Dinehere vs Google Sites
Compare the AI-powered restaurant website generator with the free barebones page maker.
| Feature | G Google Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Year Total Cost | £1,450 over 5 yrs | Free |
| Time to Launch | 10 minutes | Hours |
| Restaurant-Specific | ||
| AI Menu Parsing | ||
| Hosting Included | Included | While subscribed |
| Technical Skill Required | None | Low |
| Custom Domain Support | ||
| Mobile Optimised | ||
| SEO Built-in | Minimal |
A real restaurant business site, not a free page
Google Sites is free, but it's a barebones page maker with minimal SEO and no restaurant features — it gives you a basic page, not a real business website. Dinehere is £29/month (or £290/year — 2 months free): a proper single-page restaurant site with your menu auto-parsed from photos, hours, location and local SEO built in, live in about 10 minutes, hosting included. The trade-off here is quality and being found on Google, not price — Dinehere gives diners a real, searchable site instead of a free placeholder.
The smarter choice for restaurant owners
A Real Business Site
Google Sites produces a basic, barebones page. Dinehere builds a real restaurant website — menu, about, hours, location and local SEO — for Dinehere is £29/month (or £290/year — 2 months free).
Built to Be Found
Google Sites has minimal SEO. Dinehere structures your menu, location and hours so local diners can actually find you on Google.
AI Menu, Live in 10 Minutes
Google Sites expects you to build everything by hand. Dinehere reads your menu from photos and your site is live the same day.
Common questions
While Google Sites is free, it requires significant time to design a page from scratch and format menus. Dinehere's £29/month (or £290/year) fee pays for speed, professional mobile design, and AI that turns your menu photos into text instantly, saving you hours of frustrating web design.
You don't need to copy and paste anything. Simply take clear photos of your physical menu or download the PDF from your Google Site, and upload them to Dinehere. Our system automatically reads the items and creates a clean, text-based digital menu.
Dinehere is built with local SEO in mind, structuring your address, hours, and menu text so search engines can easily read them. Google Sites often relies on unreadable PDFs and lacks advanced SEO tools, meaning a switch usually helps local diners find you much more easily.
Not at all. Google Sites requires some basic layout and design skills to make a page look professional. Dinehere requires zero technical knowledge; you just upload your photos, enter your business details, and the site builds itself.
No. Dinehere focuses strictly on providing a simple, high-quality informational website with your menu, location, and hours. If you need complex e-commerce or direct online ordering, neither Dinehere nor Google Sites is the right fit out-of-the-box.
On Google Sites, you usually have to edit text boxes manually or upload a brand new PDF every time a price changes. On Dinehere, you simply edit the text in your straightforward menu dashboard, and it updates instantly on your live site.
Setting up a Dinehere site takes about 10 minutes. Once you review your newly generated menu and add your contact details, you can immediately swap the website link on your Google Business Profile.
Once your Dinehere website is live and you have updated your links on social media and Google Business, you can safely unpublish or delete your Google Sites page to prevent confusing your customers.
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