How to make a menu on your phone without using an app

To deliver a modern and also fast experience, many restaurants and bars have been betting on digital versions of the menu. Porém, construir esse menu online pode ser um desafio para quem não sabe como fazer cardápio no celular.

So, to keep you from running into that barrier and to help you win over your customers – and improve your operation too – here's how to do it. And the best part: without your customers having to install any app on their smartphones.

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The advantages of a good menu

Only someone who has been to a restaurant or bar and spent several minutes trying to find an item without success knows how much a good menu makes a difference.

And of course you don't want your customers to have that kind of experience. So having a good menu is essential.

A great ally in this task is engenharia de cardápio. Com ela, você faz com que your menu highlights the items that are most valuable for your business and also the ones customers look for most.

Beyond that, a menu that is easy to read, with clear information and appealing photos, means fewer wrong orders. Swaps, returns and even leaving an item or part of it uneaten create waste – in other words, more costs for your business.

That is why paying attention to the menu is essential. It can give your customers a great dining experience, speed up the whole item preparation process and, of course, bring them back more often. The result is a restaurant with more customers and lower costs.

Why have an online menu

And when it comes to the digital menu, all of these advantages and benefits are amplified. The biggest upside lies in cost reduction and a better customer experience.

With the online version of the menu, you can update it very easily and without big costs. No more printing new versions every time you change an item's price or add a new dish. Just update the online version — far easier, faster and cheaper.

It also cuts costs in the operation itself in a very simple way: through self-service. With the Online menu paired with a digital tab, customers can browse the items and place their own orders, reducing the investment needed in staff and service infrastructure.

And the result of it all is a modern, intuitive experience in which your customers face fewer lines, get faster service and run no risk of having an order mixed up or forgotten.

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How to make a menu on your phone without an app

Now that you know how important a good menu is for your restaurant or bar, it is time to understand how to make a menu on your phone.

You can do it right from your smartphone or, better yet, with a tool that connects to the management system your establishment uses.

Using an online editing tool

Even without downloading an app or installing software, you can make small edits to image files you can use as a menu. One example is Canva, a popular tool for simple, quick image editing.

It can be installed and used as an app or accessed online on the platform's website. That way you can make small tweaks and create simple, effective designs, but still with limited features – especially in the free version.

Using EPOC GO

The previous method has its advantages, but it also comes with restrictions. The main one is that it is only a tool for editing the menu, but one that makes it connected to other systems and areas of your restaurant or bar.

For that, you need a solution that connects to the Management system your establishment uses. That way, when you update the digital menu, it automatically syncs with the POS, inventory, kitchen and KDS.

One example of this type of solution, which lets you build a menu on your phone without using a dedicated editing app, is EPOC, which includes EPOC GO. Nele, você edit the items, adjust the prices and make the menu available so your customers can view it on their smartphones simply and intuitively, using the QR Code.

And there is more: it also lets your customers go ahead and place the order and pay for it with their phone without having to install any app. This speeds up the operation, cuts service costs and prevents waste and order mistakes.

To learn more about how EPOC and EPOC GO can help your restaurant or bar reach higher sales and greater operational efficiency, Talk to one of our specialists.