QR codes for restaurants
Four jobs cover almost every restaurant code: the menu, the Wi-Fi, an order line and a review link. Pick the one you need — each button opens the tool that actually does it.
- No signup for static codes
- No watermarks
- Editable hosted menu if you want one
What do you want the code to do?
Put the menu on the table
Upload your menu as an image or PDF, or type the items in so prices stay editable. One code per venue, or one per table if you want the table number to come through with the order.
Hosted page — free account, editable after printing
Start from the restaurant templateGive guests the Wi-Fi
A card on the table that joins the network without anyone reading a password aloud. Static: it works with no internet and nothing to renew.
In your browser — the password is inside the code, so use the guest network
Make a Wi-Fi codeTake orders over WhatsApp
A code that opens a chat with your number and an opening message already typed. No app for the customer to install and no order system to run.
In your browser — static
Make a WhatsApp codeAsk for a review
Paste the review link from your own listing and print the code on the bill folder.
In your browser — static
Make a link codePrint it at the right size
Work out the finished millimetres and the raster to export before a print run, rather than after it.
Open the size calculatorCheck a code you already have
Decode an existing printed code and see exactly where it points before you reprint it.
Open the scanner
Menu: what each option really does
A static menu code holds a link to a file you already host. It never expires as a code, but if you move or delete that file the printed code leads nowhere. It cannot be edited after printing.
A hosted menu page is one you edit here. The printed code points at a stable address and you change what visitors see — a price, a sold-out item, the whole menu. You can upload an image or PDF menu, or type items in so guests can build a cart. Uploaded menus stay in private storage and are only served while the page is published.
Orders and payment, stated plainly
Orders placed from a hosted page arrive on your live board with the table, the items and a server-computed total. Stages are simple: joined, order placed, served, paid. What we do not do is verify money. A customer saying they have paid is recorded as a claim awaiting verification; it becomes paid when you confirm it, and the record keeps who confirmed it, when, by which method and with which reference. No card processor is connected, so nothing here can tell you a transfer actually cleared.
An example worth copying
A small dining room with eight tables usually ends up with: one Wi-Fi card per table (static, reprinted when the guest password changes), one menu code per table from the restaurant template so orders arrive labelled, and a review code on the bill folder. The Wi-Fi and review codes cost nothing and need no account; only the menu page does.
Open the restaurant template to see the structure: sample item names in the right shape, with prices left for you to set before publishing.
Printing suggestions
- Table tents: keep the whole square, including its four-module margin, clear of the fold and of cutlery.
- Laminate or matte-coat anything that will be handled; gloss under a spotlight is the usual failure.
- Print one proof at final size on the real card stock and scan it from where a guest actually sits.
- Work the dimensions out first with the size calculator and the print resolution calculator.
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