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Direct ordering journeys for a growing Thai restaurant brand

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Lana Thai needed direct ordering journeys that felt as straightforward as delivery apps while keeping more of the customer relationship in house.

With a strong hospitality brand and customers already used to fast marketplace ordering, Lana Thai needed a digital structure that protected more of the customer relationship. The work supported direct ordering, local search visibility and a scalable path across multiple restaurant locations, without making the customer journey feel heavier or less familiar. The aim was practical commercial independence, not a novelty ordering experience for regular customers.

Services

Brand Architecture
UI/UX Design
Local SEO
Custom Development

Direct ordering journeys for a growing Thai restaurant brand

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Lana Thai needed direct ordering journeys that felt as straightforward as delivery apps while keeping more of the customer relationship in house.

With a strong hospitality brand and customers already used to fast marketplace ordering, Lana Thai needed a digital structure that protected more of the customer relationship. The work supported direct ordering, local search visibility and a scalable path across multiple restaurant locations, without making the customer journey feel heavier or less familiar. The aim was practical commercial independence, not a novelty ordering experience for regular customers.

Services

Brand Architecture
UI/UX Design
Local SEO
Custom Development

Date

Feb 2022

Client

Lana Thai

Industry

Hospitality

Timeline

3 months

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The Challenge

The opportunity was to make direct ordering feel easy, familiar and worth choosing.

Customers were already comfortable with marketplace apps, so Lana Thai needed an owned experience that could compete on clarity and convenience. The site had to bring location information, menu discovery and ordering routes together while protecting more of the customer relationship for the brand. The owned journey needed to feel quick enough for repeat customers and credible enough for people comparing nearby options.

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The Solution

We shaped the website around customer ownership, local discovery and a smoother ordering path.

Brand architecture, UI and UX design, local SEO and custom development were brought together around the customer journey. The structure supports clear menus, location based discovery and direct ordering routes, giving customers a practical alternative to marketplace journeys while keeping the Lana Thai brand experience consistent from search to order. By connecting brand, location and ordering content, the site could support both immediate orders and longer-term customer recognition.

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The Process

The process balanced hospitality energy with practical platform structure.

We organised the experience around how people decide where and what to order: location, menu, convenience and confidence. Local SEO helped connect search intent to relevant location pages, while the content structure gave Lana Thai room to support multiple restaurant locations and future updates without treating each change as a one off page build. The outcome was a more controlled customer path that still felt natural for people used to ordering food quickly.

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By the numbers

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Organic visits showed customers were finding Lana Thai through search and moving into owned ordering journeys.

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Organic visits showed customers were finding Lana Thai through search and moving into owned ordering journeys.

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Local intent traffic helped connect nearby customers with locations, menus and ordering options.

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Local intent traffic helped connect nearby customers with locations, menus and ordering options.

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Irish traffic formed the core audience, supporting a locally focused path for direct ordering.

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Irish traffic formed the core audience, supporting a locally focused path for direct ordering.

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Brainstorm Design Studio A senior-led award-winning web design studio based in Limerick City (V94). We provide digital strategy and branding for the Mid-West region, including Castletroy, Raheen, Adare, and the rest of Ireland. Unlike generalist agencies, we offer direct Creative Director access for businesses in Limerick and County Clare.