Papaya Resto
liveportfolio · restaurants · tropical
Tropical plant-based sister concept. Same self-serve CMS and Postonero booking foundation as Kasto.
Restaurant website design · delivered in 3 days
Your restaurant deserves better than Wix.
High-performance, mobile-first restaurant website design. Booking system included. Menu CMS your staff can actually use. 97 to 100 Google PageSpeed. One-off price from £800, no monthly fees, ever. Working with restaurants in the UK, US, and Australia.
You're paying for a website you don't own.
// the real cost of renting a template builder
"Agencies charge you £2,000 to set up a Wix site with a restaurant template. I took that personally."
The real cost of Wix
Wix Core (popular tier)£27/mo · £324/yr
Wix Business£33/mo · £396/yr
After 3 years on Wix~£972 to £1,188
Site ownershipNone. Cancel and it disappears.
Typical PageSpeed score50 to 70/100
And you're still sharing a template with thousands of other restaurants.
Hand-coded, not templated
Built from scratch for your restaurant. No one else on the internet is using your design.
You own it outright
Source files handed over at launch. Host it anywhere, cancel nothing. One payment, permanent ownership.
£0/month after launch
Most sites deploy on Netlify's free tier. Zero ongoing cost until you hit very high traffic volumes.
Built for restaurants, cafes, and bars.
// everything your restaurant site needs, nothing it doesn't
Table booking system
An integrated reservation widget on your site. Guests book in three taps. Confirmation email fires automatically. No third-party booking fees per cover.
Menu CMS your staff uses
Update your food and drinks menu from a phone. No developer needed, no waiting. Add specials, change prices, changes go live in seconds.
Mobile-first, 97 to 100 PageSpeed
Most restaurant discovery happens on a phone. Every build is hand-coded for speed, no bloated builders, no slow themes. Google rewards fast sites with better rankings.
Kasto Bali
// replaced a £33/month Wix site, live in 3 days
Replaced a £33/month Wix site. Live in 3 days.
Chef Giuseppe wanted the site to feel like the restaurant: warm, cinematic, and easy to keep fresh. The result: a booking system his front-of-house team loves, a menu his kitchen updates themselves, a PageSpeed score of 99/100, and online reservations up 400%.
3
days delivered
99/100
PageSpeed
£0
per month
+400%
online reservations
Powered by Postonero
The reservation system behind the results.
Kasto's bookings run on Postonero, my own reservation platform. It includes a visual floorplan editor for laying out tables exactly as they sit in the room, automatic email reminders that cut no-shows, and post-visit review prompts sent automatically by email.
- ✓Visual floorplan editor
- ✓Automatic email reminders
- ✓Post-visit review prompts by email
Those automatic review prompts do real work. After turning them on, the number of Google reviews Kasto receives climbed sharply.
+35%
Google reviews received
Giuseppe Maria Brancati
Chef Patron · Kasto Bali
Our old Wix site was expensive and hard to manage. James delivered something beautiful, professional animations, a booking system, and a simple menu editor, in just a few days.
The right tier for restaurants.
// one-off fee, no monthly costs, you own everything
RECOMMENDED FOR RESTAURANTS
Standard
Small Business & Restaurants
from · supporter price£800*£1,200 standard rate · 3-5 day turnaround
- ✓Integrated table booking system
- ✓Self-serve CMS for menus & events
- ✓RSVP & event registration forms
- ✓Mobile-first responsive design
- ✓Advanced SEO & AI-SEO optimization
- ✓2 hrs Google Business Profile & Google Ads setup
- ✓3 free site content edits (for up to 6 months)
- ✓£0/month hosting on Netlify free tier
Need a full brand kit, logo, or advanced animations? The Signature tier starts from £1,200. See restaurant website design pricing and Supporter Credit →
* The headline prices are this supporter rate. I offer a £400 discount across all tiers to anyone who supports We The Free, an animal advocacy non-profit, with a monthly donation of at least $10. Without it, the standard rates apply.
Common questions.
// the restaurant build, answered
How does the booking system work?
I integrate a reservation widget directly into your site, no third-party booking portals, no per-cover fees. Guests book from your page, get a confirmation email automatically, and you manage availability from a simple dashboard. Works on every device.
Can I update my own menu without a developer?
Yes. Every restaurant build includes a CMS (content management system). Your staff can update food and drinks menus, add specials, or remove dishes from a phone, no code, no waiting, no developer. Changes go live in seconds.
Do I need to pay monthly for hosting?
No. Most restaurant builds deploy on Netlify's free tier, that's £0 per month for hosting. There are no ongoing platform fees. If your traffic grows substantially I'll let you know, but that threshold is very high for most restaurants.
How do I know this will work for my restaurant?
Look at kastobali.com, built in three days for Chef Giuseppe, it handles table bookings, has a self-serve menu CMS, and scores 99/100 on Google PageSpeed. The full case study walks through every decision. If your needs differ, tell me in the form below and I'll be honest about whether it's a good fit.
3 spots available this month
Let's build something great.
No tech-speak, just solutions. Tell me about your restaurant and I'll get back to you within 24 hours.
I only take on 3 new clients per month. Apply now to secure your spot.