ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
A French Quarter young professional has had his socks blown off this afternoon after he navigated to the website for a popular local restaurant and it was vaguely functional.
Dan Witman, a man who does things in an office with a computer in return for money, told our reporters he was expecting a maze of outdated menus, clunky design and an all-round negative user experience.
He was very, very wrong.
“Yeah, it was great,” he said.
“I was able to make a booking, browse the menu and take a look at the wine list. They even had nice, up-to-date pictures of the joint so I could tell them which table I’d like to book for Friday,”
“You see, we’re having a long lunch and these types of things are very important. One can only hope every local eatery follows this example.”
The Santorini Bar & Grill had their website professionally made by the owner’s nephew, according to a manager our reporter spoke to this afternoon at the resturant.
He was also under the impression that every restaurant had a functional website.
“You mean I’m the only one in town that has a working website?” said owner Constantine Georgiou.
“That means I’m wasting my money. I haven’t even seen our website, my brother’s kid in Brisbane made it for us.”
Mr Georgiou then brought the website up on the office computer.
“Jesus Christ!”
“I didn’t approve any of this. A Greek restaurant’s website should be needlessly complicated. Like having a video background or even some music. The menu should be hard to find, the booking system should not even work!”
“Why can’t people just ring a restaurant and speak to a person to book a table?”
More to come.
