Scrolled the site. Four sections read flat. One motion each — that's the
whole discipline, and it's what separates polish from a site that feels
like a demo reel.

SECTION AUDIT

  HERO — not flat. Leave it alone.
    The video already carries it. Adding motion here competes.

  RESERVE A TABLE — flat ✗
    → Ember glow follows the cursor across the section background.
      Warm radial, 240px, opacity 0.12, 120ms ease-out lag.
      Why here: it's the conversion section. Warmth at the exact moment
      of hesitation. Ref: 21st.dev spotlight-cursor.

  OUR STORY — flat ✗
    → Soft candle-light halo trails the cursor with deliberate lag —
      ~180ms, slower than feels natural. The lag is the point: it reads
      as candlelight rather than as a cursor effect.
      Opacity 0.08. If a visitor notices the effect, it's too strong.

  MENU — flat ✗
    → Dish rows only: the row lifts 2px and the price fades from
      --muted to --ink on hover. No image zoom, no card shadow.
      One property, one row.

  HOURS / LOCATION — flat, and it should stay flat ✓
    Utility content. Someone here is checking whether you're open.
    Motion is friction.

THE RULES THIS FOLLOWS
  One motion per section. A second one doesn't add polish, it adds
  noise, and the eye stops trusting any of them.
  Nothing above 0.15 opacity on ambient effects.
  Every effect gated on (hover: hover) and
  prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference. Cursor effects on touch are
  dead weight that still ships and still costs.

WHAT I'D CUT IF YOU ONLY DO ONE
The reserve-a-table ember. It's the section where feeling changes
behavior. The other three are refinement.