How Much Does a Restaurant Website Cost in 2026?

The honest answer is anywhere from a few euros a month to well over ten thousand. That range is useless on its own, so here is what sits behind it, and how to work out what your restaurant actually needs.

The four ways to get a restaurant website

1. Do it yourself on a website builder. A monthly subscription, a template and your own evenings. Typical cost: roughly €15–€50 a month, plus the hours you put in. Cheap in money, expensive in time, and the result usually looks like the template.

2. A restaurant platform that includes a website. Ordering, booking or delivery platforms often bundle a simple site. Typical cost: a monthly fee, a commission on orders, or both. Convenient, but the site is usually generic and you rent it rather than own it.

3. A freelancer. Typical cost: around €500–€2,500 for a small site. Quality varies enormously, and so does what happens after launch.

4. A studio or agency. Typical cost: from about €2,500 to €10,000 and more for custom design, photography direction, several languages and ongoing work.

These are rough ranges we see across Portugal and the rest of Europe, not quotes. Prices depend on the country, the scope and who does the work.

What actually drives the price

• Number of pages. A one-page site with menu, hours and booking costs less than a site with private dining, events, a blog and location pages.
• Languages. Every extra language means more writing, checking and structure. Tourist areas almost always need at least two.
• Custom design or a template. A template is faster. Custom design is what makes the site look like your place and not every other place.
• Integrations. Linking a booking system or delivery app is quick. Building custom ordering is not.
• Content. Good photography and well-written menu descriptions are often the biggest hidden cost, and the biggest difference in results.

The extras nobody quotes up front

• Domain: usually €10–€30 a year.
• Hosting: from free to around €30 a month, depending on the setup.
• Photography: a half-day shoot is often the best money you will spend on the site.
• Booking and ordering fees: some systems charge per cover or per order.
• Changes after launch: menus change, hours change. Ask who makes those updates and what it costs.

One-off price or monthly plan?

A one-off price means you pay for the build and then handle hosting and updates yourself, or pay for them separately. A monthly plan spreads the cost and usually includes hosting, small changes and someone to call.

Neither is better in general. If your menu changes every season and you do not want to touch the site, a monthly plan is often cheaper over two years than paying for every change one by one.

What we charge, so you can compare

We publish our prices because we think every studio should. At EGORA Digital, restaurant websites start from €490 as a one-off setup, or from €79 a month with hosting and care included. A larger site with location pages, a blog and deeper local SEO starts from €990, or €149 a month. Most sites go live in two to five weeks. The full breakdown is on our pricing page, and what we include for restaurants is on our restaurant website design page.

How to decide

Ask yourself three questions:

1. Do I want to spend my own evenings building and updating it?
2. Do I need more than one language?
3. Is the website supposed to bring in bookings, or just exist?

If the answers are no, yes and bookings, a cheap template will cost you more in lost tables than it saves. If you just need your hours and phone number online quickly, a builder is a perfectly good start.

The short version

A small, well-built restaurant website that you own, that works on every phone and that shows up on Google usually costs a few hundred to a couple of thousand euros, plus a small monthly amount for hosting and care. Anything much cheaper usually costs you time. Anything much more expensive should come with a clear reason.