Foodics alternative in Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan: keep the till, add the menu that takes orders
ala.menu puts a menu that takes the order in front of the till you already have, live in minutes: delivery by area, cards through your bank, Whish or cash, an order board, and prices and stock synced from your POS by API, at 0% commission. The diner installs no app and opens no account, carries your loyalty card in their wallet and stays your customer, as Pegasus Pet Center’s catalogue follows its till in Beirut and Accra.
For a restaurant that wants to keep its till and have its own menu take the order in Arabic, with a Wallet loyalty card and an AI waiter, ala.menu is the stronger choice.
0% commission on every plan.
What sits on top of the till
A menu that takes the order
Here the diner builds an order, picks a delivery zone, and it lands on a live board, on Plus, at 0% per order.
A menu a person can read
A till stores every size and every crust as its own product. Here size and crust are modifier groups on one item, which is how a person reads a menu.
Arabic, properly
Full native right-to-left rendering with a real Arabic webfont, free as your base language, with AI translation into 20 other languages on Plus.
Loyalty and a customer list
A punch card or a spend milestone with the card in Apple and Google Wallet, on Pro, and a customer list with real phone numbers and order history on Plus.
The till stays the till
On Business, a POS API keeps the menu in sync with the catalogue in your till.
Free to try alongside
Nothing has to be switched off to see whether this helps. Build the menu free, put it in the bio, and keep the till exactly as it is.
Already running on ala.menu.
Kraft Signature
Bakery & pastry · Beirut
Uplifting Bites
Healthy snacks · Haret Sakher
six of its branches · Since 1941
Fakhani Gourmet
Gourmet deli · Beirut
Joy Beirut
Coffee, flowers & gifts · Beirut
Yoki Sushi
Sushi cloud kitchen · Baghdad
2 countries
Pegasus Pet Center
Pet shop & clinic · Beirut · Accra
Bunbastic
Burgers & subs · Zouk Mikael
Adding it in three steps
1. Send or photograph the menu
A PDF, a photo of the printed card in JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC, or up to 15,000 characters of pasted text. The AI builder rebuilds it, free.
2. Collapse the POS rows into modifiers
Sizes and crusts become options on one item instead of separate products. This is the part that makes it readable.
3. Turn on ordering
WhatsApp on Free, or a website checkout with zones and an order board on Plus. The till keeps doing what it does.
What you get
Ordering
- Website ordering with delivery zonesPlus
- WhatsApp orderingFree
- Order board with statusesPlus
- Live order tracking for dinersPlus
Customers and marketing
- Loyalty stamps with Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passesPro
- Offers and promo codesPlus
- Review collectionPlus
- Customer listPlus
- Customer CSV exportPro
- Order and sales analyticsPlus
Design and menu
- More than 20 templatesFree
- 11 item card layoutsFree
- 53 fontsFree
- QR designer, 4 dot patternsPlus
- Arabic menus, right to leftFree
- AI translation, 21 languages including yoursPlus
- AI menu builder from a PDF or photoFree
Brand and domains
- Custom domainPro
- White label, no "Powered by" badgeBusiness
- Branches, priced per locationPlus
Team and integrations
- Team rolesPro
- POS sync and APIBusiness
- AI waiterPlus
What it costs
- Price
- Plus $49 a location a month, Pro $99, Free to start; 0% commission on every plan.
ala.menu beside the till, answered
Can I run both?
Yes, and most restaurants in this position should. The till stays exactly where it is. This is the link in the bio, the QR on the table and the order that arrives without anyone answering a phone.
Can my POS sync prices and stock to the menu?
Yes, on Business. The POS Catalog Sync API takes prices, stock, new items and photos from your till, a field you edit by hand stays the way you set it, and nothing is ever deleted through the API. Your POS, or a developer working for you, calls it; for Pegasus Pet Center we wrote the connector that reads its till.
How fast can I be live?
The same day. Send the menu as a PDF, a photo or pasted text and the AI builder rebuilds it; you check it, publish it and put the link in your bio. Ordering switches on from the dashboard.
Do diners need an app or an account?
No. The menu is a web page: the diner opens it from your link or QR, orders and pays without installing anything or signing up. The loyalty card goes to the wallet the phone already has, and the number the diner types is yours.
Is the Arabic real Arabic?
Yes. The menu renders right to left natively with a loaded Arabic webfont. Publishing in Arabic is free; offering diners a switcher between languages, with AI translation into 20 other languages, is Plus.
What does it cost?
Free to start with no card: the menu, the templates, your Page and WhatsApp ordering. Website ordering with a dashboard is Plus; a custom domain and loyalty are Pro. Plus is $49 a location a month and Pro $99.
Keep the till. Fix the front door.
Send us your menu and see it rebuilt on ala.menu before you change anything.
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