Web design for restaurants in Marbella

Why your online menu decides whether they book

Hunger is your best ally and your biggest risk. Whoever is looking for somewhere to eat is in a hurry and won't call to ask about the menu, nor take a risk on a place they know nothing about. If they open your website and find the menu with clear prices and photos that make their mouth water, the decision is made. If they don't find it — or see it in a PDF that's unreadable on mobile — they move on to the place next door.

In Marbella the offer is huge and the customer is demanding: tourists who don't know the area and locals who compare every day. Your online menu is the promise of what they'll find. When it shows real dishes, transparent prices and a one-tap booking button, it turns the visit into a full table.

What your website must absolutely have

These are the elements that separate a restaurant that fills its tables from one that loses them:

• An up-to-date menu with prices. None of that "price on request". Your customer wants to know what it costs before sitting down; if you hide it, they'll be wary.
• Real photos of your dishes. Not stock images. One of your own photos, well lit, whets the appetite more than ten descriptions.
• Online table booking. A one-tap booking button or a link to your booking system. Every extra step between "I want to go" and "I've got a table" is a lost customer.
• Opening hours and location. Opening days, kitchen hours and the exact address. Nobody should have to call to find out whether you're open.
• Google Maps and reviews. A direct link to your listing and visible ratings. The stars are the social proof that convinces the most.
• An English version. Marbella lives off tourism: if your website isn't in English, you give up a huge part of your clientele.

Mistakes that leave your tables empty

A pretty website is useless if it makes any of these mistakes:

• A downloadable PDF menu. On mobile it's a nightmare: it's slow, unreadable, and your customer gives up before seeing the menu.
• No prices, or "see the menu". It breeds distrust and forces you to answer a call that may never come.
• Stock photos. A dish that isn't yours sets an expectation you can't meet and damages your credibility.
• Only a phone number. Lots of people don't call: they prefer to book with a button or via WhatsApp.
• A slow or broken mobile site. If it takes more than three seconds, your customer is already looking at another restaurant.
• Ignoring Google Maps and reviews. Without an optimised listing and without replying to feedback, you appear below the competition.

How much your restaurant website costs

Filling tables with your website isn't an expense: it's the best-return investment your restaurant can make. At Solaris we work with fixed, published prices:

Do the maths: a single table of four on a Friday night already pays for the Basic Website. One table a month more than covers the Professional. The rest is profit.

Local SEO: get found when people search for "restaurant in Marbella"

A perfect website is of little use if you don't show up on Google when someone searches for somewhere to eat in your area. Local SEO is what puts you on the map and in the top positions: optimising your Google Maps listing, gathering and replying to reviews, and ranking for the searches your customer makes just before sitting down to eat. At Solaris we work it from €150/month + VAT, no lock-in.

Why Solaris for your restaurant

There are plenty of agencies in Marbella. We work differently:

• Specialists in local businesses on the Costa del Sol. We've built websites for gyms and law firms in the area; we understand your market and your customer.
• Fixed, published prices. €180 or €350, with no "request a quote" and no surprises on the invoice.
• Delivered in 5–7 days. No months of waiting: your website ready this same week.
• We help you with Google Maps and reviews. We don't just build your website: we put it to work filling your tables.