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Restaurant website checklist: 12 things every restaurant site needs

Menu, hours, ordering, Google Maps and more — a practical checklist to make sure your restaurant website turns hungry searchers into customers.

By Somar 2 min read

When someone searches "Cuban food near me" or "brunch in Winter Park," they decide in a few seconds — on their phone — whether to visit you. Use this checklist to make sure your website doesn't lose them.

The essentials

  1. A real web menu, not a PDF. PDFs are hard to read on a phone and Google can't read them well. Put dishes and prices on an actual page.
  2. Hours, including holidays. Front and center. Wrong hours are one of the fastest ways to lose a customer's trust.
  3. Address, map and parking. A tap-to-open map link and a line about parking save calls.
  4. Tap-to-call and WhatsApp. For reservations, large orders and quick questions.
  5. Order and reserve buttons. Link your online ordering, reservations or delivery partners from the top of the page.

What helps you get found

  1. Your Google Business Profile, fully filled in — with the same name, address, phone, hours and a link to your menu page.
  2. Your city and neighborhood in the text. "Puerto Rican restaurant in Kissimmee" helps you appear for local searches.
  3. Real photos. Your food, your space and your team — not stock photos. Compress them so the page stays fast (our free Image Compressor helps).
  4. Fast loading on mobile. Many diners search on mobile data. Every extra second costs visitors.

What builds trust and repeat visits

  1. Reviews. Show a few real Google reviews and make leaving a new one easy with a QR code on the table or receipt.
  2. Specials and events. A simple page for weekly specials, live music or catering keeps people coming back — and gives Google fresh content.
  3. English and Spanish, if your customers speak both. In Central Florida, a bilingual site can reach many more diners than an English-only one.

Bonus: own your orders

Third-party delivery apps are convenient, but they charge commissions on every order. Offering pickup or delivery through your own website — even alongside the apps — lets regular customers order from you directly.

Quick checklist

  • ✓ Web menu with prices
  • ✓ Hours (and holiday hours)
  • ✓ Map, address and parking
  • ✓ Call, WhatsApp, order and reserve buttons
  • ✓ Google Business Profile complete and linked
  • ✓ Real, compressed photos
  • ✓ Reviews and specials
  • ✓ Mobile-fast and bilingual if needed

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