Printed menus lag the kitchen
A reprint when a supplier price moves costs more than the paper. Servers spend the shift explaining what is off, and guests still order the dish that sold out at six.
Disposable paper menus waste stock. Laminated ones feel like 2020. Neither one tells you whether table 12 even opened the wine list.
One printed code, a menu you still own
The tent encodes a SmartQRCode link. The menu behind it is a Menu type you edit after service. Sold-out items come off before the next sitting.
Scan counts by hour tell you whether lunch or dinner actually opens the list. Wi-Fi and Google review codes sit beside it without sharing that data. A Wi-Fi code is static and has no scan count.
What restaurants actually print
- Table tents for the full menu
- A second code on the receipt for Google reviews
- Wi-Fi on a window sticker: reprint if the password changes
- Daily specials as a photo gallery you swap at 4pm
Start with the right generator
Each one opens on its own setup, with the fields this job needs already in place.
The questions that come next
Only if it is static. A Wi-Fi code is static and must be reprinted to change the network. Website, menu, PDF and vCard codes encode a link we own, so you can edit the destination after printing.
No names or emails. Dynamic codes record scan counts, device type and country. That is all.
$1.99 covers 7 days, then $97/year unless you cancel. Monthly is $29. Lifetime is $197 once. There is no free plan.
Yes, if the destination will never move and you do not need a scan count. That is the honest case for Canva or a phone's built-in maker.
Set up your first restaurants code
Pick a type, brand it, and edit the destination whenever you like, even after it is printed.