Price guide · Oct 2026

What a website costs for restaurants and cafés

Menu as text (not a PDF), hours, reservations, and ordering. Photos sell the food; the rest should stay out of the way.

DIY

$0–$400

platform fees + your time

Freelancer

$2,420–$6,200

one person, 3–6 weeks

Agency

$6,600–$19,300

team, 6–12 weeks

What's in a typical restaurants and cafés site

4 pages: home, about, contact, plus a page per main service.
Online booking or appointments: Calendar, reminders, deposits.
Menu with online ordering: Restaurants and cafés.
Basics every site needs: mobile layout, tap-to-call, Google Business Profile link, reviews, fast loading.

Running costs

Plan on $200–500 a year for hosting and the domain, plus any booking or store plan. Maintenance (updates, small changes) is $0 if you do it, or typically $600–2,400 a year with a freelancer.

Get an itemized estimate for your restaurants and café site

Ranges are US market estimates, Oct 2026, from published platform pricing and typical quotes. Not a quote.