As prompted by a Twitter post from Rhodri M.:
Restaurant websites drive me up the wall. They should be forced by law to excise all music, animation and general poncing about.
Share your most loathed examples.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
this is a thing isn't it
seems i forget these baroque flash abortions (and the restaurants themselves) but if you want to make this a campaign then i cosign
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 April 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
someone c&p the Wolcott's discussion from the Chicago thread
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 April 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
fine, I'll do it:
For added lulz, check out their website, with their employment application consisting of a link to a generic .pdf residing on the servers at the Alaska Department of Labor and Workplace Development.
― it's an old pantyhound, that's who (Jesse), Monday, March 29, 2010 9:53 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
xp Their website is kind of sad/funny in a number of ways. There are stock photos of food that don't appear to be on the menu (antipasto plate? waffles?) It says that Fat Tire beer is from Belgium and that the bar's hours are 4 AM to 1 PM. "Wine" is misspelled as "whine" (and I don't think it's deliberate, like at Glenn's Diner). The "more" links on the food menu and wine list don't work.
― jam master (jaymc), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:12 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
That level of attention to detail does not feel me with confidence that I will not find hair in my food.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:15 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
but WHAT IF the bar really is open from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m.?
can you imagine THAT?
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:18 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Ha - I told Courtney what JMC said and she just emails me
Budweiser is also spelled wrong. You're killing me Wolcott's!!
― it's an old pantyhound, that's who (Jesse), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:04 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Google search for Wolcott's:
Welcome to Wolcott's Bar in Chicago, IllinoisWolcot'ts Bar - fine dining with great service from some of the chicago's best chefs and fine restaurants.
― jam master (jaymc), Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:06 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
And with that as a prompt:
http://www.wolcottschicago.com/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the pink boots were one thing....
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.angussteakhouse.co.uk/The menu is brilliant for carnivores, with seven cuts of steak in various weights, we also offer options for vegetarians and have a great children’s menu and killer desserts.
― Convenience Fish (snoball), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Their dessert PDF does not inspire confidence.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.angussteakhouse.co.uk/_images/childrens_menu_on.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.menupalace.com/menupalace/internetservices/portfolio_websitesflash.asp
― ksh, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
have 5,000
godawful website, godawful restaurant, perfect match imo. (xp)
― the big pink suede panda bear hurts (ledge), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Wait, Mr. Greek?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
lolling at Wolcott's using what sounds like an Omni Trio track as their site music
― Wood shavings! Laughing out loud! (HI DERE), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.watami.com.hk/eng/index.php
― fuck in rainbows, after it rains (dyao), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wegz.com/
The sports bar you'd build if you had the money!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Check the prices, £4 - over US$6 - for a tiny slice of lemon meringue pie. Eating out at one of the major chains in the UK is not only disappointing, it's expensive.
― Convenience Fish (snoball), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.watami.com.hk/eng/zone.html
Interactive ZoneUnder Construction
Under Construction
Even money says it's been like that since 2004.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
^LOL two different load bars. instabackspace
― lllljjjj (acoleuthic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
all of these sites must look great on the iPad
― ksh, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I can live with a little cheery amateurishness cz my favourite restaurant ever is a weekends-only thing by a super-nice couple of artists in my home village and obviously they are not also webdesigners - ok, their website looks like it is from 1996 and has Comic Sans on, but they are good people and it has all the useful information on
but opening a webpage and hearing a midi string quartet start up is pretty unforgivable, as is having yr opening hours wrong or not listing any useful contact details, and if you have paid for professional webdesign then I want to see some menus, not a memory-sucking Flash gallery scrolling through shots of the chandelier in yr dining area
and if you link to a google map of your postcode, please check it actually has mapped your postcode to somewhere approximately near your restaurant, thanks
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
That page with all the sites which ksh linked is an endless parade of horrors.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit that wegz website is awesome, i feel like I'm playing sega genesis while I salivate
― fuck in rainbows, after it rains (dyao), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost -- It's also not helping that it makes Toronto seem like Guy Fieri's Valhalla.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.chimichanga.ca/
wegz chooses henry vs man u for its opening montage = sigh
― lllljjjj (acoleuthic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
TRAIN WRECK ~ honeycomb-cut potatoes topped with WEGZ chili, cheddarcheese and sour cream with fresh-cut scallions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.50
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
"Menu" - lizards"Reservations" - a revolver"Events" - a donkey
― Convenience Fish (snoball), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a local Nepalese restaurant which has registered 3 domain names, made 2 of them say "under construction", and put some useful info on the 3rd. Which isn't linked to from the first 2, and is considerably lower down on Google. Hi guys, if someone finds a website for you and it has nothing at all on it, they're not going to think "hm, maybe there's another one"!
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://yabbapot.com/index-1.html
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― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Copyright 2005. All Rights Reserved. Italian Restaurant.
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
execrable italian gastrohaunt
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
http://yabbapot.com/images/4f1.jpg
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Latin Filler-Text Restaurant.
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Pfft:
http://www.menupalace.com/banzai/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
important thread: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=72829
― lllljjjj (acoleuthic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Try holding CTRL while clicking on the links above
― fuck in rainbows, ☔ (dyao), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay WHERE did they get this name and idea from:
http://www.menupalace.com/buttr/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
CRAZYSEXYCOOL URBAN LOUNGE YOU GUYS
― lllljjjj (acoleuthic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
What the
http://www.menupalace.com/draelion/home.html
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
alternate thread title: "Skip intro"
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Ulti-Posh Zen dining experience? WTF?
― Convenience Fish (snoball), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
wtflol
http://www.halpertcatering.com/
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
can u make my logo blobbier thx
http://www.halpertcatering.com/images/logo.jpg
KIDS COME FIRST – THEY ARE A TREASURED RESOURCE THAT WE MUST STRIVE TO NURTURE, TEACH AND PROTECT.
...before we KILL THEM AND EAT THEM
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
kewl fadez
http://www.halpertcatering.com/images/top_bg.jpg
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
o canada
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.comfortsrestaurant.ca/images/logo.jpg
BADRESTA URANT
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay this one I feel kinda bad about because they're a catering service that has emergency response teams as their clientele -- so that's a very good thing. The website is not:
http://www.swadleysemergencyreliefteam.com/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
haha the soundtrack is a bunch of news audio clips about tornado warnings
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.halpertcatering.com/images/logo.jpgwell hey thanks guys, I am looking for a caterer for my wedding and this is just around the corner from my place! ILX saves a ho again.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont know if ive ever seen a restaurant website that could be described as "good"
― max, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
the flash thing is INSANELY frustrating when youre on an iphone and you just want to check a restaurants dam hours or its menu or something and they desire to entice you with some horrible "intro" from a parallel universe where websites are constructed entirely from the rotting corpse of adobe flash
― max, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Just go to Yelp or Menupages.
― jam master (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
JUST GO TO HELL
― max, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.domeats.com/
great restaurant, but takes the prize for the twin cities imo
― goole, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
autoplay video of the chefs talking. front page.
― goole, Thursday, 8 April 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
― max, Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:51 PM
http://www.clubheavenandhelldc.com/hell.html
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 8 April 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.le-bernardin.com/
GEEZ
― amazing disorder (rip van wanko), Sunday, 21 November 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Ate at this place for like the 10th time tonight. Love the food but the website is so awful, and so is the decor in their second location:http://www.pamrealthaifood.com/
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Sunday, 21 November 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.motokazi.com.hk/
― Neu! romancer (dayo), Saturday, 26 February 2011 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://neversaidaboutrestaurantwebsites.tumblr.com/
― wizards of wonder are the keepers of knowledge (Abbbottt), Saturday, 26 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/id/2301228
― ☝ (am0n), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, thank you, I was wondering earlier 'Did I start a thread on this already, I can't remember...'
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link