Show HN: Create a restaurant website in one click
menupit.com
menupit.com
Edit: You should also allow users to change fonts / text colors, as well as section background colors. I would be very annoyed if every single restaurant website looked exactly the same. I'd also recommend allowing them to upload their logo as an image.
Also, let them download their menu as JSON maybe?
@OP
This would actually be amazing for the several dozen restaurants near me that don't seem to have any online presence at all - which surely hurts their business as people don't know what is on the menu without going in person. It's dead simple to get up and running and looks nice enough as a default. I'm not sure about the competition in this area (or competition like the easy "build-your-own-sites" like Wix or Square(something)) but at the right cost (subscription model? bandwidth/traffic metered?) this is something I could see businesses going for.
One super major flaw though. Other than creating a header graphic with a logo - there's no way to slap a logo anywhere. Nothing businesses love more than plastering their logo on as many things as they can. ;) I would suggest centered above the "Menu" header would be a great spot, without changing the design in any significant way.
I actually wanted to build something very similar a year ago.
However, the frustration that was driving it wasn't that I need to make these menus, but that as a visitor to restaurant websites I hated the experience.
Too many restaurant owners are commissioning sites with all the bells and whistles and forgetting the customer that just wants to quickly see one page with
- Location - Map - Menu - Phone number
Anything that stands in the way of the above is another chance for a customer to get frustrated and try somewhere else. I certainly often visit restaurant websites with the intention just to double check the menu and phone number and spend my money, but the website makes me work for it.
If that's covered, knock yourself out with extra pages with silly galleries and blog posts and the story of how the restaurant was founded.
If your service is one step in there being more restaurant websites that stop scaring customers with money away, then kudos to you.
This is our first release of the site, and it's still an MVP with lots of features and improvements in the pipeline. We have seen how restaurants struggle to get their information out there and be visible, and are working for a very easy to use solution.
I see a lot of monetarization potential in stuff like custom domains, online orders, etc...
I really have a strong dislike for any service that doesn’t have a pricing link on the homepage.
- The "sign up for free" button takes me to an inescapable box which demands my phone number. Why can't I sign up using email?
- The cancel button on the sign up screen doesn't work.
- The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links on the sign up screen don't go anywhere useful.
- I'd like to know more about the "optional extra services" and how much they cost before I sign up. I always suspect the worst when I'm pricing info is hidden behind a paywall.
Otherwise this is quite polished, and I think it's a great idea. There are a lot of small restaurants and shops that would benefit a lot from this, especially the free version.