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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

  1. 01Made the menu the homepage. Photography by the chef's in-house team; we structured.
  2. 02Built a 1:1 EN/NL site, with the language switcher prominent in the nav.
  3. 03Replaced the PDF reservation form with a one-step modal hooked into Resengo.
  4. 04Gave the host team a CMS to update specials in under a minute.

Solution

What we shipped.

  1. 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.

  2. 02

    One-modal reservations

    Date, time, guests, name, phone — visible in one screen. Confirmation in the language the user picked, not browser default.

  3. 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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