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Toronto restaurant websites built for the rules, and the margin.

We build Toronto restaurant sites against AGCO liquor-advertising rules, AODA accessibility, and allergen-disclosure best practice, first. Then we layer the reservation embeds, the direct-pickup checkout that bypasses aggregator commission, and the neighbourhood SEO on top of a foundation that protects the licence and the margin.

Read our April 2026 audit of independent Toronto restaurant sites → : only 3 of 6 audited sites surfaced allergen information, only 1 of 6 mentioned accessibility, and only 1 of 6 displayed any prices on the public menu page.

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From $599. Honest disclosure: this would be our first hospitality engagement.

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Before you read any further, the honest disclosure.

We have not built a restaurant website yet, in Toronto or anywhere. Our portfolio's closest adjacency is Toronto-area appointment-driven service businesses (Floka Salon, Take My Hand nail salon, both regulated, both reservation-led, both reliant on neighbourhood foot traffic and visual proof). What we are bringing to a Toronto restaurant engagement is not "we have done dozens of these"; it is "we have read the AGCO Registrar's Standards, the AODA WCAG requirements, and the allergen-labelling framework, and we will not write the page that gets you complained about, or the page that quietly hands 25% of every pickup order to DoorDash."

If you want a vendor with a dozen restaurant sites in their portfolio, several Toronto-headquartered hospitality-specialist agencies legitimately fit, we are happy to refer. If you want a vendor whose case for working with you is the standards we hold the work to and the margin we protect rather than the volume we have shipped, the rest of this page is for you.

The three rules every Toronto restaurant site is bound by, and how we build to each.

1. AGCO Registrar's Standards for liquor licensees

Every Toronto restaurant holding a liquor sales licence is bound by the Liquor Licence and Control Act, 2019 and the Registrar's Standards and Requirements for Liquor. Liquor advertising must not promote immoderate consumption, target minors, imply that consumption is required for social or professional success, or undercut Ontario's minimum-pricing framework. 'All you can drink', '2-for-1 shots', and 'free drink with entrée' headlines are non-compliant when promoted publicly.

How we build to it: beverage-program pages are written around the program (the wine list curation, the natural-wine focus, the cocktail program's seasonal collaboration) rather than around price-promotion headlines. Happy-hour offers, where you run them, are framed against the menu, not the discount. The site keeps the licence safe and lets the program speak.

2. AODA, 2005, accessibility for the website itself

Ontario's Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and its Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation require WCAG 2.0 Level AA conformance for new and significantly refreshed websites of Ontario organisations with 50+ employees, and it is the de facto standard the public expects from any restaurant website regardless of size. Menus rendered as image PDFs, reservation flows that fail keyboard navigation, and contrast ratios under 4.5:1 all fail this bar.

How we build to it: menus rendered as real semantic HTML (not image PDFs), reservation widgets configured for keyboard navigation and screen-reader compatibility, AA contrast across the design system, alt text on dish photography that describes the dish and not the styling, and a public accessibility statement that names a contact for accommodation requests. In our April 2026 audit, only 1 of 6 independent Toronto restaurant sites surfaced any accessibility information at all.

3. Allergen disclosure. Health Canada framework + DineSafe expectations

Restaurants are not legally required to publish allergen information online (Health Canada's allergen-labelling framework formally applies to packaged food), but Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspections and Ontario's Sabrina's Law and the food-safety regulations make proactive allergen disclosure both a public-trust expectation and the cleanest defence against the most common complaint pathway.

How we build to it: per-dish allergen and dietary tags on the menu (gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, contains nuts, contains dairy, contains shellfish, contains sesame), filter UI so guests can hide dishes that contain a flagged allergen, and a clear cross-contamination disclaimer at the top of the menu and the bottom of the booking confirmation. A shared kitchen is a shared kitchen, the page should say so honestly.

The 25% margin most Toronto restaurants quietly hand to DoorDash.

Every pickup order routed through DoorDash, UberEats, or SkipTheDishes carries a 15–30% commission. Direct on-site pickup checkout (Square Online, Toast Online, Stripe direct) costs roughly 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. For a Toronto restaurant doing 50 pickup orders per day at a $35 average, the gap is between $7,000 and $14,000 per month in pure margin, a number large enough that the website pays for itself in the first month if you shift even a third of repeat-pickup volume to direct.

We build Toronto restaurant sites with direct-pickup ordering wired in alongside the aggregators, framed so that loyal guests have an obvious cheaper-for-them, better-for-you path. The aggregator deep-links stay (you do not turn away first-time guests who already opened DoorDash), but the homepage, the menu, the post-meal email receipt, and the loyalty card all surface the direct-pickup path first. The shift is gradual, measurable, and compounds.

What's actually in a Toronto restaurant build.

Reservation embed
OpenTable, Resy, Tock, or SevenRooms widgets configured against your existing system. Confirmation-page tracking and post-booking SMS routing wired in.
Direct-pickup ordering
Square Online, Toast Online, or direct Stripe checkout for pickup. Aggregator deep-links surfaced separately so guests self-select.
Menu CMS with allergen tags
GM or chef can update prices, items, and 86 a sold-out dish in seconds. Allergen tags propagate to filter UI and to schema markup.
AODA / WCAG 2.0 AA build
Real semantic menus, keyboard-navigable booking flows, AA contrast, alt text on dish photography, named accessibility contact.
Per-neighbourhood architecture
King West, Queen West, Ossington, Leslieville, the Danforth, Yorkville. Each with location schema, hours, and a competitive set tailored to that pack.
Instagram + photo workflow
Auto-pull the latest Instagram posts, optimised dish photography pipeline, and a CDN-served gallery that does not blow your Core Web Vitals.
Private dining + events module
Buyout, semi-private, and group-booking flows with a separate inquiry path that routes to the events GM, not the host stand inbox.
GBP + Restaurant schema
Schema.org Restaurant markup with priceRange, servesCuisine, openingHours including late-night, plus per-dish Menu schema where appropriate.
Reviews + DineSafe surfacing
Google reviews pulled in, the DineSafe pass status surfaced honestly, and a workflow for responding to reviews within 48 hours.

Pricing, flat fees, no retainer trap.

Pick the plan that fits the operation. Pay once. Own the site. Detailed pricing for everything else lives at our pricing page.

Starter
$599
Single-location restaurant site with menu, reservations link, hours.
  • Single location
  • Menu (CMS-driven)
  • Reservations deep-link
  • Hours, location, contact
  • Three to five business days
Professional
$1,995
Reservation embed, direct-pickup ordering, allergen-tagged menu, neighbourhood SEO.
  • Embedded reservations (OpenTable / Resy / Tock)
  • Direct-pickup checkout (Square / Stripe)
  • Menu CMS with allergen tags + 86 toggle
  • AODA / WCAG 2.0 AA build
  • Per-neighbourhood SEO (3–5 areas)
  • Instagram feed + dish gallery
  • Seven to ten business days
Custom
$2,995+
Multi-location, private dining + events, catering arm, advanced analytics.
  • Unlimited locations
  • Private dining + events module
  • Catering inquiry flow
  • Custom ordering UX
  • Two to three weeks

Toronto restaurant web design, questions we get.

Honest answer: this would be our first hospitality engagement. The closest hospitality-adjacent appointment-driven work in our portfolio is Floka Salon and Take My Hand nail salon, both Toronto-area service businesses that depend on bookings, neighbourhood foot traffic, and visual proof. The restaurant-specific layer (AGCO advertising rules for licensees, Toronto Public Health DineSafe disclosure, Health Canada allergen labelling, AODA accessibility for the website itself, OpenTable / Resy / Tock embeds, direct-pickup ordering to bypass aggregator commission) is operational work we research per project against the primary Ontario sources cited on this page.

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