Web design for cafés & coffee shops
Website for cafés & coffee shops in London.
A café website that works as hard as your espresso machine. Most independent cafés have one of two websites: a Squarespace template they paid £200 for that loads in 6 seconds, or no website at all and an Instagram bio with a Linktree. Neither competes with the chains. Neither shows up when someone searches "coffee near me" in your postcode. I build the third option: a fast, considered site that actually generates footfall.
The problem
When someone in your area gets a coffee craving, they reach for their phone. They Google "coffee [your area]" or "cafe near me". The first 3 results in the map pack get the click. That's local SEO. If your site is slow, on Squarespace, or doesn't exist — you're invisible to that search and watching customers walk past your shopfront on their way to the chain that does come up.
What I build
How it actually works.
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A custom-built one or two-page website hand-coded for your café — no template DNA, no platform tax, no monthly fees beyond hosting (~£10/month).
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Menu page that loads in under a second on a 4G phone — because that's how 80% of café searches happen.
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Real photography of your space, your barista, your bakes — taken in person by me, not stock images.
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Google Business Profile fully set up: hours, photos, menu, posts. Verified within 1-2 weeks. This is what gets you in the "near me" map results.
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Schema markup for FoodEstablishment, Menu, OpeningHours — so Google shows your hours, dish prices and reviews directly in search results.
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Optional: simple online ordering form (no platform fees, no commissions) for pre-orders or click-and-collect.
Features
What's included.
- Mobile-first menus Your menu loads instantly, scrolls smoothly, looks great in queue. Updateable by you in under a minute.
- Google Business Profile Set up, verified, optimised. The single biggest local SEO win for an independent café — and most owners never get it right.
- Real photography I come to your café, take photos of the space, the food, the team. No stock images of generic lattes.
- Honest copywriting Written by walking your shop, talking to you, reading your reviews. Sounds like the people who run the place — not a template.
- Order-online (optional) A simple custom form for pre-orders. Emails you directly, no platform fees, no learning curve.
- Performance budget Lighthouse 95+ across all metrics. Faster than your competitors. Faster than the chains.
Real example
Common questions
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How is this different from Square / Toast / Toast websites?
Those are templated, slow, and locked to their platform. The site I build is yours. Custom design, custom copy, owned by you, hosted wherever you want. And it costs less than 6 months of their fees.
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Do I need online ordering?
Depends on your café. If you do high-volume takeaway during morning rush, yes — even a simple pre-order form recovers maybe 20-30 minutes a day in queue management. If you're a sit-in destination café, probably not. I'll tell you straight in the first conversation.
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I already have a Squarespace site — can you migrate it?
Almost always cheaper to rebuild from scratch than fight Squarespace's limitations. Migration of content, photos, copy, domain, email — all included. Site goes live, old subscription cancelled.
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How fast can my café site rank for local searches?
With proper Google Business Profile setup + schema markup + on-page SEO, top-3 rankings for "[cuisine type] [your area]" usually happen within 4-8 weeks. Brand searches ("[your café name]") rank within days.
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