Restaurant Menu Maker

How to use the Restaurant Menu Maker

1. Open the editor and choose a paper size: A4, A5 or US Letter. A custom size can be entered later from Resize.
2. Pick one of 10 templates for restaurants, cafés, bakeries, fast food or bars. Each one comes with a front cover, a menu page and a back page.
3. Click any dish, price or description to edit it. Use Add category and Add dish in the Menu tab to grow the page, and Add page for more.
4. Add your logo and upload food photos into the empty frames. Change the colours and fonts from the Brand tab and every page follows.
5. Add a QR code for your online menu, booking page or website from the QR & icons tab, and check the checks list for text that does not fit.
6. Download the PDF at 300 dpi for the print shop, or each page as PNG or JPG for screens and social media.

What does this tool do?

A good menu is easy to scan. People look for the section they want, find a dish, and check the price — so the best layouts keep categories clearly labelled, dishes in a tidy column and prices lined up on the right. The templates here follow that pattern, in looks that range from a formal black-and-copper restaurant menu to a bright fast-food board.

Every menu is a set of pages you can reorder, duplicate and delete: a front cover with your name, one or more menu pages, and a back page with opening hours, contact details and a QR code. Add category adds a heading with three dishes in the emptiest column, and Add dish adds a new row under the dish you have selected. Everything is ordinary text, so you can also move, resize or restyle it freely.

Colours and fonts are stored as a palette. Change the brand colour once and every page restyles, which keeps a long menu consistent. You can add your logo as a picture, upload food photos into frames, change the page background and use shapes or icons from the Insert and QR & icons tabs.

Pages are drawn at 150 pixels per inch, so A4 is 1240 × 1754 px and the Print option makes a true 300 dpi file. The PDF is made at the real paper size, with one page for each menu page, ready to send to a printer.

QR codes are made on your device from the address you type. They hold the address itself, so they do not expire and do not track scans. Everything runs in your browser: your menu, logo and photos are never uploaded, and there is no account, watermark or export limit.

Why use it?

• 10 editable templates across restaurant, cafe, bakery, fast food and bar, each with a front, menu and back page.
• Add categories, dishes, descriptions and prices with one click, and keep everything lined up.
• A4, A5, US Letter and custom sizes, shown in millimetres and inches.
• Upload your logo and food photos, and set your brand colours and fonts once.
• A QR code for your online menu with colour and contrast checks.
• PDF at true paper size for printing, plus PNG and JPG for screens and social media.

Use cases

• Restaurants and bistros printing dinner and lunch menus.
• Cafés and bakeries updating prices and seasonal items.
• Food trucks and takeaways with a counter or window menu.
• Bars and pubs with cocktail lists and bar bites.
• Caterers and pop-up events with a one-page menu.
• Owners who want a printed menu to match their online menu through a QR code.

Which size and template should I start with?

Choose the paper size first, then the template. You can change the size later, but the layout is scaled rather than redesigned, so check each page afterwards.

Common mistakes

• Too many dishes on a page. A clear, uncrowded page sells better than a full one — add a page instead.
• Prices that are hard to find. Keep them on the right in the same style, and do not mix formats such as 9, 9.0 and 9.00.
• Small text. Body text under about 22 px on an A4 page is hard to read in dim light; Checks flags it.
• A low-resolution logo or photo. Use pictures at least 1500 pixels wide for a 300 dpi A4 print.
• A QR code that is too small or low-contrast. Print it at least 2 cm wide, dark on light, and test it.
• Forgetting allergy and dietary information. Check your local rules and add them where they are required.

Accuracy and limits

• The templates contain no photographs, logos or real businesses. Every picture frame is empty until you add your own, and a download shows an empty frame as a grey box, so fill or delete each one first.
• Dish names, descriptions and prices in the templates are samples only. Replace all of them before you print, and check allergy and legal information for your own country.
• The download is cut exactly at the page edge and has no bleed or crop marks. Ask your printer if they need bleed.
• Colours are RGB. Printed colours depend on the printer and paper and may look a little different from the screen.
• The PDF contains a high-quality image of each page, so its text cannot be selected or searched.
• Templates are designed for A4 and are scaled for A5, Letter and custom sizes, so check each page after changing size. Menus with many dishes can be tight on small sizes.
• Menus and photos are stored in this browser only. Clearing site data or using a private window can remove them, so save a project file for anything important.

Privacy

Everything you type is processed in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to our servers or stored by us. There's no account to create and nothing to install.

Frequently asked questions

Last reviewed November 1, 2026 by the M2Toolkit team.