Thursday, 22 January 2009

Restaurant evaluations!

O’Neil’s…Pub restaurant! http://www.oneills.co.uk/home.php

What works...

- Good use of colour catches the eye
- Old fashion feel which reflects the feel of the pub itself
- Rollover makes the links clear
- Boxes holding information makes the page clean and highlights key areas
- Full menu opens in a new PDF page
- Good quality pictures of the food on offer with use of slideshow

What doesn’t…

- The alternative menu is located at the bottom and not obviously noticeable
- The home page with all the colours has a busy feel and picture menu hard to read
- The glowing effect on the titles of the boxed areas makes the text slightly blurred and
difficult to read


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The Balti House…Indian cuisine! http://www.thebaltihouse.com/index.htm

What works…

- The use of white gives a clean feel
- Downloadable takeaway menu
- A few pictures included within the menu sections
- Bookmarks within long menu makes viewing quicker

What doesn’t…

- Bland, bland, bland!
- Navigation menu doesn’t stand out enough
- The menu is long and involves a lot of scrolling a horizontal layout would have worked
better with such a large menu
- The text colours don’t compliment each other
- Poor quality images


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Bluu…Flash Based! http://www.bluu.co.uk/

What works…

- The restaurant summary as the first page and choice to enter or not
- Boxed and centred
- Page turn effect on menu and good size and contained so no scrolling down the page
- Consistent design throughout, theme works well
- Different location has different background representing the real bar/restaurant layout so
familiar to client when go there

What doesn’t…

- Long loading times
- Image gets in the way of the navigational menu
- The menu picture page the picture links aren’t that obvious
- Close button difficult to locate


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KFC…Fast-food! http://www.kfc.co.uk/

What works…

- Consistent layout
- Clear navigational menu
- Slideshow image or meals available click for more information
- Nice flash banners with promotions

What doesn’t…

- Some sections include large amounts of text which is overwhelming for a ‘fast’ company
- On pages no sub menus available have to use the main navigational bar to progress further
- No prices for meals available


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