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Restaurants · 2026 prices

How Much Does a Restaurant Website Cost?

A small restaurant website typically costs $800–$2,500. The calculator below is preset for one — change the pages, the extras or the state to price your own.

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What the site needs

What to charge for a restaurant website

$1,300–$2,150

About 24 hours at $55–$90 an hour, the freelance rate in the US. Plus $50–$110 a month for hosting and updates.

Sites for independent restaurants typically sell for $800–$2,500.

What a restaurant website needsWeb design rates in every state

What a restaurant website costs

A typical restaurant site has 5 pages and 4 extras. Built by a freelancer at the US rate it comes to $1,300–$2,150 — about 24 hours of work — plus $50–$110 a month to host and keep it updated.

Built inPriceMonthly
Mississippi (lowest rates)$700–$1,100$35–$65
US average$1,300–$2,150$50–$110
Washington (highest rates)$1,900–$3,000$60–$145

The pages a restaurant website needs

  • Home
  • Menu
  • About
  • Reservations
  • Contact

Its job is to show the menu, the opening hours and a way to book on a phone in under five seconds.

What drives the price

  • Menu or price list — about 2 hours.
  • Gallery or portfolio — about 2 hours.
  • Online booking — about 3 hours.
  • Local SEO setup — about 3 hours.

Leave one out and the price drops by those hours times your rate. Tick or untick them in the calculator above to see it.

What every restaurant website must have

  1. A menu that is text, not a PDF, so Google and phones can read it.
  2. Hours and address in the first screen.
  3. Booking or a tap-to-call button.

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Questions

How much does a restaurant website cost?+

A website for a small restaurant typically costs $800–$2,500 from a freelancer or small studio, plus $50–$110 a month for hosting and updates. A 5-page site with menu or price list, gallery or portfolio, online booking, local seo setup takes about 24 hours.

How much should I charge to build a restaurant website?+

At the US freelance rate, $1,300–$2,150. Where you live matters: the same site prices at $700–$1,100 in Mississippi and $1,900–$3,000 in Washington.

What should a restaurant website include?+

A menu that is text, not a PDF, so Google and phones can read it. Hours and address in the first screen. Booking or a tap-to-call button. The usual pages are Home, Menu, About, Reservations, Contact.

Can a restaurant just use a website builder?+

Yes, if the owner has the time to design it, write it and keep it up to date. Most restaurants pay someone because the hours cost more than the site does — and because a site built for the trade wins more customers than a template.

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Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates, for web developers (15-1254) and web and digital interface designers (15-1255). Those are employees' wages; freelance rates and prices here are estimates built from them, not BLS figures.