Web design, Bristol BS1
Web Design in Bristol for Restaurants, Cafés, Bars and Pubs
Websites, local search and branding for the restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs of the Harbourside, Wapping Wharf, King Street, Clifton, Stokes Croft, Gloucester Road and North Street, built by a twenty-year hospitality operator who comes down from London by train.
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The quays
Bristol, read around the water
Scroll to ride the ferry
- Quay 01
The Harbourside and Wapping Wharf
The sheds and the containers by the water
- Quay 02
King Street and Welsh Back
The old pubs and the theatre crowd
- Quay 03
St Nicholas Market and the Old City
The lunch trade under the glass roof
- Quay 04
Stokes Croft and Gloucester Road
The longest run of independents
- Quay 05
Clifton Village
The Georgian hill and the bridge
- Quay 06
North Street and Southville
The village over the river
Bristol as a market
Bristol eats around the harbour and up its hills
Bristol's trade follows the Floating Harbour. The Harbourside and Wapping Wharf are the restaurants in the sheds and the shipping containers by the water; King Street and Welsh Back are the old pubs and the theatre crowd; St Nicholas Market and the Old City are the lunch trade; Stokes Croft and Gloucester Road are the longest run of independents in the city; Clifton Village is the Georgian hill with the suspension bridge; and North Street in Southville and Bedminster is the village on the other side of the river. The city is hills, so every walk has a view and a reason to stop.
- The Balloon Fiesta, August
- The Harbour Festival, July
- Summer evenings at Wapping Wharf
- Sunday lunch in Clifton
- Match days at Ashton Gate
- Who eats where
- Restaurants in the harbour sheds and the container yard at Wapping Wharf, pubs and dining rooms on King Street and Welsh Back, the market stalls and cafés of St Nicholas Market and Corn Street, the cafés, bars and bakeries of Stokes Croft and Gloucester Road, the restaurants and delis of Clifton Village and Whiteladies Road, the independents of North Street and Southville, and the student trade around the university and the Triangle.
- When
- Weekday lunch in the Old City and around the harbour offices, Friday and Saturday nights on King Street, Stokes Croft and the Harbourside, Sunday lunch in Clifton and on North Street, summer evenings on the water, the Balloon Fiesta weekend in August, the Harbour Festival in July, and matches at Ashton Gate and the County Ground.
- Getting there
- Temple Meads brings the trains from London, Birmingham, Cardiff and the south-west; the harbour ferry stops at the Harbourside, Wapping Wharf and Temple Meads; buses climb to Clifton and run out along Gloucester Road; the Severn bridges and the M32 bring the car trade; everything else is a walk up a hill.
What a Bristol restaurant website has to do
Say which side of the water
A search for dinner in Bristol could mean the Harbourside, Clifton or North Street, and they are a ferry, a hill or a bridge apart.
The water is the evening
On a warm evening the harbour fills and the tables by the water go first.
The fiesta, the festival and the match, each a page
The Balloon Fiesta, the Harbour Festival and Ashton Gate bring the city out on set weekends.
Rank for Bristol, by neighbourhood
Searches name Clifton, Stokes Croft, Gloucester Road or Southville more often than the city.
What we do, how we do it, what you get
Built from the kitchen outwards by someone who has run one
EDC's founder spent twenty years running hospitality operations before founding the consultancy in June 2024. A Bristol site starts with the menu, the sittings and the margin, and only then with the design that sells them on the right side of the water.
On the floor
- Menu and marginThe menu costed line by line and priced against your margin before it is designed.
- Service flowSittings, turn times, the terrace plan and the festival weekends decided before the booking system is switched on.
- Allergens and specsAn allergen matrix and recipe spec sheets the kitchen works from and the website can quote.
- Team and standardsOpening checklists and service standards written for the people who will run the room on a Saturday.
On the screen
- The websiteMobile first, fast on the quay, a menu Google can read, the terrace bookable in two taps.
- Local searchThe Google Business Profile corrected to the neighbourhood and the street, listings matched to it, reviews answered.
- BrandA logo, palette, type, menus and signage files that look the same on the door, the table and the phone.
- Email and socialA customer email system and a social plan that say what is on this week, kept current by someone who knows the kitchen.
- A written scopeMapped to a figure on the pricing page before anything is built
- A site you ownOn your own domain, with the files and the logins
- A menu Google can readNot a PDF: dishes, prices and allergens as text
- A profile that matchesThe Google Business Profile corrected to the site, hill by hill
- A booking pathThat works on a phone between the ferry and the door
- One person to callAli, the founder, from the first call to launch and after
Website packages, in pounds
- Starter£1,650one-offPerfect for small businesses just getting started online
- Pro£2,950one-offIdeal for established businesses needing more features
- Standard£5,800one-offMid-range option for growing businesses
- Premium£6,500one-offMulti-location or high-end venues
The same in every area EDC works. What each package includes is on the pricing page.
- Local VisibilityLocal SEO£850per month
- Growth SEOLocal SEO£1,550per month
- Full Brand KitBranding£1,850one-off
- Menu EngineeringMenu£2,500one-off
- Quick ZoomAudit£450one-off
- Social Media – StarterSocial£850per month
How it works
- Balloon 01
A thirty-minute call
You talk to Ali about the venue, the trade you want more of, and what the current site does and does not do.
- Balloon 02
A written scope
What will be built, mapped to a figure on the pricing page.
- Balloon 03
The build
Structure, copy, menus, booking and the local search set-up, built mobile first and reviewed with you at each stage.
- Balloon 04
Launch and after
Go live, Google Business Profile and local listings checked, then the support period of the package you chose.
Questions people ask
Web design in Bristol: the questions people ask
How much does web design cost in Bristol?
The same as anywhere EDC works. Website – Starter is £1,650, Website – Pro £2,950, Website – Standard £5,800 and Website – Premium £6,500, one-off figures in pounds. The pricing page lists what each includes. Local SEO is separate, from £850 per month.
Do you design websites for businesses in Bristol other than restaurants?
EDC builds for the food and drink trade: restaurants, cafés, bars, pubs, bakeries and delis. That focus is the point; a site for a Wapping Wharf restaurant is built by someone who has run one.
Who designs restaurant websites in Bristol?
Epicurean Digital Consultants, based in Wimbledon in London and working in Bristol by train and by video call, founded in June 2024 by Ali Solak after twenty years running hospitality operations. You deal with Ali directly, not an account manager.
Do you cover Clifton, Gloucester Road and Southville as well as the harbour?
Yes. The hills and the villages are much of the city's trade, and the page is built around the road, the hill or the wharf rather than the city name.
Do you need to visit the restaurant?
Usually once, and Bristol is a direct train from London. The first thirty-minute call is by phone or video and costs nothing.
How long does a restaurant website take?
It depends on the package and on how fast menus, photography and copy come back from you. The written scope after the first call gives a date.
Where this page's design comes from
Maris, one of the concept sites in the Web Portfolios
This page shares that demo's water: a surface that moves at its own pace, whatever the viewer does, and a boat that crosses it as the page is read. It is a concept site with a fictional brand, built to show what a site can feel like; it is not a client and no business on it is real.