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Website Design & Customer Management for Restaurants, Pubs & Bars 

Make sure your restaurant, pub or bar doesn’t lose out after lockdown 

Whether you want to create a new pub or restaurant website, or improve your existing site, find out how Insite Web can help you get a website that makes the ‘new normal’ easy to manage.

  • Comply with UK government guidance on data tracking
  • Allocate time slots and manage capacity
  • Manage table bookings and capture diner’s data
  • Collect & store customer data securely
  • Improve your marketing by opting in customers

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Call 0800 086 9678 to talk to our experts. Or click the button below to request a call back. We will provide a FREE quote, plus help & advice for your business.

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Website Design & Customer Management for Restaurants, Pubs & Bars 

Make sure your restaurant, pub or bar doesn’t lose out after lockdown 

Whether you want to create a new pub or restaurant website, or improve your existing site, find out how Insite Web can help you get a website that makes the ‘new normal’ easy to manage 

Book a Free Hospitality Website Consultation

Call 0800 086 9678 to talk to our experts. Or click the button below to request a call back. We will provide a FREE quote, plus help & advice for your business.

100% privacy, we’ll never share your details!

Let Us Help Your Business Get Back Up & Running

The latest government guidance for restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaways planning to reopen as lockdown eases may seem daunting. However, harnessing the power of a restaurant website or pub website could mean the difference between your business surviving or failing.  

You may even have thought of using a pub or restaurant app, but before you do that, why not consider how your current website can be developed. This is likely to be not only quicker and cheaper; it will also have long-term benefits for your company. Even if you don’t have an existing site, Insite Web can design and build you one quickly and easily. And if you do really, really want an app, we can help with that too. 

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What do you need to do? 

The government guidelines published on the 23rd June clearly outline the expectations of hospitality venues such as restaurants, bars and pubs. Many of these will concern the physical layout of your property. This may mean spacing tables out to allow sufficient social distancing, ensuring customers have access to hand sanitiser or installing screens. 

However, some of the requirements can be met, or made easier by using either your existing website, or my creating a new website or online system. Requirements such as managing entry numbers, reducing the need to queue or encouraging contactless ordering could be achieved by just modifying your current site, or creating a new site. 

An additional requirement causing particular concern to pub and restaurant owners is the need to collect customer data in order to assist Test and Trace. At first glance this should be quite simple. Just ask your customers for their contact details but there is much more to it than that. 

How can a pub or restaurant website design help? 

A good restaurant website design or effective pub website can be used by you to manage bookings for tables and allocate time slots. This is relatively straightforward and will allow you to not only control the number of customers in your premises, but also collect customer data. Using a secure website to do this reduces the risk of customers’ data being compromised. 

A responsive website that is able to be used on a mobile device, gives customers flexibility to book when they are out and about. Mobile responsiveness means that you can then add more functionality that customers can use when they are in your bar, pub or restaurant, for example it may be possible to set up online ordering. Reducing the need for staff to make direct contact with customers.  

A more sophisticated website with ecommerce functionality can even allow customers to order and pay online, minimising staff/customer contact even more. 

As any or all of these functions will be happening on a website owned and controlled by you, you won’t be paying out large monthly sums to services that will not be tailored to your business. In addition, you will be able to ask customers if they would like to opt in to additional marketing services, letting you keep in contact with them and promote your business. 

Collecting & storing customer data

The government has asked that each restaurant, pub or bar keeps a record of all customers and visitors. This data should be kept for 21 days so that it can be passed to NHS Test and Trace if requested.

When you collect and store customers’ personal details you are subject to data protection laws. While these can be complex there are some general rules.

  • You should only collect the information that you need
  • You should tell customers why you are collecting the data and what it is used for
  • You should not use that data for any other purpose
  • You should collect and store data securely

Given these rules you can see why some apparently simple solutions may be problematic. For example, in smaller establishments it may be tempting to stick to a ‘visitors’ book’ and ask everyone who comes in to enter their name and contact details. However, this is difficult to keep secure, and customers may be able to see others’ details.

It is far better to collect customer and visitor data electronically either prior to a visit, or when they arrive at your premises. Insite Web can create a system that suits the size and needs of your business to enable you to easily add and store customer details. This can either sit on your website or for smaller businesses that don’t yet have or want a website, we can host this for you.

Examples of your options

Option 1 – Record Your Customers’ Details Securely

Insite Web will work with you to create an easy online system for capturing customer data simply and securely. This can let you know when customers have arrived and leave, and can be set up in less than a day.

Hosted by us or on your website, this form will be fully GDPR compliant with customers given the choice to opt-in to marketing.

This no-nonsense option could be particularly suited to smaller pubs and takeaways, with options from just £250 plus a small monthly fee.

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Option 2 – Set Up a Simple Online Booking System

Insite Web will create a new website or modify an existing site to allow you to take bookings online. This could be making online reservations for restaurants or taking bookings for tables/time slots in your pub or bar. All our websites come with an easy-to-use content management system that allows you to make updates when you need to. Handy when you want to keep your customers informed about all the latest restrictions.

This option will integrate the customer data form offered in option 1 with more advanced features, all built to your requirements.

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Option 3 – Take Orders & Payments Online

As well as the features of options 1 and 2, Insite Web will work with you to develop an ecommerce site capable not only of taking bookings, but also including an online ordering system and a payment facility, you could even take table orders and payments in real time.

For these more complex situations, we will work with you to create a setup that suit your business needs and requirements.

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Additional Options

Insite Web can also provide more options to support your business. For example, we can create a simple check-in/check-out system which will let customers ‘swipe’ in and out of your premises when they visit. This removes the need for you to monitor who is in your premises at any particular time.  

While we think that a website-based solution offers the best value in terms of price and usability, if you do want to consider a pub app or a restaurant app, we can discuss how that might work for you. 

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Supporting Your Business

Whatever you need. From simple GDP compliant contact forms and great restaurant website design to restaurant menu makers, reservation forms or online ordering talk to us today.