Four design directions, your call.

Same card structure, every detail tuned. Italic Cormorant dish names, tabular prices, fleuron placeholder strips. The least disruptive option — but won't impress.

No cards. The screen is the menu — typographic rows with dotted gold leaders to right-aligned prices, italic descriptions. Photos move to a click-to-open modal. Strongest restaurant signal.

3:4 portrait cards, photograph fills top 65% with gradient scrim. Gold accent first-class. No-photo state gets a hand-drawn curry-leaf watermark. Most photography-dependent.

Whole portal as a single editorial scroll. Full-viewport hero, chapter-based sections, sticky bottom action bar. Biggest UX departure — highest ceiling if it lands.