What Is a QR Menu? A Complete Setup Guide for Restaurants & Cafes (2026)

```# What Is a QR Menu? A Complete Setup Guide for Restaurants & Cafes (2026) How we built Sipariş Masanda — and what every restaurant owner needs to know about going digital If you've walked into a cafe recently and scanned a little square code on the table instead of picking up a laminated menu, you've already used a QR menu. But there's a lot more to it than just "a menu on your phone." In this guide, I'll cover: What a QR menu actually is (and how it works under the hood) Why restaurants are switching from paper menus How to set one up from scratch — for free What to look for as a developer if you're building one yourself What Is a QR Menu? A QR menu (also called a digital menu or contactless menu) is a web-based menu that customers access by scanning a QR code with their smartphone camera — no app download required. When a customer scans the code, their phone opens a URL pointing to a mobile-optimized page showing your restaurant's full menu: categories, items, photos, prices, and