Web design, Reading RG1
Web Design in Reading for Restaurants, Cafés, Bars and Pubs
Websites, local search and branding for the restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs of the Oracle riverside, Broad Street, Friar Street, Caversham and the campus, built by a twenty-year hospitality operator half an hour down the line from Paddington.
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The two banks of Reading
The Kennet
The town bank
The station, the Oracle, Broad Street, Friar Street
- Lunch
- offices, the Oracle shoppers, the Elizabeth line crowd
- Dinner
- the riverside row along the Kennet, booked before the train
- Late
- Friar Street and the bars, Friday and Saturday
- Weekend
- families at the Oracle, the market in Market Place
The Thames
The river bank
Caversham, the meadows, the rowing clubs, the campus
- Lunch
- walkers on the towpath, the rowing clubs, the Whiteknights crowd
- Dinner
- Caversham's parade and the Thames-side pubs when the light holds
- Late
- term-time students, Festival weekend in August
- Weekend
- Sunday lunch by the bridge, the meadows in summer
Reading as a market
Reading has two rivers, and they are two different trades
Reading sits where the Kennet meets the Thames, and the town trades on both. The Kennet runs through the Oracle, with the restaurant row along its bank, past the Abbey ruins and Forbury Gardens to the station quarter, Broad Street and the bars of Friar Street. The Thames is the other Reading: Caversham over the bridge, the meadows and the rowing clubs, the pubs with gardens on the water, and the Festival site at the end of August. The university at Whiteknights fills the budget end of both all term.
- Reading Festival, August bank holiday
- Summer evenings on the Thames
- Term starts, September
- Christmas at the Oracle
- Sunday lunch in Caversham
The Oracle riverside
the restaurant row along the Kennet
Broad Street and Market Place
the shopping spine and the market
Friar Street
bars and the Friday night
Forbury and the Abbey quarter
the gardens, the ruins, the offices
Caversham
over the bridge: the parade and the Thames-side pubs
Whiteknights and the campus
the university and its term-time trade
What a Reading restaurant website has to do
Say Kennet or Thames in the first line
A search for dinner in Reading could mean the Oracle riverside or a pub garden on the Thames, and they are a different walk and a different mood.
A terrace that books itself
On a warm evening the river fills from the bridge down.
A student page without last year's PDF
Term-time trade searches for deals and hours on a phone between lectures.
Rank for Reading, by bank
Searches name the Oracle, Friar Street, Caversham or the station.
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 Reading site starts with the menu, the sittings and the margin, and only then with the design that sells them to the right bank of the river.
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 rules and the Festival weekend planned 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 Elizabeth line, a menu Google can read, the terrace bookable in two taps.
- Local searchThe Google Business Profile corrected to the bank 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, bank by bank
- A booking pathThat works on a phone between the platform and the riverside
- 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
- Bridge 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.
- Bridge 02
A written scope
What will be built, mapped to a figure on the pricing page.
- Bridge 03
The build
Structure, copy, menus, booking and the local search set-up, built mobile first and reviewed with you at each stage.
- Bridge 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 Reading: the questions people ask
How much does web design cost in Reading?
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 Reading 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 Reading bar is built by someone who has run one.
Who designs restaurant websites in Reading?
Epicurean Digital Consultants, based in Wimbledon and half an hour from Paddington on the fast train, 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 Caversham, Tilehurst and Woodley as well as the centre?
Yes. The parades and the river pubs outside the centre are much of Reading's trade, and the page is built around the parade, the bridge or the station rather than the borough name.
Can you get a Reading restaurant found on Google?
Yes. The site is built around the street and the postcode, the Google Business Profile is corrected to match, and the Local Visibility plan at £850 per month keeps listings, reviews and local pages working month by month.
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 its flowing idiom with that demo: the water that moves at its own pace and the thing you drag across it. 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.