7 Best Restaurant Website Builders in 2026, With Real Ordering Fees

The best restaurant website builder for most independents is Square Online if you want the cheapest online ordering, Wix or Squarespace if you mainly need a menu, hours and reservations, and Owner.com, Popmenu or ChowNow if you want marketing done for you and accept a monthly bill of $159 to $499 plus per-order fees. The subscription price is the smallest part of the cost once orders start. At 300 online orders a month, the same restaurant pays anywhere from about $380 to about $700 depending on the platform. Prices below were checked on each vendor's own pages on October 19, 2026.

A restaurant website has one job most other small business sites don't: it competes with the delivery apps for the same order. DoorDash's own merchant pricing lists commissions of 15% on delivery orders for its Basic plan, 25% on Plus and 30% on Premier, with 6% on pickup. Every order that comes through your own site instead is margin you keep, which is why the ordering fees below matter more than the template gallery.

What should a restaurant website have?

Seven things, in rough order of how often diners look for them. A text menu (not a photo of the printed one). Hours, including holiday hours. Location with a map link. Online ordering for pickup or delivery. Reservations or a waitlist if you take them. A handful of honest photos. And a link to and from your Google Business Profile, since that's where many diners see your hours and ordering button first.

Most builders handle the first three for free. The last four are where costs and differences show up.

How we compared them

We put general website builders and restaurant platforms in the same table on the cost that actually hits your account: the monthly subscription, any ordering add-on, per-order platform fees, fees charged to diners, and card processing. Every figure is from the vendor's own pricing page or help centre, checked on October 19, 2026. Where a vendor didn't publish a price, we say so instead of guessing.

At a glance

BentoBox, a common pick in older roundups, is now part of Clover. Its own pricing page says BentoBox products are currently only available to Clover POS customers, so it's left out here.

The best restaurant website builders, one by one

1. Square Online – cheapest ordering for a single location

Square lets you build an online ordering profile, a basic website or an online store on its free plan, priced per location, and its feature list includes Order with Google for orders from Search and Maps. Square Free is $0 a month and online card payments cost 3.3% + 30¢. Square Plus is $49 a month per location and drops online cards to 2.9% + 30¢; Premium is $149. Square describes its ordering profile as commission-free delivery and pickup that syncs with Square POS.

The free plan is the cheaper choice until your online sales pass roughly $12,250 a month. That's where Plus's lower 0.4% rate saves more than its $49 fee.

Best for: counter-service spots and cafes already on Square POS. Limits: design is plainer than Wix or Squarespace.

2. Wix – the most flexible general builder for restaurants

Wix prices its plans by country, and accepting payments starts on Core. Its restaurant page describes Wix Restaurants as a commission-free online ordering system and lists online menus, table reservations and loyalty. Card processing through Wix Payments in the US is 2.9% + 30¢, or 3.7% + 30¢ for American Express.

Best for: sit-down restaurants that want design freedom, ordering and reservations in one place. Limits: you set up and maintain it yourself.

3. Squarespace – the best-looking menu-and-hours site

Squarespace has no free plan (a 14-day trial). Basic is $19 a month billed yearly ($25 monthly) and Core $29 ($39). Its restaurant guide points to the Menu block for text menus, OpenTable or Tock for reservations, and the Allday Ordering extension for online orders, which Squarespace notes is a third-party service outside its own support.

Best for: restaurants where the website is mostly about atmosphere, menu and booking a table. Limits: ordering is a bolt-on, so price the extension before you commit.

4. Owner.com – done-for-you marketing, priced per order

Owner.com sells one platform on two plans, month to month. Flexible is $249 a month plus a 5% restaurant fee per order. Flat is $499 a month with no restaurant fees, which Owner says suits restaurants with $5k or more a month in online sales. Both include what Owner calls an AI-optimized website, online ordering, a branded mobile app, loyalty, catering orders and automated email and text marketing. On both plans, Owner's FAQ says, guests also pay a 5% order support fee.

Best for: owners who want ordering, app and marketing handled for them. Limits: that 5% guest fee is a price increase your regulars will see.

5. Popmenu – marketing first, ordering as an add-on

Popmenu Starter is $159 a month prepaid annually ($179 monthly), Essentials $269 ($299) and Premier $449 ($499). Starter includes the website, an interactive menu, Google Business Profile sync, automated email and an event calendar. Online ordering and catering is an add-on on every plan, and Popmenu doesn't publish its price. On top of that, Popmenu charges a flat $1.00 per online order, which you can pass to the guest at checkout or absorb.

Best for: restaurants that want email and social marketing more than ordering. Limits: get a written quote for the ordering add-on.

6. ChowNow – ordering and app, priced per transaction

ChowNow Launch starts at $229 a month billed annually, Grow at $319 and Elevate at $409. Every plan includes direct online ordering, an SEO-focused website, a branded mobile app and catering. Additional fees are listed plainly: a $119 to $499 setup fee, 2.95% + 29¢ per transaction, and $99 a year for the Apple developer account the branded app needs. ChowNow says orders are commission-free with its Profit Protector setting enabled; ask exactly what that setting changes for diners.

Best for: restaurants that want their own app without Owner's percentage. Limits: the setup fee and per-transaction rate push the true monthly cost well past the headline.

7. Greta.sh – when your ordering rules are your own

Greta.sh is an AI app builder. You describe the app in plain English and it generates a full-stack web app with a database, logins and Stripe payments, with code you can export. It isn't a restaurant platform and won't sync with your POS out of the box. It earns a place here for the jobs the platforms above don't do, covered below.

Best for: catering-heavy kitchens and restaurants with unusual ordering rules. Limits: you build and maintain it.

What does online ordering really cost?

Here's one restaurant on each platform: 300 online orders a month at a $30 average ticket, so $9,000 in online sales. All card payments are assumed to be non-Amex cards at the listed rates.

Owner's and Popmenu's pricing pages don't list card processing, so their rows show the published fees only. The Flexible and Flat lines cross at exactly $5,000 a month in online sales, where 5% equals the $250 difference, which matches Owner's own guidance. For context, the same $9,000 through DoorDash's Basic plan at its 15% delivery commission would cost $1,350 in commission alone.

A custom build on Greta.sh would pay Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢, so $351, plus the plan you deploy on. That leaves your time as the real cost, which is why it only makes sense when you need something the platforms can't do.

Should your menu be a PDF?

No. A PDF menu is one of the easiest restaurant website problems to fix, and the fix is free.

Squarespace's own Menu block guide puts it plainly: menu blocks are an alternative to embedded PDF menus, which aren't always as SEO-friendly as text on the page. A text menu also reflows on a phone, is easier for screen readers to handle and can be updated in a minute when the fish changes. Keep a PDF as an optional download for catering or printing if you like, but put the menu itself in HTML. Wix, Squarespace and Popmenu all have dedicated menu tools for this.

How do you add reservations or bookings?

Most restaurants should use a reservation system they already know rather than build one. On Squarespace, the OpenTable block works on Basic and above, and Squarespace also integrates with Tock. Wix lists table reservations on its restaurant page. Popmenu includes digital waitlist and reservations on Premier and as an add-on on Essentials.

Then connect it to Google. Google Business Profile help explains how to add your own booking, food ordering and pickup links to your profile and set a preferred one, and US restaurants can accept food orders through Order with Google via providers or custom links. Point those buttons at your own site instead of a delivery app.

If you're asking a broader question, such as which no-code platform to buy for a customer booking app, the answer depends on how unusual your rules are. Our booking system builder comparison sorts tools by how much rule complexity they handle, from scheduling links to custom builds.

When you want something the templates can't do

The platforms above are built for the common case: a menu, a cart, pickup or delivery. They get awkward when ordering has rules of its own. A catering request form that checks the kitchen's capacity for that date before accepting a deposit. A bakery pre-order that closes when 40 cakes are claimed for Saturday. A loyalty scheme that rewards visits to your three locations differently.

That's an app, not a template feature. With Greta.sh you describe it ("catering clients pick a date, see remaining capacity, pay a 30% deposit, and the kitchen gets a prep list") and Greta.sh builds it with its own database. Our guide to building a restaurant ordering app with AI walks through the kitchen display and order-sync parts, and building a food delivery app from a prompt covers the delivery side. If you're weighing renting a commerce platform against owning the app more generally, see Greta.sh vs Shopify.

On pricing, the Free plan gives 5 credits a day to build, and deployment with a custom domain starts on Starter at $5 a month on the welcome offer (normally $20 a month). The pricing page lists the database on Pro, at $20 a month on the welcome offer (normally $50). If Square or Wix already takes your orders without workarounds, stay there.

FAQ

Does a restaurant need a website if it's on DoorDash?

Yes. DoorDash's own merchant pricing lists 15% to 30% commission on delivery orders depending on the plan, and 6% on pickup. Your own website gives regulars a way to order without that commission, and it's where your Google Business Profile ordering and booking buttons can point.

How much does a restaurant website cost?

A menu-and-hours site costs $0 to about $30 a month: Square Free, a Wix Premium plan (priced by country) or Squarespace Basic at $19 billed yearly. With ordering, budget for card processing (around 2.9% to 3.3% + 30¢ per order) or a restaurant platform at $159 to $499 a month plus per-order fees.

What is the best free website builder for restaurants?

Square Online. Its free plan includes a basic website and an online ordering profile, and you pay only 3.3% + 30¢ per online card payment. Wix also has a free plan, but ordering needs a paid plan that accepts payments.

Can I take online orders without paying commission?

Yes. Square's ordering profile and Wix Restaurants both describe themselves as commission-free; you pay card processing only. Owner.com Flat and Popmenu charge no percentage commission either, but Owner adds a 5% guest fee and Popmenu a $1 order fee.

Should my menu be a PDF?

No. Put the menu on the page as text so search engines can read it and it works on phones and screen readers. Squarespace's Menu block guide notes that PDF menus aren't always as SEO-friendly as text directly on the page.

Which no-code platform should I use for a customer booking app?

For restaurant reservations, use OpenTable, Tock, Wix's table reservations or Popmenu rather than building one. For bookings with unusual rules, such as private dining deposits or class capacity, compare options in our booking system builder guide or describe the app to an AI app builder like Greta.sh.

Run the 300-order math on your own numbers

Take last month's online orders and average ticket, plug them into the table above, and add any guest fees you'd be asking regulars to pay. The cheapest-looking subscription is rarely the cheapest platform. When the ordering rules are yours alone, start building your app with Greta.sh.