# Astro Restaurant templates & code starters for BCMS

## Astro Restaurant templates

[Astro templates & code starters for BCMS ](https://www.thebcms.com/starters/astro/)give you a clean, structured foundation for managing menu items, hours, locations, and specials without turning dev work into a weekly task.

Astro’s static-first approach ensures lightning-fast load times and mobile-friendly performance, while BCMS handles all the content through a [user-friendly CMS](https://www.thebcms.com/blog/user-centered-content-strategy.md).

That means non-devs can update dishes, pricing, and hours without ever opening your codebase.

Whether you're building for a local café, a multi-branch chain, or a high-end restaurant, this setup keeps your codebase maintainable and your content team happy.

### What’s inside the Astro ​​restaurant template:

- Flexible menu content: Model dishes, categories, pricing, and dietary info as structured content in BCMS. Query and display exactly what you need without hardcoding data.

- Manage hours & locations dynamically: Store opening times, special hours, and multiple venue details in BCMS for easy updates and consistency.

- Optimized media delivery: Leverage Astro’s built-in image optimization to serve responsive, lazy-loaded photos from BCMS, improving load times and user experience.

- Multi-language support: Use BCMS localization features to build fully translated restaurant sites without extra dependencies.

- Fast static rendering: Astro generates lightweight HTML with zero JavaScript, delivering great performance, especially on mobile devices.

- Utility-first styling: Use Tailwind CSS to rapidly prototype and customize the UI with clean, maintainable utility classes.

- SEO-ready content structure: Easily map CMS fields to meta tags, Open Graph data, and structured schema for better search visibility out of the box.

- Responsive by design: Build layouts optimized for all screen sizes so customers can quickly find menus, hours, and contact info on any device.

## Build the Astro Restaurant site with BCMS

This Astro + BCMS setup keeps your menus dynamic and your site blazing fast, no weekly deploys, no bloated JS.

Editors handle content in BCMS, while Astro’s static rendering and [component islands](https://www.thebcms.com/blog/astro-server-islands-tutorial.md) keep performance sharp and code clean. Want to build fast, editable restaurant sites that scale? This is it.

```

npx @thebcms/cli create astro starter restaurant

```

Need more? Check out our [Astro Recipe](https://www.thebcms.com/starters/astro/recipes.md) or [Astro Job Board](https://www.thebcms.com/starters/astro/job-board.md)[ ](https://www.thebcms.com/starters/astro/job-board.md)starters for different use cases.