Case study No. 08
From printout to page: restaurant reservations made legible
Day to day with restaurant reservations, staff reply with a precise link instead of an attachment. The document's contents finally work at the speed of the questions.
Case docket
- Restaurant Family-owned Italian restaurant, Savannah, Georgia
- The team 18 staff; one locally managed operation
- Built with HTML reference pages, Descriptive headings, Section links, Printable summary 4 parts
Working days after content approval, including staff review and handover.
Before
Where the restaurant started
The starting point
The reference material for restaurant reservations was a print-layout attachment. On any screen smaller than a desk it was an act of endurance to read.
What it cost the team
For restaurant reservations, the file mixed several subjects with no way to link to a single answer. Staff sent the whole attachment even when the caller needed one small detail.
What we built
The fix, in plain terms
The old document became a set of readable sections on reservation guidance and the current food menu, with headings that describe their contents and links that jump straight to them. A print-friendly version is still available.
The parts that went in
- HTML reference pages
- Descriptive headings
- Section links
- Printable summary
Timeline
25 working days, from sign-off to handover
Content approved
The working-day count starts once the restaurant has signed off the content that goes on the page.
Built
The old document became a set of readable sections on reservation guidance and the current food menu, with headings that describe their contents and links that jump straight to them.
Staff review
The restaurant's own team checked the work against how they actually take inquiries before anything went live.
Handed over
Live and handed over 25 working days after content approval.
After
What changed
Day to day with restaurant reservations, staff reply with a precise link instead of an attachment.
The document's contents finally work at the speed of the questions.
Our restaurant reservations material was always good; the format was the problem. On the page, people actually use it.
Is your inquiry form costing you mornings too?
Show us your current site on a live walk-through and we will point at the first thing we would fix, and say so if it is not the website at all.
Questions about this project
How long did this project take?
25 working days after content approval, including staff review and handover. On our plans a new site goes live in 7 days on The Daily Menu, 10 on The Full Menu and 15 on The Tasting Menu, counted from the onboarding call.
What exactly did the family-owned Italian restaurant get?
The old document became a set of readable sections on reservation guidance and the current food menu, with headings that describe their contents and links that jump straight to them. A print-friendly version is still available. The pieces, in the restaurant's own list: html reference pages, descriptive headings, section links, printable summary.
Would the same fix suit my restaurant?
It fits any restaurant whose starting point sounds like this one: The reference material for restaurant reservations was a print-layout attachment. The quickest way to tell is a demo call, where we look at your current site and say plainly whether this is the fix it needs or whether something else matters more.
Is this part of a plan, or an extra?
It is part of building and running the site. The site features this project used: menu pages built to be read, not downloaded (on every plan); pages that open instantly (on every plan). Plans start at $117 a month, the $647 build fee is invoiced only after launch, and 5 revisions a month are included.
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See the site you would get
About 30 minutes, on your screen, built around your menu and how your team takes bookings. Plans from $117 a month, with the $647 build fee invoiced only after launch.