Your restaurant deserves a website
that works as well as your kitchen.
We build and take care of your entire digital presence. You focus on what you do best: cooking and making guests happy.
“Your restaurant deserves the same standard online that you set in your kitchen.”
You put effort into everything.
Except nobody sees it online.
Your website was built years ago and hasn’t been touched since. Visitors don’t see what your restaurant actually is.
Your Google listing shows outdated info. Your menu online hasn’t been right since last season.
Guests can only book by phone, right when your team is in the middle of service.
Between ordering and running the daily business, there’s no time and no energy left for website maintenance.
The real problem
The problem isn’t that you don’t care. The problem is that nobody takes care of it.
Our Approach
We take care of your digital mise en place.
Digital Chefs brings together two worlds: over 20 years of experience in web technology and digital systems with a genuine passion for good food and hospitality.
We’re not an agency that drops a template and disappears. We’re a small team that understands how restaurants work and takes ongoing responsibility for your digital presence.
The Plan
How it works.
Get to know each other
We meet at your place or have a call. We look at where you stand digitally. What works, what’s missing, what’s annoying. Honest assessment, no pitch.
Build
We build your website, set up your Google listing properly, connect your reservation system, and make sure everything works together. You’re online within two to four weeks. You don’t have to do anything.
Ongoing care
From here, we take over. New dishes, seasonal updates, changed opening hours, new photos. You let us know when something changes. We handle the rest within 48 hours.
Pricing
One monthly price.
Everything included.
Website, hosting, Google Business Profile, reservation system setup, ongoing content updates, and a yearly digital check-up where we review which tools and systems make sense for your business.
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Website with up to 5 pages
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Google Business Profile
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Reservation system setup
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Ongoing content updates
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Hosting and technical maintenance
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Yearly digital check-up
Best for: Restaurants, bistros, and wine bars that want their digital presence in professional hands.
One price. No hourly billing, no hidden costs, no surprises.
Minimum term: 24 months. After that, cancel with one month’s notice. All accounts, your domain, and your website belong to your business. If you ever want to continue without us, you take everything with you.
All prices are net, excluding applicable VAT.
Straight talk.
What’s included
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A website with up to 5 pages, built for speed and looking great on every device
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Google Business Profile setup and ongoing maintenance so guests find you and see accurate information
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Connection to a reservation system like resmio or Quandoo
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Ongoing updates to your menu, opening hours, photos, and seasonal content
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Hosting and technical maintenance
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A yearly digital check-up: which tools fit your business, what can be improved, whether it’s worth looking into email marketing, review management, or other systems
What’s not included
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Social media (we don’t post for you, but we can recommend someone who does)
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Advertising and ads (Google, Instagram, Facebook)
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Food photography (we know good people for that)
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POS systems, inventory, or scheduling software setup
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Marketing campaigns
What’s at stake
Outdated opening hours, no current menu, no reservation button. For you, those are small things you didn’t get around to. For a guest searching for a restaurant right now, those are reasons to book the next place instead.
Your food is first-class. But online, guests decide in seconds. Your restaurant deserves the same standard online that you set in your kitchen.
The Result
Imagine your digital presence
matched your restaurant.
Your website looks the way your restaurant feels. Fast, clear, inviting.
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Guests find you on Google, see the current menu, and can book directly.
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No backend to log into. No template to wrestle with.
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Need to change something? Send us a WhatsApp. We handle the rest within 48 hours.
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No guilt because nothing has happened online for months. You run your restaurant. We run your digital presence.
Your Data, Your Rules
All hosting is EU-based. Your site is GDPR-compliant by default. SSL, backups, and uptime monitoring included. No data leaves the EU.
You send us a WhatsApp with the new evening menu. We update everything. Done.
Send us a WhatsAppFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do I need any technical knowledge?
No. You send us a WhatsApp when something changes. We do the rest.
What happens after 24 months?
The contract continues on a monthly basis. You can cancel anytime with one month’s notice.
I already have a website. Can I still switch?
Yes. We look at what you have and decide together whether to improve the existing site or start fresh.
How quickly will I be online?
Usually two to four weeks after our first conversation.
What happens to my website if I cancel?
It’s yours. Domain, hosting accounts, and all content are in your name.
Do I have to update the website myself?
No. That’s what we’re here for. You deliver the content (text, photos, changes), we make it happen.
About us
Essential Code
Digital Chefs is a service by Essential Code, a micro agency from Vienna, Austria. We combine over 20 years of web expertise with a genuine passion for good gastronomy.
I’m David Wippel, owner of Essential Code. I’ve been working in web development for 20+ years. One constant pattern emerges after many projects: building it is the easy part. Keeping it alive and usable over time is where things get hard and messy.
Slow performance creeps in. Content workflows break. Small issues pile up. And the agency that built it is already three projects down the road.
That pattern needed to change.
Meet the Team
Essential Code is founder-led and works with a small network of trusted specialists. We also collaborate with adjacent experts in branding, marketing, content strategy, SEO, and infrastructure when projects require it.
David Wippel
Owner, Development
Oliver Schöndorfer
Design, Zeichenschatz.net
Stefan Rösch
Development
How we work
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Bigger is not better. We’re small by design. The people you meet are the people who build it.
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Technical excellence is baseline. What separates good work from bad is respect for design and long-term ownership.
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We don’t hand off projects and disappear. We stay responsible.
What’s a micro agency?
A micro agency is deliberately small and built for focused, long-term partnerships. The people you meet in the first call are the people who build your site.
No handoffs.
No account managers.
No bait-and-switch.
Write to us. We’ll get back to you within 24 hours.
A short WhatsApp message is enough. Tell us what you run and what’s bugging you digitally. We’ll take a look and give you an honest answer about whether and how we can help.
Send us a WhatsApp