WhatsApp your order.
Support local food.
Every order placed through Bites Local goes straight to the restaurant that cooked it, not a marketplace taking up to 30% off the top and skimping on driver pay. We're passionate about helping local restaurants thrive, so we only take 5%.
Independent restaurants are the backbone of every high street. We think they deserve to keep what they earn.
Every big marketplace app makes its money the same way: by taking a cut of every order a local restaurant works hard to earn. We think that's backwards. Bites Local exists so diners can order directly from the restaurants they love, and so those restaurants keep every penny of every order. No middleman. No 30%. Just your local favourites, thriving.
"Since moving to Bites Local, our order volume is up 50%, and every order goes straight to our WhatsApp. Just 5% commission, no faff."
A bunch of Northeast people who just want to see local food thrive.
We're a small team with years of experience in the hospitality industry, and we got tired of watching great local restaurants hand over a third of every order to a marketplace app. So we built Bites Local: a straightforward way for independent restaurants and delis to take orders directly, keep more of what they earn, and stay connected to the customers who love them.
DirectOrder™. One process. No complicated software.
Every restaurant on Bites Local runs on the same thing: DirectOrder™, our process for taking orders over WhatsApp instead of learning a complicated system. No POS terminal. No tablet full of features you'll never touch. Just the shortest possible path from a hungry customer to a finished order in your WhatsApp.
- ✓ No POS terminal or till fees
- ✓ No onboarding calls or training
- ✓ No features you'll never use
- ✓ Just WhatsApp, which you already know
Four steps. No account, no app, no fuss.
The whole journey happens on a website your customer already trusts: yours. It ends with a message you already know how to answer.
Browse the menu
Photos, descriptions and prices, laid out like a proper menu, not a form.
Build a basket
Add items, adjust quantities, pick collection or delivery and a time that works.
Add their details
Name, mobile number and any notes, no account or password required.
Order on WhatsApp
One tap opens WhatsApp with the complete order, ready to send to you.
One website. Everything a takeaway actually needs.
No monster platform, no features you'll never touch. Just a beautiful site, built around your menu.
We take 5%. They take up to 30%.
Most big marketplace apps take up to 30% of every order before the restaurant sees a penny, and many still don't pay their delivery drivers well. Bites Local takes a flat 5%, full stop, so far more of what your customers pay stays with the people who cooked it.
Ordering through a marketplace app
Ordering direct on Bites Local
That's £27.50 more, on every single £100 order, staying in your local restaurant, not disappearing into a marketplace's cut.
Be one of the first 100 local independent restaurants to sign up and get your first 3 months completely free.
No commission tricks, no setup fee, three months on us. You literally cannot lose money trying it.
Claim your free 3 monthsOne simple price. Everything included.
No commission tiers, no hidden add-ons, just a website that works for your restaurant.
- ✓ Your own restaurant website
- ✓ Hosting included
- ✓ Full menu management
- ✓ Online ordering & basket
- ✓ WhatsApp ordering built in
- ✓ Order & menu updates any time
- ✓ Ongoing support
Update your website in minutes, not tickets.
Change prices, swap out a photo, adjust your opening hours: it's live the moment you save. No developer, no waiting.
Give us your menu. We'll build your website.
Your customers order on it. The order arrives in your WhatsApp. That's the whole product.
Sign up now