# Website Hosting for Restaurants, Cafes and Takeaways UK Source: https://dijituldns.co.uk/hosting-for-restaurants/ Updated: 2026-10-08 > dijitul hosts restaurant, cafe, pub and takeaway websites in the UK on dijitul Complete Hosting at £1 a day + VAT. We keep your table booking widget and online ordering links working, make menus load fast on phones, help you publish allergen information clearly, and look after backups, SSL and your domain so you can focus on service. ## Key facts - £1 a day + VAT managed hosting - Booking system widgets such as OpenTable, ResDiary or SevenRooms embedded and kept working - For food sold online or by phone, allergen information must be available before purchase and at delivery - Menus as fast HTML pages rather than heavy PDFs - Cloudflare caching for busy Friday and Saturday evenings - Daily backups and free SSL ## Bookings first Most restaurant websites have one main job: getting a table booked. Usually that's a widget from a booking platform embedded in your site. If a theme update or security setting breaks the widget, you lose bookings without knowing. We check booking embeds after changes and make sure the scripts they need aren't blocked. Pair that with a tap-to-call number for people who'd rather phone. ## Menus that load on a phone People read menus on their phones, often on mobile data outside your door. A 15 MB PDF takes too long and is awkward to zoom. We'd recommend: - Menus as normal web pages, which load fast, are easy to update and can be found by Google. - Prices and dietary icons (V, VG, GF) as text, not images. - Compressed photos in modern formats such as WebP. - A small downloadable PDF as an extra, not the only option. ## Allergen information online Food Standards Agency guidance says that when food is sold by distance selling, such as online or phone ordering, allergen information must be available before the purchase is completed and again when the food is delivered. That can be on the menu page, next to each dish, or via a clear link to an allergen breakdown covering the 14 major allergens. For dine-in menus, many venues also publish allergen guides online to help customers plan. Make sure the information on the website matches what the kitchen serves now. ## Online ordering and delivery If you take orders directly rather than only through delivery apps, the ordering system needs to stay up on your busiest nights. Most direct ordering runs on a third-party platform, with payments on their secure pages. If you run WooCommerce for click and collect, we'll keep it fast and make sure baskets and checkout bypass caching. See [WooCommerce hosting](https://dijituldns.co.uk/woocommerce-hosting/) and [ecommerce hosting](https://dijituldns.co.uk/ecommerce-hosting/). ## Ready for the weekend rush Restaurant sites get their traffic in bursts: Friday afternoon, Saturday evening, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Christmas bookings opening. With your DNS on [Cloudflare](https://dijituldns.co.uk/cloudflare-dns-management/), pages and images are cached close to visitors so the site stays quick. Order [dijitul Complete Hosting](https://dijituldns.co.uk/complete-hosting/) at [clients.dijitul.uk/order](https://clients.dijitul.uk/order). ## FAQs ### Do restaurants have to show allergen information on their website? If you sell food online or by phone for delivery or collection, FSA guidance says allergen information must be available before purchase and at delivery. That can be on your website menu or through a clear link. Dine-in menus don't need it online, but many venues publish it. ### Should I put my restaurant menu online as a PDF? Use a normal web page as the main menu: it's faster on phones, easier to update and better for Google. Offer a small PDF as an extra. dijitul can help make menu pages load quickly on its £1 a day + VAT hosting. ### Why has the booking widget disappeared from my restaurant website? Common causes are a theme or plugin update, a blocked third-party script, or a caching or security rule. Check the browser console for errors. dijitul checks booking embeds on restaurant sites it hosts. ### What is the best hosting for a restaurant website? A managed host that keeps the site fast on mobile, caches it for busy evenings, and keeps booking and ordering links working. dijitul hosts restaurant websites for £1 a day + VAT with backups, SSL and a domain included. ### Should a restaurant take orders on its own website? Direct ordering avoids delivery app commission on those orders, but needs a reliable ordering system and someone to manage it. Many restaurants use a third-party ordering platform linked from their own site. ### Can dijitul move my restaurant website from Wix? dijitul can rebuild or move a Wix site's content to a platform you own, such as WordPress, and host it for £1 a day + VAT. Wix sites can't be exported directly, so content is recreated. ## Pricing and ordering dijitul Complete Hosting is £1 a day + VAT (£365 a year + VAT). Order at https://clients.dijitul.uk/order?product=complete-hosting&ref=dijituldns&src=hosting-for-restaurants or call 01623 650333.