A website for a fast casual counter that gets an order started in one tap
A fast casual site earns its keep by getting a hungry visitor from the homepage to an order in as few taps as possible, because the customer comparing you to the counter next door is doing it on a phone, standing up, in under a minute.
What usually goes wrong for fast casual restaurants
- The order-ahead link is one of ten equal-weight buttons instead of the obvious first thing on the page.
- The menu takes several seconds to load on mobile data, which is exactly when a fast casual customer is looking at it.
- Combo and customization options are not reflected on the site, so what a customer sees online does not match what they can actually order.
- There is no single page a delivery app or a review link can point back to that represents the brand consistently.
The pages your site will carry
- Home
- Menu
- Order ahead
- Locations
- Catering
- Nutrition and allergen information
- Careers
- Contact
Order-ahead link router
A single, prominent order-ahead button on every page that points straight at whichever ordering platform or app you use, tested to load fast on mobile data rather than buried behind a slow embed.
What is included, specifically for fast casual
- Live in 7 days on The Daily Menu
- 5 revisions a month, no size limit
- Domain and Cloudflare hosting included
- Enquiries routed into your CRM by API, Zapier or Make
Three ways to run it
The Daily Menu
The website, fully managed, live in 7 days
The Full Menu
Everything, plus the AI Engine, live in 10 days
The Tasting Menu
Everything, plus the Content Engine, live in 15 days
What fast casual owners notice first
Most of our visitors are on phones, so that is where I reviewed the new restaurant reservations pages. The essentials are within the first screen, with an obvious way to inquire. Staff can now text a single link mid-call instead of narrating the menu.
Manisha ShettyTable bookings administrator, Mexican cantina restaurant, Provo, UtahMobile navigation and page layout for restaurant reservationsWe used to get regular calls asking whether a restaurant reservations message had arrived. Now the sender gets a summary, the next step in plain language, and a way to correct mistakes. A modest change with an outsized effect on our mornings.
Pooja SubramaniamShift manager, vegetarian and vegan restaurant, Fargo, North DakotaSubmission acknowledgment and follow-up for restaurant reservations
Case files
Case studies for fast casual
Real projects, written up with the restaurant: where it started, what we built and what changed.
- Japanese ramen and grill restaurant, Lexington, KentuckyClosing the loop on restaurant reservations submissionsDay to day with restaurant reservations, senders can see their request has landed and know exactly how to chase it if needed.Read the case study
- Lebanese mezze restaurant, Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaOld restaurant reservations links, new destinationsWith restaurant reservations, old links resolve to sensible destinations instead of error pages.Read the case study
Weighing this against another option?
We publish ten comparisons, including GoHighLevel funnels and its website builder, WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, GoDaddy, a freelancer and a marketing agency, each one saying plainly when the other choice fits a restaurant better than we do. We work with fast casual restaurants across the United States, including Texas, California, Florida, New York and Illinois.
Read the comparisonsQuestions from fast casual restaurants
Do you build the online ordering system?
No. We build the website and the ordering link or embed that points at the ordering platform you already use or choose, styled to match your site instead of looking like a bolted-on widget. We do not process orders or payments ourselves.
Can the site list combos and customization options?
Yes. Combo builds, sizes and common customizations can be listed on the menu page as structured items rather than a flat list, so the site actually matches what a customer can order. The exact combo logic still lives in your ordering platform.
Is there a page for nutrition and allergen information?
Yes, a dedicated page or section with a clear, structured place for whatever nutrition and allergen information your brand publishes. We build and format that page; the figures and disclosures themselves come from you, since we are not a food safety or nutrition authority.
How fast does the menu page actually load?
Every page is custom coded and guaranteed 90+ on Google PageSpeed, including the menu page, which matters most here since it is usually the first page a hungry visitor opens on mobile data.
See it built for fast casual
A live walk-through, on your screen, of the site you would get.
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