Lumière — fine dining
The reference cinematic model: the menu reveals itself as you scroll, the booking follows the reader.
PageSpeed Insights, 10/09/2026: 90 mobile · 100 desktop
Open the Lumière model ↗Cinematic website UK: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
A website you watch like a film: the image moves as you scroll, the words arrive in time, and the booking button never leaves your thumb. For houses that sell an experience. £1,666 then £366/month, or from £7,888.
About this service
A cinematic website tells instead of listing. You scroll, and the place reveals itself shot by shot — the front, the room, the gesture, the view — while the one button that matters (book, enquire, view) stays under your thumb the whole way down. It suits houses whose product is understood by eye before it is understood by list: a restaurant, a hotel, a brand, a property. This page says who it is for, in which cities, at what price, and on what measured proof.
Examples you can open
Hotel
Rooms full screen, a gallery that opens, the stay request always within reach.
Open the hotel model ↗Prime property
The property is viewed by scrolling: façade, volumes, view, then the appointment.
Open the property model ↗Motor
One car, one screen, the sound and the light — then the test drive request.
Open the motor model ↗What's included
London: finance, studios and brands with an image budget
In London the client compares few houses but looks closely at each. The difference is not made in a list of services — it is made in the first five seconds. That is exactly what this format is built for, and it holds up in several languages without building the site twice.
Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds: hospitality and houses moving up
These are the cities where a house changes scale: a second site, a catering arm going after corporate work, a developer speaking to a different buyer. A cinematic site is the suit for that change — designed once, for years, not for a season.
Edinburgh and Glasgow: heritage, whisky, and visitors who decide fast
A distillery, a townhouse hotel, a restaurant with a view do not sell from a photo grid; they sell from a walk-through. The cinematic format shows that walk and keeps the booking within reach for its whole length.
Bristol, Liverpool, Cardiff and Newcastle: design-led businesses
Where design is part of the trade, an ordinary website contradicts the work itself. The cinematic page removes that contradiction without shouting: plenty of air, one strong image, one clear action.
The price, plainly
On subscription: £1,666 to start, then £366 a month, twelve months minimum, hosting, upkeep and changes included. To own it: from £7,888, in one payment or three, and the site is yours — I help you install it and it ships with basic SEO in place. The same number in pounds, euros or Swiss francs: no exchange-rate games.
See the offer and the plans →The proof: beautiful AND fast, measured
The usual objection to this kind of site is that it drags. The Lumière model, live, measures 90 out of 100 for mobile performance and 100 out of 100 on desktop in PageSpeed Insights, on 10 September 2026. The tool is Google's own and the address is public: you can run the measurement yourself, right now.
Pricing
Cinematic website: £1,666 to start then £366 a month (twelve months minimum) — or from £7,888 to own it, in one payment or three. Parity: the same number in £, € and CHF.
Frequently asked questions
Isn't this kind of site slow?
No, and it is measured: 90 out of 100 for mobile performance. Images are served at the size of the device asking for them, and animations switch themselves off on a weak device or when the visitor has asked their system for reduced motion.
Do I need a video?
No. The effect comes from rhythm and editing. A video can come later, with a still image in front of it — that still is what Google measures, so the score holds.
How long does it take?
A few weeks: choosing the images and writing the words takes longer than the build. The schedule is agreed before we start, and you watch the site grow on a private address.
Can I edit it myself?
Yes, with the content editor (£250 once, then £19 a month): you change text, photos and prices without touching the staging.
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