A digital menu that looks like your printed menu

Your menu is part of your brand: the typography, the photos, the layout. Generic QR menu apps turn it into a plain list. A flipbook keeps your design exactly as it is. Guests swipe through the pages on their phone, zoom in on the small print, and see the same menu they would hold in their hands.

How to make a digital menu

  1. Export your menu as a PDF. Use the file you send to the printer, or export a lighter version for faster loading on mobile data.
  2. Upload it to Instant Flipbook. The menu is converted into a mobile-friendly flipbook in about a minute.
  3. Add links. Link to your reservation page, your delivery service, your allergen information, or your wine list.
  4. Put it on your website at an easy address such as yourrestaurant.com/menu/, and create a QR code for that address.

Why host your menu on your own website

  • The QR code never breaks. The QR code points to your own domain, not to an app that might change its terms, raise its prices, or shut down. Print the code once and keep it for years.
  • Update without reprinting. New season, new prices? Convert the new PDF and replace the files. The address and the QR codes on your tables stay the same.
  • Better for local search. Guests who search for your restaurant and read your menu do it on your website, which helps your site rather than a third-party menu platform.
  • No monthly fee. You pay once per menu flipbook. There is no subscription per table, per location, or per scan.

Ideas for restaurants, cafés, and hotels

  • Food, drinks, and wine lists as separate flipbooks, each with its own QR code.
  • Seasonal and holiday menus, event and catering menus, and set menus for groups.
  • Hotel room-service menus and in-room guest directories.
  • A menu flipbook embedded on your website's menu page, so visitors never have to download a PDF.

Tips for a menu that reads well on a phone

  • Use one menu page per PDF page, in portrait format. Phones show one page at a time.
  • Keep body text at 10 pt or larger in your design. Guests can zoom, but they should not have to.
  • Add a table of contents (starters, mains, desserts, drinks) so guests can jump straight to a section.
  • Save images at 72 to 150 DPI. A menu does not need print resolution on screen, and a light file loads quickly on mobile data.

For agencies and designers

If you design menus for hospitality clients, the digital menu is an easy extra: same PDF, new deliverable. The flipbook is white-label, so you can host it on the client's website under their brand.