EMBER Bistro & Grill

EMBER is a free restaurant website template for fine-dining restaurants, bistros and chef-led kitchens. Show your menu, tell the story of the room and take table reservations with a working booking flow. Designed to look like a $20,000 bespoke brand site, ready to publish in an afternoon.

A warm, candlelit identity

A living video hero that flickers like firelight, a signature scroll moment that pushes into a single flame, and dark, moody food photography that makes every dish look unforgettable.

A working reservation flow

A real multi-step booking experience: date, party size, time, guest details and confirmation. State persists across steps.

CMS-driven menu and journal

Add a dish or an article and the menu, featured sections and previews update automatically. Every dish has its own image, description, price and dietary tags.

Pages

Home, Menu (CMS), Reservations, About, Experience, Private Dining, Journal (CMS + articles), Gallery, Contact, Privacy, Terms and a custom 404, fully responsive

Features

Cinematic video hero (with graceful mobile fallback), custom cursor, film-grain warmth, a persistent header and a full mobile experience

Accessible alt text, labeled fields, clean metadata, custom favicon

Easy to make yours: swap the CMS content, drop in your own photography and menu, adjust the palette

Contact and reservation forms connect to your own Framer Forms or backend

Best for

Fine dining and luxury restaurants

Bistros, grills, steakhouses and chef's tables

Wine bars, cocktail bars and cafes

Private dining, catering and food experiences

Includes an optional SoloFoundry Assistant component by the same creator — an AI assistant trained on your website, shown live on this preview. Separate subscription ($29/mo) via the SoloFoundry Assistant plugin. Not required; the template is complete without it.

ALL-ACCESS: every SoloFoundry template, unlimited sites, $199 once at solofoundryhq.com/all-access

Support: solofoundryhq@gmail.com