You chose a restaurant theme based on a beautiful catalog demo, then a month later discovered that reservations don't sync with the manager's tablet, the WooCommerce menu glitches on mobile, and support responds once a week. A familiar situation for those who've launched a restaurant site on WordPress.

We've selected 16 themes that have passed real-world testing: live demos, compatibility with the current version of WordPress, and support for key integrations in 2026. From universal all-in-one solutions for any establishment to niche solutions for pizzerias, coffee shops, and sushi bars, each entry has been verified against actual restaurant business needs.

💡 Quick overview:

• Step 1: find your category in the comparison table, it will filter out unsuitable options in a minute
• Step 2: open the live demo of each theme on your phone, for restaurant sites more than half of visits come from mobile
• Step 3: check for WooCommerce and a booking system, these two integrations replace several additional plugins

Theme comparison table

Prices are current as of July 2026 according to ThemeForest data. The table includes only explicitly declared integrations, themes may support WooCommerce or booking through third-party plugins even if there's no direct integration.

1. Starbelly, universal restaurant builder on Elementor

Starbelly, a modern restaurant theme on Elementor with more than 30 custom widgets tailored to the food business. Six menu variations with tabs and lists, flexible header and footer customization through Elementor, the site is built drag and drop without a single line of code.

WooCommerce works out of the box: visitors browse a menu with food photos, add items to cart, and pay within one site. OpenTable is natively supported plus a booking form through Contact Form 7. One-click demo import saves a launch evening: choose a template, replace content, site is ready. The theme receives regular updates and maintains a 4.9 rating on ThemeForest.

Pros:

• 30+ Elementor widgets for restaurants
• WooCommerce and OpenTable out of the box
• 6+ menu layouts with tabs
• Quick start through one-click demo

Cons:

• Requires Elementor (free version is limited)
• Steep learning curve for Elementor beginners

💵 Price: $59 (ThemeForest standard license).

🔗 Starbelly on ThemeForest

2. Savory, booking through OpenTable and 12 layouts

Savory stands out with full OpenTable integration: visitors book a table directly from the site, without calls or third-party services. For a restaurant this means fewer missed requests and automatic synchronization with the manager's tablet.

12 ready-made layouts include Masonry grid, sliders, animated and urban layouts. There's a minimalist inward mode that leaves only content. WooCommerce is built in by default, plus an Instagram feed widget and social sharing buttons.

Pros:

• OpenTable out of the box
• 12 layouts and inward mode for quick start
• Booking form shortcode
• Instagram widget for social proof

Cons:

• Support only 6 months (extension is paid)
• WPBakery, not native Gutenberg

💵 Price: $69 (6 months support included).

🔗 Savory on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

3. Grand, drag and drop without tying to a specific builder

Grand Restaurant uses its own drag and drop builder, not WPBakery or Elementor. In practice this means fewer plugin conflicts and less load on hosting.

Booking is implemented in three ways: email, custom URL, and OpenTable. For each menu item you can add a direct purchase link, the customer clicks and pays without extra navigation. Custom widgets (Flickr, post categories, Google Maps) and mobile responsiveness without typical performance drops.

Pros:

• Custom builder (fewer conflicts with plugins)
• Three booking methods
• Direct purchase links for dishes
• Lifetime updates

Cons:

• Fewer ready-made layouts than competitors
• No WooCommerce out of the box

💵 Price: $64 (lifetime updates and 6 months support).

🔗 Grand on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

4. Restaurant, contrast design and 6 portfolios

Restaurant (the theme with the most direct name) bets on visual contrast. Dark backgrounds, large dish images, expressive typography, the site looks like a landing page for an upscale establishment, even if you're just launching.

Six ready portfolio designs cover basic scenarios: sushi bar, pizzeria, coffee shop, burger joint. The built-in payment module allows taking a deposit for table reservations, which reduces no-show percentage. OpenTable is supported through a third-party service.

Pros:

• Contrast design, stands out from "flat" themes
• Built-in payment module for deposits
• 6 portfolio layouts

Cons:

• No visual builder (editing through Customizer)
• OpenTable through third-party plugin

💵 Price: from $59 (ThemeForest standard license).

🔗 Restaurant on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

5. Picante, live visual editor and multi-currency

Picante, one of the few restaurant themes with a built-in currency converter. If you work in a tourist region or plan delivery to neighboring countries, this is a strong argument when choosing.

Live Visual Page Builder shows changes on the fly without page reload. Five header options, six footers, a recipe block and built-in booking system, Picante is more a restaurant site builder than just a theme. WooCommerce is supported, no programming required.

Pros:

• Currency converter for international orders
• Live visual editor (WYSIWYG without delays)
• Recipe block and booking system
• 5 headers, 6 footers

Cons:

• Support only 6 months
• Extensive option set requires time to learn

💵 Price: $59 (6 months support included).

🔗 Picante on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

6. Panadería, bakeries and pastry shops

Panadería is tailored for bakeries and pastry shops: portfolio section for baking photos, shortcodes for testimonials, and Masonry gallery. 12 homepage variations cover scenarios from a neighborhood shop to a small coffee shop chain.

WooCommerce works by default: visitors choose croissants and cakes, add to cart, pay. WPML compatibility allows launching a multilingual version for tourist areas. WPBakery is included in the package, you can switch to Gutenberg if desired.

Pros:

• 12 ready-made layouts for bakeries
• Masonry gallery for product photos
• WPML compatibility for multilingual sites
• Testimonial shortcodes

Cons:

• Support only 6 months
• Narrow specialization (bakeries and pastry shops)

💵 Price: $69 (6 months support and updates).

🔗 Panadería on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

7. Baker, fresh design for baking

Baker, another theme for bakeries, but with a focus on visual freshness. 12 homepages showcase different product types: bagels, cupcakes, croissants, pretzels. Large images and clean fonts create the impression of a cozy family bakery.

The theme is compatible with WooCommerce, though accepting online orders through the standard storefront will require minimal setup. Support for Chrome, Safari, and Edge without typical cross-browser issues.

Pros:

• 12 homepage variations, one per product type
• Large images, perfect for food photography
• Simple installation, demo content in one click

Cons:

• No WPBakery or Elementor included
• Limited time-based support
• Specialization only in baking

💵 Price: $69 (24/7 support).

🔗 Baker on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

8. Pizzaro, fast food and pizzeria with Elementor

Pizzaro is created for fast food and pizzerias. Bright color scheme, large product cards, and product carousel, everything is tuned for quick sales.

Unlike most themes in the roundup, Pizzaro is compatible with Elementor, King Composer, and Slider Revolution. This gives freedom of builder choice and simplifies content migration if you've already worked with Elementor. The Pizzaro Extensions add-on adds mega menu, menu cards, promo timers, and feature lists, functionality usually purchased as separate plugins.

Pros:

• Compatibility with Elementor, King Composer, and Revolution Slider
• Mega menu, product carousel, promo timers
• 16 shortcodes included
• Custom colors without restrictions

Cons:

• Support only 6 months
• Extensions require separate plugin installation

💵 Price: $59 (6 months support, all demos included).

🔗 Pizzaro on ThemeForest

9. Meals & Wheels, street food and delivery

Meals & Wheels, a theme focused on delivery and festival street food. The homepage slideshow allows highlighting daily specials, bestsellers, and food truck hours.

Integration with WooCommerce and Product Delivery Date closes the full cycle: order, preparation, delivery at a specified time. MailChimp is built in for email newsletters, visitors subscribe to news about new dishes and food truck locations. Full compatibility with Elementor gives design flexibility without code.

Pros:

• Full delivery cycle: order, date, receipt
• Elementor out of the box
• Built-in MailChimp
• GDPR compliance

Cons:

• Support only 6 months
• Narrow specialization (delivery and street food)

💵 Price: $59 (6 months support).

🔗 Meals & Wheels on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

10. Corretto, coffee shops and cafes

Corretto, a theme for coffee shops with shortcodes for menu, booking form, and business hours. Minimal effort, ready coffee shop site in an evening.

Several portfolio styles allow showcasing the venue interior, latte art, and coffee-making process. Masonry gallery collects guest reviews with photos. WooCommerce is compatible, but Corretto's main specialization is atmosphere and menu, not an online store.

Pros:

• Shortcodes for menu, booking, and business hours
• Masonry portfolio for interior and products
• Simple setup, demo in one click

Cons:

• No page builder
• Few templates for a large coffee shop chain

💵 Price: $69 on ThemeForest.

🔗 Corretto on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

11. Amaya, 8 layouts and dark theme

Amaya offers 8 ready homepage layouts, dark skin, Retina graphics, and SEO optimization out of the box. Oriented toward coffee shops and tea houses, but the layout flexibility allows adapting it for a small restaurant or lounge.

Dark theme styling is a key feature of Amaya. For establishments with evening hours (bars, lounge cafes) the dark design creates the right atmosphere right on screen. Background images and video, custom content blocks, social links and blog, everything is customizable without code.

Pros:

• 8 layouts and dark skin
• Retina-ready and SEO optimization
• Free stock images and video included
• Content blocks of any shape and size

Cons:

• No visual builder
• No WooCommerce out of the box

💵 Price: $69 (6 months free support).

🔗 Amaya on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

12. Gustavo, Mexican grill and bar

Gustavo, a theme focused on Mexican cuisine: grill, bar, restaurant. WPBakery Page Builder and Revolution Slider allow creating slideshows with daily specials and promotions.

Google Fonts expand customization possibilities: color scheme, fonts, and layouts are configured without restrictions. WooCommerce compatibility gives the ability to launch an online store for sauces and spices. Built-in MailChimp collects a database for newsletters about new menu items and events.

Pros:

• WPBakery and Revolution Slider
• Google Fonts without restrictions
• WooCommerce and MailChimp
• Retina support

Cons:

• Support only 6 months
• Specialization in Mexican cuisine narrows application

💵 Price: $59 on ThemeForest.

🔗 Gustavo on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

13. Sancho's, Mexican restaurant

Sancho's, the most affordable theme in the roundup. Offers clean, modern design for a Mexican restaurant or taco bar. Delivery and catering integration is configured through standard WordPress widgets.

The theme is lightweight: no heavy page builders, support for modern browsers (Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, Edge), several widgets to extend functionality. Fewer features, but also significantly less load on hosting.

Pros:

• Best price in the roundup
• Lightweight, without heavy builders
• Delivery and catering integration through widgets

Cons:

• No WPBakery or Elementor
• Fewer ready-made layouts than competitors
• Specialization in Mexican cuisine

💵 Price: $49 on ThemeForest.

🔗 Sancho's on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

14. Giardino, Italian restaurant with photo galleries and booking

Giardino, a theme inspired by Italian cuisine with an emphasis on visual content. Essential Grid and Slider Revolution assemble photo galleries of dishes and interior, Instagram Feed pulls the feed directly to the site, and 20+ post animations make the blog lively.

Booking is implemented through the Booked plugin: the customer chooses date, time, and number of guests, the administrator sees the request in the panel. WPBakery Page Builder is included, WooCommerce and WPML are compatible. The theme is suitable for a pizzeria, wine bar, trattoria, or family restaurant: 750+ customization options allow building a site for a specific establishment format.

Pros:

• Essential Grid, Slider Revolution, and Instagram Feed for visual content
• Booked booking with admin panel management
• WPML compatibility for multilingual sites
• 750+ options in Customizer

Cons:

• More expensive than average in the roundup
• Specialization in Italian cuisine

💵 Price: $72 (ThemeForest standard license).

🔗 Giardino on ThemeForest

15. Nigiri, sushi bar and Asian cuisine

Nigiri, a theme inspired by Japanese sushi bars. Six templates on a minimalist white background: dish images and clean typography create the impression of an upscale restaurant without extra decoration.

OpenTable is built in, customers book a table without a call. Google Maps block shows the establishment location. More than 800 Google Fonts are available for font customization.

Pros:

• OpenTable out of the box
• 6 templates with sushi aesthetic
• Google Maps block
• 800+ Google Fonts

Cons:

• More expensive than average in the roundup
• Specialization in sushi and seafood
• No page builder

💵 Price: $75 (6 months free support).

🔗 Nigiri on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

16. Asia Garden, menu, delivery, and WPBakery

Asia Garden covers the needs of an Asian cuisine restaurant: menu, gift cards, online ordering, and delivery. WPBakery (Visual Composer) is included, any page is edited visually.

Compatibility with WooCommerce and the Booked Appointments plugin allows accepting orders and bookings without additional tools. Full-screen slider with parallax effect, impressive showcase for dishes.

Pros:

• WPBakery included
• Menu, gift cards, and delivery in one theme
• Booked Appointments for reservations
• Full-screen parallax slider

Cons:

• Support only 6 months
• Specialization in Asian cuisine

💵 Price: $59 (6 months support).

🔗 Asia Garden on ThemeForest🔗 Live demo

In practice, testing a theme before purchase is a mandatory step. The video below shows the full process of creating a WordPress site from scratch: from installation to publication. Suitable for restaurant owners launching their first site and wanting to understand WordPress mechanics.

In our experience, the demo looks different on a real device than in the ThemeForest catalog. Check the live version on your phone before purchase, it will save hours of rework.

⁉️🤔 Frequently asked questions

Do you need a theme with WooCommerce if the restaurant doesn't sell online?

Even without online sales, WooCommerce will come in handy for gift certificates, merchandise, and banquet deposits. If this isn't in your plans, take a theme without WooCommerce (for example, Amaya or Sancho's) and save on performance: WooCommerce adds noticeable additional database load. On the other hand, themes with WooCommerce are usually better developed, developers invest more resources in commercial products.

OpenTable or a booking plugin, what to choose?

OpenTable is a ready-made ecosystem: customers find your restaurant in their search, book through the app, you get a manager's tablet. A booking plugin (Booked, Amelia) gives more control but doesn't attract customers itself. In practice, for a restaurant in the city center OpenTable pays for itself through built-in marketing. For a local pizzeria in a residential area, a plugin is sufficient.

Can you use a universal theme instead of a restaurant one?

Technically yes. Astra, Kadence, or Blocksy with a restaurant starter template will work. But you'll lose built-in menu shortcodes, booking forms, and visual styling. A restaurant theme saves installing several additional plugins and gives recognizable style out of the box.

Which theme is better for mobile?

All themes in the roundup claim responsiveness. In practice, Starbelly and Meals & Wheels show stable results in Google PageSpeed Insights thanks to clean code and optimized images. Check the live demo on your phone before purchase, it takes a minute but saves hours of rework.

What to do if the theme stopped updating?

ThemeForest themes marked "Lifetime Updates" (Starbelly, Grand) are safer: pay once and get updates. Themes with 6-month support will require renewal for an additional fee. If the developer abandoned the theme, switch to another. Don't wait for it to break after a WordPress update.

Which theme to choose for your task?

Final breakdown briefly:

• Need maximum features with regular updates, take Starbelly. 30+ Elementor widgets, WooCommerce, OpenTable, and a 4.9 rating on ThemeForest. Best price-to-feature ratio in the roundup.

• Table booking is a priority: Savory or Nigiri. OpenTable out of the box reduces no-show percentage to a minimum.

• Bakery or pastry shop: Panadería for Masonry gallery and 12 layouts for baking. Budget option, Baker (without builder but with beautiful templates).

• Coffee shop: Corretto for menu shortcodes and booking form. Need a dark skin, take Amaya.

• Pizzeria or fast food: Pizzaro with Elementor, product carousel, and promo timers.

• Food delivery: Meals & Wheels with Elementor, WooCommerce, and Product Delivery Date will close the full cycle.

• Mexican cuisine: Gustavo (WPBakery and Revolution Slider) or Sancho's (without builder, lightweight and fast).

• Asian cuisine: Asia Garden (WPBakery, delivery, gift cards) or Nigiri (OpenTable, minimalism).

• Italian restaurant: Giardino with Essential Grid, Instagram Feed, Booked booking, and 750+ customization options.

Before purchase, open the live demo on your phone and check speed through PageSpeed Insights. Beautiful desktop design doesn't guarantee fast mobile loading, and for a restaurant site mobile traffic makes up the main share of visits.