Websites for restaurants in Canberra
A website for restaurants in Canberra and around the ACT and Queanbeyan: allergens, dietary options and group bookings answered before anyone has to ring.
From AUD 1,500, fixed before we start. No deposit. You pay when it's live.
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A restaurant's site for Canberra
People search by district, such as Belconnen, Tuggeranong or the inner north, and expect a business to look clear, organised and easy to deal with. Canberra is a planned city laid out around Lake Burley Griffin, with separate town centres in districts like Belconnen, Woden and Gungahlin and bush reserves in between.
In a place the size of Canberra, a restaurant's name travels by recommendation, so the site's job is to match what people have been told: the same menu, the same hours and a booking button that works. Many Canberra diners decide on the train home or after the kids are in bed, so a booking button that works on a phone late at night and a menu that loads quickly catch tables a phone-only site loses. Students around Canberra look for a decent meal on a small budget, and groups of friends celebrating. A clear page of set menus and shared plates, with prices, and a note on group bookings, answers both. Cold nights around Canberra make a fire, a booth and a hearty menu a reason to book. If you've got them, show the room with the fire lit, and put the winter dishes ahead of the summer salads.
Name the places you really work, the way people type them: Civic, Belconnen and Gungahlin, not just Canberra.
Searches worth answering
- "book a table Canberra"
- "best restaurant Canberra"
- "group booking restaurant Canberra"
- "private dining Canberra"
What the site has to do
- A booking button that goes to a working booking page, plus a phone number for anything the page can't do.
- Allergen and dietary information written plainly, with an invitation to ask about allergens beside the menu.
- Photos of the room with people in it, the pass and the plates as served, shot at the table in daylight.
The work to name
- takeaway orders
- gift vouchers
- dinner bookings
- private dining
- wine lists
The rules that shape the words
Keep the web menu in step with the till and date seasonal menus, since a price shown is a price promised.
Awards and ratings quoted on the site have to be current and credited to whoever gave them.
Sample designs
The closest designs we have
Each a working site on a fictional business, built for a nearby trade. Yours is built on your own words and photos.
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Daylight, butter and the hours up top
A daylight photograph of the room, then the hours with today marked, the address and the booking button on a butter band.
Sample design. Little Kurrajong is a fictional business.
Restaurants in Canberra: questions
- What do I say about allergies?
- Keep it short and honest. Ask diners to mention allergies when they book and again at the table. Don't promise a dish is free of something unless your kitchen can really guarantee it. Ask us about allergens, beside the menu, is the safest wording.
- How do I handle a menu that changes all the time?
- Edit the page on the day it changes, or say plainly that the menu moves with the season and show the latest version with a date. An out-of-date menu with prices that no longer match the till causes arguments at the table.
- How should a Canberra restaurant deal with Queanbeyan customers?
- Say plainly that you cover both sides of the border. Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra people look up Canberra businesses, and many do not know whether a firm crosses into New South Wales. One line on your site and in your Google profile saves the question.
From AUD 1,500
Fixed before we start. No deposit. You pay when it's live.
- Your site goes live on your domain and you've got 7 days before the invoice is due.
- The first year of hosting and care is included. After that it's AUD 25 a month, billed yearly (AUD 300 a year).
- You edit your own words and photos, and your old site stays where it is until you're happy.
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