real deal bbq

[handless]

hey all,

working on a site for a friends local business. wanted to get any thoughts people may have on the design so far. be as harsh as you need i can take it.

http://www.realdealbbq.com/site1/ (http://www.realdealbbq.com/Site1/)

thanks in advance.

[johnlouis]

i like it. :dog:

[matthewriley]

its ok. it is extremely basic. the fonts are weak. try using helvetica for the "welcome to the real deal bbq". logo looks good. the menu also needs some work; a nice silver background behind the links would look nice. im sure the whole thing would look alot nicer with more content aswell. overall, its simple, neat, and easy to navigate.

[ø]

Not bad, I quite like it - Except the grayness. I think the gray takes away the fun/happy/cheer atmosphere of the other elements. Maybe a light blue will be better, I dunno. Just try something different =)

[mikken]

The menu needs to be a little more eyecatching, and the star needs anti-aliasing.

[RabBell]

nice logo :)

I like the beam effect behind the logo. I like the colours you've used and I like the site. Nice design. Clean. The star of the site is the logo. It tells me everything I need to know about your friends company. Did you produce the logo cause if you did...well done.

I agree with mikken above about the menu. Needs to have much more pazzaz. Try changing the font, maybe add button images, maybe a rounded rectangle behind the nav, or maybe switch completely to a vertical nav on the left hand side. The one thing I'm sure about though is that it needs a little TLC.

Also where you have the lorem ipsum right now, I would make this part of the site very minimal, especially on the front page. I wouldn't just have text. I'd have some food images, some former customer testimonals and maybe even a sample menu (or menus) of the kinda food produced.

Anyway nice site, few touches and I think you're there. :)