QR Menu for Restaurants: How It Works and What It Costs

With a QR menu, a guest scans the QR code on the table with their phone camera, sees the menu, orders and pays. There is no need to wait for a waiter. The order goes to the POS and the kitchen automatically, and you see dining-room orders in one system together with delivery.

This article explains how a QR menu differs from a plain PDF menu, what it gives a restaurant and how to launch it.

Key points:

• A QR menu is not only for showing the menu, it also works for ordering and payment.
• Menu, prices and stop-list come from the POS, so data is updated in one place.
• In Delever the QR menu module costs 260,000 UZS per month.

What is a QR menu?

A QR menu is a QR code placed on a table or wall; a guest who scans it lands on the restaurant's digital menu. In the simple version it only shows dishes. In the ordering version the guest picks dishes, adds them to a cart and pays on the phone.

A QR menu on a delivery platform also brings the dining room into the same system: dining-room orders appear on one screen together with orders from the website, bot and aggregators.

How does a guest use a QR menu?

The guest scans the code on the table, opens the menu, picks a dish, adds it to the cart, sends the order and pays by card or a payment app. No app download or registration is needed.

The order goes to the POS, and the kitchen sees it immediately. The waiter spends more time with guests instead of taking orders.

What does it give a restaurant?

Three things: less load on waiters, fewer order mistakes and guest data collected. A waiter doesn't have to go to every table to take an order, and since guests enter the dish themselves, there are fewer mistakes.

In addition, modifiers and extras can be offered inside the menu (for example a drink or dessert), which may raise the average check. If the guest base reaches the CRM, you use it later for loyalty and promos. About loyalty.

How much does it cost?

In Delever the QR menu module is 260,000 UZS per month (about $20). It comes on top of the main platform plan. The platform plan depends on order volume, with Start from 1.3 million UZS per month. Full list: delivery platform pricing.

How is it launched?

The menu is taken from the POS or uploaded by hand, QR codes are printed for each table and payment is connected. Then you place a test order and put the codes on the tables. If it's connected to the POS, prices and stop-list are updated in one place.

• Upload the menu or take it from the POS.
• Connect payment systems.
• Print the QR codes and place them on the tables.
• Place a few test orders.

Stop-list sync matters: when a dish runs out, the guest must not see it. How this works.

Conclusion

• Launch the QR menu with ordering and payment, not as a PDF.
• Connect it to your POS so you don't update the menu in two places.
• Plan to collect the guest base and use it with loyalty.

We show how to connect the QR menu in Delever: delever.io or @delever_bot on Telegram.