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Free QR menu for your restaurant

Create your restaurant, bar or café's digital menu in minutes: dishes with photos and allergens, online table reservations, a print-ready PDF and automatic AI translation. Your customers see it instantly by scanning a QR code.

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Digital menu for hospitality

The most complete digital QR menu, free forever

Digitize the menu of your restaurant, bar or café for free with BuenaCarta and let your customers check your always up-to-date menu through a QR code or a link from your website. Offer a modern, hygienic experience without paper menus and comply with Regulation 1169/2011 on allergens and food information.

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Advantages

Why BuenaCarta is the best QR menu for your restaurant

Here is why BuenaCarta is one of the best tools on the market for digitizing the menu of your restaurant, bar or café.

Online bookings

Your customers book a table from your menu and you know right away. Free, unlimited and with no commissions.

AI translation

Write your dishes once and artificial intelligence translates them into 11 languages. Each customer reads your menu in their phone's language.

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Allergen List

Select the allergens in each of your dishes to easily comply with Regulation 1169/2011.

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Printable PDF menu

Printed menu from your dishes: more than ten designs, bilingual, A4, A5 or A3, with allergens and photos.

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QR Code

Generate a single QR code that will never change so that your customers can read your menu from their mobiles.

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Always updated

Allow your staff to instantly update available products and avoid inconvenience to customers.

Custom design

Your business is unique, and so is your digital menu. Customize the logo, colors and choose different display modes.

Serving sizes

Specify the different serving sizes of each product and the price of each one.

New: online reservations

Table reservations from your menu, free and unlimited

Your customers already check your menu before they come. Now they can also book a table from it: they choose party size, day and time from your available slots, and you find out instantly by email or, with the Advanced and Premium plans, with a notification on your phone in the BuenaCarta app. No calls in the middle of service, no notebooks and no commissions to anyone.

FreeAdvancedPremium
Online reservations from the menuUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
No commissions per reservation or per dinerIncludedIncludedIncluded
Email alert for every reservationIncludedIncludedIncluded
Confirmation email to the customer, with a link to cancelIncludedIncludedIncluded
Schedule with shifts and capacityIncludedIncludedIncluded
Automatic or manual confirmationIncludedIncludedIncluded
Phone reservations you add yourselfIncludedIncludedIncluded
Anotaciones del día y fechas especiales con varios turnosIncludedIncludedIncluded
Push notification in the mobile appNot includedIncludedIncluded
Areas, high chairs, allergies and celebrationsNot includedIncludedIncluded
Lead time and cancellation rules your wayNot includedIncludedIncluded
Reservas por mesas: asignación automática, mesas que se juntan y plano del turnoNot includedNot includedIncluded
Turn on reservations for free
For the whole hospitality sector

QR menu for bars, cafés, ice cream parlors, hotels and food trucks

BuenaCarta is not just a QR menu for restaurants. More than 2,000 hospitality businesses in 13 countries use it to publish their digital menu: from the neighborhood tapas bar to hotels with several menus, as well as cafés, pizzerias, ice cream parlors, beach bars and food trucks. If you sell food or drinks and have a menu, BuenaCarta works for you.

  • Restaurants and grill houses
  • Tapas and pintxos bars
  • Cafés and bakeries
  • Pizzerias and burger joints
  • Ice cream parlors
  • Hotels and rural guesthouses
  • Beach bars and terraces
  • Food trucks and events
QR menu in a tapas bar, a café, an ice cream parlor and a food truck
How it works

Your Digital QR Menu in 4 Steps

No technical knowledge needed and nothing to install. In under 10 minutes your digital menu will be ready to show to your customers.

1

Sign up

In less than 2 minutes you can use our app

2

Enter your dishes

You can also add prices, photos and allergens

3

Generate your QR

We'll generate a unique QR code for you

4

Show your QR code

Your customers will scan it and see your menu

What your customer sees

This is what a digital QR menu made with BuenaCarta looks like

Real screenshots of our demo menu, exactly as your customers see it when they scan the QR: cover with your logo and photo, recommended dishes, sections with photos and prices, a card for each dish and an allergen filter. Tap any image to open it on your phone.

Cover of the QR menu with logo, photo, recommended dishes and buttons to call, WhatsApp and get directions

Cover with your image

Dish sections of the digital menu with photos, prices and sold-out dishes

Sections and dishes with photos

Card of a dish on the QR menu with a full-screen photo and price

A card for every dish

Allergen filter of the digital menu with the 14 allergens

Allergen filter

Open the demo menu

What you see

A dashboard designed to manage your menu from your phone

Change a price, mark a dish as sold out or upload a photo between services, in seconds and with no technical knowledge. These are real screenshots of the BuenaCarta dashboard, available on the web and in the app for Android and iOS.

BuenaCarta dashboard: sections and dishes of a menu with visible and sold-out switches

Your menus and dishes

Enable or sell out a dish with one tap, reorder sections and add products without leaving the screen.

BuenaCarta dashboard: dish card with photo, name, price, description, allergens and serving sizes

Complete dish card

Photo, price, description, allergens, traces, serving sizes and tags such as vegetarian, spicy or home-made.

BuenaCarta dashboard: automatic AI translations of a dish into Catalan, Basque, English, Italian and Portuguese

AI translation

Write the dish once and AI translates it into the languages you enable, labeled AUTO.

BuenaCarta dashboard: choosing a design to print the menu as a PDF

Printable PDF menu

Choose design, paper, language, allergens and photos, and download the printed menu with up-to-date prices.

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BuenaCarta app for Android and iOS: home screen with today's visits and access to the menus
App for Android and iOS

Download the free BuenaCarta app and carry your menu in your pocket

Besides the web panel, BuenaCarta has its own free app for Android and Apple phones and tablets. Same account, same menu: whatever you change from the app, your customers see instantly when they scan the QR.

  • Change prices and mark dishes sold out in seconds
  • Take the dish photo and upload it on the spot
  • Check your menu's daily visits
  • Manage bookings from your phone
  • Download your QR code and your PDF menu
  • Free, no ads and no commitment
Download the BuenaCarta app on Google PlayComing soon to theApp Store
Allergens

Menu with allergens to comply with Regulation 1169/2011

Tick the 14 allergens that must be declared and any possible traces on each dish. Your customers will see the icons next to every product and you will avoid fines and misunderstandings. All the allergen information of your restaurant, always up to date and free.

Guide to allergens in restaurants
Allergen icon gluten Allergen icon crustaceans Allergen icon eggs Allergen icon fish Allergen icon peanuts Allergen icon soy Allergen icon milk Allergen icon nuts Allergen icon celery Allergen icon mustard Allergen icon sesame Allergen icon sulphites Allergen icon molluscs Allergen icon lupin
AI QR menu

Photos of your dishes and AI translation into 11 languages

Upload photos straight from your phone or choose images from our library of AI-created dish photos. With the Premium plan, artificial intelligence translates your menu into English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other languages, and each customer sees it in their phone's language so they can order with confidence.

How the AI QR menu works
Card of a dish on the QR menu with a full-screen photo and price
BuenaCarta dashboard: automatic AI translations of a dish into Catalan, Basque, English, Italian and Portuguese
Printed menu

A complete PDF menu generator built from your dishes

The printed menu comes from the same dishes as your QR menu: nothing to lay out. Choose the design, the paper, the language and what to show, and download a PDF ready for your printer or the print shop. When a price changes, generate it again in one click.

Restaurant menu printed as a PDF with QR code and cards
  • More than ten different designsClassic, modern, chalkboard, Mediterranean, vintage, cantina, minimal, Asian, night or daily menu.
  • In the language you wantPrint the menu in any of your active languages, translated automatically by AI.
  • Bilingual on the same menuTwo languages at once, one below the other: ideal for tourist areas.
  • One, two or three columnsLong menus in fewer pages, with the font size you choose.
  • A4, A5 or A3, portrait or landscapeFrom the table menu to the large poster for the wall or the stand.
  • Folding tri-foldLandscape A4 in three panels, ready to fold.
  • With or without allergens and tracesThe 14 allergen icons next to each dish, with their legend.
  • With or without dish photosThe same photos as your digital menu, on paper too.
  • Your QR code on the menu itselfThose who prefer their phone can scan it from the printed menu.
  • Recommendations, labels and serving sizesFeatured dishes first, vegan, spicy or homemade labels, and every serving size with its price.

The PDF menu designs, with the dishes from our demo

Basic design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Basic
Classic design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Classic
Modern design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Modern
Chalkboard design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Chalkboard
Mediterranean design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Mediterranean
Minimal design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Minimal
Cantina design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Cantina
Vintage design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Vintage
Asia design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Asia
Night design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Night
Daily menu design of the BuenaCarta PDF menu
Daily menu

How to print your menu as a PDF Create my free menu

Comparison

A QR code to a PDF, or a real QR menu?

Many free QR code generators simply link to a PDF of your menu. It works, but every change means redoing the file, it is heavy on the phone and the customer has to zoom in. A dynamic QR menu like BuenaCarta's is something else.

QR to a PDF BuenaCarta QR menu
Change a price or a dish Redo the PDF and upload it again Instantly from your phone
Sold-out dish Impossible without editing the PDF Hidden with one tap
Reading on the phone Heavy, you have to zoom in Mobile-friendly page, loads in under 1 second
Allergens Free text, if you add it Icons of the 14 allergens and traces on every dish
Photos of the dishes They make the PDF heavier Optimized photos, with a library of AI-created images
Languages One PDF per language Automatic AI translation into 11 languages
Printed menu The PDF itself PDF generator with more than ten designs, bilingual, A4, A5 or A3, always up to date
The QR code Changes if the link changes Always the same, for life
Price Free Free
In your venue

How to place the QR code of your menu on the tables

From your dashboard you download the QR in high resolution and as a print-ready PDF. As the code never changes even if you modify the menu, you can invest in quality holders without fear of them becoming outdated.

Table tent with the QR code of a restaurant menu

Table tents

A folded card or an acrylic holder on each table: the first thing the customer sees when sitting down.

Sticker with a QR code on the bar counter

Stickers on the bar and tables

Hard-wearing vinyl stickers for the bar, the terrace tables or the café counter.

Posters, social media and website

An A4 poster at the entrance or in the shop window, and the link to your menu on Instagram, Google and WhatsApp.

See the QR print formats

Service

We digitize your paper menu by hand

If you do not have the time or means, send us your menu however you have it: a photo of the printed menu, a PDF, via WhatsApp, by email or even handwritten. Our team enters it by hand, checks it and turns it into a simple QR code. Plus, this service is included for free with our annual Premium plan. See all our prices and plans.

Send us your menu on WhatsApp
Paper restaurant menu photographed with a phone to digitize it
BuenaCarta dashboard: home screen with today's visits, the plan and access to the menus
Features

Everything a restaurant's digital menu needs

Our team of developers has been working in the hospitality sector for more than 15 years. Add to that the suggestions sent to us by the more than 2,000 active users of BuenaCarta, and the result is a very complete application with a clean, fast and simple interface that is easy to use even for people with no computer skills.

  • Elegant and thoughtful design
  • Distinction between menus and set menus
  • Clean and clear interface
  • PDF generation for printing
  • Quick product hiding
  • Customizable URL
  • Detailed card for each product
  • Your own photo, logo and colors
  • Allergen list
  • "May contain traces" list
  • Photos straight from your phone
  • Different menu designs
  • Automatic AI translation
  • Available in 11 languages
  • QR code generation
  • Time scheduling
  • Quick import from Excel
  • Lightning-fast loading speed
  • 100% free website
  • Online menu on social media
  • Online reservations from the menu
  • Reservation alerts on your phone
See how the QR menu works
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the QR menu

Here we will answer the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) that you send us through the contact section.

It is your restaurant's menu published on a web page that your customers open by scanning a QR code with their phone camera. They do not need to install any app: the QR opens your menu directly with the up-to-date dishes, prices, photos and allergens.

Yes, our free plan is fully functional and free forever, with no need to give card details or pay sign-up or recurring fees. It is complemented by entirely optional paid plans that offer more features.

A QR generator only creates a code that links to a file, usually a PDF. BuenaCarta is a complete digital menu: dishes with photos, allergens and serving sizes, instant updates from your phone, automatic translation and a printable PDF, with a QR that never changes.

Yes. On each dish you can tick the 14 allergens that must be declared and the traces. They are shown with icons on the digital menu and also on the printable PDF, which helps you comply with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011.

Of course. From your dashboard you can generate a PDF of your menu or set menu in one click, with more than ten designs, in A4, A5 or A3, in one or several columns, as a tri-fold, in one or two languages, and with or without allergens and photos. You can also download your QR code in A4 format or as table cards.

Yes, for what really saves you work: with the Premium plan, AI automatically translates your dishes into 11 languages every time you create or edit them, and the image library includes AI-created dish photos. You decide the dishes, prices and allergens. More about the AI QR menu.

If you want to, yes, but if you don't have the time or don't feel like it, we can do it for you for a one-off payment of €79 + VAT, or even for FREE if you subscribe to the Premium plan, which includes all BuenaCarta features for only €12.95/month + VAT.

Of course, you can change anything instantly from your phone. Has a dish run out? No problem: go into your dashboard and hide it from your menu so your customers can't order it.

Yes. You turn on reservations in your dashboard, set your shifts and capacity, and a Book button appears on your menu. Every reservation reaches you by email and, with the Advanced and Premium plans, also as a notification on your phone with the BuenaCarta app. Online reservations are unlimited on all plans, including the free one, and we never charge commissions per reservation or per diner.

Yes, and it is free. The BuenaCarta app for Android is already on Google Play and the iPhone and iPad app is under review by Apple. With it you manage your menu, photos, bookings and QR code from your phone, with the same account as on the web. Your customers do not need to install anything: they see the menu in the browser when they scan the QR.

Not at all: you won't bother your customers by making them install any app on their phones.

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