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Restaurant Websites Built Around Your Menu

Most people who visit a restaurant website want four things: the menu, the hours, the location and a way to order or reserve. Everything else is a bonus. We build restaurant websites that put those four things first, look great on a phone, and show off your food.

What diners look for

• A menu they can read on a phone. A real text menu, not just a blurry photo or a PDF that's slow to download. Text menus are also easier for search engines to understand, which helps when people search for a dish near them.
• Hours and holiday hours. Out-of-date hours are one of the most frustrating things a diner can find. With a free edit every month, you can keep them current.
• Address, map and parking. A tap-to-open map link, and parking notes if parking is tricky.
• Ordering and reservations. If you use an online ordering, delivery or reservation platform, we'll link to it from clear buttons on every page.
• Photos of the food and the room. Good photos make people hungry. Upload your own on the intake form, or we'll use suitable stock images until you have some.

A typical restaurant website

Our 5-Page Website gives a cafe, food truck or full-service restaurant room for the menu, hours, location, photos and order buttons. A typical layout:

1. Home: a hero photo, what kind of food you serve, hours, location and order or reservation buttons.
2. Menu: organized by section, with prices if you want to show them.
3. About: your story, your chef or family, and what makes your place different.
4. Catering or private events: if you offer them, often a valuable source of larger orders.
5. Contact: phone, email, map, hours and parking.

Multiple locations or a full catering menu that needs more than five pages? Email support@hivelymedia.com and we'll quote the extra pages.

Keeping your menu up to date

Menus change. Every Hively plan includes 1 free edit per month, so you can email us a new seasonal dish, a price change or new hours. Extra edits are $25 each. If your menu changes daily, we'll design the page around your most stable items and link to the platform where you post daily specials.

Restaurant website mistakes we avoid

• Autoplay music or video that slows the page down.
• Menus only available as huge PDFs.
• Hiding the address and hours at the bottom of a long page.
• Order buttons that are hard to find on mobile.

Why restaurants choose Hively

Restaurant margins are tight, so a big upfront web bill is hard to justify. With Hively, there's nothing upfront: fill out a 10-minute form, get a private preview within 48 hours, ask for up to two free rounds of changes, and pay only if you love it. Hosting is included, there's no contract, and your domain stays in your name.

Plans and pricing

One plan: the 5-Page Website, now $69.99 a month (normally $99.99). That's 30% off for life while you stay subscribed.

$0 upfront. Pay through PayPal only after you approve your site. No contract, cancel anytime in PayPal.

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