For restaurants & food businesses
Hungry customers are searching. Be what they find.
Custom websites for Pretoria and Gauteng's restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries and takeaways — built to rank on Google, look as good as your food, and take menu updates without calling a developer.
The problem
Great food isn't enough if Google can't taste it.
Instagram isn't a website
Your feed builds the craving, but "pizza near me" gets decided on Google. Without a site that ranks, that search — and that table — goes to the place down the road.
PDF menus lose orders
A slow, pinch-to-zoom PDF menu chases hungry people away. Your menu should be a fast page you edit yourself — new dishes and prices live in minutes.
The platforms own your customers
Delivery apps take commission on every order and keep the customer data. Your own website takes bookings and orders on your terms.
What you get
Built to fill tables.
Every restaurant build is engineered around one outcome: someone nearby gets hungry, finds you, and books or walks in.
A menu you control
Update dishes and prices from your phone through your own CMS — no developer, no PDF, no waiting.
Local search that fills seats
Structured to rank for the searches that matter: your cuisine, your suburb, "open now".
Design that matches the plate
Custom design that makes the food look the way it tastes — never a template with stock photos.
Bookings & enquiries built in
From Google search to booked table in as few taps as possible, on any phone.
Restaurant builds start at R10,000 with the Launch package — upfront pricing, no "request a quote" games. See the packages
Questions
What restaurant owners ask before they commit.
How much does a restaurant website cost in Pretoria?
A custom restaurant website from JLC Studio starts at R10,000 for the Launch package (up to 5 pages, menu included), R16,500 for Growth and R24,000 for Authority, each with a monthly retainer from R700 for hosting, updates and support. That covers a menu you edit yourself, mobile-first design and the local SEO foundations that get you into "near me" searches.
Can I update my own menu and prices?
Yes — that is the point. Your menu is a fast web page, not a PDF, and you edit dishes, prices and specials from your phone through your own admin panel. Changes are live in minutes. A PDF menu cannot be read properly by Google, so it also costs you search visibility on the dishes you actually sell.
Do I still need a website if I'm on Uber Eats and Mr D Food?
Yes. Delivery platforms typically take 15–30% commission per order and keep the customer relationship — you never learn who ordered, so you cannot bring them back. Your own site takes bookings and direct orders at no commission, and ranks for searches the apps do not compete for, like "best coffee shop in Brooklyn". Use the platforms for reach; use your website for margin.
How do I show up in "restaurants near me" searches?
Three things drive it: a complete, active Google Business Profile; genuine review volume and recency; and a website whose content confirms your cuisine, suburb and opening hours in a form Google can read. Most Pretoria restaurants have the first, neglect the second and fail the third — which is exactly where the opportunity is.
Can the website take bookings?
Yes. Every build includes an enquiry and booking form that emails you directly, and we can integrate a dedicated reservation system if you already use one. The goal is the fewest possible taps between a hungry search and a booked table.
Do you only work with restaurants in Pretoria?
No — we build for restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries and takeaways across Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand and Johannesburg. The whole process runs remotely, so location is no obstacle; the local knowledge simply means the SEO targets the suburbs your customers actually search from.
Your competitors are one search away.
Send a message — you'll get a straight answer on what your restaurant needs to win customers online, and what it costs.