Weaving Your Perfect Restaurant Website (2/3)

You can provide your restaurant's address, hours of operation, map, parking or valet information. You may also include areas of attraction with a link to a map and directions. Event Do you sponsor a softball team? Volunteer at a shelter? Your site should tell the community your goals and encourage ongoing action. There is also an option to list out all the events taking place in your restaurant so that your customers are pre-informed about the events and the availability of your restaurant on that day. Online Reservation System Online reservation system allows your customers to check and reserve tables for a particular day and time without taking the trouble to come all the way to your restaurant. This will provide added convenience to your customers 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. At least give your addresses, hours and phone number. Better yet, use e-mail for reservations and customer comments. If you're a multiunit chain, use a location finder. Party Parties section provides information on the capacity of the dining area, information on cuisine, and the different areas of accommodations that your restaurant can offer. Frequent Diner Program The Frequent Diner Program allows you to give special attention to your regular customers. You can provide your customers with incentives or reward certificates for being in the Frequent Diner Program and hence promoting your restaurant. Employment Employment option allows you to recruit people for your restaurant or the interested candidates can post their resume and search for jobs in your restaurant. Chat Line Web enabled chat line for your restaurant will give your customers a secured web-enabled online chat facility and will also allow the management to interact with the customers and give real time customer service. You can also offer an "online waiter" for the customers who request information about particular foods. The more a visitor can do at your site, the longer he'll stay. Don't miss a chance to sell gift certificates and souvenirs. Extranet Integrate your restaurant with b2b food portals; have food supply chain management giving you global presence. This can be integrated to provide your suppliers a single platform to enter under an id and password protected secured area and bid for your RFQ's. Intranet Intranet provides a communication platform for your restaurant staff and the management. This is very helpful in real time inventory of food and ingredients for better inventory management. Menus You can offer a complete list of the menus available for delivery or to take home as parcel. This is more convenient and time saving for the customers as well as restaurant staff. Descriptions and photos of your cuisine are fine. If you solicit online orders, an accurate menu with prices is a must. The restaurant site will have an option of menus featured in your restaurant. There will be further options in the menus whether it for dinner, lunch, breakfast, etc. Menus can include: ? Online Menu Whether it's for lunch, dinner, after work, or late at night, Online Menus can deliver the favorites your customer has grown to love. It lets them order directly from the website and delivered at the doorsteps without making a call or bother to come round to your restaurant. ? Dine In Menu Dine In Menu is the list of delicious items in your complete menu. Customers who come to your restaurant can now know in advance, the Dine In menu available for the day. ? Delivery Menu Delivery menu are those delicious food items that can be delivered at your customer's doorsteps without bothering them to come round to your restaurant. ? Kids Menu Kids menu are those lip smacking delicacies and treats which kids love to savor. This section lets your customers order them directly from the website rather than coming all the way to your restaurant. Drinks Menu