Making a Restaurant Menu

A restaurant’s menu presents to the customers the dishes that are served.  It is very important for the menu to represent the restaurant in the most appealing and most profitable way. The restaurant menu should be professional and easy to read.

Choose the dishes and the prices of the dishes to be offered by the restaurant.

• Offer a specialty dish that is more expensive along with cheaper dishes.


• Offer low calorie dishes and vegetarian dishes.


• Offer discounted dishes for special, seniors and other groups.

Write the description of the dishes based on the type of the restaurant.

• Make notes on the menu for dishes that contains ingredients that some people might be allergic to.


• Items that are spicier than most of the dishes should be noted.


• Any dish that caters to special dietary needs should be noted.

Break down the menu into different sections.

• This could be style or the primary ingredients in the dish.


• Breakfast, lunch and dinner sections is a given.


• The specials available should be included in a special, interchangeable section.


• Beverage, desert and side items are usually in a section at the end of the menu.

Choose photos of the dishes for the menu.

• Use photos that will look like the finished dish.


• Use photos that will describe the dishes visually.

Use a menu design template that is available in a software program.

• Choose a font for the print that will be used on your menu.


• Choose the color that you will be using for your menu.


• Make a mockup of your restaurant menu before your finally print.


• Check for any misspelling and errors on your mockup menu.


• Print your restaurant menu or have it printed professionally.