Of the sites listed, I chose to look at Peter Allen’s Italian Restaurant and No.9 Park. I haven’t viewed many restaurant websites before so I had little expectations for both places. Peter Allen’s chose went a common way with its layout; having the buttons run horizontally along the top to access key information. The logo is clear and prominent which shows emphasis on the most important factor of the restaurant; its name. However, there is not a unifying color palette and the layout itself seems almost too basic for a place that you’d think would be more sophisticated. Overall the most unappealing aspect of this site is it’s background, unfortunately its their product spaghetti with cheese sprinkles constantly floating. I think this animation takes away from its over all sophistication and the image itself along with its colors distorts the balance of the page. From the viewer’s point of view, every bit of information is easy to find and accessible because the site is so ‘basic’.
No.9 Park in comparison has a darker color scheme of coffee browns to give a sense of upperclass. The layout itself has the buttons on the side left vertically going down. As a whole this website reminds me almost of a blog rather than a restaurant. Unlike Peter Allen’s, the images of the food on this site are constantly changing and have a certain tone applied to them which makes it more unified. Overall I think this site has better composition and layout. But both are lacking the essence of truly portraying their restaurants appearance.