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$$$ Website review for a business restaurant, Please!

  • 21-03-2011 1:57am
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭


    Feel free to comment on this new website for a business restaurant.
    Here is the website link: Http://www.BuffetMasterBray.com

    Buffet Master Bray is one of my client reopened under new chefs and managenent. Searching this forum and found some bad news about the restaurant.

    I just hope to get some reviews or advice before I handle over it to my client.
    I don't have too much experience of web design and it was created with wordpress and some plugins. I didn't do lots coding by myself.

    Thanks in advance.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    The name is too long. How about BuffetMaster.ie?

    Spelling - "Vegatable".

    You need to improve the style of writing. Don't use ALL CAPITALS. Put a space after a punctuation mark, none before Use capital letters at the start of sentences.

    Too much blank space at the bottom of the page.

    Change the brown(?) text colour used in "Menus | Reservation", etc., to something with better contrast, e.g. the green used in "Home".

    "Created by Chen,Staff of Buffet Master" - make "Chen" a hyperlink to your own website or e-mail. Do not say you are staff.

    The icons at the bottom aren't showing properly, but that may be my computer.

    You need to add some real photos to each page. Preferably add photos of appealing food on a plate and happy people eating the food.

    "We're open" on the banner probably needs to say when you are open.

    Are you entitled to use the Safefood mark?

    "Powered by Buffet Master & Wordpress" - the Wordpess hyperlink links to http://www.buffetmasterbray.com/


    Menu page

    What is "FlippingBook WordPress Gallery"?

    The Flash isn't working for me, but that might be me. Keep it simple - stick with html! [Edit] See the attached image. I can see the cover, but not the contents.


    Reservation page

    What is the "1" button after the calendar?

    Customers need to be able to specify a reservation time, not lunch or dinner. Should they be able to specify adult or child

    You need to change the reservation summary to something like:
    Booking Persons Price Total
    Dinner 10 €10.80 €108.00Or possibly omit the price altogether.

    Are you sure you want to allow people book 80 people? Managing such groups is difficult. And expensive!



    Location page

    Perhaps use the map version only of the google map, without the satellite image.


    The prices look awfully cheap.

    You need to define what is a "child" by age or height and tell people, e.g. is a 2 metre tall 17 year old a child?

    You owe me dinner. :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    Victor wrote: »
    The name is too long. How about BuffetMaster.ie?

    Spelling - "Vegatable". fixed

    You need to improve the style of writing. Don't use ALL CAPITALS. Put a space after a punctuation mark, none before Use capital letters at the start of sentences.
    English is not my first language
    Too much blank space at the bottom of the page. fixed

    Change the brown(?) text colour used in "Menus | Reservation", etc., to something with better contrast, e.g. the green used in "Home". it is changed to green color after clicking

    "Created by Chen,Staff of Buffet Master" - make "Chen" a hyperlink to your own website or e-mail. Do not say you are staff. fixed. Am I stupid???

    The icons at the bottom aren't showing properly, but that may be my computer. Could you give me the screen grab, Please ?

    You need to add some real photos to each page. Preferably add photos of appealing food on a plate and happy people eating the food.
    we will add more pictures. And we have the gallery page. Link: www.buffetmasterbray.com

    "We're open" on the banner probably needs to say when you are open. Not big problem I think

    Are you entitled to use the Safefood mark? No, I don't think it is a commercial trade mark.

    "Powered by Buffet Master & Wordpress" - the Wordpess hyperlink links to http://www.buffetmasterbray.com/ fixed


    Menu page

    What is "FlippingBook WordPress Gallery"?

    The Flash isn't working for me, but that might be me. Keep it simple - stick with html! [Edit] See the attached image. I can see the cover, but not the contents.

    It is working in my firefox. But It is hard to try all web browsers. I think you should update your brower to latest.

    Reservation page

    What is the "1" button after the calendar?
    can't fix. Most booking plugins in wordpress are not free (cost 1000+ euro per year ). The plugin I am using is designed for hotel room booking system and it has the duration option. For example, you can choose how many days you will stay in the hotel. But for a meal, it just takes minutes or hours.

    Customers need to be able to specify a reservation time, not lunch or dinner. Should they be able to specify adult or child
    fixed

    You need to change the reservation summary to something like:
    Booking Persons Price Total
    Dinner 10 €10.80 €108.00Or possibly omit the price altogether.

    Are you sure you want to allow people book 80 people? Managing such groups is difficult. And expensive!
    fixed. cut to 40.



    Location page

    Perhaps use the map version only of the google map, without the satellite image.
    fixed


    The prices look awfully cheap.

    You need to define what is a "child" by age or height and tell people, e.g. is a 2 metre tall 17 year old a child?

    You owe me dinner. :)
    Sure. Just come in saying your name.
    should I develop voucher code system?

    Thanks & Thanks again!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    en.r4cart wrote: »
    What is the "1" button after the calendar?

    can't fix. Most booking plugins in wordpress are not free (cost 1000+ euro per year ). The plugin I am using is designed for hotel room booking system and it has the duration option. For example, you can choose how many days you will stay in the hotel. But for a meal, it just takes minutes or hours.
    Why not have that number as the number of people for the booking? :)
    en.r4cart wrote: »
    Are you entitled to use the Safefood mark?
    No, I don't think it is a commercial trade mark.
    You might check. :) If you are SafeFood approved, it might be perfectly OK to use it.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    Victor wrote: »
    Why not have that number as the number of people for the booking? :)

    Good idea! I will give a try.
    Thanks a million!

    Thanks a million!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    en.r4cart wrote: »
    Originally Posted by Victor
    Why not have that number as the number of people for the booking?

    Good idea! I will give a try.

    Thanks a million!

    I gave up but I tried the other method.
    It is a quite simple contact form. Here is the link: http://www.buffetmasterbray.com/reservation2/

    Any feedback welcome. Thanks in advance...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭mneylon




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    Blacknight wrote: »

    Thanks a million! I think it is better to use a pdf file menus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭mneylon


    en.r4cart wrote: »
    Thanks a million! I think it is better to use a pdf file menus.
    How is using a PDF better?
    From a usability perspective I can't see how it is better.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    Blacknight wrote: »
    How is using a PDF better?
    From a usability perspective I can't see how it is better.

    SO what do you think it is better to show a restaurant menus?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭mneylon


    en.r4cart wrote: »
    SO what do you think it is better to show a restaurant menus?
    Look at the link I posted above.
    It's pretty self-explanatory


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭en.r4cart


    Blacknight wrote: »
    Look at the link I posted above.
    It's pretty self-explanatory

    I mean the downloadable menus in the website..

    Thanks a lot.


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