The qartine blog
Practical tips to build, manage and profit from your QR menu — and bring in more guests.
A QR menu at the counter: bakeries, patisseries, coffee shops and snack bars
No tables, no waiters: does a QR menu make sense? Yes, especially at the counter: a range too big for the board, allergens to show, a queue waiting, passers-by at the window. Where to put the QR code and what to put in the menu.
Takeaway orders without commission: click & collect from your QR menu
Taking takeaway orders without a delivery platform or commission: how click & collect works from your own online menu, what to set up (prep time, pickup, payment) and how to let your customers know.
Food photos with a smartphone: a guide to a menu that makes people hungry
You don't need a photographer to illustrate your menu. Daylight, angle, background, consistency: the simple method for photographing your dishes on a phone in one afternoon, with photos that actually get ordered.
Table QR codes: size, placement and printing (a practical guide)
Your QR menu is live but nobody scans it? The problem is almost always the QR code itself: too small, badly placed, glossy, or with no call to action. The simple rules for a table QR code that scans first time.
Restaurant menu glossary: French, Dutch, English
The vocabulary of a restaurant menu translated across French, Dutch and English: sections, cooking methods, meat, fish, diets and drinks.
Going digital for your restaurant in 2026: where to start
QR menu, table ordering, Google reviews, analytics: the guide to digitizing your restaurant step by step, without breaking the bank or replacing every tool.
How to get more Google reviews for your restaurant
Google reviews decide where your future guests eat. How to collect more of them, at the right moment, without pestering guests — and what Google says about forbidden practices.
Paper menu or QR menu: the honest comparison for your restaurant
Cost, languages, updates, guest experience: what a QR menu does better than paper, where paper still wins, and why the two work together.
Free or paid QR menu: which should your restaurant choose?
Free QR generators, a scanned PDF or a real menu platform: what 'free' actually costs, and when a subscription pays for itself in the first month.
7 ways to raise your restaurant's average check
Photos, descriptions, placement, upsells: the menu-engineering levers that lift the average check — and how a QR menu switches them on effortlessly.
QR menu with no app: your guests just scan
Do guests need to download an app to read a QR menu? No. Here's why a QR menu opens in the browser, with no install, and what that means for your guests.
Taking table orders with a QR code
How to enable table ordering from your QR menu: per-table QR, live kitchen reception, and takeaway orders paid on pickup.
QR menus and allergens: what the regulation requires
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires 14 allergens to be declared. What that means for a restaurant: non-prepacked food, written or oral, and the Belgian, French and Dutch rules.
How to create a QR menu for your restaurant (2026 guide)
The step-by-step guide to building a multilingual QR menu, printing it and updating it live — no technical skills, in under 10 minutes.