Start with what a restaurant website needs if you are planning a new site. The other guides go deeper into menus, accessibility, the rules that affect menus online, ordering, Google Business Profile, reviews and costs. Every guide lists its sources and the date they were checked.
Planning a site
Rules that affect restaurant websites
Booking, ordering and Google
How we write these guides
Each guide is written and reviewed by our editor, Chloe Adams. We cite primary sources wherever we can: the agencies, courts and platforms that publish the rules. Where we rely on a law firm summary, a trade publication or a commercial price guide, we label it in the source list. Our editorial policy explains how we check facts and correct mistakes.
None of these guides is legal advice. Rules change and differ between states and cities, so confirm anything legal with your own attorney or your local health department.
Tools
The free restaurant website planner turns sixteen questions into a plain text brief you can keep or share. It runs in your browser and sends nothing unless you choose to.
