What is the best website builder for a restaurant?
A restaurant website is not like other shop windows. Customers come for four things, almost always on their phone: see the menu and prices, check the opening hours, find the address, book a table. The rest (the lovely story of the house, mood photos) helps, but never replaces those four.
A website builder is “the best” for you if it makes those four things easy to show and, above all, easy to keep up to date. This comparison does not rank tools in the abstract: it helps you pick the one that fits your restaurant.
Which criteria should you check before choosing?
Run this checklist for each tool you are considering. Write yes, no or “with an extra app”:
- Menu: can you show it as readable text on a phone, and change it in two minutes when a dish changes?
- Bookings: are they built in, with no per-cover commission, handling tables and services?
- Google reviews: can the site show your recent reviews to reassure hesitant customers?
- Hours: are they the same as on your Google Business Profile, including special closures?
- Mobile: is the site designed for phones first (“Call”, “Directions”, “Book” buttons)?
- Languages: can you offer a second language for tourists without retyping everything?
- Domain name: is your own address (yourrestaurant.com) included, and do you own it?
- Cost over 12 months: subscription, add-ons, apps, domain, possibly a web professional.
Add one last, often decisive question: who will update the website? A beautiful site nobody dares to touch will show the summer menu in the middle of winter.
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The comparison table of restaurant website builders
| Tool | Public price | Table bookings | Setup | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wix | Free plan with Wix branding; paid plans billed yearly, price depends on country | Through an add-on app | You build the site | Owners who like customising every page |
| Squarespace | Basic €17/month (€12 yearly), Essentiel €24 (€18), Plus €42 (€32) | Through a third-party service | You build the site | Restaurants where image comes first |
| WordPress | Free software; hosting, theme and plugins to pay for | Through a plugin | You or a web agency | Restaurants supported by an agency |
| Zenchef (website option) | Website option €29/month, on top of a plan from €129/month | Yes, no per-cover commission | Assisted | High-volume restaurants |
| Voxtya | Website €29/month (€23 yearly); Website + Bookings €49/month (€39 yearly) | Yes, no commission, floor plan | Built from your Google listing | Independent restaurants that want a site ready fast |
Public prices checked on 18 October 2026 on the official pricing pages of Squarespace and Zenchef (French euro pricing; Squarespace’s middle plan is called “Essentiel” in France); for Wix, whose pricing page does not display without JavaScript, details checked on 17 October 2026. Prices can change: check before you sign. Details per tool in our comparisons Voxtya vs Wix, Voxtya vs Squarespace and Voxtya vs Zenchef.
How much does a restaurant website really cost over a year?
The headline monthly price does not tell the whole story. Here is the cost over 12 months, calculated simply from the prices shown above, add-ons excluded:
| Setup | Calculation | Cost over 12 months | Still to add |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squarespace Basic, billed yearly | €12 × 12 | €144 | Bookings (third-party), review display, build time |
| Squarespace Basic, billed monthly | €17 × 12 | €204 | Same |
| Zenchef Reserve + Website option | (€129 + €29) × 12 | €1,896 | One-year minimum commitment stated in its FAQ |
| Voxtya Website + Bookings, billed yearly | €39 × 12 | €468 | Nothing: commission-free bookings and free domain included |
| Voxtya Website + Bookings, billed monthly | €49 × 12 | €588 | Domain name (free only with the yearly plan) |
For Wix and WordPress, the total depends on your country, host, theme and plugins: run the same calculation with your quotes. And do not forget the hidden cost: time. A site you build yourself can take several evenings at first, then a little time every week.
Wix or Squarespace: when is a general builder enough?
Wix and Squarespace are excellent tools to build a site to your taste. Their templates are polished and you can move everything around. For a restaurant, they work well if:
- you (or someone on your team) enjoy spending time on layout;
- your menu rarely changes;
- you take bookings by phone, or through a separate tool you keep.
Their limits for restaurants come from being general-purpose: the menu, table bookings, Google review display and keeping hours in sync with your Google profile each need an app or a setting. If you are already on Wix and these points weigh on you, our article Wix alternatives for restaurants details the options and how to switch without losing your Google ranking.
WordPress: total freedom, at what price?
WordPress is free, open-source software that powers a very large share of the web. With a good theme and the right plugins, it can do anything: menu, bookings, several languages, gift voucher shop.
The trade-off: you need hosting, often a paid theme, plugins (some of them paid) and, above all, regular security updates. It is a very good choice if an agency or a capable friend looks after it over time. It is a poor choice if nobody is there to maintain it: an abandoned WordPress site ages badly.
Before choosing WordPress, ask three questions: who pays for and renews the hosting, who installs the updates every month, and who you call if the booking plugin stops working on a Saturday night. If the answer to all three is clear and written down, WordPress can give you a unique site that grows with your restaurant. If not, a hosted tool that handles updates for you will cause fewer surprises.
Also check who owns the site’s accounts. Hosting, domain and plugin licences should be registered in the restaurant’s name, with your own login, so you can change agency without starting again.
Restaurant-focused tools: what are the benefits?
Tools designed for restaurants start from your needs: menu, bookings, reviews, hours. There are two approaches.
Booking software with a website option
Zenchef, for example, is first of all a very complete booking system (floor plan, guest database, marketing) and offers a website as a €29/month option. It makes sense for a high-volume restaurant that needs all those features; the yearly budget is higher and its FAQ mentions a one-year minimum commitment.
A ready-to-use restaurant website
Voxtya builds the site from your Google listing: photos, hours, address and reviews are pulled in automatically. You import the menu from a PDF or a photo, the site can be translated into a second language, and commission-free table bookings can be added (floor plan, email reminders). You choose a template and sections rather than designing every block: less layout freedom than Wix, but a site ready with your real information. The domain name is included with the yearly plan that includes the website.
Which tool should your restaurant choose?
| Your situation | The most logical choice |
|---|---|
| You like creating and customising; bookings are by phone | Wix or Squarespace |
| An agency or friend looks after the site over time | WordPress |
| Many covers, need for a guest database and advanced marketing | Zenchef with website option |
| Independent restaurant, little time, need menu, reviews and commission-free bookings | Voxtya |
| Food truck or very short menu, no bookings | A complete Google profile can be enough at first; a simple site later |
Whatever the tool, keep control of your domain name (it must be in your name) and your photos. Our guide on choosing a domain name explains how.
What should a restaurant website include, whatever the tool?
- At the top of the homepage: type of cuisine, town or area, a “Book” button and a “Call” button.
- The menu as text, with prices, current specials and allergens.
- Service hours, identical to your Google profile, and special closures.
- The address with a map and access details (parking, transport, accessibility).
- A few recent customer reviews.
- Real, recent photos of your dishes and dining room (see our smartphone photo guide).
- Legal notice and privacy policy, which are required (see our guide).
For the full method, read our small business website guide and the article how to create a restaurant website.
The steps at a glance
The steps to compare website builders and choose the one that fits your restaurant.
- List your needs. Menu, bookings, reviews, hours, languages, domain name: note what is essential.
- Decide who will update the site. You, a team member or an agency: this points to a simple or a highly customisable tool.
- Run each tool through the checklist. For each criterion, write yes, no or “with an extra app”.
- Calculate the 12-month cost. Subscription, add-ons, apps, domain and any web professional.
- Test before paying. Use the trial to put your real menu online and check how it looks on a phone.
- Connect the site to your Google profile. Add the website and booking links to your Google profile and keep the same hours.
Do it without spending your evenings on it
The Voxtya restaurant website
A site built from your Google listing, with your menu, reviews, hours and commission-free table bookings. Website €29/month, Website + Bookings €49/month, 30-day free trial.
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The rules quoted in this guide come from these official pages, checked on October 18, 2026.