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Industry · Cafe

Websites for Australian cafes — built first, paid second.

Menu, hours, directions in one tap. Speakable schema so Siri reads opening hours correctly. Resy hand-off for groups of four-plus.

Demo status: Fictional demo — no customer result claimed

What’s broken

Why most cafe sites bleed leads.

  • Hours wrong on Google because nobody updated the legacy MyBusiness listing
  • Menu lives on Instagram so it’s un-Googleable
  • Mobile site loads in 6+ seconds because the hero is a 4MB JPEG
  • No reservation surface so every booking is a DM
  • Local SEO push for ‘specialty coffee [suburb]’ is wide open

What we build

The cafe stack we ship by default.

Every page below is built into the base price. No upsells, no add-ons.

Menu

Indexable, Speakable-tagged, with allergens.

Hours and directions

One-tap call, one-tap maps, one-tap reservation.

Story

Founder + roaster blurb that earns your About-page traffic.

Bookings

Resy / SevenRooms / Square embed with brand styling.

What actually works

What cafes need from a website.

The brief version

A cafe site needs to answer four questions in under three seconds: Are you open right now? Where are you? What does the menu look like? Can I book a table for Saturday? Everything else is nice to have. The site that answers those four questions on mobile, fast, wins the lunchtime search.

Conversion patterns that work

  • Speakable-tagged opening hours — Siri and Google Assistant read them correctly when someone asks
  • Menu as real HTML, not a PDF or Instagram link — it gets indexed and shows in search snippets
  • One-tap directions link (Google Maps deep link, not an embedded iframe) for walk-in traffic
  • Resy or SevenRooms embed for group bookings, styled to match the brand
  • Hero photo optimised under 200kb — the difference between a 1s and 5s load on a 4G connection

Common objections

What cafes tell us before they brief us.

We hear these a lot. Here is the honest answer to each.

My Instagram page is basically my website.

Instagram is great for engagement. It does nothing for people searching ‘specialty coffee Marrickville’ on Google. The two work together — Instagram for retention, a fast indexed site for acquisition.

I update my menu every week, a website is too much work.

We handle requested updates. Email or WhatsApp the change and we will confirm the expected turnaround; you do not need to learn a CMS.

I already have a Google Business listing.

Your listing links to a website. When that site loads slowly or has wrong hours, Google downgrades the listing. A fast, accurate site reinforces the listing rather than undermining it.

Cafe FAQ

Specific questions about cafe websites.

Can you keep my opening hours current?

Yes. We can mark up the approved hours and update them when you message us. We confirm timing for each request, and you do not need a login or dashboard.

Do you integrate with Resy, SevenRooms, or Square for bookings?

All three. We embed the booking widget with brand styling so it doesn’t look bolted on. The reservation confirmation and SMS reminders come from your booking platform — we just make the entry point look right.

No deposit. 72-hour first-draft target.

Send a usable brief. We aim to share a private first draft within 72 hours.

We don’t ask for a card until after you’ve walked the live draft.

Send my brief

What every site includes

The base stack every cafe site ships with.

No upsells. No hidden essentials. Every AI website we build for an Australian small business comes with the lot from day one.

Industry schema for cafes

Service, LocalBusiness and Breadcrumb JSON-LD based on approved business details. Structured data can support eligibility but does not guarantee rankings or rich results.

Cloudflare hosting + SSL

Cloudflare hosting, automatic SSL and CDN delivery. We test the finished draft, but do not promise a fixed loading time or score.

Conversion-shaped copy

Hero, services, social proof, and FAQ written for the way cafe customers actually shop. Plain English, not template filler.

Mobile-first layout

Click-to-call, SMS, maps and booking links with accessible tap targets. Lighthouse results vary by page, content and test conditions.

AUD billing via Stripe

Monthly subscription in Australian dollars. Cancel any month. Annual saves 17%. No setup fees, no deposit, no minimum term.

AEST support + edits

Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm AEST. We confirm the expected turnaround for each edit request.

Code is yours

You own the design, copy, and source. On cancellation we hand over a full export inside 7 business days. No vendor lock-in.

SEO ready on day one

Sitemap.xml, robots.txt, canonicals, OpenGraph and Twitter card metadata, schema.org structured data — wired correctly before launch.

AI crawler accessible

Supported crawlers can access public pages unless a customer requests otherwise. Access does not guarantee crawling, citation or inclusion in AI answers.

FAQ

Common questions.