Website for local Chinese & sushi restaurant

1. it is usable, although the secondary navigation with the separating line is somehow a little far from the main navi
2. Looks Chinese, the colors are not "food-colors" but I think in this case it is better to go for an oriental look
3. I don't understand the question (sorry for my bad english..)
4. I would try use a grid system rather than center alignment. Have you tried other kinds of backgrounds?

even where u have written the text in red is not readable..

the orange colour used for links, titles, and borders is too bright/vibrant. thus, it does distract me when I look at the website. why not replacing it with a warmer/softer shade?

speaking of typography, don't use justify. it causes some weird and huge spaces between words. change the typeface to serif one. here are some examples:

http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/eight-definitive-font-stacks

then increase the line-height, give more emphasis to the headings.

there are some more stuff to be mentioned, but i leave them to other fellows.

the bottom line is that, you have nice start there. with a few small changes, you will come up with something bright. this is what i see.

good luck.

Hi Kevin,

I love the background, the dragon and how all the content scrolls when I scroll. I am wondering how you may be able to incorporate the hot pink lights that they have going on in their restaurant. Maybe the bar under Bistro Dragon and in the dragon logo somewhere?

The text block under "About Bistro Dragon", needs severe attention. Since you have chose not to left align it, all the text has space issues. Therefore leading to rivers of open space that flow through your block of text. This can be solved by kerning the space between words and then rewording as necessary to avoid hyphens. In the long run, it is a lot less burdensome just to chose left or right alignment use.

The second thing I noticed dealing with the type is that there is a big gap of space between the word "Bistro" and "Dragon" ( in your main heading) Maybe solve this by bringing in that space or placing that circular dragon logo right smack in the middle of those two words?

Because, the typeface choice has an R that has a leg that extends extra far. It pushes the letter next to it far away. Thus, creating awkward space and then it is placed by that A that creates extra space in itself. In the end we end up with a lot of space that draws attention away from the letters and traps the eye. So, maybe in this case you could overlap the letters a bit or slightly tuck the R's leg under the A?

Then, I would bring the space between the letters in a tad. The "S" to the "I" the "T" to the "S" and the "R" to the "T" (in the first heading words "Bistro")

Then, where "Sushi School" etc. is at, even though each of your headings are uniquely designed, I think it may bring a "Cleaner" look to this site if you made all those heading consistent to each other.

Last, I think you could get away with not using the Bistro Dragon logo for the second time at the bottom of the page. Just make "Bistro Dragon", fitting to the white typeface below it. Maybe at most make it the same green color. It is a bit to much having it twice on the page.

On your second presented page you use center alignment for your text which is inconsistent to your other alignments on the first page. Consistency in type will unify this site and make it feel like each page belongs to each. (Just like how the background is consistent.)

I agree with Miro about a grid system.

I love the background, logo and the bamboo look.

This is a nice design, but I think the turquoise doesn't work well with the background, and the bamboo frame makes the design look somewhat outdated.

It's a restaurant website. It's obviously not going to be the next big internet thing, nor is it supposed to be, so I gave it a 5 for purpose, and a 4 for originality/engagement. The typical human being that is searching for the site or is referred to it directly will find it easy to traverse.