Choosing a digital menu for your restaurant: a checklist

There are many QR and digital menu services. These are the questions worth asking before you choose one, whichever you pick.

For your guests

  • Does it open without an app or a sign up?
  • Is it a web page rather than a PDF?
  • Is it quick on a weak mobile connection?
  • Can guests make the text larger, and does it work with a screen reader?
  • Does it show the menu in the guest's language, buttons and allergens included?
  • Does it set tracking cookies on your guests' phones?

For you and your staff

  • Can you change a price or mark a dish sold out from your phone in seconds?
  • Can you import your existing menu instead of typing it all again?
  • Can it show different menus at different times of day?
  • Can you see and correct every translation?
  • Does it show you anything useful, such as popular dishes or the languages your guests read?

For the long run

  • Where is your data stored?
  • What happens to your printed QR codes if you change service?
  • Can you get your menu out again if you leave?
  • When something goes wrong, who do you talk to?

How MenuPal answers these

  • No app and no sign up for guests, and no cookies
  • A web menu built to load quickly on a phone
  • Every part of the page in the guest's language, allergens included
  • A sold out switch, and menus that change with the time of day
  • Import from a PDF or photos
  • Every translation can be reviewed and edited
  • Scans, popular dishes and the languages your guests read
  • Your data stays in Australia for New Zealand and Australian businesses, or in Europe for UK and European ones
  • When you get in touch, you talk to me, the person who builds it

Your menu, in every guest's language

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