Product
A free QR menu that stays current
A QR menu is a printed code that opens your menu on the guest's own phone, in the browser, with nothing to install. With Thmenu each table (or room) gets its own code, and the code points at your live menu — so a price change or a sold-out dish shows up for the next guest without reprinting anything.
A café can put a code on the counter and on each table; a restaurant gives every table its own code, so the menu knows which table is ordering.
A PDF behind a QR code, or a live menu
| Static PDF menu | Live Thmenu menu | |
|---|---|---|
| A price changes or a dish sells out | Edit the file and upload it again; until then guests see the old version. | Change it in the panel; the next guest who scans sees it, and the printed code stays the same. |
| A guest who reads another language | Only the languages printed in the file. | Opens in the language the phone is set to, and the guest can switch language from the menu. |
How it works
Build or import the menu
Add categories and items by hand, or import an existing menu from a photo, a PDF or Word file, a spreadsheet or a web page, then review it before it goes live.
Create tables and print the codes
Add your tables — the counter and the window can be tables too — and download a print-ready PDF with one QR code per table.
Guests scan
The camera opens the menu in the browser. The menu appears in the language the phone is set to, and the guest can switch language from the menu.
Change the menu any time
Edit a price, hide an item or mark it sold out in the panel; the printed code keeps working because it points at the menu, not at a file.
What your QR menu can do
- 01
Codes that survive changes
Each code goes through a permanent redirect that is worked out again on every scan, so renaming the menu link does not break the codes already on the tables.
- 02
Table and venue codes
A table code tells the menu which table is ordering; a general code opens the menu without a table.
- 03
Photos, allergens and dietary filters
Item pages show photos, descriptions and the EU allergen information you enter, and guests can filter the menu by dietary needs.
- 04
Ordering when you are ready
The same menu can take orders from the table and send them to the kitchen screen. Leave ordering off and it stays a view-only menu.
- 05
See what gets scanned
Scans are counted per day and per table, so you can see when guests open the menu and which tables use it.
- 06
Pay at the table, if you want it
Guests can ask for the bill from the same menu and choose how to split it; staff settle it as usual. If you take card payments through Stripe, guests can also pay for their order by card on their phone; otherwise they pay at the venue as usual.
Good to know
- Free forever. Every feature included.
- When a guest pays you online through Thmenu, the Thmenu platform fee is 1% of that payment. Cash, your own card terminal and any payment that does not go through Thmenu: 0%.
- It is a web page, not an app
- Guests never install anything. They can add the menu to their home screen if they want to, but they do not need to.
- Keep a fallback
- Some guests prefer paper or have no phone with them. A QR menu works best alongside a printed copy at the counter.
Questions and answers
- What is the catch with a free QR menu?
- There is no charge for the menu or for any module. Thmenu earns 1% of payments processed through Thmenu; cash and payments on your own card terminal carry no Thmenu fee.
- Do guests need to download an app?
- No. The code opens the menu in the phone's browser. Guests can add it to their home screen if they want to, but they never have to install anything.
- Do I reprint the codes when the menu changes?
- No. Each code points at your live menu, not at a file, so a new price or a sold-out dish shows up on the next scan with the same printed code.
- Do I need any hardware for a QR menu?
- No. Guests scan with their own phones, and the codes come as a print-ready PDF you print yourself. If you also take orders, the kitchen screen opens in a web browser on a tablet or computer.
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