Website checklist for restaurants
A restaurant website has one job: get someone from hungry to booked. This checklist covers the menu, hours and booking basics, then everything else I check.
Content and pages
0/8Trust and credibility
0/3Conversion
0/5Local SEO
0/4Technical
0/5AI search
0/3Your ticks are saved in this browser only. Nothing is sent unless you use one of the forms.
What a restaurant website must get right first
Most visitors want three things: the menu, the hours and a way to book. They often arrive from Google Maps on a phone. I start with a menu in real text, accurate hours including holidays, and a reservation button that works in two taps.
How to use this checklist
28 checks in 6 groups.
Open your website in another tab and go group by group.
Tick an item only when you have checked it on the live site, on a phone as well as a computer.
Start with content and conversion.
Those groups are the most specific to restaurants, and they are where most enquiries are won or lost.
Leave technical and AI search items for last.
They matter, but they are easier to fix in one pass, and the free tools linked below help with most of them.
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Come back any time. Print it if you want to work through it with your team.
Restaurants websites: questions
PDFs are slow on phones, hard to read and harder for search engines and AI to use. A text menu loads instantly, can be updated in minutes and helps you show up for dish searches.
Yes, most restaurants should. The key is linking it cleanly from your own site so people book without hunting. Make sure the button works on mobile in a couple of taps.
If you take group bookings, yes. Event planners search for private dining specifically. A page with capacity, menus and an enquiry form turns those searches into bookings.
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- nick@tavro.ca
- 587-439-9994
- Calgary, Alberta