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Web Design in Middlesbrough for Restaurants, Cafés, Bars and Pubs

Websites, local search and branding for the restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs of Baker Street, Bedford Street, Linthorpe Road, Albert Road, Southfield Road and the Riverside, built by a twenty-year hospitality operator who comes up from London on the East Coast line.

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Written by Ali Solak, founder.

The crossings

Middlesbrough, crossing by crossing

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  1. Baker Street and Bedford Street

    The independents, the micro-pubs and the market.

  2. Linthorpe Road and Centre Square

    The restaurants, the gallery and the big nights.

  3. Albert Road and the station quarter

    The old banks turned into bars and the trains.

  4. Teesside University and Southfield Road

    The students, the all-day kitchens and the digital quarter.

  5. The Riverside and Middlehaven

    The Boro on a Saturday, the dock and the blue bridge.

  6. Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton and Nunthorpe

    The suburbs, the Sunday roasts and the parks.

A narrow Victorian street of independent bars with painted brick fronts and bunting, people drinking outside on a summer evening, market stalls: an AI-generated illustration
AI-generated illustration
A football crowd in red scarves walking beside a river toward a floodlit stadium at dusk, a dock and cranes behind: an AI-generated illustration
AI-generated illustration
A distinctive cone-shaped hill rising above green fields at golden hour, a village pub garden with people at tables in the foreground: an AI-generated illustration
AI-generated illustration
A breaded chicken escalope under melted cheese and white sauce with chips and salad on a café table, people eating around it, warm light: an AI-generated illustration
AI-generated illustration

Middlesbrough as a market

Middlesbrough eats on Linthorpe Road and drinks on Baker Street

Middlesbrough's trade runs under the Transporter. Baker Street and Bedford Street are the independents: the small bars, the micro-pubs and the street market under the bunting; Linthorpe Road and Centre Square are the restaurants, the gallery, the Town Hall and the big nights; Albert Road and the station quarter are the old banking street turned into bars and the trains to Darlington and the main line; Teesside University and Southfield Road are the students, the all-day kitchens and the digital quarter; the Riverside and Middlehaven are the Boro on a Saturday, the dock and the blue bridge; and Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton and Nunthorpe are the suburbs, the Sunday roasts and the parks. The Boro at the Riverside, the Orange Pip Market on its Saturday, the Mela in the summer, the Art Weekender in the autumn, a parmo at the end of every night out and a skyline that ends at Roseberry Topping set the calendar.

Who eats where
Micro-pubs, cocktail bars, street food and the independents of Baker Street and Bedford Street, the restaurants, the theatre crowd and the Town Hall nights of Linthorpe Road and Centre Square, the bars in the old banks of Albert Road, the all-day kitchens, the takeaways and the student pubs of Southfield Road and the Boho quarter, the match-day pubs of the Riverside and the walk from the station, the Italian, Indian, Turkish, Chinese and Kurdish kitchens of Linthorpe Road and the parmo houses everywhere, the pubs and cafés of Linthorpe village, Acklam and Marton, and the hotel bars and the retail-park dining out at Teesside Park.
When
The Boro at the Riverside on a Saturday afternoon and the pubs that fill from noon, Baker Street on a Friday and a Saturday night, the Orange Pip Market when its Saturday comes round, the students from September to May on Southfield Road, the Mela in the summer and the Art Weekender in the autumn, Christmas on Centre Square, Sunday roasts in Linthorpe and Marton, the Cleveland Hills and Roseberry Topping pulling the town out on a clear Sunday, and the January weeks when the town eats with itself.
Getting there
Middlesbrough station brings the Tees Valley line from Darlington, where the East Coast Main Line puts London under three hours away, and a direct London train of its own, the Esk Valley line brings Whitby and the moors, the A19 brings Teesside, Sunderland and Newcastle, the A66 brings Darlington, Stockton and the A1, the A174 brings Redcar and the coast, Teesside International brings the flights, the Tees Barrage brings the walkers and the rowers along the river, and the Transporter Bridge stands over the river at the end of every view north.
  • The Boro at the Riverside
  • Orange Pip Market on its Saturday
  • The Mela in the summer
  • The Art Weekender in the autumn
  • A parmo at the end of the night
  • Christmas on Centre Square
A tall blue lattice-steel transporter bridge over a wide river at dusk, its gondola lit mid-crossing, a town skyline behind, people at a riverside bar terrace: an AI-generated illustration
AI-generated illustration

What a Middlesbrough restaurant website has to do

Baker Street and Linthorpe Road are two different nights

Baker Street sells a small bar's evening to people who move from door to door; Linthorpe Road sells a table and a long dinner.

Match day runs from the station to the Riverside

When the Boro are at home the pubs between the station and the ground fill from noon and the restaurants on Linthorpe Road fill when the final whistle goes.

Say Baker Street, Southfield Road or Marton

A search for dinner in Middlesbrough could mean a cocktail on Baker Street, a parmo on Southfield Road or a roast in Marton, and they are different evenings and different money.

The parmo is a dish and a reputation

Teesside's own dish sells itself, and a kitchen that does it well is known for it from Stockton to Redcar.

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 Middlesbrough site starts with the menu, the sittings and the margin, and only then with the design that sells them on Baker Street or at the Riverside.

On the floor

On the floor

  • Menu and marginThe menu costed line by line and priced against your margin before it is designed.
  • Service flowSittings, turn times and the match-day 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 Boro Saturday.
On the screen

On the screen

  • The websiteMobile first, fast on a phone on the walk from the station, a menu Google can read, the table bookable in two taps.
  • Local searchThe Google Business Profile corrected to the street and the quarter, 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.

What you get

  • 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 door.
  • One person to callAli, the founder, from the first call to launch and after.

Website packages, in pounds

  1. Starter£1,650one-offPerfect for small businesses just getting started online
  2. Pro£2,950one-offIdeal for established businesses needing more features
  3. Standard£5,800one-offMid-range option for growing businesses
  4. 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.

Other prices

  • 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

  1. 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.

  2. A written scope

    What will be built, mapped to a figure on the pricing page.

  3. The build

    Structure, copy, menus, booking and the local search set-up, built mobile first and reviewed with you at each stage.

  4. 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 Middlesbrough: the questions people ask

How much does web design cost in Middlesbrough?

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 Middlesbrough other than restaurants?

EDC builds for the food and drink trade: restaurants, cafés, bars, pubs, tea rooms, bakeries and delis. A site for a bar on Baker Street or a parmo house on Linthorpe Road is built by someone who has run one.

Who designs restaurant websites in Middlesbrough?

Epicurean Digital Consultants, based in Wimbledon in London and working in Middlesbrough 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 Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton and Nunthorpe as well as the town centre?

Yes. Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton, Nunthorpe, Coulby Newham, Ormesby and the villages toward the hills are part of the same trade as Baker Street, and the local search work names the street and the suburb as well as the town, so the right people find the door.

Do you need to visit the restaurant?

One visit is usual at the start, to see the room, the kitchen and the walk from the station or the car park; the rest is by video call and email. Middlesbrough is under three hours from King's Cross, so a visit is a day, not a week.

How long does a restaurant website take?

A Starter site is usually live within a few weeks of the written scope; a Standard or Premium site with menus, booking and local search set-up takes longer. The scope gives the date before anything is built.

Where this page's design comes from

Flowmotion, one of the concept sites in the Web Portfolios

This page shares Flowmotion's idiom, a thing you drag through: there a film's timeline, here a gondola across the Tees. 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.

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Nearby

A website that knows Baker Street from Linthorpe Road and a Boro Saturday from an Orange Pip Saturday

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