Digital Menu Maker for Restaurants
Create a free digital menu in minutes. Update it from your phone, anytime.
Turn your menu into a digital menu guests open by scanning a QR code: no app, no PDF, no reprinting. Upload a photo of your current menu and NEMENU builds it for you, then change prices, photos and sold-out items instantly.
Why Choose NEMENU?
Everything you need to create professional digital menus that delight your customers.
Import from a photo or PDF
Snap a photo of your paper menu or upload the PDF. AI reads the dishes, prices and categories and builds your digital menu as a draft you check before publishing.
Update instantly
Change a price, add a special or mark a dish sold out and every guest sees it the moment you save. No reprinting, no outdated PDFs.
16 designed templates
Pick from 16 templates, 6 of them free, and match your colours, fonts and logo. Every template is built for phones first.
Allergens and dietary filters
Tag dishes vegan, gluten-free or halal and list the 14 major allergens. Guests filter the menu to what they can eat.
Menus in every guest's language
Translate your menu with AI and let guests switch language on the menu itself, including right-to-left Arabic and Hebrew (Pro).
Orders by WhatsApp, Telegram or SMS
Let guests build an order on your menu and send it to you as a message. Included on every plan, including free.
How It Works
Get your digital menu up and running in minutes with these simple steps.
Import your menu
Upload a photo or PDF and let AI build it, import a spreadsheet, or type it in. Most menus are ready to review in minutes.
Choose a design
Pick a template, add your logo and colours, and preview it on a phone before anyone else sees it.
Publish and print your QR code
Publish to your own yourname.nemenu.app address and print the QR code for tables, the window or takeaway bags.
Keep it up to date
Edit from your phone during service: prices, specials and sold-out dishes update for every guest instantly.
NEMENU vs Traditional Menus
See how digital menus compare to paper and static alternatives.
| Feature | NEMENU | Traditional |
|---|---|---|
| Changing a price | Instant, from your phone | Reprint the menu |
| Sold-out dishes | Marked in one tap | Crossed out or explained at the table |
| Languages | Guests switch language on the menu | One language, or a second printed menu |
| Allergen information | Filterable, per dish | Small print or ask the staff |
| Photos | Optimised dish photos | Expensive to print, rarely updated |
| Cost of each change | Free | Design and printing every time |
| Works without an app | Yes, opens in the browser | n/a |
Digital menus: what to know before you start
What is a digital menu?
A digital menu is a restaurant menu guests read on their own phone, usually by scanning a QR code on the table. Unlike a PDF, it is built for small screens: categories you can jump between, photos that load quickly, and text large enough to read in a dim dining room.
Because it lives online, you change it in one place and every guest sees the new version straight away. That is the main reason restaurants switch: the menu stops going out of date.
How to create a digital menu in 5 steps
You don't need a designer or a developer. This is the whole process with NEMENU:
- Gather your current menu: a photo, a PDF or a spreadsheet is enough.
- Import it: upload the file and let AI create the categories, dishes and prices, then correct anything it misread.
- Add the details guests ask about: short descriptions, photos, allergens and dietary tags.
- Pick a design and add your logo and colours.
- Publish, print the QR code and put it on every table. See our QR code table tents and stickers guide for placement ideas.
Digital menu vs PDF menu vs paper menu
Paper menus still work for some fine-dining rooms, but they are expensive to change, so they drift out of date. A PDF on a QR code fixes the printing cost but not the experience: guests pinch and zoom through a document designed for A4 paper.
A proper digital menu keeps the QR code and drops the PDF. It is readable on a phone, it can show what is sold out, and it can be translated and filtered. For a deeper comparison, read digital menu vs paper menu.
What a good digital menu needs
Whichever tool you use, check that your digital menu has these before you print a single QR code:
- Fast loading on mobile data, with no app or sign-up for guests
- Clear categories and prices, with sizes and add-ons grouped under one dish
- Allergen and dietary information on every dish
- A way to mark dishes sold out instantly. In kitchen slang, to 86 an item
- Your own branding, and a web address you control
- Translations if you serve tourists or international guests
How much does a digital menu cost?
With NEMENU you can run a complete digital menu on the free plan: up to 50 items, a QR code and your own nemenu.app address. Pro costs $8.99 per month and adds premium templates, translations, analytics, a custom domain and more. Every new account starts with a 60-day Pro trial, so you can try everything before deciding.
Other tools charge per location or per QR scan, so compare the price for the number of venues and languages you actually need.
Frequently Asked Questions
Got questions? We've got answers. If you don't find what you're looking for, feel free to contact us.
Yes. The free plan includes a digital menu with up to 50 items and 5 categories, 6 templates, a QR code and your own yourname.nemenu.app address, with no time limit. New accounts also get a 60-day Pro trial without a credit card. Pro is $8.99 per month.
Compare plansNo. Guests scan the QR code with their phone camera and the menu opens in the browser. There is nothing to install.
Sign up, upload a photo or PDF of your current menu (or type it in), pick a design, then publish and print your QR code. Our step-by-step guide covers the details.
Read the step-by-step guideYes, as often as you like. The QR code always points to your live menu, so prices, dishes and sold-out items change for every guest the moment you save.
Yes. You can turn on ordering through WhatsApp, Telegram or SMS: guests build an order on the menu and send it to you as a message. It is included on every plan.
How WhatsApp ordering worksA PDF is a printed menu in a file: hard to read on a phone, slow to open and out of date as soon as something changes. A digital menu is built for phones, loads quickly, can be filtered and translated, and updates instantly.
Yes. Pro and Enterprise plans can use a custom domain like menu.yourrestaurant.com. Every plan gets a free yourname.nemenu.app address.
They overlap a lot. Every contactless menu is digital, but not every digital menu is contactless: a tablet kiosk is digital but not contactless. If guests view the menu on their own phone with no app, it is contactless.
Read the complete contactless menu guideReady to create your digital menu?
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