Why are restaurant websites so awful? Because of restaurant culture.

Post by zoudini » Wed, Aug 10, 2011, 7:23 PM UTC

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Building something you might be interested in as far as wait times...

Really? I'd be curious to see how someone implements this. From my admittedly limited knowledge of the space, I see three different ways to tackling this. First, build out your own reservation system that uses your custom software to link the reservation system to the website and provide a vertical stack. Second, build plugins/hooks for existing electronic reservation/seating systems currently in use. Or third, work…

Post by gaius » Thu, Aug 11, 2011, 12:08 PM UTC

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I have about 120 paying restaurant customers, and I couldn't agree more about the PDF menu. You could give them the slickest, easiest interface in the world, and they'll never use it. They don't have time. The PDF menu already looks good, they already put a ton of time into it to get it exactly right, and they don't want to duplicate that effort. Restaurant menus are meticulously laid out and a lot of effort is put i…

The PDF menu already looks good, they already put a ton of time into it to get it exactly right, and they don't want to duplicate that effort. Well... why bother cleaning the outside of your restaurant - washing the windows, trimming the landscaping, cleaning around the dumpster, etc? They've already put so much effort in to making the inside of the restaurant look perfect, why duplicate that effort? A good website -…