Websites for cafés and coffee shops in York
Most people find a café on their phone, often when they're already out and want a coffee in the next ten minutes. I build simple café websites that answer their questions in seconds: are you open, what's on the menu, and how do I get there?
What people look for on a café website
- Today's opening hours, near the top of the page, plus any changes for bank holidays and Christmas.
- The menu as real text, not a photo of the printed menu or a PDF. Text loads quickly on mobile data, is easy to read on a small screen, and Google can read it too.
- Where you are: a map, the nearest car park or bus stop, and whether you're dog-friendly or step-free.
- One tap to call, and a way to book a table or order a cake if you offer that.
- A few honest photos of the counter, the food and the room, so people know what to expect.
That's usually all a café needs. A single well-organised page often works better than ten pages nobody clicks.
A menu you can change from your phone
Every site I build comes with a simple admin panel. When the soup changes, a price goes up or you close early for a private event, you open it on your phone, change the line and save. It takes about a minute, and you don't have to wait for me.
You can also put up a short notice at the top of the page, like "Closed Monday for a staff day", and take it down again when it's over. I add a clear line about allergens too, so customers know to ask before they order. You decide the wording.
Pre-orders, cakes and table bookings
If you take orders for celebration cakes, sandwich platters or afternoon tea, an order form saves a lot of back and forth on the phone. The customer picks what they want and the collection date, and the order arrives in your email as a tidy message you can print or copy into your order book.
For tables, I can add a simple booking request form, or a button that links to the booking system you already use. If you'd like customers to pay a deposit online, I can add a payment link from a provider you choose. That's quoted separately, so you know the cost first.
Getting found when someone searches "coffee near me"
For "near me" searches, your Google Business Profile matters as much as your website. I check that its opening hours, photos and category match your site and that it links to the right page. On the site itself I make sure the page title says what you are and where ("Café in Easingwold", not just "Home"), the menu is readable text, and the page loads quickly on a phone.
Nobody can honestly promise you first place on Google. What I can do is make sure nothing on your side is holding you back.
What a café website costs
- Quick fix, £60. Updates to the site you already have, including Wix, Squarespace or WordPress: new menu, correct hours, a tap-to-call button, broken links fixed.
- Refresh, from £250. Your current site rebuilt with a new look and moved to hosting with no monthly fee. Same web address.
- New site, from £350, half up front and half when it's live. For a café with no website, or only a Facebook or Instagram page.
- Care plan, £45 a month. I keep the site running and backed up and help when you're stuck. No contract, and my first 10 clients get the first 3 months free.
Your domain stays in your name and costs about £10 a year. For the full picture, including what other options cost, see how much a website costs in York.
Meeting in person
I live in Easingwold and study in York, so I'm happy to come to the café, look at your current site with you and take a few photos while I'm there. I cover the whole area, including York, Easingwold, Malton and Thirsk. If you also sell bread, meat or deli food, the page on websites for butchers and food shops covers order forms in more detail.
Or run the instant website check on your café's site first.