Bar and pub website design
Bar website design built around the table request
People choose a bar on their phone. Around 90,500 searches a month in the UK are for cocktail bars near me, and 22,200 for live music near me. A bar's own website answers what they ask next: are you open, what's on, what is on the menu, and can we get a table? Then it turns that into a table request with the date, the time and the party size already in it.

Lowlight Social, a demo we designed and built for bars and pubs. A fictional business, with illustrative photography.
Example site
A cocktail bar website for Manchester's Northern Quarter
- Three-step table request
- Drinks and food menu
- Opening hours by day
Demo website


Lowlight Social is a fictional business. We designed and built its website as a demo of how we build for bars and pubs, using illustrative photography.
Open the live demo(opens in a new tab)01 / Table request
A table request, not a booking promise
The form takes three steps: the date, an arrival time and the party size, then one way to reply, then a check. It says plainly the table is not booked until the bar confirms, and points groups larger than 12 to private hire.
Confirmed by the team
02 / Menu
A menu with measures and prices
Cocktails, beers and cider, spirits and wines, and bar food, each with a price and, for beer, spirits and wine, the measure. Alcohol-free drinks sit on the same list, and the page asks guests to mention allergies before ordering.
Measures and prices shown
03 / Hours and events
Hours and what's on, in one place
Opening hours by day on the homepage and the contact page, with a note that bank holidays may differ, and a what's on calendar of live music, sport and quiz nights. Guests are told it is an 18+ venue and photo ID is required.
18+ and photo ID stated
Built for your guests
Everything a guest checks before picking a bar.
A table request on every page
Date, arrival time and party size, then one way to reply. It says plainly that a table is held only once you confirm, and sends larger groups to private hire.
Hours that match your licence
Your premises licence sets the times for selling alcohol. The hours on the site, the late finishes and the bank holiday notes should match it, day by day.
Your ID policy, stated up front
A bar licensed in England, Wales or Scotland needs an age verification policy, and in Scotland it covers anyone who may be under 25. If yours is Challenge 25, the site says so, with the ID you accept, before anyone arrives.
Allergen information if you serve food
Food served loose needs allergen information for each of the 14 allergens it contains, in writing, or from the team with a written notice telling guests to ask. The website menu can carry the same.
Drinks marketing inside the CAP Code
The CAP Code covers a bar's own website. Its alcohol rules forbid copy that encourages excessive drinking or is likely to appeal particularly to under 18s, and anyone shown drinking must be, and look, 25 or over.
What's on, week by week
Live music, quiz nights and sport on one calendar, each with the time, the room and what to expect, plus private hire with its capacity.
Found by guests planning a night out
Tonight's guests. Next month's parties.
Bar website design for the walk-in, the table request and the private hire.
People choosing where to go
Around 90,500 searches a month are for cocktail bars near me, 5,400 for happy hour near me and 2,400 for bars open late near me.
Nights out with a plan
Live music near me runs at about 22,200 searches a month and pub quiz near me at 8,100. A what's on page gives each night its own listing.
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Example local searches
- Bars open late near me
- Live music near me
- Pub quiz near me
Search figures: DataForSEO, Google UK, 12-month averages, checked 1 November 2026.
Clear prices. Clear scope.
Fixed price. Agreed scope. No surprises.
Starter
From£295
One page for a small bar.
- Your menu, reviews and contact details on one page
- A table request that emails you
- You own the site, the domain and the content
Essentials
From£595
Up to five pages for a bar or pub.
- Home, menu, what's on, private hire and contact
- Google reviews on the site
- A table request that emails you
- Most popular
Business
From£995
Room for events, private hire and your spaces.
- Everything in Essentials
- A page for each kind of booking: tables, hire, events
- Photo galleries of your bar
- Hosting and care for the first year
- All prices include VAT
- Hosting £15 a month, optional care £25 a month
- SEO plans from £100 a month
Business includes hosting and care for the first year. Or split any package into 12 interest-free monthly payments.
Prices last updated 24 September 2026. See full pricing and what each package includes
Your pages, features, price and timescale, agreed in writing before you pay.
How it works
From first chat to a website that works.
- 01
Brief
Tell us your licensed hours, your menu and allergen information, what's on, and how tables and private hire are booked. We agree the scope and a fixed price, including whether your table booking system can link to the site, which we check before we quote.
- 02
Build
The table request, the menu, the hours and what's on, private hire and the find us page, written with you. You sign off every page.
- 03
Launch
We send a test table request, check the hours against your licence and the menu against the bar's, read the drinks copy against the CAP Code's alcohol rules, and try every form on a phone. Then it goes live on a domain in your name.
Your questions, answered
A few things bars and pubs ask us.
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0161 399 4054What will my fixed quote include?
Your pages, the features on them, the final price and the timescale, in writing before you pay a deposit. Hosting, care and any ongoing SEO are listed separately, so you can see what is one-off and what is monthly. On the Business package the first year of hosting and care is included.
Does the CAP Code apply to a bar's own website?
Yes. The CAP Code covers marketing by businesses on their own websites and in other online space they control. Its alcohol section applies to any marketing that features alcoholic drinks: nothing likely to appeal particularly to under 18s, nothing that encourages excessive or irresponsible drinking, no suggestion that alcohol brings confidence or popularity, and anyone shown drinking must neither be nor seem to be under 25.
Should the website mention Challenge 25?
If your policy uses it, yes: it tells guests what ID to bring. The rule behind it depends on where the bar is. In England and Wales, every licence to sell alcohol for drinking on the premises carries a mandatory condition: an age verification policy that asks anyone who appears under 18, or an older age the policy sets, for photo ID with a date of birth and a holographic mark or ultraviolet feature. Since 15 September 2026 the policy may also accept digital ID checked through a registered provider, and the government's section 182 guidance encourages a policy age above 18, naming Challenge 21 and Challenge 25 schemes. In Scotland the law itself sets the age at 25: the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 requires steps to establish the age of anyone who may be under 25, or an older age the policy sets. Northern Ireland has its own licensing law.
Do we need allergen information on the website?
The FSA's rule is that food served loose, such as bar food, needs allergen information for every item containing any of the 14 allergens, given in writing on a menu or verbally with a clear written notice saying how to ask. If you sell food online or by phone for delivery, it must also be available before the order is completed and again on delivery. A website menu can carry the same information, or point guests to the team, as the demo does.
Can the website show our opening hours and late licence?
Yes, and they should match your premises licence, which sets the times for each licensable activity; those activities must be carried on in accordance with the licence. Opening hours by day, with a note where bank holidays differ, answer what guests ask. The demo labels its late licence as a sample; a real site states the hours you hold.
Can people book tables online?
They can send a table request, as on the demo: the date, an arrival time and the party size, then one way to reply, with the table confirmed by you. A live booking system depends on the software you use, so we check it before we quote and write the answer into the fixed price.
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