Chinatown, London

"Welcome to the Orient London website, a portal that appears to have time-traveled from the early 2010s straight to the year 2026 (at least according to their highly optimistic footer copyright). While the stark black background certainly makes the gold accents pop, it mostly succeeds in making the site feel like a relic. The massive, full-width "Make a reservation" bar screams "we need bookings," but the aesthetic whispers "we haven't updated our web presence in a decade." Let’s talk about the elephant in the room—or rather, the vaguely blurry dim sum on the table. For a restaurant boasting a "luxurious setting," the sole image on the homepage looks like a hastily cropped smartphone snap taken by a patron halfway through their meal. Half a teapot? A random napkin? It’s completely devoid of the mouth-watering appeal required to sell authentic cuisine. When your entire visual hook relies on one photo, it needs to be flawless, not an afterthought. Functionally, the site gets the bare minimum right. The phone number is front and center, and the opening hours are painstakingly detailed. However, whoever populated the content gave up halfway through; throwing your booking terms and conditions under an "AWARDS" header in the footer is a baffling, sloppy error. Furthermore, burying your specific menus in tiny footer links while using vague terms like "Our food" in the main navigation forces users to hunt for the single most important thing they came for. It's functional, but entirely joyless."