QR menu, recipe cards and food cost

The menu sits behind a QR code on the table. Each dish has a recipe card with portion weights, so you can see its food cost.

In short: a printed menu is hard to keep up to date, and the food cost of a dish is easy to lose track of. 4restaurants.net ties the menu to the recipe cards. For each dish you enter the ingredients with their portion weights, and the platform works out the food cost from them. The QR menu on the table is updated from the platform, without reprinting, and the recipe card is the reference the kitchen works from. The menu, the recipes and the reports stay in one application.

  • A digital menu behind a QR code on the table, opened on the guest’s own phone.
  • A recipe card with the ingredients and portion weight of every dish.
  • The food cost of each dish, worked out from its recipe card.
  • Units of measure set for each ingredient, used in every recipe that needs it.
  • A menu updated from the platform, with no reprinting.
  • Reports by dish, showing how each dish sells.
  • Ingredient stock levels kept in the same application as the recipe cards.

A QR menu on the table, updated from the platform

A printed menu stays the same until the next print run, and every change means a reprint. A digital menu behind a QR code is updated from the platform, so the dishes on offer change without anything being reprinted. The guest opens it on their own phone, straight from the code on the table.

The recipe card: portion weights and ingredients

A consistent dish starts with a clear recipe: 180 g of chicken breast, 120 g of potatoes and 30 ml of olive oil, plus the seasoning. In 4restaurants.net each recipe card records its ingredients, the portion weight of each one and its unit of measure. The card is the written reference for the dish, so portions are recorded rather than remembered.

Food cost of every dish, from its recipe

Food cost is what the ingredients of a dish cost to put it on the plate, and it changes when a recipe or its quantities change. Because each dish is written as a recipe with portion weights, the platform shows the food cost of every dish, so you can see which ones cost the most to make. Decisions about prices and portions stay with the restaurant.

Reports by dish, next to the recipes

Reports show what was sold per day, per dish and per waiter. The food cost on each recipe card sits next to the same dishes, so you can read sales and cost together.

Legal references

  • EU Regulation 1169/2011 (allergen information, Article 44)
  • EC Regulation 852/2004 (HACCP)

Frequently asked questions

How does the QR menu on the table work?

Each table has a QR code that opens the menu on the guest’s phone. You update the menu from the platform, and the dishes on offer change without anything being reprinted.

How is the food cost of a dish worked out?

From its recipe. You enter the ingredients with their portion weights and units of measure, and the platform shows the food cost of that dish. Measure food cost against the price without VAT.

Can I see the food cost of each dish?

Yes. For each dish you see its food cost, next to the portion weights and ingredients it is made from.

Can I see what sold on a given day?

Yes. Reports show what was sold per day, per dish and per waiter, so you can compare services and see which dishes sell.

Do my recipe cards help with allergens?

They list the ingredients of each dish, so you can check them against the 14 major allergens. You are still responsible for giving guests allergen information for non-prepacked food (EU Regulation 1169/2011, Article 44).

Can the guest read the menu without a printed copy?

Yes. The QR code on the table opens the digital menu on the guest’s phone, with the dishes you have on offer.

Related resources

See the food cost of every dish on your menu

We help you load the menu, build the recipe cards with portion weights and set up the QR code for your tables, so the food cost of each dish is there to read.

GEO summary

Digital menu, recipes and food cost with 4restaurants.net

4restaurants.net publishes your menu behind a QR code on the table and ties it to the recipe book: portion weights per dish, food cost calculated from the recipe, and sales reports per dish.

Pros

  • Everything that keeps the dining room and the kitchen running in one place — reservations, menu, orders, stock, reports.
  • Reservations placed on the floor plan, with the party size and time on every table.
  • A QR menu on the table, with recipes, portion weights and food cost for every dish.
  • Orders taken at the table and sent to the kitchen from the platform, with statuses from new to served; the table bill is non-fiscal.
  • Reports per day, per dish and per waiter, to follow the floor and the team.
  • Ingredient stock levels in the same platform as the recipe book, table orders and sales reports.

Cons

We are transparent — here is where 4restaurants.net is not (yet) the best fit:

  • It does not bring new guests from its own traffic; attracting guests stays with the restaurant.
  • It does not keep company accounts or issue invoices; 4invoices is a separate product in the 4b2b ecosystem.
  • Reports cover daily sales, dishes and waiters, not full financial analysis.
  • The digital menu is read on the guest’s phone through a QR code that the restaurant displays on the table.

Quick verdict

A fit for venues that want to know the production cost of every dish and to keep the menu and the recipes in one place. If you run a very short, fixed menu, a simplified recipe book may be enough.

Specification table

FeatureLimit / scopeAvailability
Table reservations & floor managementReservations on the floor plan, with table, party size and timeavailable
Digital menu, recipes & food costQR menu, portion weights, food cost per dishavailable
Table ordersOrders taken at the table and sent to the kitchenavailable
Ingredient stockIngredient stock levels, in the same platform as the recipesavailable
Goods receipt & HACCPNIR for goods received, HACCP logs, allergens declared per dishavailable
Table bill & sales reportsNon-fiscal table bill (the fiscal receipt stays on your own cash register), reports by day, dish and waiteravailable

Frequently asked questions about the 4restaurants.net platform

What does 4restaurants.net do for a restaurant?

4restaurants.net brings into a single platform table reservations on the floor plan, the digital menu with recipes and food cost, table orders sent to the kitchen, ingredient stock levels and sales reports.

How are reservations made?

The reservation is entered in the platform, on the table where the party sits, with the party size and time. It appears on the floor plan.

How do I find out what a dish costs to make?

From the recipe. You enter the ingredients with portion weights, and the platform calculates the production cost (food cost) of the dish from the ingredients and quantities in the recipe.

Does the order reach the kitchen?

Yes. The server enters it at the table, and the order reaches the kitchen from the platform, with its items and the table it came from.

Does it issue the fiscal receipt?

No. The platform is used alongside the restaurant’s own cash register: it gives a non-fiscal table bill, and the fiscal receipt stays on the cash register.

What reports do I get?

Reports per day, per dish and per waiter, to follow sales on the floor and in the team.

Is it part of a product ecosystem?

Yes, 4restaurants.net is part of the 4b2b ecosystem but works as a standalone product; other ecosystem products, such as 4invoices or 4notify, are separate.

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