Menu QR Code Generator
Link your menu — a web page or a PDF — and print a code guests can scan at the table.
Fill in the form and your QR code shows up here.
Nothing you type is uploaded — the code is made in your browser. No watermark, no expiry.
What should the QR code open?
We add https:// for you if you leave it out.
Quick styles
Templates
For placing the code on your own design (PNG, SVG, PDF). Put it on a light background.
Gradient
PNG, JPG, WEBP or SVG, up to 10 MB. Blank edges are trimmed for you, and error correction switches to High.
Or pick an icon
Logo size
Background
A white shape behind the logo. Useful on a colored or transparent background, so the logo doesn’t blend in.
Space around the logo
Dots
Corner squares
Corner dots
Frame
Ideas
Icon before the label
Error correction
How much of the code can get damaged or covered and still scan: L 7%, M 15%, Q 25%, H 30%. Higher adds more squares, so the code gets denser. Auto uses M, or H when you add a logo.
White border (quiet zone)
A frame always keeps the standard border, so it never touches the code.
How it works
- 1
Put your menu online
A page on your website, or a PDF shared so anyone with the link can open it.
- 2
Paste the link
The page opens with a menu template. Pick another look if it doesn’t match your place.
- 3
Print and test
Scan the printed card from where a guest would sit before you put it on every table.
Web page or PDF?
Both work. A web page reads better on a phone: text wraps, nobody has to pinch and zoom. A PDF is quicker if you already have one from the printer.
If the PDF lives on Google Drive, set General access to “Anyone with the link”. Otherwise guests land on a “request access” page instead of your menu. Google shows where that setting is in its Drive sharing help. Easy check: open the link in a private browser window. If you can read the menu there, so can your guests.
Change the menu without reprinting
The code holds a link, not the menu. As long as the link stays the same, you can change what's behind it as often as you like.
- Your own website: link to a fixed address like
yoursite.com/menuand update that page. - Google Drive: upload the new PDF as a new version of the same file (Manage versions) instead of uploading a second file. A new file gets a new link, and your printed codes would still open the old menu.
Prices change, the link doesn't. That's the whole trick.
How big to print it
Short links make simpler codes, and simpler codes scan from further away. We measured two typical menu links:
| Menu link | Length | Grid (no logo) | Grid (with logo) | Print at least |
|---|---|---|---|---|
bistro-example.com/menu | 31 characters | 29 × 29 | 33 × 33 | 2.5 cm (3 cm with a logo) |
| A Google Drive PDF link | 82 characters | 37 × 37 | 49 × 49 | 3 cm (4 cm with a logo) |
Those minimums use a common rule of thumb of about 0.8 mm per square. For a table card, 4–5 cm is comfortable. For a window poster people read from 2 m away, aim for about 20 cm, a tenth of the distance, which is another rule of thumb.
Guests also ask for the WiFi. A WiFi QR code on the same card saves your staff a lot of spelling.
Before you print
- Scan the file you'll print. Upload it to our QR code scanner or point your phone at the screen. It should open your menu, not a login page.
- Try it on mobile data. A 20 MB PDF that's instant on the restaurant WiFi can take ages on a weak signal.
- Keep a few paper menus. Not every guest has a phone, or wants to use it at dinner.
Want reviews too? A Google review QR code on the bill folder works well.
Questions people ask
No. The camera app on recent iPhones and Android phones reads the code and opens the menu in the browser.
Yes, as long as the link stays the same. Update the page, or upload a new version of the same Drive file.
No. The link is stored in the code. It works as long as the menu page or file is online.
No. One code does one thing. Print a menu code and a WiFi code side by side, each with its own label.
SVG or PDF. They stay sharp at any size. PNG is fine for screens and social posts.
If the menu is on your own website, add UTM tags to the link and your analytics will count the visits. A Drive link can’t do that.