks list, a small food menu, and an events calendar for quiz nights, tastings or live music. A booking option for groups.
11. Bakery
Daily range, pre-order cut-off times, and a custom cake enquiry form with date, size and photo upload. Sold-out notices help on busy days.
12. Family restaurant
Kids' menu, high chairs, accessibility, parking and group bookings, all stated plainly. Parents decide quickly when those details are visible.
13. Catering and private dining
Sample menus with per-person prices or a price range, photos of past events, and an enquiry form asking for date, guest count, budget and dietary needs.
What the best restaurant websites have in common
- Hours, address and phone in the first screen, or one tap away.
- A text menu with prices, updated when it changes.
- One clear booking or ordering button, repeated on every page.
- Allergen and dietary information next to dishes or clearly linked.
- Real photos of your food and room, not stock images.
- Works on a phone. Most people looking for a place to eat are on one.
- Consistent details with your Google Business Profile and delivery listings.
- Structured data for your business. Google's LocalBusiness documentation lists name and address as required and hours, phone and menu among the recommended properties, as of October 2026.
Common mistakes
- Menu only as a PDF or photo. Slow on phones, hard to read and invisible to search.
- Out-of-date hours, especially around holidays. Post closures early.
- Autoplay video or music. Heavy, and annoying in public.
- Booking hidden in the footer.
- No prices. People want to know roughly what they'll spend.
- Broken forms. Test the newsletter and enquiry forms yourself after every change: a form left showing setup text or sending to an inbox nobody reads loses bookings quietly.
How to build your own restaurant website
- Gather the basics: hours, address, phone, menu with prices, 10–20 good photos.
- Decide the main action: book, order, call or visit.
- Pick the booking or ordering setup. Link an existing service, or build a simple booking or ordering flow into the site.
- Build it. With Mythex you describe your restaurant in a chat and get a working site in a live preview; ask for a menu page, a booking form that saves requests to a database, or a catering enquiry form, then publish in one click. There are starting points for cafes, pizzerias, bakeries and food trucks, plus a booking app builder and templates. If you mainly need online ordering with payments, kitchen tickets and delivery, a dedicated restaurant ordering platform may be the better fit.
- Match your listings. Update Google and delivery apps so they show the same hours and links.
- Keep it current. Set a reminder to check hours and the menu every month.
For the full walkthrough, read how to build a restaurant website.
How we chose these examples
We read each named site in October 2026 and describe only what it showed at the time. We picked well-known restaurants with clearly different approaches; this isn't a ranking. The patterns are common restaurant types described in general terms.
Questions
What should a restaurant website include?
Opening hours, address with a map link, a phone number you can tap, the menu as text (not only a PDF or photo), a way to book or order, and a few real photos of the food and room. Add allergen information, private dining, gift cards and a newsletter if they apply to you.
Should a restaurant menu be a PDF?
A PDF is fine as an extra, but put the menu on the page as text too. Text menus load faster on phones, can be read by screen readers and search engines, and are easier to keep up to date. Many restaurant sites still link wine lists as PDFs, which is less of a problem for a secondary list.
Do restaurants need their own website if they're on delivery apps and Google?
It's not strictly required, but your own site is the one place where you control the information, the photos and the booking or ordering link. It also gives Google and delivery platforms a source to match your details against, and it's where you can sell gift cards, events or products.
How do restaurants take reservations on their website?
Most link or embed a booking service. As of October 2026, for example, Noma's site books through Tock and Eleven Madison Park's through Resy. Smaller places often use a simple booking form or a booking app they control. Either way, the 'Book a table' button should be visible on every page.