Pages that open instantly
Custom-coded pages served from the edge, 90+ PageSpeed guaranteed.
- Included on The Table
- Included on The Full House
- Included on Standing Room Only
Restaurant website options, compared honestly
Short answer: builders suit owners with time to run the site, developers and agencies suit groups with budget to manage them, and a managed site suits owners who want it built and kept current for them. Each page below says when the other option is the better fit.
GoHighLevel
We also work alongside GoHighLevel: it stays your CRM, the website feeds it.
Website builders and platforms
Tools you run yourself, compared with a site that is run for you.
People you could hire
Different ways to get the work done, including when they are the better choice.
What every comparison is measured against
Every feature below, the everyday problem it solves, what you have to do, and which plan carries it. The Table is $117/ month, The Full House $247/ month + usage, Standing Room Only $597/ month.
Website
Content and search
SEO, answer engines and AI assistants
Technical and on-page SEO, structured data, FAQ answers and llms.txt so search engines and AI assistants can understand you.
- Included on The Table
- Included on The Full House
- Included on Standing Room Only
Hosting and ownership
Monthly revisions and a client portal
5 revisions a month of any size, each done within 2 to 5 working days, requested from your client portal.
- Included on The Table
- Included on The Full House
- Included on Standing Room Only
Managed hosting, security and backups
Cloudflare hosting with SSL, CDN, DDoS protection and unmetered bandwidth, all inside the monthly fee.
- Included on The Table
- Included on The Full House
- Included on Standing Room Only
Your domain, your content, and a clean move from the old site
Domain registered in your name, redirects from your old pages, and a content export if you ever leave.
- Included on The Table
- Included on The Full House
- Included on Standing Room Only
AI Engine
AI chat on your website
A chat window on every page that answers guests at any hour and passes real inquiries to you.
- Not on The Table
- Included on The Full House
- Included on Standing Room Only
Owners who switched
We expected a prettier website; what we actually use every day is the new form. It collects occasion, guest count and preferred evening up front, so the back-and-forth we used to do by reply has largely gone. It has quietly removed the slowest step in our intake.
Juliet Wentworth, Front of house managerFamily-owned French-style bistro, Ann Arbor, MIInquiry form and response workflow for bistro private dining I tested the bistro private dining page on my own phone before we approved anything. The important details sit near the top and the inquiry button is impossible to miss. Sending the link by text during a call finally works the way it should.
Anwar Nazari, Bookings administratorCity center bistro, Omaha, NEMobile navigation and page layout for bistro private dining They asked to see the questions customers genuinely ask us about bistro private dining, which I respected. The recurring questions were pulled out, rewritten clearly, and approved line by line by our team. Pointing people to the page has replaced hunting through old emails.
Herbert Baxter, Weekend managerVillage bistro and wine shop, Salem, ORFAQ research and editorial review for bistro private dining
Questions before you choose
What is the best website option for a restaurant?
The one that stays accurate and fast without eating the owner’s evenings. If you have time and enjoy building, a website builder can work. If you have a developer, WordPress or Webflow can work. If you want it built and kept current for you, a managed site like ours is designed for that.
Why do you say when a competitor is the better fit?
Because some restaurants genuinely are better served by another option, and a site that tells you so is easier to trust on everything else it says.
Do you build on WordPress, Wix or Squarespace?
No. Every site is custom coded and hosted by us on Cloudflare, which is how we can guarantee speed and handle every update for you.
Can I keep GoHighLevel if I use you?
Yes. Most restaurants who use GoHighLevel keep it as their CRM. Our website sends forms and inquiries into it by direct API, Zapier or Make.
How do your prices compare?
We do not publish other companies’ prices because they change and depend on plans and add-ons. Ours are fixed: $117 to $597 a month, plus a $647 build fee invoiced after you approve the launch, with hosting and a domain included.
What does switching involve?
We move your content, set 301 redirects from old addresses, reconnect bookings and forms and switch your domain at launch. You are live in 7 days on The Table, counted from your onboarding call.
Will I lose search rankings if I switch?
A properly mapped move with redirects protects what you have. Most restaurant sites we replace have more to gain from real menu text, location pages and weekly articles than they have to lose.
What if I change my mind later?
Your domain is registered in your name and we export your content and articles within 14 days of cancellation, so you can move to any option on this page.
Is speed really that different between options?
It depends on how each site is built far more than on the brand of tool. What we can promise is our side: 90+ Google PageSpeed on mobile and desktop for every page we build and host.
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Tell us what you use now
We will tell you honestly whether switching makes sense for your room.