Gusovsky Restaurants
Gusovsky Restaurants is a family-owned restaurant group founded by Sergiy and Yevgen Gusovsky, shaping Kyiv's gastronomic landscape for over 25 years. Four venues, each with a distinct personality:
Osteria Pantagruel brings classic Italian cuisine to Lysenka Street, Pizzeria Napulè holds Ukraine's first Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana certification, Shoti serves refined Georgian cuisine paired with a curated
Georgian wine collection, and Café Fontan on Volodymyrska Street is a neighborhood gathering spot. Each venue has its own identity, yet they share a single philosophy: "Inspired to feed." The group needed a unified
showcase website that presents all restaurants under one roof and gives guests a seamless journey from discovering a venue to booking a table.
Task
Develop a Yii2-based showcase website for the Gusovsky restaurant group with a bilingual interface (UA/EN). Create a main page presenting all four restaurants, a founders' welcome message, and navigation
to individual venue pages. For each restaurant, build a distinctive page featuring an atmospheric hero section with a signature narrative, a signature dish carousel, a structured menu (kitchen, drinks, wine list), an
interactive map with the address, opening hours, contacts, and a table booking form. Deliver a flexible admin panel enabling the restaurant team to independently manage menus, contacts, schedules, and content without
developer involvement.
What was done
- Developed a Yii2 backend with a multi-site architecture: a single platform serves the group's main page and individual pages for each of the four restaurants with separate templates and content.
- Designed a homepage with a full-screen hero block: an atmospheric dining photograph, the tagline "Inspired to feed," and logos of all four venues (Osteria Pantagruel, Pizzeria Napulè, Shoti, Café Fontan) serving as entry points to individual restaurant pages.
- Created a "Sincere gastronomic passion" section with a welcome message from founders Sergiy and Yevgen Gusovsky, accompanied by their handwritten signatures to convey the brand's personal touch.
- Built an "Our restaurants" block with venue cards: logo, brief concept description, address, phone number, and a "Learn more" button linking to the full restaurant page.
- Developed individual restaurant pages with unique character: an atmospheric hero section with signature narrative text, icon-based display of address, opening hours, and phone, plus social media links (TripAdvisor, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram).
- Built a signature dish carousel with professional food photography and dish names: from grilled baby calamari and black truffle tagliatelle at Pantagruel to chicken tabaka and honey-walnut cakes at Shoti.
- Implemented a structured menu with icon-based category navigation: "Menu" (kitchen), "Drinks," and "Wine list" - with full menu access for each restaurant.
- Integrated an interactive Mapbox map with custom markers for each restaurant: clicking reveals the venue name, address, and phone number.
- Created a "Joy of giving" section with gift certificates in denominations of 500, 1,000, and 2,000 UAH, valid across all restaurants in the group, with detailed usage terms.
- Implemented a partnership and careers block with dedicated email addresses for business proposals and employment at each restaurant.
- Built a flexible Yii2 admin panel with a menu constructor, contact editor, schedule management, and content blocks, enabling the restaurant team to update information without developer assistance.
- Delivered responsive layouts with a tailored mobile approach: vertical restaurant card stacking, an optimized map, and convenient navigation via a burger menu listing all venues.
- Implemented a bilingual interface (UA/EN) with a header toggle to engage international visitors to Kyiv.
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