Features

Everything you need to run a live menu

Menu Tools covers the whole journey from the screen behind the bar to the QR code on the table for any venue with a menu.

TV displays

Auto-refreshing TV displays

Every menu has its own public digital display URL. Open it full-size on any TV or screen and it stays live with data saved on the website.

When a menu has more items than fit on one screen, the display automatically cycles through pages so no item is cut off.

Displays refresh regularly. Edit online using your mobile phone or laptop from anywhere such as your home or office. Edits you make appear on-screen automatically with no manual reloading.

A coffee and espresso menu running on a TV display — Digital menu display

Pairing

Run as many screens as you like with easy pairing

Pairing a screen takes about thirty seconds. You never type a password on the TV. Browse to Menu Tools on the television. It shows a six-digit code. Enter that code into the website. Pick the menu the screen should run.

One menu has one display URL. Open that URL on as many screens as you want. Menu Tools charges by active menu.

Menu Tools runs on any device with a browser. That includes smart TVs, media sticks, or mini PCs.

The pairing screen on a TV showing a six-digit code to enter on the website — Pairing a display

QR menus

Scannable QR-code menus

Customers scan a QR code and the live menu opens right in their phone browser without an app to install or account to create.

The QR menu shows the same menu data as the TV display.

A phone held up to scan a QR code on a table stand beside a glass of beer — Scan the code

A phone screen showing the live menu after scanning the QR code, beside a glass of beer — See the live menu

Customization

Menu and item customization

Make a designer menu all your own. Select a landscape or portrait layout. Group your items in sections. Select your own background image, colors, fonts, logo and its position, and column count.

Items carry their own names, descriptions, photos, and price. Add as much or as little detail as you prefer. All your info gets stored in the database and displayed on your menu.

Menu Tools provides the tools to fully customize your menu to make it look its best.

A beer menu on a TV in three sections, over a photo of hops — Create a designer menu

Layouts

Section layouts for any screen

Divide a menu into sections. Name each section separately. Every section carries its own heading, border, note, column count, background color, and text color.

Choose from multiple section layouts: single, two, three, or four columns, stacked rows, or a nested arrangement that divides one side into rows. Pick your arrangement, then customize the sizes to set your own proportions.

Add a header. Add a footer. Each one carries your business name, your location, your menu name. Turn each piece on or off on its own. Enter text in a free footer line.

Need an arrangement we don't have? We can build a custom one for your venue.

The section layout settings, with landscape or portrait orientation, column layouts, and a menu section assigned to each slot — Select a variety of section layouts

A tap list display with Ales, Lagers, and Belgians sections, the Lagers section in its own red color — A section with its own colors

Branding

Colors and type that stay readable

Start from six color palettes. Each one is tested for WCAG AA contrast. You can set your own background, text, or accent colors. The editor warns you if a color pair falls below that contrast level.

Pick from over twenty fonts. They group into sans, serif, display, slab, handwriting, monospace. Choose one of four sizes.

The colors and typography settings, with color palette tiles and a font menu — Choose colors and fonts

Management

Location & menu management

Run multiple locations from one account, with multiple menus per location: a tap list, a wine list, a food board, and more.

Each account has a reusable item catalog. Build items once and use them across the locations in your account.

Manage all items centrally from one location. Want to change the price of an item? Change the price at home or in the office and it's automatically updated on all your menus.

The locations page, listing menus under each location with Live or Inactive switches — Manage Locations

The menu editor, listing items by section with an availability checkbox for each — Manage Menus

Publishing

Publish on your terms

Build as many menus as you want. For example, a breakfast menu, a lunch menu, a happy hour menu. Each comes with its own display URL and QR code.

Keep a menu off while you're still building it. Turn it on when it's ready to go live.

Activate 2 menus under a Basic plan and unlimited menus under Pro. With both, you can create as many inactive menus as you like.

Preview a menu in the editor before anyone sees it.

A location's menus, each with a Live or Inactive switch and its own QR code and display link — Build Menus

Team

Your whole team, no seat limits

Invite as many team members as you need. Each one signs in under their own account.

Locations are unlimited too. Add a second venue. Add a fifth. There is no per-location fee.

The users list showing six team members with email addresses blurred, above an invite form — Build your team

Item catalog

A catalog built for drinks and food

Add every item type including beer, wine, cider, food, and coffee with the details that matter: description, picture, calories, and multiple sizes with pricing.

Toggle an item’s availability on or off without re-editing the whole item. Remove an item with a tap of a finger.

Drag items into the order you want inside a section. Drag one straight into another section.

One item can appear on several menus at once. Change its price in the catalog. Every menu carrying it changes too.

Record details such as the brewery, manufacturer, or producer, ABV, style, and serve type (tap, bottle, or can).

The item details form, with name, style, ABV, producer, description, and an image — Enter the details once

A featured wines list showing the details entered in the catalog — See them on the display

Onboarding

Self-serve onboarding

Sign up and Menu Tools creates a default location and menu for you automatically. There’s something to work with from the start.

Add a few items, publish, and your TV display with QR code are live in minutes.

Click the Sign up button to start customizing your own digital menu.

The create-account form, with business name and slug fields — Create your account