ordable/ alternative for restaurants: a menu that takes the order, live in minutes
ala.menu makes your restaurant’s own menu take the order in minutes, beside the till you already have: delivery by area, cards through your bank, Whish or cash, and an order board, at 0% commission. The diner installs no app and opens no account, carries your loyalty card in their wallet and stays your customer, and The Protein Bar takes cards through its own bank on theprotein-bar.com.
For a restaurant that wants its menu taking orders this week, with cards through its own bank, delivery by area and a Wallet loyalty card at 0% commission, ala.menu is the stronger choice.
0% commission on every plan.
Why ala.menu, for a restaurant in Lebanon
Live in minutes, without a sales call
Send a PDF or a photo of the printed menu and the AI builder types it up. You are publishing the same afternoon, without anyone quoting you first.
The till stays the till
Nothing on the till changes. On Business, the POS Catalog Sync API keeps prices, stock, new items and photos on the menu in step with it.
Cards through your bank
Cash, Whish Pay, a Whish, OMT or bank transfer you confirm, or cards through your own gateway: CyberSource with NetCommerce or another bank, Areeba MPGS, Stripe or PayPal. On Plus.
Delivery priced by area
Delivery can be priced four ways: by named area, by distance rings, by shapes drawn on the map, or by postal codes and prefixes, each zone with its own fee and minimum order. On Plus.
No app, no account
The diner opens your menu from the link or the QR, orders and pays on the page, and carries your loyalty card in the wallet the phone already has. Loyalty is on Pro.
Arabic, and 20 other languages
Publish the menu in Arabic with full native right-to-left rendering on the free plan. A diner-facing language switcher, with AI translation into 20 other languages, is on Plus.
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Switching, or starting
1. Send the menu you have
A PDF, a photo in JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC, or up to 15,000 characters of pasted text. It comes back built, free.
2. Turn on what you use
WhatsApp ordering on Free. A website checkout with delivery zones and an order dashboard on Plus.
3. Keep your gateway
Payments run on your own gateway credentials, so nothing settles through us.
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, answered
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 print the QR. Ordering switches on from the dashboard.
Can I move my catalogue over?
Yes. Send a PDF, a photo of the printed menu in JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC, or up to 15,000 characters of pasted text, and the AI builder rebuilds it, free. Most menus take minutes.
Can I keep my POS?
Yes. The till stays where it is and the menu takes the order in front of it. On Business, the POS Catalog Sync API keeps prices, stock, new items and photos on the menu in step with the till, and orders reach the kitchen on the order board, Telegram or WhatsApp.
Can diners pay by card through my bank?
Yes, on Plus. Cards go through your own gateway: CyberSource with NetCommerce or another bank, Areeba MPGS, Stripe or PayPal, beside cash, Whish Pay and a Whish, OMT or bank transfer you confirm. The money settles between you and your gateway, never through ala.menu.
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.
What does it cost?
The menu, the templates, your Page and WhatsApp ordering are free with no card. Website ordering with a dashboard is Plus; a custom domain and loyalty are Pro. Plus is $49 a location a month and Pro $99. 0% commission on every plan.
Publish first. Pay when it earns it.
Send us the menu you already have and see it live before you decide anything.
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