A real menu, not a PDF
Your menu should be text on the page, with prices and dietary notes, so it loads on any phone and search engines can read every dish. A PDF is slow on mobile and does little for searches about specific dishes.
For restaurants
Get picked when people nearby are deciding where to eat tonight
People look up a restaurant to answer three questions fast: what's on the menu, are you open right now, and how do I get a table or place an order. Most restaurant sites bury those answers under a slideshow, a PDF menu that won't open well on a phone and hours nobody updated after the last holiday. A good site puts the answers on the first screen and keeps them in step with your Google Maps listing.
What customers search
Be the restaurant that shows up for these.
These are the searches that turn into calls. Your site, your Google Maps listing and AI answers should all point to you for each one.
- restaurants near me open now
- best tacos near me
- brunch near me
- coffee shop near me with wifi
- happy hour near me
- cheap eats near me
- date night restaurants downtown
- restaurants with outdoor seating near me
- kid friendly restaurants near me
- late night food near me
Website must-haves
What a restaurant website needs.
Hours you can trust
Show today's hours near the top, plus holiday and special closures. When the site and the Maps listing disagree, guests believe the wrong one and show up to a locked door.
Ordering and reservations in one tap
Put order and reserve buttons where a thumb lands on a phone. Link straight to the right step instead of making guests hunt through a homepage.
Location, parking and the way in
Give the address, a map, where to park and which door to use. Spots in strip centers, food halls and downtown blocks need this most.
Private events and catering
A page with group sizes, sample menus and an inquiry form turns large orders into leads instead of missed voicemails.
Photos of your actual food and room
Recent, well-lit photos of real plates and your dining room help people choose you over the place next door. Stock photos make diners wonder what the real thing looks like.
Local SEO for restaurants
How restaurants win on Google, Bing, Yahoo and AI search.
Pick the right Maps categories
Choose the most specific primary category on your Google Maps listing, like Mexican restaurant or wine bar, then add secondary ones for brunch, takeout or catering. Categories shape which searches you appear in.
Put the menu on your listing too
Add menu items and popular dishes to your Maps listing and keep them matched to the website. That gives searches for a specific dish a path to your name.
Ask for reviews that name dishes
When guests mention the green chile burger or the Sunday brunch in a review, that wording helps you show up for those searches. A short follow-up message after a visit makes asking easy.
Answer what people ask AI assistants
Diners ask AI assistants like ChatGPT where to eat that is quiet, dog friendly or open late. Pages that state those facts plainly, with structured data for your menu and hours, give those tools something accurate to repeat.
Busy seasons
Be ready before the rush.
November through December
Holiday parties and gift cards
Office parties, family dinners and gift card sales pile up at year end. Post holiday hours early, open private event inquiries in the fall and keep a gift card link on the homepage.
Spring and early summer
Patio and happy hour season
Searches for outdoor seating, happy hour and late-night food pick up as evenings get warmer. Refresh patio photos and give happy hour its own section people can find.
February and May
Date night holidays
Valentine's Day and Mother's Day fill dining rooms with people who plan ahead. Publish special menus and booking links a few weeks early so you catch the planners.
What we fix
Common restaurant website mistakes.
Your free audit checks for every one of these.
Get a free audit- The menu is a PDF or a photo of the printed menu, so it is hard to read on a phone and gives search engines nothing to work with.
- Holiday hours never make it onto the site, and guests drive over to find the lights off.
- The only ordering link goes to a third-party delivery app, so even pickup orders come with a commission.
- The homepage opens with a heavy video that loads slowly on cell data and pushes the address and phone number out of sight.
Leads and customers
Every inquiry, handled.
Built on your own custom database, so leads, customers and jobs live in one place.
Catering and event inquiries in one place
Every private party and catering request lands in your CRM with the date, headcount and budget, so nothing gets lost in a voicemail box. Follow-up reminders keep a big order from going cold.
Reservation reminders and waitlists
Text reminders before a reservation cut no-shows and let guests cancel with one tap, which frees the table for someone on the waitlist.
Review requests and win-back notes
A short message after a visit asks happy guests for a review. Regulars who haven't been in for a while get a note when the new seasonal menu lands.
How it's built
Custom coded. Built to be found.
No templates, page builders or plugins. Every Astral site is coded from scratch and built to be found by people, search engines and AI.
Custom coded
Hand-built for your business, so it's fast, secure and easy to grow. Nothing generic, nothing bloated.
Found on Google, Bing and Yahoo
Technical SEO, structured data and sitemaps built in, and your site submitted to the major search engines at launch.
Ready for AI search (GEO)
Generative engine optimization: clear answers, structured data and an AI-readable summary, so ChatGPT and other AI assistants can find and recommend you.
Your own custom database
Leads, customers and jobs stored in a secure database built for your business. No rented software, and the data stays yours.
Anywhere in the US
Based in Tucson, Arizona. Working with restaurants everywhere.
FAQ
Questions from restaurants.
Should my menu be on my website or only on the delivery apps?
On your website, as real text. Your site is the one place you control prices, photos and descriptions, and it is what search engines read when someone looks up a dish nearby.
How do I keep my hours right in so many places?
Treat your website and your Google Maps listing as the source of truth and update both the same day anything changes. Post holiday hours a week or two ahead.
Can my website take orders without a delivery app?
Yes. A pickup or online ordering page on your own site lets guests order from you directly, and you keep their contact details for future offers. Many restaurants keep delivery apps for reach and steer regulars to order direct.
Do reviews really change where I show up on Google Maps?
Yes. The number, freshness and wording of reviews all play a part in local results, and replying shows guests you pay attention. A steady flow of reviews does more than a burst followed by silence.
Free site audit
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