Ballena

Item: Ballena
Rating: 7.1

Fine-dining restaurant in the desert of San José del Cabo.

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7.1/10MABTU rating

DESKTOP · 1440 × 7,518/ ↗

MOBILE · 390

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01header50
02heroSHAPED BY SEA. GROUNDED IN LAND900
03media textBALLENA, WHERE GATHERING COMES NATURALLY900
04media textFLAVORS THAT HOLD THE MOMENT900
05content900
06features gridWHERE THE KITCHEN MOVES WITH THE LANDSCAPE. DISCOVER OUR RESTAURANT IN NATURE541
07features gridEVENTS789
08media textHOSPITALITY THAT FEELS NATURAL798
09contentA MEETING POINT, NATURALLY900
10footer889

Rating · Home

Visual design8.0

UX & clarity7.2

Originality7.6

Craft & consistency7.6

Motion6.0

Performance & a11y4.0

This page scores 7.1; the site score weights the home page double.

Main colours

Light·cream background·muted

Typography

Sweet Sans Proheading · sans · self-hosted TT Commons Probody · sans · self-hosted

Stack & style

WordPress GSAP GSAP ScrollTrigger Lenis Swiper Elementor jQuery

Editorial Luxury Photography-led Hamburger-only nav Hero video Preloader Smooth scroll Split screen Sticky header Text reveal Transparent header

Also: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager

Design DNA

Full-bleed photo bands of desert architecture and plants carry a wide, extended uppercase sans in white. A split block pairs a dark food photo with a terracotta panel for the menu. Cream sections hold offset headings, a three-card carousel (events, gallery, gift cards) and a black-and-white chef portrait. A sage green location card floats on a landscape photo and the footer ends in an edge-to-edge condensed BALLENA wordmark.