Web design, Cambridge CB2
Web Design in Cambridge for Restaurants, Cafés, Bars and Pubs
Websites, local search and branding for the restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs of the Market Square, King's Parade, Bene't Street, Mill Road, Quayside and the station quarter, built by a twenty-year hospitality operator who comes up from London by train.
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The Backs
Cambridge, read from the river
Scroll to pole along
- Mooring 01
The Market Square and King's Parade
The centre and the visitors
- Mooring 02
Bene't Street and Trinity Street
The old pubs and the college trade
- Mooring 03
Mill Road
The long independent street
- Mooring 04
Quayside and Bridge Street
The river and the punts
- Mooring 05
The station and CB1
The commuters and the new rooms
- Mooring 06
The villages
Grantchester, Histon and the pub lunch
The college year
Four terms, and a city that fills and empties with them
Michaelmas
October to December: the colleges back, the weeknights full
Lent
January to March: the quiet term, the regulars
Easter
April to June: exams, then May Week and graduation
Summer
July and August: the visitors, the river, the summer schools
Moments in the Cambridge year
- May Week and graduation, June
- The Folk Festival, July
- Michaelmas term begins, October
- Summer on the river
- Carols and the Christmas markets
Cambridge as a market
Cambridge eats by the term, the river and the train
Cambridge runs on two calendars. The colleges set the term, and the city's cafés, pubs and restaurants fill and empty with it: Michaelmas, Lent, Easter, then May Week and graduation in June, then the summer visitors on the river. The Market Square and King's Parade are the centre and the tourists; Bene't Street and Trinity Street are the old pubs and the college trade; Mill Road is the long independent street with the city's own restaurants; Quayside and Bridge Street are the river and the punts; and the station quarter has filled with new rooms for the commuters and the science park.
- Who eats where
- Cafés and restaurants around the Market Square and along King's Parade, the old pubs of Bene't Street and Trinity Street, the independents and the neighbourhood restaurants of Mill Road, riverside bars and restaurants at Quayside and along Bridge Street, the new rooms around the station and CB1, the pubs of the villages from Grantchester to Histon, and the daytime trade of the science park and the hospitals.
- When
- Term-time weeknights from the colleges, weekend lunch from the visitors on the river, May Week and graduation in June, the Folk Festival at the end of July, the summer schools and the tourists through August, the Michaelmas rush in October, the Christmas markets and the carols, and a quiet city for a fortnight either side of each term.
- Getting there
- Cambridge station brings the trains from London in under an hour, and Cambridge North serves the science park; the guided busway and the park-and-rides bring the villages; everyone else is on a bike, which is why the rack outside the door matters.
What a Cambridge restaurant website has to do
Two calendars, one site
A Cambridge room has a term-time week and a tourist summer, and they want different things.
Bikes, punts and the train
People arrive on a bike, off a punt or from the station.
May Week and graduation, booked by Easter
The June fortnight fills every room in the city and the tables go to the families who booked in April.
Rank for Cambridge, by street and by college
Searches name King's Parade, Mill Road, Quayside or the college next door.
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 Cambridge site starts with the menu, the sittings and the margin, and only then with the design that sells them in the right term.
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 term-time week and the May Week plan 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 a bike at the lights, a menu Google can read, the table bookable in two taps.
- Local searchThe Google Business Profile corrected to the street and the college beside you, 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, street by street
- A booking pathThat works on a phone between the station and the river
- 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
- Pole 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.
- Pole 02
A written scope
What will be built, mapped to a figure on the pricing page.
- Pole 03
The build
Structure, copy, menus, booking and the local search set-up, built mobile first and reviewed with you at each stage.
- Pole 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 Cambridge: the questions people ask
How much does web design cost in Cambridge?
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 Cambridge 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 Mill Road restaurant is built by someone who has run one.
Who designs restaurant websites in Cambridge?
Epicurean Digital Consultants, based in Wimbledon in London and working in Cambridge 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 the villages and the science park as well as the centre?
Yes. Grantchester, Histon, the science park and the hospitals are much of the city's trade, and the page is built around the road, the river or the station rather than the city name.
Do you need to visit the restaurant?
Usually once, and Cambridge is under an hour from London by train. 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
Orbital, one of the concept sites in the Web Portfolios
This page shares that demo's idea of a scroll journey: there you fly through a planet system as you scroll, here a punt is poled along the Backs and the page arrives mooring by mooring. The river, the willows and the college year are this page's own. 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.