Maharaja, Indian restaurant in Lausanne: website by Dineora

Northern Indian cooking in Lausanne

Maharaja Restaurant Indien is based in Lausanne and cooks the recipes of northern India. Its menu is organized by main ingredient: starters such as vegetarian samosas with their house chutney or eggplant pakoras, vegetarian dishes, biryanis, then chicken, beef, lamb, fish and shrimp dishes, before the sides and desserts.

The dishes keep their Indian names, explained in French: murg irani, chicken with yogurt, almonds and green cardamom, presented as a house specialty; gosht curry, a lamb curry; kodi curry, a shrimp curry; aloo baingain, potatoes and eggplant with garam masala; gajar halwa, a dessert of grated carrots with cardamom and dried fruit. On the rice side: saffron rice, white rice and a rice of the day, different every day.

Maharaja home page film: “À la cuillère,” dhal, saffron rice and spices on a gold and emerald background

The challenge: guiding without erasing the names of India

Murg, gosht, macchi, kodi: for anyone discovering Indian cooking, the Maharaja menu can feel intimidating. The challenge was to keep these names, which are part of the pleasure, while letting everyone find their way. The website therefore relies on the menu’s own organization, by chicken, beef, lamb, fish, shrimp or vegetables, and on the French descriptions of each dish.

It also had to convey the place: a wooden terrace on the street, a dining room with orange and green walls, dishes served with their sauces. And keep the two useful actions within reach, booking a table or ordering takeout, thanks to two buttons fixed at the top of the screen.

Maharaja home page on a smartphone: the title, then a dining room with lanterns and arches

Art direction board for the Maharaja Restaurant Indien website

Deep green, saffron orange and lotus

The home page palette combines a deep fir green, a saffron orange and cream lettering set off with gold: the colors of the Indian flag that can be seen on the dining room wall, translated into warm tones. The logo, an orange emblem above the name “Maharaja” in flowing script, opens the page with the line “Cuisine indienne à Lausanne.”

The visuals mix the place and the plate: the terrace with red chairs under a blue parasol, the dining room with green banquettes, lemon grills with their three sauces, a dark dhal, a saffron rice, spices scattered on a surface of cracked gold. The headings are set in a typeface drawn from the letters of the logo. The buttons are painted in the world of the place: cream cartouches edged in red and gold, framed by two lotus flowers.

A film that moves from the terrace to the kitchen

On a computer, the home page is a film that advances as you scroll. It opens on “Poulet mariné grillé”: a glass bubble ringed with golden rings floats above the terrace and encloses the restaurant’s dining room, with a platter of grills, lemon slices and three sauces in the foreground. The text invites you to taste the grills still hot, with a sauce for every bite.

As you scroll, the text panel fades to reveal the terrace, then the page moves on to slow-cooked dishes, “À la cuillère”: dhal makhani for its melting lentils, butter chicken for its creamy sauce, and a saffron rice. Next come platters of samosas, grilled shrimp and fritters, multiplied as in a kaleidoscope on an emerald background, then a laid table where the dhal, the rice and a meat curry sit beside eggplant, red onion, coriander and an openwork lantern.

Maharaja home page film: platters of samosas and grilled shrimp in a kaleidoscope on an emerald background

The Maharaja Restaurant Indien ordering page on a laptop and a phone

A takeout menu dressed like a palace

The ordering page changes register: a setting of red, orange and midnight-blue silks, set jewels, golden fans and big pink lotus flowers, with arches on either side opening onto domed palaces and copper pots full of rice. The name “Maharaja” is written in golden letters on a burgundy cartouche.

Each category sits in a cream panel framed by wood painted with lotus and foliage, titled in red letters. A tab bar lets you move from the starters to the vegetarian dishes, biryanis, chicken or beef dishes, all the way to the desserts. Each dish appears in a copper bowl with handles, with its name, its price, often its description, and a small button to add it to the cart. The order is then sent to be picked up at the restaurant.

Maharaja ordering page on a computer: silks, lotus and palaces, framed panels for the starters

Maharaja menu on a smartphone, starters category with the samosas, and the cart bar

Maharaja Restaurant Indien's menu: a few dishes

Dishes as they appear on Maharaja Restaurant Indien's online menu, with the restaurant's own names, descriptions and prices.

Entrées
Samosas végétariens
Rissoles farcies, accompagnées de chutney maison. 3 pièces.
12.50 CHF
Entrées
Samosas boeuf
Rissoles farcies, accompagnées de chutney maison. 3 pièces.
12.50 CHF
Plats végétariens
Aloo baingain
Pommes de terre et aubergines au garam masala
22.50 CHF
Plats végétariens
Baingain burtha
Purée d’aubergines à l’oignon et sauce tomate
24.50 CHF
Biryanis
Biryani au poulet
38.50 CHF
Plats au poulet
Murg irani
Poulet au yogourt, amandes et cardamome verte. Spécialité de la maison.
30.50 CHF
Plats au boeuf
Beef curry
Ragoût de bœuf au curry
30.50 CHF
Plats à l'agneau
Gosht curry
Petits carrés d’agneau au curry exotique. Spécialité de la maison.
32.50 CHF
Plats au poisson
Macchi irani
Filet de poisson (pangasius) au yogourt, amandes et cardamome verte
32.50 CHF
Plats aux crevettes
Kodi curry
Crevettes au curry
35.50 CHF
Accompagnements
Riz du jour
Un riz différent, chaque jour.
6 CHF
Desserts
Gajar halwa
Halva parfumé à la cardamome, à base de carottes râpées et fruits secs.
8.50 CHF

Booking on a green and orange panel

The Réservation button opens a panel that fits on a single screen: a textured green background, a double orange rule, lotus ornaments in the four corners. The title “Réservations” stands out in cream, above the restaurant’s full name in orange.

The fields, cream ringed with orange, ask for the essentials: full name, phone, email, date, time, number of guests and special request. The send button repeats the lotus cartouche of the website’s buttons.

The Maharaja Restaurant Indien website on a phone resting on a set table

On a smartphone, the same journey

On a smartphone, the two painted buttons, Réserver and Commander, sit side by side at the top of the screen. The logo and the title settle in the center of the glass bubble, whose curve wraps the whole screen. The film then strings together scenes framed vertically: a dining room with lanterns and arches, then the terrace at sunset, with its red chairs, a basket of naan and dishes in copper bowls.

The ordering page stacks its panels framed with lotus. The tabs scroll at the top, a small arrow unfolds the dish descriptions, and the cart bar, decorated with lotus and gilding, stays at the bottom of the screen. The booking form switches to a single column.

Maharaja booking form on a smartphone, in one column, with the painted Réserver button

Maharaja chicken dishes on a smartphone, tabs at the top and cart at the bottom

A website prepared for local searches

The website is built around what people look for in Lausanne: an Indian restaurant, notably around Beaulieu, a vegetarian restaurant, a curry, a chicken, beef or shrimp dish, a restaurant for the evening, or the Maharaja menu itself. The page title, its description, its texts and its structured data present the restaurant, its city, its cooking and its menu with clarity.

A detailed presentation page complements the home page, and the complete menu can be read as text on the ordering page. No one can promise a spot on Google: the work is to offer search engines accurate, structured and consistent information.

Maharaja home page film: dhal, rice, curry and sauces on a laid table, then the dining room

A website for an Indian restaurant in Lausanne: north Indian cuisine

The menu of an Indian restaurant in Lausanne reads by ingredient: samosas and pakoras, vegetarian dishes, biryanis, chicken, beef, lamb, fish and prawns, with names such as murg irani, gosht curry or baingain burtha that need explaining. An Indian restaurant website in French-speaking Switzerland has to translate them, allow takeaway at lunch and book a table for the evening.

A cost far from agency quotes: no design fee and no share of sales, every biryani taken away stays in the house.
Ready in the time of a cup of chai: the restaurant’s name is enough for the menu, images and order page to fall into place.
Pine green, saffron and gold: the tones of the flag glimpsed on the dining room wall, a terrace with red chairs, spices scattered over a crackled gold ground.
Visible at once, editable alone: the house dish changes or a price moves, and the owner updates it personally.
The table stays direct: bookings and takeaway orders arrive at Maharaja, with no agency and no relay.
From Lausanne to London and Rabat: the software works for other addresses around the world, in several languages and in Swiss francs when needed.

For an Indian restaurant in Lausanne, that is a site that explains each dish the way a waiter would, and takes orders without detours.

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The result: an Indian table before you arrive

The Maharaja website takes you on a journey without losing the visitor: the terrace and dining room first, the grills and slow-cooked dishes next, then a rich menu neatly arranged by ingredient, where every Indian name is explained. Booking or ordering takeout stays one gesture away. That is what Dineora looks for in every website: a faithful image of a restaurant, with its menu, its orders and its bookings.

The website in pictures

Screenshots of the live website, on a computer and on a phone.

Chicken and beef dishes on the Maharaja ordering page, in copper bowls, under the tab bar

Maharaja home page film: the terrace with red chairs and the glass bubble with golden rings

Maharaja booking form on a computer: green panel with an orange rule and cream fields

Maharaja home page film on a smartphone: the terrace at sunset, naan and copper bowls

Maharaja Restaurant Indien: practical information

Address: Restaurant Maharaja Lausanne, Av. Bergières 20, 1004 Lausanne
See the address on Google Maps
Cuisine: Indian, northern India
Services: Online ordering for pickup · Online table booking
Menu sections: Entrées · Plats végétariens · Biryanis · Plats au poulet · Plats au boeuf · Plats à l'agneau · Plats au poisson · Plats aux crevettes · Accompagnements · Desserts
The restaurant's website: dineora.io/maharaja-lausanne

Questions about this project

Who designed the Maharaja website in Lausanne?

The Maharaja Restaurant Indien website was designed by Dineora: art direction, a home page as a scroll-driven film, online menu, takeout ordering page and booking form.

Can you order takeout from Maharaja online?

Yes. The ordering page presents the whole menu by category, from chicken to shrimp: you add dishes to the cart, then send the order to pick it up at the restaurant.

Can you book a table at Maharaja on its website?

Yes. The Réservation button opens a form on a single screen: full name, phone, email, date, time, number of guests and special request.

How do you present an Indian menu with hard names on a restaurant website?

Each dish keeps its original name, with a clear description beside it. Dineora builds the menu from the restaurant’s name, and the owner can refine it afterwards.

Can a Swiss Indian restaurant sell takeaway without commission?

Yes. Orders go through the restaurant’s own site and Dineora takes no commission; the request reaches the kitchen directly.