Websites for restaurants, pubs and cafés

People often visit a hospitality website because they need an answer quickly. What is on the menu? When are you open? Where are you, and how do they book? We plan and build WordPress websites that make those details easy to find and practical for your team to keep current. Based in South Devon, Cornerstone works with hospitality businesses across the UK.

A website that works when the business is busy

Start with how your business works

A café, village pub and busy restaurant do not need the same website. We begin with how you take bookings, how often menus and opening hours change, the questions customers ask and what your team can realistically keep current. From there, we plan a site that feels like your business and works with the systems you already use.

Make the useful information easy to find

Most customers want the basics first: what you serve, when you are open, where you are, whether they need to book and what they should know before arriving. We organise that information clearly, especially on mobile.

The wording, design and photography should still give people a genuine sense of the food, venue and team. The aim is to make the business recognisable online, not squeeze it into the same polished hospitality template as everyone else.

Local information can help when it is relevant. Nearby attractions, seasonal events or walking routes may matter to a venue serving visitors, but they should support the customer journey rather than become another list of Devon place names.

The Cricket Inn - Devon Pub Website Design

What the website may need

The right setup depends on how the business operates. Some websites need a clear menu, opening hours and contact details. Others need table bookings, events, vouchers, online ordering or regular menu changes. We agree what matters before choosing features, so the website remains useful without becoming unnecessarily complicated.

Website planning and design

We plan the structure around the tasks customers need to complete and the updates your team needs to make. That may include menus, opening hours, galleries, events, private dining, FAQs and clear booking routes. The design should feel like the venue while remaining quick and simple to use on a phone.

Search and local context

We give each important page a clear purpose, sensible headings, metadata and internal links. Location is described naturally where it helps people find or choose the business. Search visibility depends on the market, the website and work beyond the page, so we do not promise a particular ranking.

Booking and online sales

If you use a table-booking system, the website can explain the options and guide customers into the right booking journey. We check that hand-off on mobile and desktop. Where it suits the business, we can also connect gift vouchers, pre-orders or a small online shop using an appropriate system. Availability, payments and confirmations remain the responsibility of the chosen platform.

Case Studies

See how we approached websites for Fika Coffee House, The Fortescue Inn, The Lobster House and other businesses with different menus, booking routes, photography and ongoing support needs. The useful part is how each site was shaped around the business, not a claim that every project followed the same formula.

See relevant case studies

Photography planned with the website

Restaurant Dining Photography. Dinner for two

Fresh and vibrant dessert on a crisp white plate

Sauce being poured over a perfectly cooked steak

Food and drink photography

Good food and drink photography should help people understand what you serve, not merely decorate the page. We plan the shot list around the menu and the places the images will be used, including website sections, social posts and printed material. That makes the photography useful across the business.

Pub landlords photographed for new website design

Public House Interior Photography for Devon Website Design

People and brand photography

The team, preparation and day-to-day details often explain the character of a venue better than generic lifestyle images. We photograph the people and working moments that genuinely belong to the business, creating a useful image library for the website and wider marketing.

Twenty Seven Restaurant in Kingsbridge for their website

Restaurant Photographer for Devon & Cornwall

Venue photography

People want to see where they will be eating, drinking or meeting. We photograph dining areas, bars, outside spaces, entrances and relevant details that help them understand the setting. When the photography and website are planned together, the image list can follow the page structure rather than being treated as a separate job.

Photography for hospitality

Cornerstone Photography

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Where would you like to start?

Discuss your hospitality website

Ask about hosting and website care

What our clients say

"Surpassed our expectations"
The website produced for our Association has both fulfilled and surpassed our expectations.

Throughout the process the expert professional input and guidance provided by Scot and his team helped to mould our original concept into something that exactly embodied what our Association is all about both in essence and in terms of the information we seek to communicate and the service we seek to provide.

In terms of functional aspects such as membership enquiries and applications the website has streamlined the process. More than this however, the website now functions as a virtual Training Hall, Library and Resource Centre, and a virtual Spiritual Centre where members from all all over the world can meet, exchange ideas and learn from each other in the same spirit that we enjoy in our real world encounters.

In doing all the above the website also serves to introduce potential new members and others with similar ideas to join us in sharing the art we love.

Zhong Ding International
Nigel Sutton
"Above & Beyond"
Thank you Scott and Juliette for building us such an amazing website. You guys truly went above and beyond and have such passion for what you do. Listening to your clients and making come to life is what you do. Well done 👏🏼 Thank you so much

Fika Coffee house
Craig Douglas
"“Helping to position my new business perfectly”"
The great thing about working with Scot and Jules is that they understand about positioning and presenting your brand, as well as doing all of the technical stuff that makes your website run smoothly.

BRANDcoach
Alun Williams
"“Highly valued and trusted business partner”"
Having worked with Scot over many years I cannot tell you the added value, insight and expertise that he brings to our working relationship. Cornerstone Websites are a highly trusted partner delivering high quality websites for all our branding projects.

Luna Branding
Alun Williams
"Easy to work with and always on hand to help..."
Working with Scot was so simple, from arranging a meeting, through discussing the brief, training and ongoing support – the whole process has been easy. He is quick to respond, patient and anticipated our needs right from the beginning.

South Hams Chamber
Samantha Dennis
"A dream to work with"
Working with Scot was a dream. He responded very quickly to my brief, creating web pages that perfectly matched what I was hoping to achieve visually on his first attempt. Working to a very tight deadline as I needed my website finished in time to maximise some national exposure we were getting, and Scot went above and beyond the call of duty to help me succeed.

Less Plastic
Amanda Keetley
"Coding Ninja!"
Scot is a coding ninja and always knows the answers when I need website help. From fixing alignment coding issues to consulting on ways to speed up page loading, Scot’s web consulting skills are brilliant and I can’t recommend him highly enough!

TIGZ RICE
Tigz Rice