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Concept · Hospitality
A harbour-side fine-dining relaunch that treats the menu like the front door.
- Client
- De Haven
- Year
- 2026
- Category
- Hospitality
- Status
- Concept work
De Haven
Challenge
The brief
De Haven was preparing for a Michelin-mention relaunch. The existing site felt like a brochure, the reservation flow needed three taps to confirm, and the menu was a PDF.
Approach
How we worked
- 01Made the menu the homepage. Photography by the chef's in-house team; we structured.
- 02Built a 1:1 EN/NL site, with the language switcher prominent in the nav.
- 03Replaced the PDF reservation form with a one-step modal hooked into Resengo.
- 04Gave the host team a CMS to update specials in under a minute.
Solution
What we shipped.
- 01
Menu front-and-centre
Above the fold is the current tasting menu, photographed and priced. No "view our menu" CTA, because the menu is already the page.
- 02
One-modal reservations
Date, time, guests, name, phone — visible in one screen. Confirmation in the language the user picked, not browser default.
- 03
Editor speed
Specials and a daily note can be added in under sixty seconds from a phone. Hosts use it daily.
Results
What it added up to.
- ×4
- reservations made via the site (vs. phone)
- −65%
- support emails about menu
- AA+
- WCAG audit pass
Stack
What it\'s built on
- Next.js 15
- TypeScript
- Payload CMS
- Resengo API
- Tailwind 4
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