How to create a QR code menu for your restaurant (step-by-step)
A practical setup guide, from digital menu to printed table QR code, in under an hour.
Step 1 — Digitise the menu first
Before you think about how to create a QR code for a restaurant menu, get the menu itself into a structured form: categories (food and beverage), dish names, prices, short descriptions and photos where you have them. A clean structure is what makes the scanned menu easy to order from on a small screen.
Step 2 — Use a table-linked QR, not a generic one
Free QR generators produce a code that points at a PDF. That gives you a digital menu but no ordering, no table number and no kitchen ticket. A table-linked QR code carries the table identity, so every order that arrives already tells the kitchen where it goes.
Step 3 — Print and place
Print each table's QR at a minimum size of about 3 x 3 cm, with a short instruction line like 'Scan to see the menu and order'. Standees in the middle of the table work better than stickers at the edge.
Step 4 — Train the floor once
Staff should know how to help a guest who cannot scan, how to mark an item out of stock, and how to move a ticket through the kitchen screen. One fifteen-minute session is usually enough.
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