Free QR Menu for Restaurants
Create your restaurant's QR menu free: one code on the table, your full menu on every guest's phone, and price updates that go live the second you save.
Scaanme is a free QR menu maker built for restaurants, cafes, and hotels across the Arab world. Build your digital menu once with categories, photos, prices, and dietary labels, then download the QR code and place it on tables, stands, or stickers. When a price changes, you edit it from your phone and the menu behind every QR on every table is already up to date.
Get Started FreeGenuinely free to start
The Lite plan costs $0 with no credit card required. Build your menu, print your QR, and serve guests today; upgrade only when your menu outgrows it.
Instant price updates
Change a price, add a seasonal dish, or hide a sold-out item from your phone. Changes reflect in real time, with no reprinting and no stickers over old prices.
45+ languages, Arabic first
Serve the same menu in Arabic and English side by side, with 45+ languages available and true right-to-left rendering.
Dietary labels and filters
Mark dishes vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or halal, and add your own custom labels so guests find what suits them without calling a waiter.
No app for your guests
The menu opens in the browser on any smartphone with a camera. Guests scan and read; nothing to download, nothing to install.
Printed menu vs PDF QR vs live QR menu
| Feature | Printed menu | PDF behind a QR | Scaanme live QR menu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price changes | Reprint every copy | Re-export and re-upload the file | Edit on your phone; live instantly |
| Languages | One language per print, or crowded columns | A separate file per language | Arabic and English side by side, 45+ languages |
| Hygiene and reprint cost | Handled by every guest, reprinted often | Contactless, but design costs continue | Contactless, with zero reprinting after the first QR |
| Taking orders via WhatsApp | Staff take every order by hand | A static file cannot take orders | Pair it with a Scaanme WhatsApp store and orders arrive in chat |
The PDF column describes any static file linked from a QR code; printing costs and workflows vary by print shop.
How to Start
Build your menu
Add categories, dishes, photos, prices, and dietary labels from your phone or laptop. No designer needed.
Set your languages
Turn on Arabic, English, and any languages your guests speak. One menu, one QR, every language.
Print your QR once
Download the QR code and print it on table tents or stickers. From then on, every update happens online, never on paper.
What is a QR menu?
A QR menu is a digital restaurant menu that opens on the guest's phone when they scan a small printed code on the table. Instead of a laminated card, the menu is a live web page: categories, dish photos, prices, and dietary information, always showing the current version because there is nothing printed to go out of date. Because it is a web page and not a file, a QR menu can do what paper never could. It switches languages for each guest, updates the moment the kitchen changes a price, and hides a dish the second it sells out. Guests need no app; any smartphone camera opens it instantly.
Why free matters for small restaurants
Margins in food service are unforgiving, and most digital menu tools ask for a monthly fee before the first guest ever scans. That equation pushes small restaurants back to paper, where every price change costs another print run. Scaanme's free Lite plan removes that decision entirely. It costs $0, needs no credit card, and gives a small menu everything it needs: a live page, a downloadable QR code, instant updates, and multi-language support. Start free and stay free while the menu is compact; move to a paid plan from $8/month only when you want higher item limits or extras like a custom domain. Your link stays the same as you grow, so the QR you printed keeps working.
From menu to WhatsApp order
A menu answers the question "what do you serve?"; the next question is "can I order?". Because your Scaanme QR menu lives on the same platform as the Scaanme WhatsApp store, the step from reading to ordering is one link, not a delivery-app commission. Pair the menu with a store and guests can browse your dishes, build their order, and send it to your WhatsApp as a complete message, whether they are sitting at a table, picking up takeaway, or asking for delivery from home. You confirm in chat and take payment your way: cash, transfer, or your own payment link. Scaanme takes no commission on any order, so the margin on every dish stays yours.
Frequently Asked Questions
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