One menu link that never goes out of date
Menus change: a new season, a price rise, a dish that sold out for good. The link to the menu should not. Put the menu behind one row on a restaurant hub, and the address on the card, the bio and the Google profile can stay the same while the file or page behind it is replaced.
What to put on it
The current menu, clearly labelled
One row for each menu you serve, named the way guests ask for it: Lunch, Dinner, Wine list. Link to the live version wherever it is hosted, and check after each change that the link opens the new one rather than last season's.
Allergens and dietary notes
If you publish allergen information or mark vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes, link to that document from its own row. Guests with allergies look for it before they book, and having it one tap away saves a phone call during service.
Prices and set menus
Make sure prices on the linked menu match the ones in the room. A set lunch, a tasting menu or a group menu each deserves a row with its price in the label, so a guest can decide before they open anything.
The next step after reading
Right under the menu, put the action it leads to: Book a table, Order for delivery, or Call us. A guest who has just chosen a dish should not have to hunt for the way to actually eat it.
Specials and what changes daily
A daily special, a market fish or a weekend brunch can sit in its own row, retitled when it changes. On Premium you can also tell Super Followers about it with a message from the hub, so regulars hear before they walk past.
What restaurants.Best does differently
Update once, everywhere
When the menu file changes, only the row on the hub needs editing. Every printed card, sticker and bio that carries the hub address keeps working, because the address never pointed at the old file in the first place. That spares a reprint each time a price moves.
Room for more than one menu
Lunch, dinner, drinks, desserts, a children's menu and an allergen list can each have a row, since links are unlimited on every plan. A guest scanning the page finds the one they want by its label, and nobody has to page through a long PDF on a phone.
Something extra for followers
A menu page is visited by people already thinking about a meal. On Pro, a private row such as the off-menu dish of the week or a set-menu code opens only for Super Followers, which gives a curious guest a reason to press the button and stay in touch.
How to set it up
Open a free hub
Start a Starter hub at restaurants.best/yourname. It is free forever and comes with unlimited links, so each menu you serve can have its own row without anyone counting how many are left.
Put the menu online somewhere
The hub links to the menu rather than replacing it. Host the menu on your website, as a shared PDF or on a delivery app, copy that link, and add it as a row on the hub with a plain label.
Order the rows
Put the menu first, the booking or ordering link straight after, then location and socials. On Pro, Prompt It can do this for you: ask it to put the menu at the top and the hub is rearranged.
Print the hub address, not the menu file
Use restaurants.best/yourname, or yourrestaurant.restaurants.best on Pro, on table cards, the window, the bio and the Google profile. When the menu changes, edit the row and leave every printed address as it is.
Questions
- Should my menu link point to a PDF?
- It can, but put the hub address in public places rather than the PDF's own link. PDF links change when a file is replaced or moved, and every printed copy then breaks. With the hub in between, only one row needs updating when the new file goes up.
- How do I add the menu to my Google profile?
- Google's business profile has a field for the restaurant's website; enter the hub address there, and the menu, bookings and delivery are one tap from search and maps. Check Google's own help pages for any separate menu options it offers in your country.
- Can I have different menus for lunch and dinner?
- Yes. Links are unlimited on every plan, so lunch, dinner, drinks and desserts can each be a row. Label them by the meal rather than by the file name, and remove a row when that menu is no longer served.
- Can I see how many people open the menu?
- On Pro, first-party click analytics show which rows on the hub guests tap, the menu included, so you can tell whether the dinner menu gets more attention than lunch. Premium adds advanced click and follower statistics. Analytics come with the paid plans rather than Starter.
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