Website design

I rili like the design, the colors are soothing and has a nice feel to it. However, there are few points which would need to be taken care of.

1. There are a lot of things happening together. There's 'Be the first', there's 'Reserve..', there's the pizza menu and there's the today's special (near the lounge area :-O). Then again, there's guitar, chess, food cart, sofa and drinks. I'd suggest not to put ALL the elements but have only two or three KEY elements in the pictures. Other less important facilities can be used in the text.

2. That small, lone, solitary chef hiding behind in the background - not happening for me. He is relatively smaller than the rest of room, doesn't fit in the 'lounge' feel of the bar. You could have a separate area for him or leave him out completely also.

3. The content - text, news, etc - are too closely huddled together and feel cramped. Spread them out and give some room to breathe.

"Not for regular crowd that are good for nothing"? Hmmm.

Hope this helps.

My Suggestions:

1) Put a phone number displayed prominently on right top. If I dont want to fill a form, I may want to pick up the phone and reserve my couch.

2) "Eat Drink Play" should be more distinctively displayed so that it conveys what this place is all about.

3) Move the section "Reserve your couch" to below "We are open" board. I could not find what I need to do and after a while I came to know about "Reserve your couch"

4) The picture used is very interesting. This will suite well if you create a page in which user does not have to scroll. Try to accomodate whatever is important on the main page..for rest of the things use links.

Hope this helps.

Hey Kunal,

Great work your website is amazing!! I love it! I like the details, the colors you have used, the pictures, the font and specially the header where you put a lot of work (the wooden wall, the spot lights, the windows, even the sign post). The footer is also great but you might increase the font-size and add the social icons ;)

Your website rocks and there is nothing that I would change only one thing!! I will change just one thing: I will make the content width as equal as the header width (from the guitar to the ending of the couch) As you can see now your content is 80% of the header image!

Great work buddy!!! Keep doing this great work!

1) I like it a lot, nice job so far 2) I like the use of "3D" graphics, only thing is, when we get to the central text, it all of a sudden becomes very flat looking, if somehow using graphics and Photoshop you could make text areas look like they had perspective and sat inline with the chair rather than "in front 2D" as it looks now. 3) I like where you are going with the Facebook and twitter logos, but maybe add an RSS one and make them a bit more obvious to the user, add a bit (very light and subtle) color (of the actual FB and twitter logos) to each? 4) I feel your spacing is almost right, just put a little bit more, but maybe doing the perspective text as in point 1 may help.

Fantastic job, let us know when it goes live ;-D

Hi Kunal,

Excellent design, I think that it just needs a few minor changes:

1. Text elements should be nudged right as the page looks unbalanced ( too heavy on the left).
2. Don't think that you need the bottle holder it's seems to steal the attention away from the text.
3. The chair with the reserved sign looks out of place and again throw the balance of the design - it destroys your grid. Maybe try enlarging the 'Our Speciality' elements above it and reduce the sofa until they line up correctly.

Hope this helps, good luck.

To me, the top is so great that I feel that the rest of the page is a distraction. I'd take away some of the images: Our Specialty, Chair, Winestand. Just leave what's absolutely necessary.

First impression is "Wow" but after looking at it a little longer then 5 seconds start to pick up on the little things.

Too much detail, the header image has far too much little things that don't necessarily need to be there. A better option would possibly be an actual photo from the restaurant with a family/group of friends having a good time.

Your Chef looks out of proportion and artificial.

I do like the concept but think it could be simplified and made to look more high end.

Less is more!

Really, really nice design work.

Okay, this is wonderful..but I really think there are some things you can do to make it EXCELLENT.

Please de-bulk the lounge area image header...it's got way to much stuff in it - in terms of neatening the composition, here is an idea for some things to remove:

wooden chalkboard menu, drafts, coffee and burger on table (because the burger is also resting on the bare table - not very sanitary), the waiter (the serving cart), the guitar (put Live Music in words instead perhaps), the bottle and whatever else that is on top of the brown couch - far right)..the chef in the back, and his countertop, and that wine bottle on the counter, also the 'please wait to be served' sign - shouldn't that be behind the counter (therefore its legs will be hidden?)

You see, that lounge area must feel unencumbered and truly relaxing for it to entice those who wish to eat, work, play...

Yes, somebody said widen your content area below already...I also agree with previous comments about the room between your text/graphical elements in the content area below the header and the point size of the text..you also need a bit more leading (space between lines)..

The Facebook and Twitter icons are weirdly placed, and are a bit indistinguishable..

I haven't seen something that I've wanted to comment on in quite a while, because the quality of concepts are so high, and so is this, but I felt it had such great potential, with just that extra righty tighty to get it perfecto!

great

I cant seem to see or find the URL, I always like to have a click and look through the site.

Like the way it looks though.

I dont llike the take away cup and the burger on the table.

I had to laugh at your comment "Not for regular crowd that are good for nothing". I hope this doesn't make it into the copy. Sounds like it's straight from the lips of Basil Faulty.

I really like the design and think that the room environment looks inviting.

I would however say that there is a bit too much going on and it feels like you are trying to cram too much into the header design.

Why not have a separate section (and header image) for all of the areas of interest, where you can detail what is on offer: music, a place to entertain, a home away from home etc.?

Is very impressive, i like the design contest. My sugestions: put less "things" on footer, its a litle crowed

Hi Kunal,

Overall this is great concept but it definitely doesn't feel high end

The photographs of the food and wine and the Discounts and Offers images though are making it not look high end and more cheap place. It looks friendly and nice but I wouldn't expect to be getting very good food here.

The images are not shot in same style and the food doesn't look good or consistent.

Here are some links to some high end restaurant sites:

Fat Duck

Gordon Ramsey Restaurant

Hope this helps