A website for a restaurant in Spain costs between 300 and 10.000 € depending on the option you choose: doing it yourself, hiring a freelance or a low-cost agency, or a specialist agency. If you are looking for a fixed budget, with professional design and maintenance included, there are plans from 890 € as a one-off payment. In this guide we compare the real alternatives so you neither overpay nor fall short.
How much a restaurant website costs: price ranges in Spain
In Spain, the market ranges published by Picarol Digital and Costa del Sol TMK put a DIY website between 300 and 800 €, a website with a freelance or a low-cost agency between 1.200 and 4.000 €, and an advanced website with an ordering system between 3.000 and 10.000 € or more. Specialist subscriptions run from 39 to 129 € a month.
| Option | Price range | What it normally includes | Ideal for… |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY (Wix, WordPress, Google Sites) | 300-800 € | Hosting, a template and your time | Small bars or projects with almost no budget |
| Freelance or low-cost agency | 1.200-4.000 € | Basic design, hosting, sometimes a digital menu | Restaurants with a simple image |
| Agency specialising in hospitality | 800-6.000 €+ (MasLeads Digital) | Design, local SEO, digital menu, bookings | Restaurants that want to capture direct bookings |
| Specialist subscription | 39-129 €/month (MiBarOnline) | Website, menu, hosting and support | Anyone who prefers a small fee |
Picarol Digital and Costa del Sol TMK publish these ranges in their pricing guides, although there are specific exceptions. Ensalza advertises websites from 390 €, Bouzon Digital charges 699 € as a one-off payment or 49,99 € a month plus extra modules, and MasLeads Digital publishes ranges of 800 to 6.000 € or more. We, GastroSEO, work with fixed plans of 890, 1.490 and 2.490 € with hosting included for the first year.
What the price includes: a breakdown by item
Before comparing prices it is worth being clear about what the website has to achieve: in what makes a restaurant website successful we explain the three layers that separate a brochure from a website that brings customers.
The price of a restaurant website is split between domain, hosting, design, a QR digital menu, bookings and maintenance. Some providers group it into a one-off payment; others charge a monthly fee. Knowing what each item includes avoids incomplete quotes.
| Item | What it is | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|
| Domain | The name of your website (.es, .com) | Low annual cost, varies by extension |
| Hosting | The hosting where the website lives | Included in some plans; at GastroSEO, 80 €/year from the second year |
| Web design | A template or bespoke design | 300-4.000 € depending on the option |
| QR digital menu | A menu that can be read from a phone | Included in agency or subscription plans |
| Booking system | A form or an integration with an external engine | Varies; it can be included or charged per booking |
| Maintenance | Updates, security, changes | 39-129 €/month on subscription; on a one-off payment, separate |
Each provider organises these items differently. We, for example, include hosting for the first year on every plan and from the second year we charge approximately 80 € a year. Others fold it into a monthly fee that does not separate design from maintenance.
The DIY option (Wix, WordPress): what it costs and when it makes sense
According to Picarol Digital and Costa del Sol TMK, a website you build yourself with Wix, WordPress, Squarespace or Google Sites sits between 300 and 800 € across template, plugins and time. In practice you can start with less if you use a free template and only pay for hosting, but the real cost is your time and the result usually shows.
The DIY option makes sense when you have a neighbourhood bar, a workshop or a small business that does not need to capture online bookings or compete on Google for a neighbourhood with a lot of hospitality. What it does not usually give you: careful local SEO, optimised speed, a digital menu integrated with your Google listing, or a design that reflects the level of your menu. If the question is whether to stay on Wix, stay on WordPress or commission the website from scratch, the decision is in Wix or WordPress for a restaurant.
The freelance or low-cost agency option: price range and risks
The usual range for a freelance or a low-cost agency for a restaurant website is between 1.200 and 4.000 €, according to the guides from Picarol Digital and Costa del Sol TMK. But there are offers below that, such as Ensalza from 390 € or Bouzon Digital at 699 € as a one-off payment. The price varies with the template, the number of pages and whether they include a digital menu.
The risk of this option is not the price, it is the follow-through. A freelance can hand you a decent website and disappear. Often there is no search-engine optimisation, the digital menu is a PDF uploaded to a page and the booking system is an external link with no measurement: the low price usually means less support and a website that is harder to rank. If you hire this way, ask about maintenance, menu changes and what happens if you stop paying.
The specialist hospitality agency option: what you pay extra for and why
Here you pay more, but not for decoration: you pay for an understanding of what a diner looks for on a restaurant’s page and how to connect the website with the Google listing. Our fixed plans are Web Esencial 890 €, Web Profesional 1.490 € and Web Premium Gastro 2.490 €, with hosting included for the first year and delivery in 2-4 weeks. Other agencies such as MasLeads Digital publish ranges of 800 to 6.000 € or more.
The difference is that a specialist agency includes from the start what is an extra on other options: local SEO, a working QR digital menu, booking forms, optimised speed and a design that does not look like a generic template. If you also hire local SEO for restaurants or management of your Google Business Profile listing, the website stops being a brochure and becomes another bookings channel. You can see real examples in our portfolio of published websites, such as the bilingual website of Almorratxa, a restaurant and beach club in Arenys de Mar.
Monthly and annual maintenance cost
Maintenance depends on the model you have chosen. These are the most common costs:
- Hosting: from the second year it is around 80 €/year in our case; others fold it into the monthly fee.
- All-inclusive subscription: MiBarOnline offers 39, 79 and 129 €/month; Bouzon Digital, 49,99 €/month plus modules.
- Updates: with a freelance they are usually charged by the hour or per change; it is worth agreeing this beforehand.
- Menu and content changes: included on a subscription; on a one-off payment, often charged separately by the hour.
- Domain: a low-cost annual renewal, depending on the extension.
The key is knowing in advance how much it will cost to maintain the website each year: a low launch price can hide expensive maintenance if every change is invoiced separately.
If the website takes payment (bookings with a deposit, gift vouchers or product sales), add the gateway commissions to the maintenance: we compare them with official figures in payment gateways for restaurants.
What happens if you do not invest in a website: the cost of depending only on social networks or on commission platforms
The cost of not having a website does not appear on a monthly invoice, but it exists. Depending only on social networks or on booking and delivery platforms exposes you to commissions per booking or order that eat into the margin, and to the customer staying on the platform instead of with your business. Platforms such as TheFork, CoverManager, Glovo, Uber Eats or Just Eat apply variable costs according to the public rate or the agreement with each restaurant.
Social networks do not replace a website either: organic reach is limited and any algorithm change conditions your visibility. With your own website, direct bookings do not depend on someone else’s commissions and you can bring the customer back. A well-maintained Google Business Profile listing complements the website, but it does not replace it.
A real example of a broken-down budget
Take an illustrative case with real rate-card prices: a neighbourhood restaurant that wants a digital menu and online bookings. If it hired GastroSEO’s Web Profesional plan, the breakdown would look like this:
- Design and setup: 1.490 € (Web Profesional plan).
- Hosting: included for the first year; from the second, around 80 €/year.
- Domain: included for the first year; after that, a low-cost annual renewal depending on the extension.
- QR digital menu: included.
- Bookings: a form or a link to an external engine, with no fixed cost.
- Maintenance: not compulsory; one-off changes are quoted separately.
This example shows that the fixed price is not only the design: it includes setup, the menu and the first year of hosting, something that with a freelance is usually added module by module.
When a redesign makes more sense than a new website
If your website already exists but does not convert — it is slow to load, it does not appear on Google, the menu is out of date or it has no visible bookings — a redesign is almost always more profitable than starting from zero: you keep the domain and part of the content, and you put the budget on what is failing (speed, local SEO, photography or the digital menu).
It also makes sense if a freelance built the website years ago and you no longer know who maintains it, or if you use an old template that does not look right on phones. Instead of paying for a whole new website, it is worth restructuring the one you already have. Good gastronomic copywriting can turn a flat website into one that converts.
How to choose a budget according to the size of the restaurant
The budget should not depend only on what you want to spend, but on the role the website is going to play in your business:
- Neighbourhood bar or café: a simple website and a digital menu are enough. A Web Esencial plan at 890 € or a DIY option at 300-800 € does the job if you do not need bookings or to compete aggressively on local SEO.
- À la carte restaurant or one that takes bookings: here a professional plan with bookings, a digital menu and local SEO is the right fit. A 1.490 € plan or an agency in the 1.500-4.000 € range is usually what fits.
- A group with several sites or a lot of competition: a premium website with advanced local SEO and careful content is worth it. Our Premium Gastro plan at 2.490 € or an agency in the 3.000-6.000 €+ range fit better.
It is not about spending more for the sake of it, but about matching the website to the moment of the business: a neighbourhood bar does not need the same website as a beach club with bookings in high season.
There is no single price for a restaurant website: there is a budget that fits your moment, your competition and how keen you are to capture direct bookings. If you want us to help you decide with no obligation, you can ask for a quote for your restaurant’s web design and we will talk it through. And if you want to sharpen the brief first, you have the list of what a restaurant website needs and real examples of restaurant websites in Spain.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it usually cost to build a website for a restaurant?
The ranges published by Picarol Digital and Costa del Sol TMK run from 300 to 800 € for a DIY website, from 1.200 to 4.000 € for a freelance or a low-cost agency, and from 3.000 to 10.000 €+ for an advanced website with orders, plus subscriptions from 39 € a month. Our fixed plans run from 890 to 2.490 € with hosting included for the first year.
How much does it cost to maintain a restaurant website per month?
It depends on the model. A subscription such as MiBarOnline costs 39, 79 or 129 € a month and includes maintenance. On a one-off payment, hosting from the second year is around 80 € a year in our case, and one-off changes are quoted separately. It is worth clarifying before you sign whether menu changes, updates and support are included or billed by the hour.
How much is a simple website for a small bar or restaurant worth?
According to the guides from Picarol Digital and Costa del Sol TMK, a DIY website for a small business sits between 300 and 800 €. If you do not want to do it yourself, there are options from 390 € such as Ensalza or 699 € such as Bouzon Digital, and our Web Esencial plan costs 890 € with hosting included for the first year and delivery in 2-4 weeks.
Is it cheaper to use Wix or to hire an agency?
In the short term, Wix is usually cheaper: you only pay for the template and the hosting. But the real cost is your time, and the result is usually a website less optimised for Google and with no integrated digital menu. A specialist agency charges more, but it includes design, local SEO, a QR menu and support, and that shows in whether the website turns visits into bookings.
What does the price of a restaurant website include (digital menu, bookings, hosting)?
It depends on the provider. On our fixed plans, the price includes design, a digital menu and the first year of domain and hosting; the booking system comes in from the Web Profesional plan (1.490 €). With a freelance, each item can be charged separately. Before you sign, ask what is included exactly: domain, hosting, digital menu, booking system and how many content changes are covered.
Is it worth paying more for an agency that specialises in hospitality?
Yes, if your restaurant competes in an area with a lot of hospitality or if you want the website to capture direct bookings. A specialist agency understands what a diner looks for: a clear menu, visible bookings, appetising photography and speed on a phone. It also usually integrates local SEO from the start. The extra cost pays for itself if the website brings you bookings that used to go to commission platforms.
How much does it cost to add an online booking system to the website?
The cost varies with the system. A basic booking form is usually included in agency or subscription plans. If you integrate an external engine such as TheFork or CoverManager, the cost can be per booking or by commission, according to the rate you negotiate with the platform. The most profitable option is usually your own form that sends the booking straight to your inbox or to your software.
What happens if my restaurant does not have its own website?
Depending only on social networks or on booking and delivery platforms exposes you to commissions per booking or order and to losing control of the customer. Social networks do not replace a website either: you do not control the design, organic reach is limited and any algorithm change conditions your visibility. Your own website lets you capture direct bookings, bring customers back and complement your Google Business Profile listing.
