The atmosphere starts before you arrive.
A piano bar’s personality, events and visitor information in one place.
Current public website, captured October 2026.
Planning a night out starts before the door.
Black Ivory is a piano bar in Paignton. Its website needs to communicate the character of the venue while answering the questions that help someone plan a visit: what is on, what is served, whether a table can be booked and how private hire works.
Those needs sit close together. A visitor may arrive for a particular event, explore the food and drink, then decide to make a reservation. The experience needs enough personality to introduce the place and enough structure to make that decision easy.
Let the atmosphere carry through the practical pages.
The website brings venue photography, a dark palette and expressive typography together with dedicated destinations for events, menus and private hire. Booking navigation stays part of that experience.
The story here follows the current public website: how its presentation and information work together as visitors move from discovering the venue to planning an evening.
Give the evening a starting point.
The events calendar turns the venue’s programming into something visitors can browse. It makes space for live music and other occasions, so someone can choose a reason to visit before looking at the rest of the offer.
A dedicated events destination also means the practical details have a place to live. They do not have to be squeezed into the homepage’s introduction to the venue.
The current calendar connects the venue’s character with practical planning.
Keep the details in character.
Food and drink pages answer practical questions, but their visual language remains part of the Black Ivory experience. Photography, type and color connect these pages to the venue’s first impression.
Visitors can explore what is served while retaining a route toward booking. The design carries the atmosphere through the decision, rather than leaving it behind at the homepage.
A detail page from the current Black Ivory website.
Make room for different kinds of visits.
An evening at a public event and a private gathering need different information. Giving events, menus and private hire their own destinations keeps those journeys understandable.
The common thread is the venue itself. Each page explains a different part of the offer while using the same identity and navigation to keep the experience connected.
An introduction that helps people plan a visit.
Black Ivory’s website connects the atmosphere of the bar with events, food and drink, private-hire information and booking routes. The screenshots show those different parts of the current visitor experience.
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