El Bolero Mexican

Project Role:Front-end developer

El Bolero refers to the shoeshiners that are visible across the streets of Mexico and symbolizes their effort to speak to immerse guests into an aspect of Mexican culture. El Bolero is an authentic, regional Mexican concept that draws the inspiration for its food and beverage menu from the diverse regions of Mexico. In both the beverage and food program, use of fresh, high quality ingredients to create delicious made from scratch dishes that are inspired by recipes found across the vast and diverse locales of Mexico.

Keeping with the culture

El Bolero wanted to a social hub for people in the design district, so part of the site was designed around bringing people together – whether it’s for large parties or a hot date. The ability for customers to set party dates, a flexible food & drink menu system, and adding a Hispanic culture flare were the main concepts of the site.

Events & catering

Let's reserve a celebration

A simple process for users to contact and set up reservations was an important feature for el bolero to meet their customer needs. Doubling this process as a basic contact form got two birds with one stone to alleviate page bloat and stop user confusion if to many forms were present.

Intuitive menu creation

Full customization and easy of use

If you're going to be displaying a large menu on a website you're going to want some sort of management system for it. Creating a set of repeating fields for each food item such as price, description, ingredients, etc allowed for quick creation and simple editing.

Feeling at home

Creating the experience

Using hispanic themes, symbols, color pallets, and images the el bolero website is able to create a unique experience for its users. Photography used to excite, and great usability helps the site rise above the many other food websites; and become a place to go for an experience.

Customization is key

Being able to edit menus, add photos, and manage in-coming party request were all components to the el bolero Mexican website that helped create the cultural atmosphere for patrons visiting this pocket of Dallas’s design district.

The needs of the cool crowd

Dallas is full of great restaurants everywhere you look. Any edge you can give yourself helps compete and a mobile responsive site does just that.

Displaying important information

With el bolero the phone number and address are on every page for a better user experience.

Customizable menu systems

A simple system is always the best system. With El Bolero a basic repeating set of fields for each menu item was created to make it was easy as possible.

You're a part of the family

Eating at El Bolero isn’t just about filling your stomach with great authentic Mexican food; it’s about visiting family. With a website geared towards that cultural vibe and a robust CMS powering it El Bolero is ready to welcome you into the family.