How do I update dishes without reprinting table tents?

Edit the page the code points at. The printed code is just a link, so changing prices, specials or sold-out items on the destination updates every table card at once.

What if a guest can’t scan it?

Keep a few printed menus behind the pass for anyone without a smartphone or a charged battery, and say so on the card. The QR menu speeds up the majority without stranding the rest.

Static or dynamic code for a restaurant?

Static is free and fine when your menu lives at one fixed URL. Choose dynamic if you might move the menu later or want to see scan numbers per service — the static-versus-dynamic guide weighs it up.

QR Code Menus for Restaurants (Free, No App)

QR code menus for restaurants

A QR code menu links your printed table card to whatever menu page you host — a PDF, a Google Doc, a Linktree, or your own site. Guests point their camera and the menu opens in their browser, so you swap dishes or prices by editing one page instead of reprinting every table card. Paste your menu URL below to make one free.

Open source (AGPL)
No sign-up to generate
No watermark, ever
Free REST API + MCP
In the official MCP registry

Restaurants reach for QR menus for three concrete reasons: you change specials weekly, printing laminated menus for every table is expensive, and a scan is faster for a hungry table than typing a URL. Because the code encodes a link (not the menu itself), you update the destination page and every printed code stays valid forever.

A hosted PDF — quickest if you already export your menu to PDF. Keep the file under ~2 MB so it opens fast on cellular. See the PDF QR code generator.
A page on your website — best for SEO and for showing photos, allergens and prices that you edit in one place.
A Google Doc set to “anyone with the link” — free and editable from your phone, good for daily specials.

From URL to printed table tent:

1
Host your menu
Put it online as a PDF or web page and copy the link.
2
Paste the link above
The generator builds a scannable code instantly, in your browser.
3
Download as SVG or PDF
Vector formats print razor-sharp at table-tent size — no blur.
4
Print on table tents
One per table, plus a couple at the door and the bar.

Keep a few paper menus to hand

A QR menu suits most diners, but in a sit-down restaurant some guests can’t or won’t scan — older parties, a dead battery, a large booking passing one phone around. Print “Scan for menu, or ask us for a printed one” and keep a small stack at the pass. It costs nothing and avoids a frustrated table.

Sizing for table tents

At normal arm’s reach (about 30 cm), a 2.5–3 cm code scans reliably. Keep a clear white border (the “quiet zone”) around it and avoid printing over a busy background photo. For the full rule of thumb, see QR code size for print.

Generating and printing the code is free, with no watermark and no account — your only cost is hosting the menu page somewhere, which a website or free Google Doc already covers.

Need the plain tool? Open the menu QR code generator.

What to point your menu QR code at

Set up a table menu in four steps

Sizing for table tents

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