QR codes for restaurant menus: a complete guide
The menu changes more often than the table tent. Your QR code should account for that.
The right way to put a menu behind a QR code is to use a dynamic code that redirects to your menu, not a static one that hard-codes today's menu URL. Menus change: prices move, items sell out, the brunch menu swaps in on weekends. A dynamic code lets you repoint the same printed table tent at a new menu without reprinting a thing.
Set it up once
- Host your menu somewhere with a stable page (a PDF, a menu page on your site, or a hosted menu service).
- Generate a dynamic QR code that points at it.
- Print it on table tents, the window, the door, the receipt.
Then change it whenever you need to
Raised prices? Point the code at the updated menu. Running a weekend brunch? Swap the destination Saturday morning and swap it back Monday. The codes on the tables never change, so nothing gets reprinted and no customer hits a dead link.
Watch what's working
Because every scan runs through the redirect, you can see how many people actually scan the menu, and when. That's the difference between guessing and knowing whether the table tents earn their place.
We wrote a dedicated guide for restaurants with more detail, and you can make your first menu code free on the TangoQR builder.