Digital menu for restaurants: QR, AI builder, 21 languages
Send the menu you already have (a PDF, a photo of the printed card, or just a description) and it comes back as a digital menu at your own link, with a QR code for the tables. It takes minutes. The menu, the templates and the QR are on the free plan, with no card.
What you get on the free plan
Built from what you already have
A PDF, up to five photos of the printed menu, or a written description. The AI builder types it all up: items, prices, descriptions, sections. There is no monthly quota on it.
Your own link
ala.menu/yourname, not a random string. A custom domain is Pro, and the ala.menu link keeps working either way.
More than 20 premium templates
Cuisine-specific layouts, 13 item card designs, fonts, colours and gradients. All of the design side, on Free.
Photos, modifiers and allergens
Item photos, add-on groups with min and max, dietary and allergen filters, and nutrition facts on items. Free.
Any of 21 languages as your base
Publish the menu in Arabic, French, Turkish or any of the 21, free, with real right-to-left rendering for Arabic. Letting a diner switch between languages, with AI translation, is Plus.
Change it from your phone
Edit a price at 11pm and the menu is right at 11:01. No reprint, no designer, no waiting.
Live in three steps
1. Send the menu
PDF, photo, or type a description of what you serve. It comes back built.
2. Make it yours
Pick a template, drop in your logo and colours, reorder the sections.
3. Print the QR
One code for the tables and one link for the bio. Both survive every later edit.
A PDF menu, and a digital one
| PDF on a QR | ala.menu | |
|---|---|---|
| Reading it on a phone | Pinch, zoom, give up | Built for the phone it opens on |
| Changing a price | Redesign, re-export, reprint the code | Edit it, done, same code |
| Photos | Whatever fits the page | Every item, if you want |
| Another language | A second PDF to keep in sync | A switcher on the same menu |
| Ordering | None | WhatsApp on Free, a full checkout on Plus |
| What you learn | Nothing | Views, unique visitors, the most tapped item |
Digital menus, answered
How long does it take?
Minutes. You send a PDF or a photo of the printed menu, the AI builder reads it and lays out the items, prices and sections, and you fix whatever it got wrong. Most of the time is spent choosing a template.
Is it really free?
Yes, and it is a plan rather than a trial. The menu, the templates, the design controls, item photos, modifiers, allergen filters, WhatsApp ordering, your Page and a QR code are all on Free, with no credit card. Website ordering with a dashboard is Plus.
Can it read my PDF menu properly?
Usually, including multi-column layouts and prices in a separate column. You can also send up to five photos of a printed menu instead, or skip both and describe what you serve. Whatever it misreads you can fix in the editor in seconds.
Do my customers need an app?
No. They scan the QR or tap your link and the menu opens in the browser they already have. Nothing to download, no account.
Can I have the menu in Arabic?
Yes, on the free plan, and it is real right-to-left rendering with a loaded Arabic webfont rather than a mirrored English layout. What Plus adds is a switcher so a diner can move between languages, with AI translation into 21 of them.
What happens when I change my prices?
The menu updates immediately and the printed QR code does not change. The code points at a short address that is allocated once and never reissued, so nothing you print ever goes stale.
Send us the menu you have
A PDF, a photo, or a sentence about what you serve. It comes back as a menu you own, free.
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