Does my restaurant ordering website need HTTPS?
Updated 14 October 2026
Yes. Google's page experience checklist asks "Are your pages served in a secure fashion?", which means HTTPS, and certificates can be free.
- Google asks about it next to Core Web Vitals and mobile display.
- Free certificates exist: Let's Encrypt is a nonprofit that provides free TLS certificates.
- Check the padlock on your ordering link before you print a QR code.
- Check your own domain too, if you use one.
One ordering website, no setup headaches
Your ordering website lives on a Menuthere link and can use your own domain, so there is no separate ordering site for you to set up.
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- Google page experience self-assessment asks: 'Are your pages served, Google Search Central, read 14 October 2026
- Let's Encrypt is a nonprofit providing free TLS certificates., Let's Encrypt (ISRG), read 14 October 2026