Got an appetite for truly mouth-watering web design? Look no further than the brilliant work the designers for the world's most exclusive restaurants. These places are a far cry from your local pizza joint, in the business of selling experiences as much as food. To remain on the top, all their dishes have to come with a side of truly outstanding branding.

If you're even vaguely up-to-date with latest best practice in web design, you'll immediately see these landing pages are the pièce de résistance. Minimal content, clean grid layouts, high-impact images and even three burger menus can all be found here, showing that in most cases, staying on top requires staying on trend.

The majority of these sites rely on a white or off-white color scheme, which corresponds with the wisdom that food looks most appetizing on white plates. Most of the images above the fold are either enticing close-ups of food, or portraits of head chefs, showing that for elite restaurants, it's as much about the who as the what.

If you're in the market for a custom-designed website for your hospitality business, DesignCrowd can help you out. With over 500,000 professional designers at our fingertips, we can assist you to get the design you want in no time. Jump into action and order your dream website today, or take some time to browse through our inspiration gallery of food-based web designs. They'll be sure to hit the spot.

El Celller De Can Roca | Girona, SPAIN

Osteria Francescana | Modena, ITALY

Noma | Copenhagen, DENMARK

Central | Lima, PERU

Eleven Madison Park | New York, USA

Mugaritz | San Sebastián, SPAIN

Dinner By Heston Blumenthal | London, UK

Narisawa | Tokyo, JAPAN

D.O.M. | São Paulo, BRAZIL

Gaggan | Bangkok, THAILAND

Mirazur | Menton, FRANCE

L'Arpège | Paris, FRANCE

Asador Etxebarri | Atxondo, SPAIN

Astrid Y Gastón | Lima, PERU

Steirereck | Vienna, AUSTRIA

Pujol | Mexico City, MEXICO

Arzak | San Sebastián, SPAIN

Le Bernardin | New York, USA

Azurmendi | Larrabetzu, SPAIN

The Ledbury | London, UK

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Written by Jane Murray on Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Jane Murray is a freelance copywriter based in Sydney. Apart from writing up a storm for the DesignCrowd blog on anything from logo design to Michael Jackson's shoes, she enjoys reading literary science fiction and hanging out with most animals except wasps. Get in touch via LinkedIn.