3 wks
Since the last post
A page that goes quiet stops reaching people. Someone finds you, sees nothing recent, and assumes you might not even be open.
Websites & social for Oahu food businesses
Good food.
Bad internet.
Let's fix that.
You built the reputation the hard way — one plate at a time. Pono Digital makes sure it shows up online. Websites, weekly social posts, and email, handled by someone who grew up eating here.
01 — The gap
The food isn't the problem.
Most local restaurants lose customers to worse restaurants with better websites. Here's where it breaks down.
76%
Search on a phone
Most people check you out on their phone before driving over. A desktop site from 2017 tells them everything they need to know — and it's not good.
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Ways to reach regulars
No email list means every slow Tuesday is a guess. The people who already love your food have no idea what's on special.
02 — What it costs
Priced like a menu.
Priced like a menu.
No surprises.
Three things. Take one, take all three. Monthly work has no contract — leave whenever you want.
Pono Digital
Serving Oahu · Est. 2026
Website
$600–1,200 one time
A site that works on a phone, loads fast, and reads like your restaurant instead of a template. Built and live within 48 to 72 hours.
Menu & hours
Written copy
Google Maps
Mobile first
Social
$400–650 per month
Five posts a week, written in your voice, with a schedule telling you exactly when to put each one up. You text us Monday. We handle the rest.
5 posts weekly
Posting schedule
Reel ideas
Comment replies
Email
$150 per month
The one list nobody can take from you. Weekly specials and slow-day pushes sent straight to people who already like your food.
2–4 sends
Subject lines
Bundles with social
First week is free — five posts and an email, yours to keep either way.
03 — The work
Written like a regular.
A sample week for Island Patty, a Jamaican spot in Kaneohe. This is what lands in your inbox every Monday.
Beef patty
fresh out
fresh out
islandpattyhi That crunch when you bite through the crust. Every time, no exception. Recipe came over from Jamaica and hasn't changed since. Come through for lunch — hours in bio.
Email — subject line
Oxtail Saturday. Gone by noon.
Marcus cooks one batch every Saturday morning. Nana's recipe, unchanged. Ready at ten, gone by noon, no holds and no exceptions.
If you've been waiting on the right weekend, this is the one.
Menu copy — rewritten
What was there
Flaky crusty on the outside, Jamaican spiced juicy filling on the inside.
What we wrote
The crust shatters on the first bite — thin, golden, baked just past flaky. Underneath, Jamaican-seasoned beef with enough heat to stay honest. The one first-timers come back for.
Also included every week
A posting schedule with the best day and time for each post, two Reel concepts you can film on a phone in five minutes, and short replies you can copy when people comment.
04 — How it runs
Thirty seconds
Thirty seconds
of your week.
You cook. We handle everything with a screen attached to it.
1
Site goes up first
We build and write your website, you review it, and it's live in two or three days. Nothing technical on your end.
2
Monday text
"Anything happening this week?" Specials, an event, or nothing at all — whatever you say becomes the week's direction.
3
Content lands
Five posts, a schedule, and an email. You approve what you like and flag what you don't. Nothing goes out without your okay.
4
We stay in touch
Not just an invoice every month. We check how business is actually going and adjust when something isn't landing.
Pono
/ˈpoʊnoʊ/ · Hawaiian
To do what is right. Not what's easy, not what's fast — what's right.
Pono Digital is run by someone born and raised on Oahu who never left. That's not a marketing line, it's the entire reason this works.
A mainland agency writes "savor the bold flavors of authentic island cuisine" and thinks they nailed it. Anybody from here reads that and knows immediately that nobody involved has eaten the food. Knowing the difference is the whole job.
01 We say Tuesday, it's Tuesday
02 No contracts, ever
03 You approve before it posts
04 Oahu businesses only
05 We don't vanish after payment
05 — Questions
Straight answers.
How much does a restaurant website cost?
Between $600 and $1,200 as a one-time project, depending on how many pages you need and how much writing is involved. Most local restaurants land around $750. The site is delivered within 48 to 72 hours of payment and works properly on phones.
Do I have to sign a contract?
No. Monthly work is month to month. Cancel whenever you want with a week of notice. If the work isn't earning its keep you shouldn't be locked into it.
How much time does this take me?
About thirty seconds a week. Every Monday you get a text asking what's happening — a special, an event, or nothing at all. That's the whole ask. Everything else is handled, and nothing gets published without you seeing it first.
What if I don't have good photos?
We work with what's already on your Instagram and Google listing. If you want new photos, a phone camera and decent daylight covers most of it — we'll tell you exactly what to shoot and when the light in your space is best.
Which parts of Oahu do you work with?
All of it — Kaneohe, Kailua, Honolulu, Haleiwa, Waimanalo, Aiea, Kapolei, Waianae. Oahu businesses only. Staying local is the point.
Is the free week actually free?
Yes. Five Instagram posts and one email written for your restaurant, no cost and no commitment. You keep the content either way. If you like it we talk about monthly. If not, no hard feelings.
One free week.
Nothing owed.
Five posts and an email written for your restaurant. Keep them whether you hire us or not.
Claim the free weekNo contracts · No setup fee · Oahu only