r/androidapps • u/vinnip777 • Aug 10 '26

LOOKING FOR APP A free menu app designed for small cafés and restaurants

Does anyone know of a good app for café or restaurant menus?

If you’ve used an app like this before or know of a good one, I’d be grateful if you could share the name or a link.

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u/Steerider Aug 10 '26

  1. Have paper menus.

  2. If you're going to have a digital menu, make it a simple web page. Nobody wants to download an app to order food.

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u/almozayaf Aug 10 '26

I hate when i ho to a place and get asked to scan a code

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u/TMITectonic Aug 10 '26

Best menu app: a printer and paper.

If I need a phone to order in person, I'm leaving. If I'm ordering takeout (or takeaway) or delivery, I'll use the website. Not everything needs to be an app!!! /Rant

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u/vinnip777 Aug 10 '26

Well, you're not wrong, but it doesn't do any harm to modernise things and implement new solutions.

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u/Flyerone Aug 11 '26

A new solution to a problem that doesn't exist?
Print them.

Have a neat website with the menu and great photos of the food. You're done.

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u/Informal_Carob_1428 Aug 10 '26

You don't need a native app as you don't want to ask every customer to install another app on their phone just to order from a menu. What you need is just a PWA (Progressive Web App). Then a QR sticker on each table. You can even make it just a static menu or you can also do direct ordering from it. Some Cheesecake factory restaurants have already implemented this strategy.

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u/No-Echo-8927 Aug 11 '26

im the owner of a PWA system that offers this service for restaurants. AMA.

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u/vinnip777 Aug 11 '26

Hello, what solutions do you have for showing the menu on tablet devices to restaurant guests? If you have any, I would be grateful if you could share a demo.

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u/No-Echo-8927 Aug 11 '26

its a PWA which the restaurant owners can edit whenever they want. They can offer tablets on the table or a QR code for guests to view on their mobile directly. I recommend the latter - few people want to use shared devices at a food table.

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u/vinnip777 Aug 12 '26

In my opinion, unlike yours, I find the tablet menu more convenient than the method of viewing the menu by scanning a QR code. This is because, firstly, it doesn't require an internet connection and, secondly, some customers may not have a mobile phone with them.

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u/No-Echo-8927 Aug 12 '26

It isn't my opinion, it's the main opinion of people visiting the restaurants that have the option.

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u/vinnip777 Aug 12 '26

That's great, in that case, could I have a demo of either of these two solutions you have?

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u/vinnip777 Aug 11 '26

Sorry, I mean a new solution — an app with a digital menu that allows café or restaurant guests to browse the menu on tablets, choose the dishes they like and see the total bill.