Create a QR Code for Your Restaurant
Link one code to your menu, wine list, booking page or review page, then print it on table cards, the front window, takeaway bags and flyers. The code is dynamic, so the page behind it can change as often as your specials do.
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Four Places a Restaurant Can Put a QR Code
The table, the window, the takeaway bag and the staff noticeboard each need a different page behind the scan. Here is what that looks like.
Why Would a Restaurant Bother With a QR Code?
A printed menu starts going out of date the day the fish supplier changes the price. A QR code can’t cook or serve, but it can send the table, the window and the takeaway bag to the same current menu.
Room to read without holding up the table
Some guests want the full list and the allergen notes before they decide. A page gives them space to read at their own pace, without a waiter hovering and without the table waiting on one slow reader.
Give the wine list its own code
The wine list is long and it changes bottle by bottle. A separate code means the wine list can have its own page with notes, pairings and vintages, while the food menu stays short and quick to read.
One page for the window, the bag and the flyer
When passers-by, takeaway customers and people holding your leaflet should all land in the same place, a single code does it. If you’d like to compare the three, give each its own.
Find out which spots get scanned
Your dashboard shows scan counts for each code over time. Table cards, the window poster and the takeaway flyer will each tell you something different. The numbers cover scans only, so they won’t show who booked or ordered.
Menus in more than one language
If a good share of your guests read Polish, Spanish or Mandarin, create a page for each language and a code for each. Print them side by side on the table card and let guests pick their own.
Features Restaurants Actually Use
Change where a code points, style it to fit your signage and see how often each one is scanned.
Replace the menu, the booking page or the offer behind a code whenever you need to. Table cards, window posters and bag flyers you have already printed carry on working, so a menu change on Friday afternoon doesn’t mean a reprint before Saturday service. You edit the destination in your dashboard and that is it.
Use your colors and logo, and add a short line such as “Scan for the menu” or “Scan to book.” If your menu cover is dark, set the code on a light panel so it keeps strong contrast. A code that matches the room but won’t scan is worse than a plain one.
See how often each code is scanned and how that changes over time. With separate codes for table cards, the window poster and takeaway flyers, you can see which ones guests actually use. GetQR counts the scan. What guests do on your menu or booking page shows up in that page’s own analytics.
Download SVG or EPS for the sign-maker and menu printer so the code stays sharp on a small table card or a large window poster. PNG and PDF are there for the designer who laid out the cards, or for printing a short run in the office.
Lunch, dinner, drinks, takeaway: give each its own code and manage them together. That way the drinks list can change without touching the food menu. If you run more than one site, each location can have its own set, so one kitchen’s specials don’t show up in another’s.
From Menu Page to Printed Code
You need a page to link to before you need a code.
Six Ways Restaurants Use QR Codes
Take the ones that suit your service and skip the rest.
Table Menus
Put a code on a table card or a small stand and link it to the current menu. Many restaurants keep a few printed copies for guests who prefer paper, which is a sensible fallback. Keep the menu page light so it loads quickly, because a slow page in a dim dining room sends people to flag down the waiter instead.
Wine and Drinks Lists
A separate code for the drinks list means the sommelier or bar manager can update it without waiting on the food menu. It also keeps the food menu page short. If a vintage runs out mid-service, one edit removes it for every table, which beats crossing it off a printed list in pen. Staff and guests then see the same list.
Bookings From the Window or a Flyer
A code on the front window or a leaflet can open your booking page, so people walking past in the evening don’t have to remember your name and search for it. Say what the scan does, with a line like “Scan to book a table,” and link to the booking page itself, not your homepage.
Takeaway and Delivery Bags
Staple a small card to the bag with a code that opens your own menu or ordering page, so a customer who liked the meal knows where to go next time. Tonight’s bag is the cheapest advertising you have. Use a separate code from the window poster so you can tell which one gets scanned.
Feedback and Reviews
Slip a card in with the bill. Link it to your review page, or to a short private feedback form if you’d rather hear complaints before they’re posted online. Either way, keep the explanation to one sentence. A guest settling up with a coat half on won’t read a paragraph. Put the card in the bill folder where people already look.
Hiring and Staff Notices
A code on the window job ad can open the application form. Inside, a code on the kitchen noticeboard can open an allergen chart or training notes for new staff. Print the date on the chart so staff know whether they are reading this season’s. Keep staff-only material on a page that needs a sign-in.
Several Restaurants, Several Menus?
Create a separate code for each site, menu and promotion and manage them from one dashboard. Each kitchen’s specials then stay on that site’s own page.
Before You Print 200 Table Cards
Dark Menus Need a Light Panel
A black menu cover looks smart and scans badly. Put the code on a plain light square and keep the code itself dark.
The Candlelight Test
Dining rooms are dim and phones struggle to focus in low light. Make the code bigger than you think you need, then test it at a table in the evening.
Keep the Border Clear
Leave empty space on all four sides of the code. Don’t let a logo, an illustration or the edge of the card crowd it.
Give the Printer a Vector File
SVG or EPS keeps the edges sharp whether the code goes on a small table card or a large window poster.
Proof It on the Real Card Stock
Print a sample on the paper or board you’ll actually use and scan it on a few phones, including an older one, before the full order.
Plan for Sauce and Sanitizer
Table cards get wiped, splashed and handled all night. Laminate with a matte finish to avoid reflections, and replace any card that looks scuffed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions restaurant owners ask before they print.
Yes. Change the destination in your GetQR dashboard and the printed code stays exactly as it is. The next guest who scans sees the new page.
That’s your call. Some guests prefer paper and some rooms have patchy signal, so many restaurants keep a few printed menus. The code adds a second way to read the menu, and nothing forces you to remove the first.
A GetQR code opens a link and counts scans. If the page behind that link takes orders or payments, the code will take people there, but GetQR doesn’t process orders or payments itself.
Yes. You can use the booking page from any reservation provider as the destination. GetQR doesn’t manage bookings, it sends people to the page that does.
Usually, yes. It lets you edit the wine list without touching the food menu, and you can see separately how many people open each.
Only if you make one code per table, and then you’d see scan counts for each table’s code. GetQR doesn’t connect a scan to a person or an order.
Dynamic codes show scan counts in your dashboard. Use separate codes for table cards, the window and takeaway flyers to compare them. For what happens after the scan, such as bookings, use your booking provider’s own reports.
The code opens a web page, so the phone needs a connection. If a basement or back room has weak signal, test it before printing. A light menu page loads faster than a large PDF, and you can put your Wi-Fi name on the table card.
Check your local rules first. In many places allergen information has to be given in particular ways, and a QR code on its own may not satisfy them. Use the page for extra detail and make sure required information is also available in print or from staff.
Big enough to scan comfortably from the seat without leaning over the table. Test it at the final printed size in your dining room’s real lighting. If the card is small, a clear larger code beats a decorative small one.
Yes. Create a page for each language and a separate code for each, then print them next to each other on the card. You can update each page on its own.
Out of the splash zone: on a card that stands above the table or on the menu cover, away from the candle and the water jug. Wipe-clean laminate helps, and keep a few spares behind the host stand.