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Spotty Media plans, writes, designs and develops websites for restaurants, hotels, B&Bs, pubs, bars and venues across Manchester. Manchester guests choose by neighbourhood, occasion and convenience. We build in WordPress, connect suitable booking and sales systems, and can provide hosting, training and ongoing support after launch.
Spotty Media creates hospitality websites for restaurants, hotels, B&Bs, pubs, bars and venues in Manchester, with the structure, content and technology shaped around how guests choose, book and enquire. An Ancoats restaurant, a Northern Quarter bar, a Spinningfields venue and a Deansgate hotel do not share one guest journey. The website should communicate the atmosphere and offer quickly, then help residents, business travellers, event audiences and city-break visitors complete the right booking or enquiry.
We deliver complete WordPress projects, including planning, copywriting, photography, development, booking integrations, analytics and launch. We can also manage and improve existing WordPress, Shopify, Wix and Squarespace websites when focused changes are more useful than a rebuild.
Hospitality website work can connect with photography and content creation, social media management and email marketing, giving Manchester operators a clearer route from discovery to booking, enquiry or purchase.
Restaurants that need support beyond the website can also use our Manchester restaurant marketing service for joined-up social media, PR, content and local visibility.
Why It Matters
People may discover a Manchester venue through search, social media, a recommendation or a listing, but the website is where many confirm the details. It should show the experience clearly and make the next step straightforward on a phone.
The Numbers
A restaurant website can support discovery, product sales and marketing sign-ups. These UK consumer findings help explain those opportunities; they do not measure website conversion rates or predict sales.
Source: SevenRooms, 2025 UK Restaurant Industry Trends, pages 6, 26 and 17 respectively, based on 1,000 UK consumers. Willingness to buy or sign up is not a completed purchase or subscription. Findings relate to restaurants, not all hospitality businesses.
Our website work ranges from new builds to re-platforming established sites. These examples show the different requirements behind each project.
New website build. We built a website covering Tin of Sardines’ Roker and Durham venues, presenting the different offers within one site. The project also included functionality for selling gift vouchers online.
New website and booking functions. We designed and built a new site with online bookings for Gin Tasting Experiences and a system for purchasing and delivering gift vouchers.
Website redevelopment. We re-platformed sō-lō’s website from its previous framework into Elementor and took over its hosting. The work brought the site’s presentation, information and navigation closer to the restaurant’s identity.
Website design, build and hosting. For this Yorkshire restaurant with rooms, we created a new website with information about the food, accommodation and surrounding area. The project formed part of wider marketing support for the venue.
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We start with the Manchester hospitality business, the people it needs to reach and the role the website must play. Useful content should reflect the real audience and experience in areas such as Ancoats, the Northern Quarter, Spinningfields and Deansgate. We then agree the design, development, content, integrations and launch work before setting a realistic schedule.
“They elevated our website to better reflect our business and provided a smoother user journey. Their in-person visits, regular calls, and quick responses have ensured seamless communication.”
“Our new website not only looks the part but has a much smoother customer journey. They took the time to understand our brand, turned problems into solutions, and we’ve seen an uplift in bookings for our accommodation.”
“Spotty Media turned what seemed like an overwhelming process into a smooth transition. The traffic and ranking improvements exceeded our expectations, and our new operational efficiencies are setting the stage for sustained growth.”
“Spotty Media worked on our existing website, building additional pages and integrating systems such as online gift vouchers. They have enhanced its look and feel and increased online revenue by a significant amount. “
Website priorities in Manchester can range from neighbourhood-led choice to busy mobile journeys and groups and multi-site brands. That mix shapes the page structure and the routes guests need. Useful content should reflect the real audience and experience in areas such as Ancoats, the Northern Quarter, Spinningfields and Deansgate.
We plan navigation, page structure and calls to action around the real offer. Menus, rooms, events, private hire, vouchers and booking routes receive the prominence they need, and agreed mobile layouts, forms, speed and accessibility are checked before launch. Existing useful content and URLs are reviewed before a redevelopment so redirects can be planned carefully.
Fast access to menus, rooms, events and booking tools matters when guests compare venues while moving around the city. In Manchester, that technical scope may serve neighbourhood-led choice, busy mobile journeys or groups and multi-site brands, so integrations are selected around the venue’s real operation.
Spotty Media builds new WordPress websites and redevelops established sites, usually connecting the booking provider already used by the business. This can include ResDiary, OpenTable, Caterbook, DesignMyNight and other suitable systems without requiring an unnecessary platform change. Gift vouchers, event tickets and WooCommerce product sales can also be added to WordPress projects.
For Manchester businesses, we can build or improve websites on WordPress, Shopify, Wix and Squarespace, choosing the platform around the brief, existing systems and day-to-day needs.
Clear structures can serve different Manchester locations, occasions and operational teams without making the guest search through one crowded page. We use that practical context when writing pages for food, rooms, events, experiences and private hire, so the content answers guest questions rather than filling space. Our former journalism experience helps us interview owners and teams, while on-site hospitality photography can be included when the current image library is not strong enough.
Headings, page titles, meta descriptions, internal links and useful location information are planned alongside the copy. These foundations help people and search engines understand the website, but no agency can guarantee a particular Google position. After launch, we can update menus, offers, events, text and photography as the business changes.
Based In Durham. Supporting Manchester Hospitality.
Spotty Media can deliver a Manchester website project remotely and agree meetings, venue visits or photography when they are useful. Multi-site hospitality groups can use one clear structure while keeping each venue’s offer, content and booking journey specific to its location.
Not listed? We also work with hospitality businesses across the UK.
We configure website analytics, Google Tag Manager and Google Search Console so a Manchester hospitality team can understand search visibility and how visitors use the site. Cookie consent and tracking are set around the choices visitors make.
Where a third-party booking system supplies suitable data, completed-booking conversion tracking can be configured. If it does not, we explain the available measures, such as booking-link clicks or enquiries. A click to a booking system is not treated as a confirmed reservation.
It should help the right guest understand the venue, find current information and complete the next useful action. One practical priority for Manchester operators is this: useful content should reflect the real audience and experience in areas such as Ancoats, the Northern Quarter, Spinningfields and Deansgate.
The structure should reflect whether the business is a restaurant, hotel, B&B, pub, bar or event venue, rather than forcing every offer into the same template.
Yes. Spotty Media designs and develops WordPress websites for restaurants, hotels, B&Bs, pubs, bars and event venues in Manchester. The scope can include strategy, copy, photography, design, development, integrations, analytics, hosting and launch.
Spotty Media is based in Durham and can deliver projects remotely, with meetings, venue visits and photography in Manchester agreed when they add value.
Yes. Spotty Media can build, redesign and manage WordPress, Shopify, Wix and Squarespace websites, including agreed changes to menus, offers, text and photographs. The recommended platform depends on the brief, integrations and how the team needs to manage the website.
Pricing is bespoke. We quote for the design, development, content and integrations the project actually needs. New WordPress builds include the first year of website hosting, followed by annual renewal.
A small Manchester hospitality website may take a couple of weeks, while a larger project can take several months. Timing depends on the page count, design, content, integrations and feedback required. We agree the schedule once the scope is clear.
Usually, yes. We normally work with the booking system already connected to the business. We check the integration available before confirming the work, and completed-booking tracking is only configured when the provider exposes suitable data.
Website hosting includes email hosting, security provision and daily website backups. The first year of website hosting is included with a new website build, followed by annual renewal. Email hosting can also be purchased separately.
Maintenance, restoring backups and technical support are agreed through a retainer or charged by the hour.
Yes. We can train your team to make agreed WordPress updates, manage changes for you, or combine both approaches. Support can include menus, events, offers, text, technical work and photographs from new shoots.
Yes. We can integrate gift vouchers and event ticketing on WordPress websites, and use WooCommerce for product sales. The setup depends on what is being sold, how it will be fulfilled and the systems already in use.
Tell us about your Manchester venue, the current website and what needs to change. We can scope a new WordPress build, redevelopment or ongoing website management, with bespoke pricing and a realistic timeline.
If the hospitality business needs a custom internal system, send us a specification so we can assess the requirements and discuss development.
