Case study · Hospitality · Web · 2024

Barley — a restaurant told one frame at a time.

A full-screen, story-driven website for Barley, a Beirut steak & burger house. Each section is a cinematic frame (a flame-grilled hero, a welcome on cream paper, popular platters and a full burger menu) switching between charcoal-dark and warm light.

Role
Product Designer & Front-End
Timeline
3 months
Platform
Web · Single-page
Client
Barley Steak & Burger
Barley home hero — flame-grilled grill with the brand crest
Overview

A menu site that feels like a tasting

Most restaurant sites bury the food under navigation. Barley does the opposite, the food is the interface, and every scroll is a full-screen frame you move through like courses.

We built the experience around a fixed chrome (menu, "reserve now", social and a section counter) that stays put while cinematic frames slide beneath it. The rhythm alternates charcoal-dark sections for grilled drama with warm cream pages for calm, readable menus.

We owned the art direction, the high-contrast serif and coral identity, and the front-end (full-bleed photography, the carousel menu and the burger detail interactions) so the shipped site matched the design exactly.

What we did

From art direction to a shipped site

Full-screen art direction

Designed each section as a self-contained cinematic frame with one hero image and a clear focal point.

Type & identity

Paired a high-contrast serif with a clean sans and a single coral accent across dark and cream worlds.

Front-end build

Built the carousel menu, the platter slider and the draggable burger detail control, fast and faithful.

Contact & reservations

Surfaced hours, a styled map and a persistent "reserve now" so booking is always one click away.

The sections

Eight frames, one story

Welcome section
WelcomeTraditional · tasty · delicious
Popular platters
Popular plattersDark dish carousel
Burger title screen
Burger titleAmber wordmark
Burger list
Burger listPriced in LBP
Burger detail
Burger detailIngredients & price
Contact
ContactHours & map
Live showcase

Walk the full site,
frame by frame.

See the flame-grilled hero, the platter carousel and the burger menu in full-width browser frames on the branded Barley canvas.

Explore the showcase