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Readable in the page, in English and Arabic, with prices your team can change without a designer.
Industries · Restaurants and cafés
Restaurant website design in Dubai
Websites for Dubai restaurants, cafés and cloud kitchens with menus people can read on a phone, reservations that do not need a call, and direct ordering alongside the delivery apps.
- 4.7 Google rating
- 200+ clients
- 2018 in Dubai
45 minFixed written quote
What diners want
A Dubai restaurant website gets a few seconds and a phone screen
Nobody browses a restaurant website for pleasure. They arrive from Google Maps, Instagram or a friend’s message with one question: what is on the menu, where is the branch, is it open, can I book. A restaurant website in Dubai earns its keep by answering those four things faster than the diner can give up and choose somewhere else.
The branch
Address, map pin, parking or valet notes and the mall entrance or tower lobby people actually use.
The hours
Opening times per branch, including Ramadan and public holiday hours, kept in one place.
The booking
A reservation or ordering button visible without scrolling on a phone.
Menus
Why your menu should be a web page, not a PDF
The scanned PDF menu is still the most common problem we see on restaurant sites. It was fine when people read menus on a desktop. It is not fine for a guest standing outside deciding whether to walk in.
| PDF menu | HTML menu | |
|---|---|---|
| On a phone | Downloads a file, then needs pinching and zooming | Loads with the page and fits the screen |
| Updating a dish or price | Designer edits the file, someone uploads it again | Your manager changes one line in the CMS |
| Arabic | Often a second file, or missing entirely | Every dish in both languages with right to left layout |
| Search | A separate document, disconnected from the branch page | Dish names and cuisine sit on the page people search for |
| Dietary information | Small symbols that are hard to read | Clear labels guests can filter, confirmed by your kitchen |
| Accessibility | Difficult for screen readers | Structured headings and text a screen reader can follow |
Dietary and allergen labels are only as reliable as the information your kitchen supplies. We build the fields; your team confirms what goes in them.
Ordering
Delivery apps and direct ordering can live side by side
Delivery platforms are where plenty of Dubai diners discover new places, which is why most restaurants stay on them. The trade off is that the platform owns the customer relationship and the listing sits next to every competitor in your area.
Your own website is the place for the regulars. A guest who already knows your food can order directly, pick up, or book a table, and you keep their details for the next offer. The question is not apps or website. It is which customers you send where, and how clearly the site shows both routes.
- Buttons linking to each delivery app listing, per branch
- Direct ordering for pickup or delivery where your operation supports it
- Offers for direct customers that are not shown on the apps
- Order notifications to the kitchen and on WhatsApp
- Conversion tracking so you can see which route each order took
Beyond the website
Google Business Profile and the website should say the same thing
Diners in the UAE often find a restaurant on Google Maps first and only click through to the website to see the menu or book. If the profile and the site disagree about hours or the menu, the diner trusts neither.
One page per branch
Each branch gets its own page with address, hours and phone, so each Google Business Profile can link to the right place instead of the homepage.
Menu and booking links
Your profile can point to the HTML menu and the reservation page directly. We give you clean URLs for both so they never break when the menu changes.
Structured data
Restaurant details, opening hours and menu links marked up so search engines read them correctly. Ongoing local search work is available afterwards through SEO services on an optional monthly retainer.
Groups and cloud kitchens
More than one brand or more than one branch
A single café and a group running four concepts from two kitchens need very different sites. Getting the structure right early saves rebuilding it when the next branch opens.
A group site with brand pages
One website for the group, where each concept keeps its own look, menu and booking route, and the group page speaks to landlords, partners and job applicants. Shared branch and menu data means a price change is made once.
Separate sites on one CMS
When brands need to feel unrelated to diners, each gets its own domain, but all of them run on the same system so your marketing team learns one dashboard, not four.
Delivery only brands
A cloud kitchen brand has no dining room to photograph and no table to book. The site becomes a menu, a delivery area and ordering links, which makes food photography and clear pricing carry the whole page.
Menus written, not just listed
Copywriting is included, so dish descriptions, the story of the kitchen and branch pages are written for you in English, with Arabic versions laid out properly rather than dropped in afterwards.
Closest work
Ordering and payment projects we have built in the UAE
We do not have a restaurant case study to show you. These two projects deal with the same problems a restaurant site faces: people choosing, paying and confirming on a phone, quickly.
Web app · Ticketing · UAE
Star Cinemas
The UAE cinema chain operated by Phars Film. Every screening, offer and payment in one place customers can use on a phone.
starcinemas.ae
E-commerce · Retail · Dubai
The Gorgeous Flower
A Dubai floral boutique on WooCommerce, built around a fast checkout for a gift driven market.
thegorgeousflower.comStar Cinemas, the UAE cinema chain run by Phars Film, needed every screening, offer and payment in one place customers could use on a phone. The Gorgeous Flower, a Dubai floral boutique, put a fast checkout at the centre of its WooCommerce build. If you plan to take orders online, our ecommerce website development page and the ecommerce launch checklist cover payments, delivery zones and testing in detail.
Restaurant checklist
What a Dubai restaurant website needs before launch
- Menu as HTML in English and Arabic, editable by your manager
- Dietary labels supplied and confirmed by the kitchen
- A page for every branch with hours, map and parking notes
- Special hours for Ramadan and public holidays, set in advance
- Reservation or order button visible on a phone without scrolling
- Links to each delivery app listing, checked per branch
- Photography of your real dishes and dining room
- Google Business Profile links pointing to the right branch page
- Pages that load quickly on mobile data; our Core Web Vitals guide explains why that matters
New restaurants usually start with website design. Groups opening a new concept for a campaign sometimes only need a landing page first.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
Why not just upload our menu as a PDF?
A PDF has to be downloaded and pinched to read on a phone, it is awkward for screen readers, and search engines treat it as a separate document from your restaurant page. An HTML menu loads with the page, can be updated by your team in the CMS and can show English and Arabic properly.
Should we take orders on our own website if we are already on delivery apps?
Many restaurants run both. The apps bring new customers; your own site gives regulars a direct route where you keep the customer relationship. We can link out to your delivery listings, add direct ordering, or do both, and the quote states which.
Can guests book a table on the website?
Yes. We can embed the reservation system you already use or set up a booking form by branch, date, time and party size that reaches the host stand and WhatsApp.
Do you build restaurant websites in Arabic?
Yes. Menus, branch pages and booking forms are fully bilingual with proper right to left layout, and dish names can be written in both languages rather than transliterated.
Have you built a restaurant website before?
We have not published a restaurant case study. The closest work we can show is mobile ticketing, offers and payments for Star Cinemas and a fast WooCommerce checkout for The Gorgeous Flower, which cover the same ordering and payment problems.
How much does a restaurant website cost?
It depends on branches, menu size, languages and whether ordering or reservations are integrated. You get a fixed written quote, scoped to you, within 45 minutes during business hours, with no obligation.
Fixed price, in writing
Send your brief. Get a scope and a price within 45 minutes.
- One fixed number, agreed in writing before work starts
- You approve the full design before development begins
- Your domain, hosting, CMS and code stay in your name
- English and Arabic, built properly right to left
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