http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/ Culinary Rants & Raves from Bay Area Foodies and Professionals Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2278 Janna Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:10:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2278 I was recently looking for a location for a company dinner in North Beach, and a friend recommended Mangarosa.http://www.mangarosasf.com/menu.htmNo formatting makes the window about 7000 pixels wide. Terrible.I agree that I'm completely turned off ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2274 Marina Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:45:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2274 An excellent site for a simple place...a brewpub of all things! www.wunderbeer.com is very clean, easy to navigate... everything you want to know about the beers (what's on tap today!), food, menu etc. is right ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2272 Desirae Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2272 Hey Jennifer,I'm the web designer behind Spruce's site. I just wanted to say thank you for posting this and for motivating people to leave some very valid feedback about some of the local restaurant websites. ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2271 EB Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2271 What's worse? No website or impossible to navigate/no info site??? http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2270 Virginia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:32:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2270 Amen! I spend a lot of time daily browsing restaurant websites, experiencing all the annoyances you describe with the desire for simple basics: price, hours (amazing how hard that can be to find!), location, maybe ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2269 KiltBear Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2269 Oi, try using opentable.com on an iPhone... They have this "autocomplete" feature when typing in a restaurant name that totally hoses your ability to actually select the restaurant you want... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2268 Griff Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:34:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2268 The point about prices struck a nerve with me. Menus on restaurant websites are useful for two things, to tell you what sort of food it serves and to tell you whether you can ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2267 shuna fish lydon Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:21:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2267 Jen,Thank you so much for writing this! I have a full year's worth of horror stories from many restaurants I've worked at who didn't even know why a website was necessary and important. Restaurants have ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2266 Diane Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:31:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2266 Super slow-loading intro screens are the devil's spawn! And EVERY restaurant seems to have them. Was this some kind of "bad web page 101" seminar that all restaurants were required to take or ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2265 tkw Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:19:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/26/restaurant-websites-the-great-and-the-terrible/#comment-2265 from the east bay, here is the worst:http://www.maricaseafood.com/(i worked for chris cheung long ago, he is a good chef and this is a decent restaurant, but this site suu-uucks)i like wood tavern's site:http://woodtavern.netoverflashed:http://www.fleurdelyssf.com/HATE:http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/519000039.asp