The Olive Kart already had what most places spend years trying to build — a beautiful venue, a Victorian wordmark with character, photography that earns its lighting, and a loyal local following. What they didn't have was a website that did any of it justice.
A clean job: take everything they already had — the wordmark, the room, the photography — and put it online in a way that makes the digital storefront feel as considered as the physical one. No re-brand. No design-by-committee. Just a site that lets the work walk in front.
Victorian display serif, ironwork flourish, "Coffee Bar & Deli" set inside a hairline rule. A wordmark that already understood itself. Our job was to listen to it — typography choices, type pairings, white space — and let the site echo the same register.
Most rebuilds start by replacing what's there. The strongest thing we could do for this brand was resist that instinct.
Most hospitality sites lean on stock food shots and a Google-Maps embed. We did the opposite — let the existing photography carry every page, and built a layout quiet enough not to compete with it. A reservation form that doesn't feel bolted on. A menu that reads, not scans.
The photography is the website. Every section is built around an image that does the heavy lifting — the iced coffee on the terrace, the cocktail at golden hour, the morning light on the counter. Type stays calm so the room can speak.
A digital storefront that opens the same way the door does. Same composure, same warmth, same restraint. Built fast because the brand already knew itself — our job was to get out of its way and ship.
Brand strategy — none required. Existing identity respected, used at full strength.
Web design & build — full site, mobile-first, hosted by the client, handed over with a CMS they can run themselves.
Result — a site that sounds like the venue. Same clientele, more reservations, no friction between what they sell and how they sell it.
Elysium Gallery Studios
210 High Street
Swansea, SA1 1PE
Booking Q3 2026