How to create your tables and their QR codes

What a table QR code is

Every table you create gets its own public address, in the format qmen.us/your-restaurant/t/7/. The table QR code is that address turned into an image: whoever points their camera at it lands right on that table's page, sees the menu and follows their order live — no sign-in, no sign-up and nothing to install, because everything runs in the browser.

In practice, the table is what ties an order to a spot in your restaurant. The waiter opens the order from the table, the kitchen gets the ticket already labeled, and the guest, phone in hand, sees each item leave Draft and move through Preparing, Ready and Served without having to call anyone over to ask.

Why it's worth setting up table by table

• The code doesn't change, so the sticker lasts. The number or code you choose goes into the link and stays locked there. Print it once and the same sticker works all year — the visible name you can change whenever you like.
• Guests get in with no barriers at all. No sign-in, no app to download, no password. They point the camera, the menu opens, and they follow their own order on their own phone.
• The Kitchen always knows where it came from. With the table tied to the order, the ticket arrives labeled and nobody has to match slips against the dining room to know where to take the dish.
• You can print every table at once. One page gathers the QR codes of all active tables, three per row, with the name and link underneath. You cut and stick.
• Table or Tab, the way your restaurant talks. If guests get a numbered tab instead of sitting at a table, you switch the term and the app starts speaking your language.

How to create your tables and print the QR codes

Seven steps, from an empty Dashboard to the sticker in place and tested on your phone.

1. Open the Tables page

   On your restaurant's Dashboard, go to Tables. The page opens with the dining room counters — total tables, in use now, free, and the amount still open — and one card for each table you've created. If you just created the restaurant, the grid is empty and only the New table tile shows.

2. Decide between Table and Tab

   If your restaurant hands out a numbered tab instead of seating guests at a table, go to Settings and switch What to call your tables from Table to Tab. The term changes on the Dashboard and service screens. It's worth deciding this before you start creating, because that's what the app will call everything from then on.

3. Create your first table

   Click New table — the button at the top or the tile in the grid. Fill in Number or code (7, back-2 or patio-1 all work) and, if you like, a Name (like Window table). Confirm with Create table and the card appears right away, with its QR code and link ready. We reject repeated codes, so every table stays unique.

   Tip: The code goes into the link and can't be changed later — that's exactly what keeps the QR code stable. The name, you can change whenever you like.

4. Check the QR code and the public link

   On the card, tap View QR to open the image in a large size with the address underneath. Copy link grabs the address so you can send it to the waiter on WhatsApp, and Open shows the page exactly as guests see it. The card also has a QR thumbnail and the short link with a copy button, so you don't have to open anything.

5. Print the sheet with all the QR codes

   Print QR codes, at the top of the page, opens a sheet with the QR codes of all active tables, three per row, each with its name and link. The print window opens on its own. To print just one, use Print inside that table's card.

6. Stick it on the table and test with your phone

   Stick the QR code where a seated guest can see it: on the tabletop, on a table tent or on the napkin holder. Then take your phone, point the camera and check that the table's page opens straight to the menu. If you want a bigger poster for the counter or to post online, your restaurant's public page has Share, with an image or PDF to download that already has your logo.

7. Rename, deactivate or remove later

   Rename edits the name right there on the card. To take out a table that's no longer in the dining room, use Remove — if it already has orders in its history, we deactivate it instead of deleting it, so the past stays intact; the button then becomes Reactivate. An inactive table doesn't take new orders and isn't included on the print sheet.

Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Table

Each spot in the dining room registered in the system, with its own QR code for opening orders.

Tab

The open bill of a table, where items add up until it's closed.

Table QR code

The code printed on the table that guests scan with their phone, no sign-in needed.

Table code

The number or short nickname that goes into the table's link and can't be changed once created.

QR code sheet

The print page that gathers the QR codes of all active tables, three per row.

Inactive table

A deactivated table: it takes no new orders and isn't printed, but it keeps its history.

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