Can you add online ordering to my restaurant's website?

Yes. If you're already using a platform like Square, Toast, or ChowNow, we can tie that directly into your site. If you're not using one yet, we can help you pick something that fits and get it connected.

How do menu updates work after the site is built?

We can set it up so you can edit the menu yourself, or you can send us changes and we'll handle it. Either way, it shouldn't take more than a day to get updated prices or new items live on the site.

Do I really need a website if I already have a Facebook page?

Facebook is fine for regulars, but it's terrible for someone searching Google for a place to eat nearby. A website shows up in search results, loads faster, and puts your menu and hours exactly where people expect them. Facebook buries that stuff under posts and ads.

What if I don't have professional photos of my food?

Phone photos work if the lighting's decent. We can advise on what to shoot and how. A few good photos of your best dishes and your dining space go a long way—they don't need to be magazine quality to be effective.

How long before my site shows up on Google?

A basic site can get indexed within a couple weeks. If you want to rank well for searches like "restaurants in New London" or "places to eat near Kilgore," that takes longer and usually means investing in SEO work. The $3,500 package covers that.

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When's the last time you looked up a restaurant and couldn't find the menu? You probably just picked somewhere else. That's the reality for restaurants without a decent website—and in a town the size of New London, you can't afford to lose even one table that way.

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What a Restaurant Website Actually Needs to Do

People looking for somewhere to eat aren't browsing. They want three things fast: what you serve, when you're open, and how to get there. If your site makes any of that hard to find, they move on. Doesn't matter how good your brisket is or how long you've been on that corner near the school.

A good restaurant site puts the menu where people expect it—not buried in a PDF that won't load on a phone. It shows your hours without making someone scroll past a paragraph about your family history. And it has photos that look like your actual food, in your actual dining room. That's not flashy. It's just functional.

If you want online ordering or reservations, those need to work without friction too. We can tie in systems like Square, Toast, or whatever you're already using. The point is making it easy for someone to go from hungry to seated or placing an order, with as few taps as possible. A site that does all of this doesn't need to be complicated. It just needs to be built right.

So What Does This Cost

Straight talk. If you've got a solid menu and just need a clean site with your hours, location, photos, and a link to your ordering platform—that's a simple site, starting at $300, done in a few days. Most small restaurants in places like New London don't need more than that to start.

If you want something bigger—dedicated menu pages, a photo gallery, reservation integration, maybe a catering section—that's a full website, starting at $1,500, takes about a week. And if you want people in Rusk County and beyond to actually find you when they search "restaurants near me," a website with SEO starts at $3,500 and takes a week or two.

Hosting runs $50 a month. That keeps your site live, fast, and updated. No surprises on the bill.

Why This Matters in New London

New London's small. Everybody knows where to eat, right? Maybe. But not everyone eating in New London lives there. Folks driving through on 42, parents in town for something at New London ISD, people visiting family out in the county—they're all pulling out their phones.

And here's the dry truth: a bad website is worse than no website. If someone finds your site and it looks like it hasn't been touched since the flip phone era, that says something about your business whether you mean it to or not. A clean, fast site that shows off your food and makes it easy to walk through the door—that's just good business sense. Not marketing fluff. Just the basics, done well.