8 Best Restaurant Plugins for WordPress
Nowadays, having any sort of wining and dining establishment without an online presence is practically unthinkable, given that more and more people rely on the internet to check out restaurant menus and make online reservations. Creating a website is also a great opportunity to reflect your restaurant’s unique vibe, both visually and professionally, since your potential customers will want to know what they can expect.
For WordPress users, picking a suitable restaurant WordPress theme is probably the best way to go, as these come with functionalities such as contact info and map, working hours, booking forms, menu templates and so on. But if the theme you’re using doesn’t come with all the functionalities you need for your website, don’t worry. There are plenty of great WordPress restaurant plugins out there that will assist you in creating your own beautiful and user-friendly restaurant website that stands out. Without further ado, we present you a list of the best plugins in this category that you can try:
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We’re kicking off our list with an all-around solution that can help turn a restaurant website into a high-converting web presentation and bring more customers to your place. Qi Addons for Elementor is a rich collection of 100+ addons for the popular page builder. Among them, you will find the gorgeous Working Hours widget to help you style your opening hours in a way that best fits your brand and tone. Then, there’s the Business Reviews Google widget, to easily display your Google reviews and customize it in line with your design. And to display your menu and prices in a clean, elegant and user-friendly way, you can use the highly customizable Pricing List widget. The list doesn’t end there – there are tons of other super-useful widgets that will help your restaurant website bloom.
Many of these widgets come with the free version of the plugin, but if you want to take full advantage of the features, check out the paid plan at $49/year.
If you prefer working with WordPress’ native block editor, the good news is that there’s almost exactly the same plugin as Qi Addons that’s made specifically for Gutenberg. Qi Blocks for Gutenberg features 80+ free and premium blocks that you can easily add anywhere on your pages to boost the functionality and performance of your restaurant website, make it more alluring to potential clients and increase your traffic. The plugin features the Pricing Table and Pricing List blocks, as well as the lovely and customizable Working Hours block. You can get many of these features (and many others, too) in the free version, and the premium one, with even more functionalities and advanced customization options, costs $49/year.
Five Star Restaurant Reservations is an excellent booking plugin that will allow you to easily accept online table reservations. It comes with a responsive booking layout that looks impeccable on all devices. If you opt for this plugin, you will get to quickly confirm or reject reservations and send custom email notifications to let customers know when their request is accepted or rejected. In addition, you can automatically limit your booking times, set the opening times, etc. You can insert your booking form anywhere on your page, post, or sidebar (using a widget).
There are also premium features available (starting at a price of $59 for a single site license), such as advanced styling options, the option to add unique custom fields, MailChimp integration, and so on.
Created by the same team that built the Five Star Restaurant Reservations plugin, Five Star Restaurant Menu is another easy-to-use plugin thanks to which you can easily create a trendy and fully responsive restaurant menu for your site. The plugin allows you to set up a menu using a menu builder and some integrated styling and customization options. You will be able to add your menu to any page of your site with a shortcode or using a Gutenberg block. What’s also quite useful is a full setup guide that will activate the instant you install the plugin, which means you will get to create your first restaurant menu with ease. Moreover, you will be able to create separate menu sections, for example appetizers, main course, gluten-free menu, desserts, and so on. Last but not least, you can accept orders through your website so that your customers can add any menu items to cart and send their orders to your food place.
If you want to try out a premium version of the plugin (the cost starting at $40), you will have access to features like advanced styling and layout options, the ability to add dietary menu icons (to indicate that certain menu items conform to specific food requirements, like gluten-free or vegan, for example), etc.
While originally designed to cater to pizza delivery businesses, WPPizza is a super malleable plugin that can be tailored to fit the needs of just about any type of restaurant out there. You can use it to add an online menu, track and manage online orders, allow customers to choose from various payment options (cash on delivery included), set categories and multiple prices per item, and more.
There are also some premium extensions available, such as allowing your customers to add extra toppings, the ability to set preorders, add unlimited coupons and discounts, etc.
The pricing starts at $62.90.
Restaurant Menu is an all-in-one plugin that allows you to create a menu, online food ordering, and a restaurant booking system. Using a visual drag & drop editor, you can completely customize your online menu and adjust it to fit the preferences of your food business. This includes menus for any type of cuisine, including complex burger and pizza menus. Additionally, you will be able to upload your own pictures of tasty-looking dishes or use some from their own collection of food images instead. If you want to enable online food ordering for takeaway, the plugin also offers a user-friendly single page checkout and real-time confirmation of the order and comes with a simple restaurant booking reservation form.
ReDi Restaurant Reservation is yet another plugin that offers online reservation management for your restaurant. You will get to set the number of people that can book a reservation at one time, as well as set your working times. Additionally, you will be able to specify the time range when online reservations should not be accepted along with a reason why you’re not accepting them at that time, send confirmation emails to customers regarding their reservation, and so on. The plugin refreshes the page every 15 minutes, and also shows all upcoming reservations during the next 24 hours.
You can either use the “demo” version which is available for free, or buy a premium version of the plugin to get access to some extra features. These include the ability to insert multiple working hours (per day), various email and SMS message templates, and more.
The pricing starts at €48 a year.
Easy Notification Bar is a plugin that comes with the ability to add a section in your WordPress customizer so that you can display a notification bar. This notification bar will alert your visitors about any important events, promotions, or special offers of your wining and dining business. Also, you will have the option to insert your own notification text and a button to display alongside it.
The plugin is completely free to use, easy to set up, and allows you to tailor your notification bar according to your needs using customizable colors, fonts, backgrounds, etc. If you want, you can also set the plugin to display the notification bar only on your homepage.
Wrapping Up
Now that we’ve reached the end of our list, it is safe to say that every one of these WordPress restaurant plugins is capable of bringing something new and practical to the table (pun intended) when it comes to your restaurant site. From stylish and responsive restaurant menus to detailed online reservation management, there’s something for every eating establishment out there. Just take your pick according to your preferences and you’ll be well on your way towards attracting more customers.
