Digital menus for pastry shops and bakeries: how Menuyo helps at the counter and on the terrace

A pastry shop lives on freshness. What comes out of the oven at seven in the morning is gone from the display case by three in the afternoon, the cake of the day changes daily and someone always wants to know whether a pastry contains nuts. A printed price list struggles to keep up.

A digital menu with a QR code solves much of this: it shows what is available right now, the correct prices and the allergens in every product, and it changes in seconds. Here is how Menuyo helps pastry shops, bakeries and tea rooms day to day.

What makes a pastry shop menu hard

• Lots of products, few words. Cakes, savouries, bread, hot drinks, juices. The names mean little to anyone who is not a regular.
• Products that run out. Best-sellers are gone by mid-afternoon, and guests only find out at the counter.
• Allergens in almost everything. Gluten, eggs, milk and nuts are in most pastries — and the information has to be available.
• Prices that move. Butter, eggs and chocolate go up, and reprinting the price list every time costs time and money.
• Guests from everywhere. Visitors want to know what a pastel de nata, a bola de Berlim or a travesseiro actually is.

Show what is available — and flag what has sold out

The Today screen lists your products with a switch to mark each one sold out. Out of butter croissants? One tap and they show as sold out on the menu, so the guest reading it at the table does not order them. The next day, switch them back on.

Because the QR code always points to the live menu, there is nothing to reprint and no new link.

The cake of the day and afternoon combos

Under Special menu you create highlights that appear at the top of the menu: the cake of the day, a seasonal suggestion or an afternoon combo (coffee + pastry + juice) at a fixed price. Each special can have several courses with options, a short note and a schedule — breakfast only, for example, or afternoons only.

Allergens without the headache

In a pastry shop, "does this contain gluten?" is a daily question. In Menuyo you tick the 14 mandatory allergens on each product and add tags such as vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free. Guests see the codes on the menu and the full list when they open the product.

If you are not sure what the law requires, read the 14 allergens your menu must show.

Breakfast, lunch and afternoon, each at its own time

Many pastry shops serve toast and breakfast in the morning, soup and toasties at lunch and pastries in the afternoon. With Menuyo's schedules, each category or product appears only when it is actually available. A guest arriving at four does not see the lunch menu.

A design that suits a pastry shop

The Nordic template was made for specialty coffee shops and bakeries: stone tones, hairline rules and calm reading, without relying on photos. If you have good photos of your cakes, Fresco uses rounded photo cards and a light grid, ideal for cafés and brunch. In both, you adjust colours, fonts and your logo to match your brand.

A printed price list for the counter

Nobody at the counter wants to take out their phone to check the price of a coffee. In Print menu you create a price list from the same digital menu — the compact one-page A4 works well by the till or in the window, and the takeaway sheet includes the QR code for orders. When a price changes, update it in Menuyo and print again.

Explain the classics to visitors

A tourist will not know what a pastel de Tentúgal is. With the menu in several languages, the name can stay in Portuguese while the description explains the rest: "Paper-thin, crisp pastry filled with sweet egg cream." Guests pick their language with a tap. More ideas in how to translate your menu for tourists.

Where to start

1. List your regular products and their prices.
2. Group them into categories: Pastries, Savouries, Bread, Hot drinks, Cold drinks.
3. Tick the allergens for each product.
4. Choose the Nordic or Fresco template and add your logo.
5. Print the QR code for your tables and a price list for the counter.

Our step-by-step guide shows every screen in detail.

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