for restaurants and cafés
A menu QR code you print once
The code on your table is ink. The menu behind it changes weekly. A Switchly code encodes a short link you control, so when the menu moves, you edit the link and every table tent, window sticker and laminated card follows - without reprinting any of them.
The moments it earns its keep
The menu changes
New prices, new dishes, a new PDF. Edit the link, and the code laminated into forty table tents now opens the new menu. The reprint you skipped pays for the year.
The special runs out
Point the code at the standard menu mid-service. Diners scanning at 8pm never see the dish that ran out at 7.
A wrong price goes out
On a static code that is a reprint and a bad week. On a dynamic one it is a thirty-second edit from your phone, between orders.
You want to know what works
The window code, the table code and the receipt code can be three links to the same menu - so the scan counts tell you which placement actually gets used.
Make it look like yours
The code itself takes your colours and your logo, with a contrast check that warns before you print something a phone camera cannot read in low light - which matters at a candle-lit table. Download a true SVG, so the same file is sharp on a receipt and on the window. You can try the designer free, without an account; codes made there are static, and connecting one to an editable link is what an account adds.
A typical restaurant needs a menu link, a bookings link and a reviews link. The free plan covers all three - 100 links, 5,000 tracked scans a month, unlimited QR codes and unlimited destination changes, no card. If you outgrow it, plans start at $15 a month.
questions
Can I change my menu without reprinting the QR codes?
Yes, that is the whole point. The code on the table encodes a short link, not the menu's address, so when the menu changes you edit where the link points and every printed code follows. Laminated menus, window stickers and table tents keep working through every reprint of the menu itself.
What happens when I update prices or dishes?
If the code points at a PDF or a page you re-upload, point the link at the new version and the old one is unreachable within seconds. Diners scanning mid-service get the current menu; nobody ever sees a cached wrong price because the link is resolved fresh on every scan.
Can I see how many people scan the menu?
Yes - every scan is counted, with the day, the device and where in the world it came from. You learn which tables scan, whether the window sticker outperforms the table tent, and how scans move across the week. A static code tells you none of this.
Do I need a new QR code for lunch and dinner menus?
No. One code can serve both: point it at whichever menu is current, and change it as service turns over. Many places simply point the code at a page listing both menus, which needs no changes at all.
How big should the QR code be on a table tent or window?
At least 2cm square for a scan at arm's length, and bigger the further away people stand - a window sticker read from the pavement wants more. Download the SVG rather than the PNG for print, so size costs you no sharpness.
What does it cost for a restaurant?
Usually nothing. The free plan is 100 links and 5,000 tracked scans and clicks a month, which covers a menu, a bookings link and a reviews link with room to spare. No card, and it does not expire.