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Vancouver restaurant websites built for views, beverage programs, and direct-pickup margin.

We build Vancouver restaurant sites against BC LCRB liquor advertising rules first; Vancouver Coastal Health food-premises transparency; view-and-patio-forward photography that matches the actual Vancouver dining experience; substantive beverage-program pages (BC's wine + craft-beer culture treats these as primary, not afterthoughts); and direct-pickup ordering that recovers the 15-30% margin aggregators take.

From $599. Honest disclosure: first Vancouver restaurant engagement; pattern built for Toronto restaurant work translates with BC-specific regulatory + cultural overlay.

A Vancouver restaurant patio with mountain and water views, golden hour, full tables

The BC-specific regulatory + market layer.

BC LCRB liquor advertising rules

BC's Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch rules mirror Ontario's AGCO framework: no promotion of immoderate consumption, no targeting of minors, no implication that liquor produces social / sexual / professional success, minimum-pricing rules. Beverage-program copy is written around the program (the wine list, the natural-wine focus, the BC-craft-beer collaboration, the cocktail program's seasonal sourcing) rather than around price-promotion headlines.

Vancouver Coastal Health transparency

Vancouver Coastal Health operates the food-premises inspection program. Results are publicly available though Vancouver doesn't have a single high-profile DineSafe-equivalent brand. We surface current inspection status honestly via a footer badge where the restaurant wants the trust signal, with a link to the official VCH page.

View-driven + beverage-forward photography

Vancouver's outdoor-patio + view-driven dining is a larger share of the experience than Toronto. Site photography needs to surface views, light, patios, and the actual Vancouver dining scene — not rely on interior styling alone. Beverage program pages (wine list, BC-craft-beer program, cocktail menu) get treated as substantive content surfaces because BC dining culture treats them as primary differentiators. Most Vancouver restaurant sites under-surface these and lose ranking + conversion to competitors who don't.

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

Every pickup order through DoorDash / UberEats / SkipTheDishes carries 15-30% commission. Direct on-site pickup checkout (Square Online, Toast, ChowNow, Stripe direct) costs ~2.9% + $0.30/transaction. For a Vancouver restaurant doing 40 pickup orders/day at $42 average, the gap is roughly $5,000-$10,000/month in pure margin — large enough that the website typically pays for itself in 1-2 months if you shift even a third of repeat-pickup volume to direct.

We build Vancouver restaurant sites with direct-pickup ordering wired in alongside the aggregators, framed so loyal guests have an obvious cheaper-for-them, better-for-you path. The aggregator deep-links stay (you don't turn away first-time guests already on DoorDash), but the homepage, menu, post-meal email receipt, and any loyalty card all surface the direct-pickup path first.

What's in a Vancouver restaurant build.

Reservation embed
OpenTable / Resy / Tock / SevenRooms widgets. Embed, not redirect. Confirmation-page tracking wired in.
Direct-pickup checkout
Square Online / Toast / ChowNow / Stripe alongside DoorDash / UberEats / Skip. Loyal guests get the cheaper-for-them direct path.
View-driven photography pipeline
Patio, view, light, scene-driven imagery rendered with WebP / AVIF + CDN. Keeps Core Web Vitals green on heavy photography.
Beverage program substantive page
Wine list curation, BC-craft-beer program, cocktail menu — treated as substantive content, not menu afterthought.
Vancouver neighbourhood pages
Yaletown / Gastown / Mount Pleasant / Commercial Drive / Kitsilano / Granville / Main Street — neighbourhood + experience-type combos.
Menu CMS with allergen tags
Per-dish allergen + dietary tags (vegan, gluten-free, contains nuts, dairy, shellfish), filter UI, cross-contamination disclaimer.
BC LCRB-compliant copy layer
Beverage copy reviewed against BC LCRB advertising rules. No price-promotion headlines, no immoderate-consumption framing.
VCH inspection badge (optional)
Honest footer display of current Vancouver Coastal Health inspection status linked to the official VCH page, where the restaurant wants the trust signal.

Pricing — flat fees. BC clients pay 5% GST + 7% PST.

Detailed pricing at our pricing page.

Starter
$599
Single-location: menu, reservations, hours.
  • Single location
  • Menu (basic CMS)
  • Reservations deep-link
  • Hours, location, contact
  • 3-5 business days
Professional
$1,995
Full reservation + pickup + beverage + neighbourhood.
  • 5-10 pages
  • Reservation embed
  • Direct-pickup checkout
  • Menu CMS with allergen tags
  • Beverage program depth
  • 3-5 Vancouver neighbourhood pages
  • View-driven photography pipeline
  • AODA / WCAG 2.0 AA
  • 7-10 business days
Custom
$2,995+
Multi-location, private dining + events, catering.
  • Multi-location architecture
  • Private dining + events module
  • Catering inquiry flow
  • Custom ordering UX
  • 2-3 weeks

Vancouver restaurant web design — questions we get.

Honest disclosure: this would be our first Vancouver restaurant engagement. The closest portfolio adjacency is our Toronto restaurant pattern (AGCO + AODA + allergen + direct-pickup margin recovery) — Vancouver restaurants face the BC equivalent regulatory layer (BC LCRB liquor advertising rules, BC accessibility expectations under AGPA, Health Canada allergen framework). We research per engagement against the primary BC sources cited below.

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