Laminated table cards
One code per table, laminated once and reused across every menu change.
Lamination is the expensive part, so the code behind it needs a long life.
A menu QR code you can point at a new PDF every season
Your prices move, your specials move, your supplier costs move. The laminated code on the table should not have to. Upload a new menu file and keep the same code.
Built for kitchens that change the menu more often than they change the tables.
This preview is a static QR code - the address is baked into the image. Change the destination later and this one stops working.
Free to create. No card required to print your first code.
- Unlimited
- destination changes after printing
- Quick exports
- images ready to print or embed
- No scan cap
- unlimited scans on all paid plans
How this fails with a static QR code
Menu codes fail in a specific, annoying way: the symbol itself is fine, but the file behind it is stale. A guest scans, sees last spring's prices, and the server has to explain the difference at the table. Most kitchens host that PDF on a file share whose address changes every time somebody re-uploads, which means a printed static code now resolves to a deleted document. The failure is invisible from the pass and obvious to every guest holding a phone.
Relaminating a 60-table set costs $120 to $300 and a full service period of confusion.
Three things that break, and what replaces them
Re-uploading the PDF generates a brand new file URL
The printed static code now resolves to a deleted file.
The code points at your short link, so a new file address is a one-field edit.
Lunch, dinner and brunch need different menus
Three printed codes per table, or one code that shows the wrong menu.
Keep one code and repoint it by daypart, or run one code per menu from one dashboard.
A raw PDF is unreadable on a phone
Guests pinch and zoom, give up, and ask the server to read it out.
Point the code at a mobile menu page today and swap to a PDF later, same printed code.
Where to print it
Window and A-frame boards
A larger code at eye height so people can read the menu before they commit to a table.
Passers-by decide on price before they decide on the food.
Bar rail and counter decals
A small vinyl decal at each stool pointing at the drinks list.
The drinks list changes weekly and is the worst thing to keep reprinting.
Questions people ask before printing
Can I update a menu QR code without reprinting the table cards?
Yes. The printed code encodes a fixed short link, not the PDF address. Upload a new menu, paste the new file URL into the destination field, and every future scan opens the new menu immediately.
Should the QR code open a PDF or a web page?
A mobile web page reads better on a phone. A PDF forces pinch and zoom, and some Android browsers download it instead of displaying it. Because the code is dynamic, you can start with the PDF you already have and move to a proper menu page later without touching the print.
Can one code show a different menu at lunch and dinner?
You can repoint a code as often as you like, including on a daily rhythm you manage yourself. Many kitchens instead run one code per daypart on a two-sided table card, with both codes managed from the same dashboard.
Print it once. Decide where it goes later.
Build your digital menus code now, download the QR code for your needs, and keep the destination editable for as long as the print is in the field.
Create a dynamic QR code
Free to create. No card required to print your first code.