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Digital menu pages built as real web pages, not a scanned PDF behind a QR code

A digital menu built as real web pages loads faster and updates easier than a PDF behind a QR code, because a PDF has to be re-exported and re-uploaded every time a single price changes.

What it costs

  • Plans$117 a month
  • Build fee$647, after launch
  • Live in7 days
  • Revisions5 a month
  • Domain and hostingIncluded
PDF menu vs live web menu. Before: slow PDF to open, reprint after every change. After: fast, scannable web menu, order button built in, same QR code, always current. Tito points at the live menu

Who this is for

Is this page describing your kitchen?

This page is for a kitchen whose menu still lives as a PDF behind a QR code, or as a photograph of a laminated card. The QR sticker on the table or the counter is doing real work, and it currently leads somewhere that pinches, zooms and loads slowly on the one device everybody is holding.

The signs

Four things that mean it is time

  • The QR code opens a PDF that needs pinching to read a price.
  • Updating a price means exporting a new file and re-uploading it.
  • The menu file is invisible to search engines and to AI assistants.
  • Nobody can order from the menu page; it is a picture, not a path.

Why a PDF menu behind a QR code falls short

A QR code that opens a PDF forces a customer to pinch and zoom on a document that was designed for print, and it means every price change requires re-exporting and re-uploading a whole new file. A digital menu built as real web pages loads instantly, is readable at any screen size, and updates as a normal revision.

One QR code, always pointing at the current menu

The QR code itself never needs to change once it is printed, because it points at a page on your own site rather than a specific file. When the menu updates, the same code automatically shows the new version, so table tents and window stickers do not need reprinting every time a price moves.

A menu page that can also carry the order button

Because the menu is a real page rather than a static document, it can carry a direct order button, dietary or allergen labeling you choose to display, and photos, all in one place rather than a document plus a separate ordering link.

What is included

What you actually get, line by line

All of it inside the monthly plan. Nothing below is quoted separately or billed by the hour.

  • Real menu pages, readable at a glance on a phone, with modifiers and combo pricing
  • A stable QR destination that never needs reprinting when the menu changes
  • Dietary and allergen labels displayed exactly as you specify them
  • Section anchors so a table card or a counter sticker can point at one part of the menu
  • Structured data so search engines and assistants can read the menu, not just display a file
  • An order path from the menu itself, rather than a phone number at the bottom

What lands in the build

  • A QR code that never needs reprinting

    Points at a live page, not a specific file, so it survives every menu update.

  • A real, scannable web menu

    Fast-loading pages instead of a PDF designed for print.

  • An order button built into the menu

    One page carries both the menu and the path to order.

  • Dietary and allergen labeling you control

    Displayed exactly as you specify; we do not add advice of our own.

  • Menu updates as normal revisions

    A price or item change is turned around within the plan's standard timeframe.

What is not included

The things we will not pretend to do

  • Printing the QR codes, table cards or stickers.
  • Writing your allergen or nutrition statements, which must come from your kitchen.
  • Table-side payment systems.

If one of these is the thing you actually need, say so on the call. We would rather point you somewhere else than sell you a plan that does not fit.

What drives the work

The price is fixed. This is what changes the effort

You pay the plan price whatever your kitchen looks like. These are the things that decide how much of the first two weeks we spend on structure, and they are worth thinking about before the onboarding call.

  • How many menus you run: lunch, dinner, catering, seasonal
  • How structured the source material is before we start
  • Whether one code serves all locations or each shop needs its own destination

Plans start at $117 a month with a $647 one-time build fee invoiced only after launch. See all three plans.

How the work is done

Four steps, and what you do at each one

  1. 1

    Onboarding form and one call

    About fifteen minutes of form, then a call where we fill the gaps and agree the launch date. The launch clock starts at the call, not at purchase.

  2. 2

    Structure before decoration

    Menu sections, modifiers, zones, locations and the ordering path are agreed first, because that is what the design has to serve.

  3. 3

    Build and review

    Every page custom coded and checked against the 90+ PageSpeed target on mobile and desktop. You see it and say what is wrong before anyone else does.

  4. 4

    Launch, then the weekly work

    Live in 7 days on Order Starter. After that: articles, revisions and technical checks every week, and the build fee invoiced only once you have approved the site.

From a kitchen like yours

One operator, one specific change

  • The guided contact options looked like a small feature; they changed the inbox. The sender picks the route, which means the best-informed person does the sorting. Visitors get a simpler page and we get a clearer inbox.

    Mark EllsworthShift coordinator, Chinese takeaway with collection counterTacoma, Washington

    Inquiry categories and guided navigation for takeaway ordering

Plans

Three ways to run this

  • Order Starter

    The website, fully managed

    • Live in 7 days
    • 2 articles a week
    What is in Order Starter
  • Order Engine

    Everything, plus the AI Engine

    • Live in 10 days
    • 2 articles a week
    • AI receptionist, chat and messaging
    What is in Order Engine
  • Full Kitchen

    Everything, plus the Content Engine

    • Live in 15 days
    • 3 articles a week
    • AI receptionist, chat and messaging
    • Social posts and reels
    What is in Full Kitchen

Guarantees

The promises that are actually in the contract

Every line below is in the terms and conditions, not just on this page. If a claim only exists in marketing copy, it is not a guarantee.

  • 90+ PageSpeed, in writing

    We guarantee a Google PageSpeed score of 90+ on mobile and desktop for pages we build and host. If a page falls below it because of our work, we fix it at no charge.

  • Local rankings inside 3 to 5 months

    The terms commit to your site starting to rank for local searches in your area within 3 to 5 months of launch. If it has not, we continue the search work at no additional charge until it does.

  • The build fee is invoiced after you approve the site

    The $647 one-time build fee is not taken at signup. It is invoiced once your site is live and you have said you are happy with it, which is why it is not refundable afterwards.

  • No hourly billing, ever

    5 revisions a month are included and a revision has no size limit. After the fifth, each is a flat $20. Everything is completed within 2 to 5 working days.

  • The domain and your content stay yours

    Your domain is registered in your name, and if you leave you tell us where to send it and we transfer it at no charge. On cancellation we provide an export of your content and articles within 14 days.

  • Cancel with 2 business days notice

    By email, before your next invoice date. No lock-in period, no exit fee, no clause that keeps billing you for a site you asked us to stop.

The limits are stated too: neither guarantee covers changes you or a third party make, content published against our advice, or rankings for terms outside your area. Neither entitles you to a refund. The remedy is the corrective work, done at our cost.

Questions about digital menu and QR code pages

Do we need to reprint our QR codes when the menu changes?

No. The QR code points at a live page on your site, so any menu update shows automatically without reprinting a single sticker or table tent.

Can the digital menu show allergen or dietary information?

Yes, if you provide the labeling. We display exactly what you specify; we are a website company, not a food safety authority, so we do not add allergen advice ourselves.

Does the digital menu work without an app or download?

Yes. It is a normal web page that opens in any phone browser after a QR code scan, with no app install required.

Can the menu page include an order button?

Yes. The menu and the ordering flow can live on the same page, so a customer moves from browsing to ordering without switching to a different link.

Do we have to reprint the QR codes when the menu changes?

No, and that is the point of pointing a code at a page rather than a file. The address stays the same for the life of the sticker; the menu behind it changes as often as you like.

Can different codes open different sections?

Yes. A counter sticker can open the whole menu, a table card the lunch section, and a packaging insert the catering page, all from the same site.

Is a PDF menu really that bad?

It is bad in three specific ways: it is slow on a phone, it is hard to read without zooming, and search engines and AI assistants cannot use it well. Those are the three places your orders come from.

Can the menu show items as sold out?

Yes, as a revision within the plan's turnaround, or as part of the ordering flow where your system tells us availability. Either way the customer stops ordering a dish you cannot make.

See it built for your business

A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $117 a month, the $647 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.

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