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Menu maker

A restaurant menu maker that starts from the menu you already have

Most menu makers hand you a blank canvas and wish you luck. MenuFly reads the menu you are using today — a photo, a PDF, a Word file — and rebuilds it as a digital menu and a print-ready PDF you can edit in minutes.

Start from something, not nothing

Upload your current menu and skip the typing

Typing 90 dishes into a form is why most menu projects die at item 20. Send us the menu you print today and we structure the sections, names, descriptions and prices for you.

  • Reads photos, PDFs, Word files and spreadsheets
  • Keeps your sections, order and price formatting
  • Bulk edit prices — raise a whole category by 5% in one go
  • Drag to reorder dishes and sections
  • One item list drives both digital and print
Upload your menu
Saffron House
Draft · last edited 2 minutes ago
TandoorCurriesBreadsSweets
From the tandoor
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Malai Paneer Tikka
Veg · 8 pieces
₹319
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Murgh Malai Kebab
6 pieces
₹379
Auto-saved · ready to publish
Curries
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Dal Makhani
Veg · Slow cooked
₹289
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Laal Maas
Very spicy
₹449
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Kadhai Subz
Veg · Jain available
₹259
In the builder

Everything you need to keep a menu current

Built for the person who actually updates the menu — usually the owner, at 11 pm.

Plain-language editing

Type a dish the way you would say it. No layers, no text boxes, no fighting with alignment.

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Bulk price changes

Select a category, apply a percentage or a flat amount, and every dish updates at once.

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Your brand, applied once

Set your logo, two colours and a font pairing. Every layout and export picks them up.

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Photo handling done for you

Drop in a phone photo — we straighten, crop to a consistent ratio and compress it.

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Roles for your team

Give a manager permission to mark items sold out without letting them edit prices.

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Version history

Every publish is saved. Roll back to last month’s menu if a change was a mistake.

Workflow

Four steps from old menu to new

1

Upload

Send a photo or PDF of your current menu. We extract the items, prices and sections into an editable list.

2

Refine

Correct anything the reader misheard, rewrite tired descriptions and tag the veg, vegan and spicy dishes.

3

Style

Pick a template, drop in your logo and colours, and decide which dishes get photos and chef’s-pick badges.

4

Publish

Push it live as a QR menu and export the matching print PDF in the same click.

Choosing a tool

What to look for in a restaurant menu maker

Design tools like Canva or Illustrator can make a beautiful menu. They are a poor fit for a menu you have to change, because the item list only exists as text boxes on a page. Change a price and you are editing artwork.

The item list should be the source of truth

In a proper menu maker, a dish is a record — name, description, price, tags, photo. Layouts read from that record. That is what makes it possible to publish a digital menu, an A4 print PDF and a table tent from one edit, with no chance of the three disagreeing.

It has to survive a price rise

  • Bulk edits, so a supplier increase does not mean 40 separate changes
  • Version history, so you can see what a dish cost last quarter
  • Instant publish, so the change reaches the table before the next order

It should know what a menu is

Allergen tags, veg and Jain markers, spice levels, sold-out states, portion sizes, time-based sections — a generic design tool has none of these concepts, so you end up faking them with symbols and a legend nobody reads.

And it should get out of the way

The person updating your menu is usually the owner, late at night, on a laptop with one hand on a delivery invoice. If a change takes more than a minute, the menu goes stale. That is the whole design brief.

FAQ

Questions we get asked most

Do I need design skills to use it?

No. Pick a template, add your logo and colours, and the layout is handled for you. Everything you type stays inside a design that a professional laid out.

What file types can I upload to start?

Photos taken on a phone, scanned PDFs, exported PDFs, Word documents, Excel sheets and CSVs. If it lists dishes and prices, we can usually read it.

How accurate is the menu reading?

On a clear photo or a text PDF it is close to exact. Handwritten specials and heavily stylised type need a few corrections, which is why we always show you the extracted list before anything goes live.

Can more than one person edit the menu?

Yes. Invite your team and choose what each person can do — some restaurants let managers toggle sold-out items but keep price editing with the owner.

Does the menu maker also produce a printed menu?

Yes. The same item list exports as a print-ready PDF with bleed, crop marks and 300 DPI images, in A4, A5, letter or booklet layouts.

Can I export my data if I leave?

Yes. Your full item list downloads as CSV at any time, and your PDFs are yours to keep.

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