Website builders for restaurants · 2026
Best website builder for restaurants with online ordering.
The best website builder for a restaurant is the one that takes food orders well, not just the one with the nicest templates. For ordering on a budget, Menuthere is free to start and $17 a month for unlimited orders, with 0% commission. Wix has the best built-in ordering of the general builders (from $29 a month). Square Online suits restaurants on Square POS, Shopify suits food brands that ship, and Squarespace, WooCommerce and GoDaddy work best with a separate ordering system behind an Order now button.
Your ordering website and QR menu, made from a photo of your menu.
Menuthere is our product. Every other builder's figures come from its own website, with the date we read it.
At a glance
Seven website builders for restaurants, compared.
What each costs to take online orders in the US, and what it is best at. Read 19–20 October 2026.
| Builder | Cheapest plan that takes online orders | Online card fee (US) | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menuthere | Free (50 orders a month); Lite $17 for unlimited orders and card payments | Your own Stripe account: 2.9% + 30¢ | Restaurants that want ordering, QR tables and WhatsApp at a fixed low price |
| Wix | Core, $29 (billed yearly); the Restaurants Orders app is free | Wix Payments: 2.9% + 30¢ | Owners who want to design their whole site, with ordering built in |
| Square Online | Free | 3.3% + 30¢ on Free; 2.9% + 30¢ on Plus ($49 per location) | Restaurants already on Square POS |
| Shopify | Basic, $39 (or $29 billed yearly) | Shopify Payments: 2.9% + 30¢; 2% extra on other gateways | Food brands that ship products nationwide |
| Squarespace | No food ordering of its own; link Allday, ChowNow or Tock | Charged by the ordering service you link | Design-led brand sites with a separate ordering system |
| WooCommerce | $0 platform fee; hosting $25–$350 and a food plugin such as Orderable Pro ($149 a year) | WooPayments: about 2.50–2.90% + 30¢ | Owners who want full control and run WordPress themselves |
| GoDaddy | Professional, $24.99 (billed yearly) or $49.99 month to month | GoDaddy Payments: from 2.7% + 30¢ | One company for domain, email, site and card terminals |
All seven take no commission on your own orders. Card fees are charged by the payment provider on each payment.
What a restaurant needs
The restaurant features that decide it.
Store builders are made for products. These are the things a restaurant needs every night, and how each builder handles them, from its own pages.
| Need | Menuthere | Wix | Square Online | Shopify | Squarespace | WooCommerce | GoDaddy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dine-in QR table ordering | Every plan, Free included | Yes, dine-in QR ordering (on a plan that takes payments) | Plus and Premium | Through apps | Through the ordering service you link | Orderable Pro | A store QR code to order and pick up at the counter (POS) |
| Pickup times and pre-orders | Fixed or rolling slots, pre-orders while closed (Lite) | Prep times, lead times and advance orders | Restaurant preorders on every plan | Through apps, such as Zapiet from $49.99 a month | Through the ordering service you link | Date slots free; time slots on Orderable Pro | Order ahead for pickup (POS) |
| Delivery area and fee | Fee by distance, by zone drawn on a map, or flat | Radius, ZIP codes or a drawn area, a fee per area | Your own staff by postal code or radius, or couriers | Up to 10 zones by radius or postal code, a price per zone | Through the ordering service you link | Set in your ordering plugin | Local delivery in the online store |
| Add-ons with prices | Every plan | Yes: options, add-ons and special requests | Not in the Square pages we read | Through apps | Through the ordering service you link | Orderable Pro | Not in GoDaddy's restaurant page |
| WhatsApp orders and updates | Send Order to WhatsApp on every plan; updates and bot on Pro | Not in Wix's restaurant pages | Not published | Not in Shopify's pricing page | Not in Squarespace's restaurant page | WhatsApp notifications on Orderable Pro | Not in GoDaddy's restaurant page |
| Kitchen tickets | Kitchen order tickets on a thermal printer, every plan | Print orders for staff | Kitchen printer or Square KDS | Through apps | Through the ordering service you link | Kitchen ticket layout on Orderable Pro | Kitchen printers with several stations |
“Through apps” means the builder's own pricing or help pages don't list the feature, and restaurants add it with a third-party app. Square Online figures: Square's US pages, read 19 October 2026; the rest read 20 October 2026.
A worked example
300 orders a month: what each builder costs.
A US restaurant with 300 online orders a month at $25 each ($7,500 in card payments), using the cheapest plan that takes card payments for orders. Prices read 19–20 October 2026.
| Builder | Plan and add-ons a month | Card fees on 300 orders | Total a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menuthere Lite | $17 | $307.50 | $324.50 |
| Wix Core | $29 (billed yearly) | $307.50 | $336.50 |
| Square Online Free | $0 | $337.50 (3.3% + 30¢) | $337.50 |
| GoDaddy Professional | $49.99 (month to month) | $292.50 (2.7% + 30¢) | $342.49 |
| WooCommerce + Orderable Pro | $25 hosting + $12.42 plugin | $307.50 | $344.92 |
| Shopify Basic + Zapiet Advanced | $39 + $79.99 | $307.50 | $426.49 |
| Squarespace Core + ChowNow Launch | $39 + $249, plus a $119–$499 setup fee | $308.25 (2.95% + 29¢) | $596.25 |
Card fees are 2.9% + 30¢ unless stated. The cost is close for most builders, because card fees are most of it; Shopify's scheduling app and ChowNow's monthly fee are what make the last two dearer. Square Online's QR table ordering needs Plus, $49 a month per location. Choose on the features you need.
Our picks
The best builder for each kind of restaurant.
Best on a budget: Menuthere
Free for 50 orders a month and $17 for unlimited, with QR table ordering, add-ons, pickup slots and delivery priced by distance. No design freedom like Wix; a menu-first site built for you. Pricing
Best to design it yourself: Wix
Wix Restaurants takes pickup, delivery and QR dine-in orders on your own designed site, from Core at $29 a month. Wix alternatives
Best on Square POS: Square Online
Orders go straight to the Square till and kitchen. Free plan; QR ordering on Plus at $49 a month per location. Square Online alternatives
Best if you ship: Shopify
For sauces, coffee and gift boxes sent nationwide. Restaurant ordering needs apps. Shopify alternatives
Best for a brand site: Squarespace
Beautiful templates; link an ordering system as an Order now button. Squarespace alternatives
Best for full control: WooCommerce
Your own hosting and code, with a food plugin you keep updated. WooCommerce alternatives
GoDaddy is best when you want one company for your domain, email, website and card terminals; see GoDaddy alternatives. Need your own app on the App Store and Google Play? Menuthere's Branded App is $99 a month.
How to choose
Builder or ordering system, or both?
If your website is mostly for taking orders, start with a restaurant ordering system: you get a menu with add-ons, pickup slots and table QR codes on day one. If your website is mostly for your brand (photos, story, events, blog), keep the builder you like and add an ordering system behind an Order now button.
Our guide Website builder or restaurant ordering system? explains the trade-off, and the head-to-heads show each builder feature by feature: Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, WooCommerce and GoDaddy.
- Count the add-ons: an app for scheduling or table ordering can cost more than the plan.
- Check where the builder takes payments in your country before you start.
- Make sure your menu can show allergens: Menuthere records the 14 common allergens and calories on every plan.
- Menuthere's limits: no kitchen display screen, no delivery-app integration and a basic POS ($10 a month add-on).
Questions owners ask
Answered, plainly.
Sources (17) · checked 2026-10-20
- Wix plans (US reference prices) · Wix.com, read 20 October 2026
- Wix Restaurants Orders · Wix App Market, read 20 October 2026
- Wix Payments: service fees · Wix Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Square pricing (US) · Square, read 19 October 2026
- Square Online plans (US) · Square, read 19 October 2026
- Shopify pricing (US) · Shopify, read 20 October 2026
- Setting up local delivery for online orders · Shopify Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Zapiet ‑ Pickup + Delivery · Shopify App Store, read 20 October 2026
- Squarespace pricing (US) · Squarespace, read 20 October 2026
- Building a restaurant site · Squarespace Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- ChowNow pricing · ChowNow, read 20 October 2026
- WooCommerce pricing · WooCommerce, read 20 October 2026
- Orderable pricing · Orderable, read 20 October 2026
- GoDaddy website builder (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- GoDaddy Payments (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- Food and Beverage POS (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- Stripe pricing (US) · Stripe, read 19 October 2026
A restaurant website that takes orders tonight.
Your ordering website, QR menu and table ordering from a photo of your menu. 0% commission, free to start, $17 a month for unlimited orders.
