Finding the right WordPress Restaurant Themes can be as tricky as baking an apricot soufflé with raspberry coulis. It’s tedious, time-consuming, and you’ll probably won’t be able to get it right the first couple of tries.
But when you finally do, you’ll realize why your efforts were worthwhile.
The Theme of your website is the first giveaway on what kind of business you’re running: it’s is a telltale sign on what kind of food you serve, what the ambiance is like and what kind of visitors you want to attract – it lets your guests get acquainted with your restaurant.
However, there are hundreds of thousands of WordPress Themes to choose from, so how do you find the right WordPress Restaurant Themes without reaching your boiling point?
Have a seat, that’s why we’ve assembled two five-layered treats for you: A Free Restaurant Themes Trifle and a Premium Restaurant Themes Tiramisu.
Finding the right WordPress Restaurant Themes can be as tricky as baking an apricot soufflé with raspberry coulis. It’s tedious, time-consuming, and you’ll probably won’t be able to get it right the first couple of tries.
But when you finally do, you’ll realize why your efforts were worthwhile.
The Theme of your website is the first giveaway on what kind of business you’re running: it’s is a telltale sign on what kind of food you serve, what the ambiance is like and what kind of visitors you want to attract – it lets your guests get acquainted with your restaurant.
However, there are hundreds of thousands of WordPress Themes to choose from, so how do you find the right WordPress Restaurant Themes without reaching your boiling point?
Have a seat, that’s why we’ve assembled two five-layered treats for you: A Free Restaurant Themes Trifle and a Premium Restaurant Themes Tiramisu.
Free WordPress Restaurant Themes Trifle
Free Themes are great: you can download and use them right away, change the Theme whenever you like, and save a penny or two – no strings attached! Here are five delightful Free WordPress restaurant themes for several types of restaurants.
5. The sponge cake: Italian Restaurant
This theme is like the sponge cake, the base, of the trifle. It reminds me of my uncle Maurizio’s family pizzeria, it’s got that familiar and steady vibe to it. The template is solid and structured and it is specifically designed for restaurants, pizzerias and recipe sites, so it’s easy to place your content. A customizable background would have been a nice touch – to place an image of a large pizza plank for example – although this gray background works well with the rest of the display. The most notable aspects to this Theme are the large header image and the food menu layout: they can be strategically used to display your menu and dishes with images.
Demo: https://wordpress.org/themes/italian-restaurant/
Download: https://wordpress.org/themes/italian-restaurant/
4. The custard: Cozy (Restaurant)
A theme as sweet and sugary as custard, and very suitable for small restaurants, bakery cafés or cocktail bars – any place where you can curl up and get cozy! Although the pink color accent is quite strong for my taste, it pairs well with the baby blue and the cool off-white background color – it gives it an inviting and appealing look. Two great features in this Theme are the newsletter plugin and Multi-language plugin for the international customers!
Demo: http://www.templatemonster.com/demo/52056.html
Download: http://www.templatemonster.com/free-wordpress-restaurant-theme.html
3. The fruit: Sunrise Pub
This Theme just calls for action: it’s responsive, engaging and gets you from A to B – literally, there’s a Google Map so your visitors can easily find your restaurant! And the menu looks great: each dish on the menu is accompanied by a small thumbnail image and price tag – clean and simple. But the cool thing about this design is that you can use the space underneath the header image to post upcoming events. Grab your fruit blender cause drinks will be flowing – one Tequila Sunrise please!
Demo: http://demo.s5themes.com/sunrise/
Download: http://www.s5themes.com/theme/sunrise/
2. The whipped cream: Restaurateur
White, light and with a swirl like whipped cream, Restaurateur looks classy and clean and uses a slider to display header images. The white and black color scheme can look quite plain, however it gives you the room to write as much content as you want without overcrowding the website. It’s also by far one of the most downloaded free WordPress Restaurant Themes, because of its clear and easy navigation. Another handy feature is that you can manage your menu display through a bundled plugin!
Demo: http://wprestaurateur.com/
Download: https://wordpress.org/themes/restaurateur/
1. The cherry on top: Auberge
Auberge is a new free WordPress theme for restaurants and cafés. Its design’s dark undertone is elegant and modern, fitting for classy and chic restaurants or cafés. But this Restaurant Theme truly distinguishes itself from other themes by including a number of neat features such as a translation-ready code, multiple browser compatibility, and best of all, a supporting Jetpack plugin which enables you to easily create food menus – it’s that little extra that puts the cherry on top.
Demo: http://themedemos.webmandesign.eu/auberge/
Download: http://www.webmandesign.eu/auberge-wordpress-theme/
Premium WordPress Restaurant Themes Tiramisu
There are good reasons to invest in your website’s Theme: Premium Themes often come in a stuffed bundle of plugins and other nifty features that you can use to expand your restaurant’s website. And more importantly, they often include unlimited support in case you’re stuck or your website goes down.
5. The lady fingers: Frattini
This Theme just got released two weeks ago. It’s airy, simple and sweet like lady fingers. Although the Frattini logo is a little bulky, the gray and pink accent colors match well with the all-white background, leaving a spacious impression and bright look. This Theme also comes with three different templates (Dinner, Coffee and Cake), unlimited color choices and a bxslider for food menu display – sweet!
Download: http://themeforest.net/item/frattini-a-premium-restaurant-cakes-and-coffee-wordpress-template/10629185
Demo: http://xpertpoin8.com/demo/frattini/wp/cakes/
4. The coffee: Bon Appetit
An elegant and smooth theme with a light coffee-colored accent throughout the template. The parallax scrolling of white and old-pink text containers over a fixed background image adds a nice subtle touch to the design – it can be used to display raw ingredients in the background, such as in the demo, or your restaurants interior, for example. It also includes a food menu and table reservation plugin, and a menu filter – enjoy & bon appetit.
Demo: http://stylemixthemes.com/demo/bonappetitwp
Download: http://themeforest.net/item/bon-appetit-premium-restaurant-wordpress-theme/10084132
3. The mascarpone: Liesel
Like mascarpone, the Liesel Theme is all-white and milky underneath, and heavily packed with plenty of features. The white, black and gray accent colors make the Theme look classy and timeless, perfect for modern and stylish restaurants or cafés. The parallax scrolling feature adds movement to the Theme, as its color combination can make the design look quite static. A unique feature to this Theme is the flip card menu plugin: each dish can be displayed in a flipping animation.
Demo: http://dahz.daffyhazan.com/liesel/
Download: http://themeforest.net/item/liesel-cafe-dining-and-bakery-wordpress-theme/10176485
2. The cacao: Elixir
My Elixir of life is a nice hot cup of coco. For your website, it might be this all-inclusive Theme – it has endless varieties: four different templates (Luxury Restaurant, American Grill, Italian Style, Asian Food), a food menu page, parallax scrolling, and filterable photo gallery. The creators have included tutorials to demonstrate how you can use each template and how you can create a food menu, contact field or a map. All that for half the price of most WordPress Restaurant Themes!
Demo: http://jellythemes.com/themes/elixir/index-multipage.html
Download: http://themeforest.net/item/elixir-restaurant-html-responsive-template/10467526
1. Raspberries as the finishing touch: HG Restaurant
This Theme is like fresh raspberries picked straight from the backyard: a stunning design which gives an organic and earthy impression and implies that the food is prepared with great love and care. HG Restaurant is tasteful, streamlined and uses an optional masonry display for the food menu – almost turning it into an art exhibit. But on the business side, this Theme is packed with features which will definitely reel in customers, such as a board of events and customizable table reservations – it’s worth the investment!
Download: http://themeforest.net/item/hg-restaurant-responsive-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/9910041
Demo: http://themeforest.net/item/hg-restaurant-responsive-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/9910041
Conclusion
There are great WordPress Restaurant Themes out there – some better than others. Finding the right Restaurant Theme can be tricky, but it’s worth the effort: it’s usually the first giveaway for visitors on how your restaurant operates.
Auberge is the cherry on top from the Free WordPress Restaurant Themes because of its contemporary look and free bundled plugins – a rare feature for Free Themes.
HG Restaurants is like fresh raspberries for the finishing touch, because of its earthy design – it gives the impression that the food is made with great love and care. Plus, as a Premium WordPress Restaurant Theme it also comes with many different features and plugins, which surely will get your website up and running, and your restaurant packed.
