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Concept project · Restaurant website
Your customers order from their phones. Does your website let them?
I redesigned the website of The Golden Magnolia, a fictional Southern restaurant, to show what a modern site does for a local business. Try both versions and feel the difference.
Fictional business. Ordering is simulated: nothing is sent, charged, or saved.
Measured on a phone
- Text size on a phone
4.4 px16 pxBody text as displayed on a 390 px‑wide screen - Menu links on a phone
8.8 px tall46 pxHeight of the main navigation buttons as displayed - Ordering
Phone call7 tapsFrom picking a dish to a placed demo order, plus typing a name - Google Lighthouse mobile checks
FailsPasses“Has a mobile viewport” and “Uses legible font sizes”
Measured on 16 October 2026 on the two demo pages in this showcase, using Chromium phone emulation (390 × 844) and Lighthouse 12.8.2 (mobile). These are measurements of the demo pages, not results from a real business.
Before & after · desktop
Same restaurant. Same food. A very different first impression.
Drag the handle to compare the old homepage with the redesign.
Before
- Built for a desktop monitor, fixed 900 px wide
- Small photos that undersell the food
- Menu as a plain table, “download the PDF” for the rest
- Take‑out by phone call only
After
- Full‑width photography that sells the food
- Menu with categories, search and dietary filters
- Customize any dish and order ahead for pickup
- Hours, location and ordering always one tap away
Before & after · on a phone
On a phone, the difference is everything.
Both phones below are live. Scroll them. The old site has no mobile layout, so a phone browser shrinks the whole desktop page to fit the screen.
Try it yourself
Order a fried chicken plate for pickup.
Use the phone to place a demo order. The checklist follows along as you go.
- Choose a dish
- Customize it and add it to your order
- Open your order
- Pick a time and enter a name
- Review your order
- Place the demo order
Taps so far: 0
On the old website
- Zoom in to find the phone number
- Call during opening hours
- Read your order out loud and spell your name
- Hope nothing gets lost along the way
Simulated ordering: no payment, account, or message is ever sent.
Live demoStep 1 of 6 · Choose a dish
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Features such as online ordering depend on the services your business uses and are scoped and quoted for each project. The ordering in this showcase is a demonstration only.
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