Should you keep the paper menu or switch to a QR code menu? Let’s compare the two for hospitality.
The paper menu
Familiar and phone-free, but costly to reprint, quickly outdated and hard to keep hygienic.
The QR code menu
Endlessly editable, cheap, contactless and multilingual. It requires a smartphone — which almost every guest has.
The comparison
- Cost: QR (free updates) beats paper.
- Updates: instant with QR, reprint with paper.
- Hygiene: QR is contactless.
- Accessibility: paper needs no phone.
The best of both
Many restaurants keep a few paper menus and roll out QR everywhere. A restaurant menu plaque on each table covers the essentials.
For everything, read our QR code menu guide.