A restaurant website costs anywhere from a few dollars a month (a DIY builder) to several thousand (a custom build with online ordering). What moves the price is not the design but what the site has to do: a menu, hours and a booking link is cheap, while taking orders and payments is a different, dearer product. This guide lists published prices in the US, UK, UAE and KSA and what each one leaves out.
Ask five people what a restaurant website costs and you get five answers, from "free" to "ten thousand". They are all describing different things. A site that shows your menu, hours and a booking button is one product. A site that takes orders and card payments, runs a loyalty scheme and talks to your till is another. This guide separates them and puts real, published prices next to each. Every figure was read on the page named beside it on 30 October 2026. They are asking prices from sellers, not what everyone pays.
The three kinds of restaurant website
- Information site. Menu, hours, address, photos, a map, a phone or WhatsApp button and a link to your booking tool. Most cafés and many restaurants only need this.
- Site with bookings. The same, plus a reservation widget or link (OpenTable, Eat App, SevenRooms or your own form).
- Site with ordering. A cart, checkout and payments for takeaway or delivery. This is where the price jumps, and where many sellers charge monthly or take a percentage of each order.
What it costs in the United States
| Route | Published price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| DIY builder | Squarespace $19 to $29 a month billed annually; Wix $17 to $39 a month | Squarespace pricing, Pagedrop (Aug 2026) |
| Point-of-sale site | Square Online $0, $49 or $149 a month per location, plus 3.3% or 2.9% + 30c on online cards | Khanwork |
| Restaurant platform | Popmenu Starter $159 a month on an annual plan; Owner.com $249 a month + 5% of each order, or $499 a month flat, and guests also pay a 5% order support fee | Greta, Owner.com |
| Freelancer or agency (any small business site) | Freelancer $500 to $5,000; agency $6,500 to $15,000 | Set & Seen |
Toast publishes a point-of-sale price (from $69 a month) but, at the time of writing, no price for its website product. If a quote depends on a till you do not own, ask for the website price on its own.
What it costs in the United Kingdom
UK sellers that publish prices quote about £495 for a one-to-five page site (Hire The Creatives) and £695 for up to five pages (Hungry Pixels, ex VAT). Prices rise to roughly £1,195 to £1,495 when you add a menu you can edit yourself, bookings, gift cards or online payments. DIY builders run about £15 to £30 a month (ZNZ Digital). Several UK sellers quote prices without VAT, so check which one you are reading.
What it costs in the United Arab Emirates
| What you get | Published price (AED) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| One page with menu, hours and WhatsApp | From 997 (ITQAAN); Starter 999 (800website.ae) | ITQAAN, 800website.ae |
| Up to six pages | 3,500 (800website.ae Business) | 800website.ae |
| Menu site, price guide | 3,000 to 10,000 | WebStackRank |
| Online ordering with payments | From 4,497 (ITQAAN); 10,000 to 30,000+ for a custom system (WebStackRank) | same pages |
| Add-ons at 800website.ae | Booking system 3,000; payment integration 2,500; Arabic 1,000 per extra language | 800website.ae |
UAE VAT is 5% (Federal Tax Authority). Some sellers quote ex VAT.
What it costs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
We did not find a published price list aimed only at restaurants in Riyadh, Jeddah or Dammam, so these are general small-business prices that a restaurant site would fall under. One Riyadh seller lists up to three pages at SAR 3,450 including 15% VAT (Op-Target). Another starts a bilingual company site at SAR 3,500 before VAT (RASED). A third lists a one-page site from SAR 1,000 and a second language for SAR 900 more (Tawajud). VAT in the Kingdom is 15% (ZATCA). Many restaurants there also list on delivery apps such as Jahez; a website still gives you a place to send people that you control.
What pushes the price up
- Ordering and payments. This is the biggest jump in every market above, because it involves a checkout, a payment provider and often delivery rules.
- Reservations. Either a paid booking service or a build fee for your own system.
- A menu you can edit yourself. Cheaper sites are static, so every price change is a request to the builder.
- A second language. In the UAE and KSA this is often an extra line, as the add-ons above show.
- Photography and copy. Almost no price above includes professional food photos. Phone photos in daylight are a fair start.
The costs after launch
- Domain. Roughly AED 40 to 120 a year in the UAE (WebStackRank) and SAR 50 to 250 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Safwa Web).
- Hosting and care. Security updates, backups and small edits. Builders bundle this in the monthly fee; custom builds often charge separately.
- Reservation and payment fees. A booking service can cost from nothing to hundreds of dollars a month, and card processing is usually between about 2.5% and 3.3% of each payment plus a small fixed fee.
Where Dexryn sits
We build an information site (with a booking or order link to a service you already use) and we show you a free demo first. You pay only if you want it live. Our one-off prices:
| Market | Launch (1 page) | Business (up to 5 pages) | Premium (up to 8 pages) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $179 | $399 | $799 |
| United Kingdom | £149 | £349 | £699 |
| United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | AED / SAR 599 | AED / SAR 1,490 | AED / SAR 2,990 |
The first year of your domain is included, and care (hosting, security and small edits) is optional from £19, $25 or AED / SAR 79 a month. VAT or sales tax may apply. We do not build ordering or point-of-sale systems. We connect your website to the one you already use, such as Toast, Square, Deliveroo or Talabat, with an order button, a menu link or an embedded ordering page. We are new and have no customer testimonials yet, which is why the demo comes first.
For a café-specific view, see how to make a café website. For the UK breakdown, see what a small business website costs in the UK.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a restaurant website cost?
It depends on what it does. A simple menu, hours and contact site can be a few hundred dollars, pounds or dirhams one-off, or about $15 to $30 a month on a DIY builder. A site with online ordering and payments is several times that, and some platforms add a percentage of each order.
Do I need online ordering on my restaurant website?
Only if you take orders directly. If you use a delivery app or an ordering service already, link to it from a clear button instead of building a second system.
Is a monthly restaurant website plan worth it?
It can be, if it includes hosting, updates and support you would otherwise buy separately. Check the contract length, what happens to your domain if you leave, and any per-order fees.
What are the hidden costs of a restaurant website?
The usual ones are domain renewals, hosting, a booking service, card processing fees, photography and a second language. Ask each seller to list what is not included.
Can I get a restaurant website without paying first?
Dexryn builds a free demo from your business name and you pay only if you want it live. That is our offer, not a general rule, so check any other seller's terms.
Want to see it before you pay?
Tell us your business name. We build a free demo of your website first, and you only pay if you want it live. No card needed to look.
Get my free demoPrices and what is included are on our pricing section. Updated 30 October 2026.