QR code menu for your restaurant in South Africa
Put your menu behind a QR code you can update without reprinting. Diners scan with any phone camera, and you track every scan. Pay per code in rands.
Short answer
Create a dynamic QR code, point it at your menu (a PDF, a web page or a WhatsApp catalogue) and print it on table talkers. When prices change, update the link in ZELF and every printed code follows, so you never reprint. A code costs 1 credit, R0.71 to R1, and every scan is counted.
Paper menus get stained, go out of date the moment you change a price, and cost money to reprint every season. A QR code menu fixes all three: you print one small code for the table, and the menu behind it changes whenever you need it to.
Because ZELF codes are dynamic, the printed code never changes even when the link behind it does. That makes it safe to print on table talkers, window decals and takeaway bags once, then retarget it for a lunch special, a winter menu or a new venue.
How to put a restaurant menu behind a QR code
- 1 Create a QR code and name it after the venue, for example "Sea Point — table talkers".
- 2 Point it at your menu: a PDF, a Google Doc, your website menu page, or a WhatsApp catalogue link.
- 3 Download the PNG or copy the short link, then hand it to your printer or drop it into your table talker design.
- 4 When the menu changes, update the destination in ZELF. The printed code stays exactly the same.
- 5 Open the scan stats to see which days and referrers actually use the code.
Where restaurants print menu QR codes
Table talkers
One code per table, pointing at the current menu. Swap the lunch and dinner menu by time of day with a schedule rule.
Window and door decal
A single code on the glass so passers-by can read the menu before they come in.
Takeaway packaging
Print once on boxes and bags; retarget the code when your specials change instead of reprinting packaging.
Frequently asked questions
Do diners need an app to scan it?
No. Every modern iPhone and Android camera reads a QR code straight into the browser. A link to your menu is all it takes.
What if my menu changes every week?
Update the destination once and every printed code follows. You can also use a schedule rule to show the breakfast menu in the morning and the dinner menu at night.
Can I see how many people scanned?
Yes. Every scan is logged with the day, device type and referrer, and you can export the history to CSV.
QR Code Generator
QR codes in the client's colours that you can retarget after they're printed.
The client-work letter
One email a month: practical guides, product updates and what other South African solo agencies are charging. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.