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What a QR code menu does for your restaurant
A QR code menu lets guests scan a code on the table or at the counter and read your menu on their own phone. Done well, it's easier to keep current than paper and easier to read than a PDF. Done badly, it's a blurry file nobody has updated since last season.
Dineora's QR code menu opens your online menu, the same one that's on your restaurant website: rebuilt from your menu photos, checked by you and published with the prices you confirmed. It isn't a separate service with its own copy of your menu, so when the menu changes, the QR code shows the change.
That makes it a QR code menu restaurant owners don't have to babysit: one menu to keep up to date, which your website, your ordering page and your QR codes all use.
Guests don't need an app either. The code opens an ordinary web page in their phone's browser, and text on a web page can be zoomed in, which a photo of a printed menu can't.
A digital menu for restaurants that stays up to date
Your digital menu is built for you. Dineora collects it from your Google listing, your current website or the ordering platforms you use, and AI reads your menu photos to rebuild it. You can also import it from a link or from photos of your menu. Before online ordering opens, you check it and confirm the prices.
After that, you edit it from your dashboard:
- rename a dish or change its price;
- move it to another category;
- add sizes and extras, like a large size or an extra topping;
- hide a dish that's sold out or off the menu for the season.
Because every QR code points to your online menu, a new price doesn't mean a new code. The QR menu your guests scan tomorrow shows the menu you saved today.
QR codes for restaurants, all from your dashboard
The menu is only the first code. Dineora prepares print-ready QR codes for the pages your guests actually need, each with its own scan count:
- Online menu, for tables, the counter or the window.
- Ordering, which opens your ordering page for pickup, with no commission on your meals.
- Bookings, which takes guests straight to your booking form.
- Google reviews, which opens your Google review page. As an option, Dineora can also send guests a review request after their visit, by WhatsApp, then SMS.
- Wi-Fi, on a printable card: one QR code connects guests to your Wi-Fi, the other opens your contact form.
Your dashboard also has a link-in-bio page for your social profiles, with its own QR code and click stats, and a print-ready PDF flyer with a QR code, made from your brand vault: logo, colors, fonts and visuals.
Where to put each QR code
A few habits make QR codes work harder:
- Menu code on tables and at the counter, large enough to scan from a seat, with a short line such as “Scan for our menu”.
- Ordering code on takeout bags, flyers and your window, so the next order comes through your own site.
- Review code with the check or near the exit, while the meal is still fresh in your guests' minds.
- Wi-Fi card by the counter, so your staff don't have to spell out the password.
- A few printed menus for guests who'd rather not use their phone. A QR code menu should be an option, not an obligation.
Then check the scan counts in your dashboard. If a code barely gets scanned, move it.
Before you print
Test every code with a few different phones before a full print run. Print it with strong contrast and some blank space around it, and add a word that says what it opens: “Menu”, “Order for pickup”, “Book a table”. Laminated cards or table tents survive a busy dining room better than paper stickers.
How it works
Your QR codes come with your Dineora website. Here's how you get there.
- Create your account. This step comes first: it opens the website builder.
- Enter your restaurant's name and preferences. Dineora finds your Google listing. Confirm your address and phone number, and say whether you take bookings and whether you deliver.
- Dineora builds your site from your Google listing, menu and photos. Your menu is rebuilt from its photos, and your opening hours, address and photos are added automatically.
- Check your menu and go live. Confirm your dishes and prices, publish your site, then download your QR codes from your dashboard and print them.
QR code menu generator or a full restaurant website?
A standalone QR code menu generator gives you a code that points to a PDF or a hosted menu page. That covers the menu, and nothing else. Dineora's codes point to your own restaurant website, where guests can also order, book a table and find your opening hours.
And because the codes live in your dashboard, you can download and reprint any of them when you need to, without signing up for a separate QR service.
The QR codes come with every Dineora website, along with table bookings and online ordering with no commission on your meals. See how the restaurant website builder creates the site behind your codes.
Frequently asked questions
How do I create a QR code menu for my restaurant?
With Dineora, it comes with your restaurant website: once your site is live and your menu confirmed, you download a print-ready QR code from your dashboard. It opens your online menu on your own site.
Is Dineora a QR code menu generator?
Not a standalone one. The QR codes come with your Dineora website and point to its pages (menu, ordering, bookings) as well as your Google review page and your Wi-Fi.
Do I need a new QR code when my prices change?
No. The code opens your online menu, so when you change a price or hide a dish in your dashboard, guests see the update with the same code.
Can I see how often my QR codes are scanned?
Yes. Each QR code from your dashboard has its own scan count, so you can see which ones get used.
What is the Wi-Fi card?
A printable card for your Wi-Fi: one QR code connects guests to your network, the other opens your contact form.
Can a QR code help me get Google reviews?
Dineora gives you a QR code that opens your Google review page. As an option, it can also send guests a review request after their visit, by WhatsApp, then SMS.
Do guests need an app to read the QR code menu?
No. The code opens an ordinary web page in the phone's browser, with nothing to install, and guests can zoom in on the text.