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Foodu
Foodu is a WordPress theme built for restaurants, cafes, chefs and other food businesses. It gives you the pieces a restaurant site usually needs, including menu pages, a table reservation system and photo galleries, inside a responsive design you can customize to match your brand.
- Version
- 2.0
- Released
- Feb 11, 2025
- Developer
- validthemes
- Type
- WordPress theme
- Licence
- GPL
- Included in
- Every plan, or $3.99 on its own
What’s new in Foodu 2.0
Version 2.0 · Feb 11, 2025
Latest
What it does
Restaurant websites tend to need the same things: a menu guests can read on their phones, a way to book a table and photos that show off the food and the dining room. This theme bundles those parts so you are not piecing them together from separate tools. You can build food and drink menus with descriptions, prices and images, let guests reserve tables from the site and arrange your photos in flexible gallery layouts.
The theme suits a cozy cafe, a fine dining room or a fast-food outlet. You start from one of several homepage variations and adjust the layout with a drag-and-drop page builder such as Elementor or WPBakery, so no coding is needed. The layouts are responsive and retina ready, social media connections are included, and WPML compatibility lets you publish your content in more than one language.
Best for
- Restaurants that want online menus and table bookings
- Cafes, bistros and fast-food outlets
- Chefs and food businesses needing photo galleries
Features
Menu management
Create and update food and drink menus with detailed descriptions, prices and images, so guests can see your signature dishes and what each item costs.
Built-in table reservations
A reservation system lets guests book a table directly from your website, giving them a simple way to plan a visit without calling.
Customizable gallery layouts
Flexible gallery options let you present photos of your dishes and your dining space in the arrangement that fits each page.
Multiple homepage variations
Choose from several homepage styles as a starting point, then adjust the one that best matches your restaurant's brand and personality.
Page builder compatibility
Customize layouts with drag-and-drop page builders such as Elementor or WPBakery, which lets you change pages without writing any code.
Responsive and retina ready
Layouts adjust to smartphones, tablets and desktops, and the design is retina ready so images stay sharp on high-resolution screens.
Social media integration
Connect your website to your social platforms so visitors can find and follow your restaurant's accounts from your pages.
Multilingual ready with WPML
The theme is translation ready and works with WPML, so you can offer your menus and site content in multiple languages.
Questions about Foodu
Can guests book a table through the website?
Yes. The theme includes a built-in reservation system that lets guests book tables directly from your site. It gives diners a convenient way to plan a visit, and it keeps booking requests coming through your website.
Can I show prices and photos on my menu?
Yes. The menu management feature lets you create food and drink menus with detailed descriptions, prices and images for each item. You can update them as dishes change, which helps keep specials and signature items current.
Do I need to know how to code to customize Foodu?
No coding is required. Foodu works with drag-and-drop page builders such as Elementor or WPBakery, so you can rearrange layouts visually. You can also start from one of the multiple homepage variations and adjust it to fit your brand.
Can I run my restaurant site in more than one language?
Yes. The theme is translation and multilingual ready, with WPML compatibility. That lets you offer your menus, pages and other content in multiple languages for guests who speak different languages.
Is Foodu free?
The code of Foodu is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. GPL Feast is a paid service: a plan or a single purchase gives you the download and automatic updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.
Which version of Foodu is this?
Version 2.0, released Feb 11, 2025. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them, and members get them as automatic updates.
How do I update Foodu?
Install the free GPL Feast Updater on your site and connect it with your API key. It installs new versions of Foodu automatically and keeps a backup, so you can roll back.
