Industry expertise
Restaurant websites that fill tables and cut delivery commissions
100+
brands served
104,127+
leads tracked
2017
founded
The short answer
Seed Light builds restaurant and cafe websites that get you found on Google Maps, show your menu beautifully on a phone, take WhatsApp reservations and let regulars order direct so you skip the 30% delivery commission. Restaurant sites go live in three to five weeks.
100+
brands served
104,127+
leads tracked
2017
founded
The lay of the land
Built for restaurants & cafes
Your food is the reason people come back, but online you are a blurry Facebook cover photo and a menu PDF from 2021 that nobody can read on a phone. Meanwhile GrabFood and foodpanda take a 30% cut of every order, and the customer never even learns your name.
We have built sites for cafes, kopitiams, fine-dining rooms and franchise F&B outlets, from Penang to further afield. The pattern is the same: the food is great, the online presence leaks money. A proper restaurant website fixes three things at once, gets you found on Maps, makes the menu effortless to read, and gives customers a direct way to book or order that you own.
The problem
The problems we keep seeing
The 30% commission tax on every order
GrabFood and foodpanda quietly take roughly a third of every sale, and they own the customer, not you. A website with direct WhatsApp or web ordering lets your regulars skip the apps entirely, so the full order value lands in your till instead of two thirds of it. We build the direct-order flow and the reasons for customers to use it.
A menu PDF nobody can read on a phone
Most diners check the menu on their phone before deciding, then pinch and zoom a tiny PDF until they give up. A mobile-first online menu with sections, prices, photos and dietary tags loads instantly and updates in seconds. We build it so you can change a price yourself, no designer required.
Invisible on Google Maps when people search nearby
When someone types cafe near me or best nasi kandar Penang, you are nowhere because your Google Business Profile is half-filled and your site does not back it up. We optimise your profile, wire it to a fast site with local schema, and connect reviews so you surface in the map pack where the hungry searches happen.
Photos that do not sell the food
Dim, yellow phone snaps make great food look sad, so people scroll past. Your site needs a handful of clean, appetising hero shots and consistent menu photography. We give you a simple shot list and lighting guidance, and lay the images out so the dishes do the selling.
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Get found, get booked, get ordered: what a restaurant site actually needs
A restaurant website earns its keep in three places. First, discovery: a fast, mobile site with location schema and an optimised Google Business Profile so you appear when people search nearby and tap through from Maps. Second, the menu: a clean, scannable, mobile-first menu with photos, prices, allergen and halal tags that you can edit yourself in seconds, no more emailing a designer to change a price.
Third, the booking and order layer. Most customers want to message you, not fill a form, so we lead with WhatsApp reservations and a click-to-call button, then add a table-booking widget or a simple direct-order flow where it pays off. The goal is to move repeat customers off the delivery apps and onto a channel you own, so you keep the margin and the relationship.
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Skip the delivery commission without losing the customers who use it
You do not need to abandon GrabFood and foodpanda overnight. They are useful for discovery and first-time orders. What you want is to convert those one-time app users into direct regulars who order through your own site or WhatsApp, where there is no 30% cut. We build a direct-order path, a pickup or delivery option that suits your kitchen, and the small nudges that move people across: a QR code on the table, a sticker on the bag, a loyalty reason to come back direct.
For cafes and dessert spots, we often pair this with a simple regulars capture: a WhatsApp list or a light loyalty mechanic so you can message people about a new bake or a quiet Tuesday. It is far cheaper to bring a regular back than to pay a platform to find a stranger.
Honest pricing
What it costs
Real ranges, published. You get a fixed itemised quote before any work starts, with every line you can question.
Cafe or single-outlet starter site
01RM3,500 - RM6,000
Mobile menu, WhatsApp booking, Google Maps setup, 2 to 3 weeks
Full restaurant website
02RM6,000 - RM15,000
Menu CMS, reservations, direct ordering, photo layout, 3 to 5 weeks
Multi-outlet or franchise F&B
03RM12,000 - RM25,000
Outlet locator, per-branch menus and hours, central admin
Care plan and menu updates
04From RM600 / year
Hosting, security, seasonal menu and price changes
By the numbers
Proof, not promises
FAQ
Straight answers
Pricing depends on the build: a single-outlet cafe site with a mobile menu, WhatsApp reservations and Google Maps setup is the entry point, a full restaurant site with a menu you can edit yourself, reservations and direct ordering sits above that, and multi-outlet or franchise builds with branch locators are the top tier. See the table above for our published ranges.
Yes, that is one of the main reasons to build the site. We set up a direct-order path, usually WhatsApp ordering or a simple web order flow with pickup or delivery, so your regulars order from you with no 30% platform cut. You keep using the apps for discovery and convert one-time users into direct repeat customers.
Yes. We build the menu on a simple system so you can change a price, add a dish or mark something sold out in seconds from your phone, with no designer and no extra fee. For seasonal menus we can also handle the updates for you under a care plan.
That is exactly how most diners book, so we lead with it. The site has a prominent WhatsApp reservation button and a click-to-call number on every page. If you want structured bookings, we can add a table-booking widget that still drops the lead into your WhatsApp or a simple calendar, so nothing slips through.
Yes. We optimise and verify your Google Business Profile, fill in hours, menu link, photos and categories, then back it with a fast site carrying local restaurant schema so Google trusts the location. We also connect your reviews. This is what gets you into the map pack when people search cafe or restaurant near me.
You do not need a full studio shoot to launch. A handful of clean, well-lit hero shots makes the biggest difference, and we give you a simple shot list and phone-camera lighting guidance so you can take usable photos yourself. If you want a proper shoot later, we will lay the new images straight into the site.
A starter cafe site is typically live in two to three weeks. A full restaurant site with menu CMS, reservations and direct ordering takes three to five weeks, depending on how fast we get your menu, photos and Google Business access. Multi-outlet builds take longer and we scope those upfront.
Fifteen minutes. Honest advice.
Tell us where your business is stuck. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and point you somewhere better.