PDF menu or online menu: which should you choose?
A web page fits the text to the phone screen and lets you change a dish without reworking the whole document. A PDF preserves a fixed layout, which is useful for printing. LFMenu provides a web menu and a printable view, but does not publish your PDF file directly.
LFMenu editorial team, Ludovic Frank ·
Read a menu on a small screen
A PDF designed for an A4 sheet may require zooming and moving around the page to read prices. A web menu arranges its text to fit the available width. Whichever option you choose, test long names, descriptions and variants on your phone.
Change a price and keep the link
With a PDF, you edit the document and replace the published file, taking care to keep its address. With LFMenu, you change the dish directly in the editor and wait for confirmation that it has saved. The public link and QR code stay the same. You can export your data as JSON or CSV from the editor.
Bring over text from an existing document
Copy selectable text from your document or PDF and paste it into the importer. For example, put STARTERS on one line, followed by House salad 10.50 on the next. Choose the currency and decimal separator, run the analysis, and check the sections, dishes and prices before confirming. Importing creates a new menu.
Understand the importer's limits
LFMenu cannot read photos or scanned PDFs: there is no optical character recognition. The document’s layout and images are not imported. Columns, prices on their own and long lines can be misinterpreted. Read the warnings, correct the results and check whether any part of a large text was cut off. Each import creates a separate menu.
Check accessibility and prepare your paper menu
A web page lets customers select text and browse sections, but its quality also depends on your choices: clear names, useful descriptions and readable contrast. Check the menu using a keyboard and with enlarged text. For service or the window, use LFMenu's A4 view and reprint it when the information changes.
Further reading
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How to print and test a restaurant QR code
Choose PNG or SVG, preserve contrast and clear margins, then test your QR code on paper before putting it on your tables.
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Create a multilingual restaurant menu
Prepare translations in French, English, German, Spanish and Italian, check how missing translations use the original language, and keep a single QR code.