Quick start

The five steps to get your restaurant live, in order.


This is the fastest honest path from a new account to a working QR code your customers can scan. You can skip any step and come back to it later from your dashboard.

  1. 1
    Create your restaurant

    Sign up with your email, confirm the code we send you, and set a password. Then name your restaurant. This creates your workspace. See signing up and logging in →.

  2. 2
    Add your first location

    Give your branch a name, address, and timezone. The timezone matters: it decides where your reporting day starts and ends. One location is enough to go live. More on locations →.

  3. 3
    Bring your menu in

    Upload a PDF, drop in photos of your menu, paste a link to it, or start blank and type. tamr reads it and builds structured dishes with prices, descriptions, and categories you can edit. See importing a menu →.

  4. 4
    Choose your waiter's voice

    Pick a tone (warm, formal, or playful), set a greeting, and let the waiter learn from your menu. You can refine how it answers any time. See creating a waiter →.

  5. 5
    Publish and print your QR

    Publish the menu, attach the waiter, and download your QR code from the Share tab. Put it on the table. That is live. See publishing and your QR code →.

What "live" looks like

Once you publish, your dashboard home shows a setup progress ring and, as customers start scanning, an on-the-floor view of what is happening in near real time.

The tamr dashboard Overview page, showing the setup guide, items that need attention, and workspace summary cards
Your dashboard home once the first steps are done. Customer questions land here as they happen.
You don't have to finish everything first

A menu with a few dishes and a default waiter is enough to start learning from real questions. Publish early, then improve based on what customers actually ask. That is the whole point of tamr.

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Last reviewed July 15, 2026