Your menu, start to finish
Everything the menu editor does, and the order to do it in.
Your menu is what customers scan and what your AI waiter reads. Get it right once and both surfaces improve together.
The menu editor has four tabs: Dishes, Design, Add-ons, and Share. Here is a quick look at moving between them.
Bring your menu in
You do not have to type your menu from scratch. tamr reads it for you from whatever you already have:
- PDF. Upload your existing menu file.
- Photos. Snap or upload photos of printed menus.
- A link. Paste your website or a menu URL and tamr fetches it.
- Blank. Start empty and type, if you prefer full control.
- Your POS. Sync dishes, categories, and prices straight from your point of sale. See connect your POS →.
tamr turns any of these into structured dishes with names, prices, descriptions, and categories that you can then refine.
Edit dishes
Open a menu to add categories and dishes. For each dish you can set the price and any variants, write a description, mark allergens and dietary tags, add a photo, and list ingredients the waiter should know about. The more complete a dish is, the better the waiter answers questions about it.
Mark allergens accurately. The waiter escalates any allergy question to your team and leans on this data to keep customers safe. Always include the text label, never color alone.
Design the look
The Design tab controls branding: your logo, colors, fonts, and a cover image. Your menu should look like your restaurant, and the live phone preview updates as you go.
Publish and share
When a menu is ready, publish it and attach a waiter. The Share tab gives you a QR code to download and a link to copy. Customers only ever see published menus.
Last reviewed July 15, 2026