How to import your menu from a photo in qmen.us

What importing a menu from a photo is

Importing a menu from a photo means uploading an image of your printed menu and letting AI turn it into real items inside qmen.us. You add one or several photos — one per page — and we analyze each one separately and give you back a list with the name, category, price and description of each dish, already with sizes, flavors and add-on groups when they appear in the photo.

Nothing goes into your menu without your OK. The analysis opens a review screen where you can fix any field, remove what you don't want and even add a row by hand. The items are only created when you tap Import.

Why it's worth starting here

• No more typing. A hundred-item menu that would take a whole afternoon at the keyboard becomes a few minutes of photos, review and confirmation.
• A big menu is no problem. You can send several pages at once: each photo is analyzed on its own and the result arrives in a single list, with no item repeated across pages.
• You stay in control. The AI suggests, you decide. Until you tap Import, your current menu stays exactly as it was.
• Variations come along. A size with its own price, flavors and add-ons are recognized and created in the import — and names that already exist are reused instead of becoming duplicates.
• No cost and no app. It runs in the browser, it's free for the restaurant, and there's no commission per order.

Step by step, from photo to finished menu

It takes a few minutes, and the only requirement is having the printed menu at hand (or a photo of it on your phone). Do it on your phone if that's easier — it's the same screen.

1. Open the Menu and tap Import printed menu

   Open qmen.us in your browser and go to Menu. At the top of the screen is the Import printed menu button. It opens the Import from photos page, which is where everything happens.

2. Add the photos of your menu

   You have three ways, and you can mix them: tap Choose photos (your phone offers camera, gallery or files), paste an image with Ctrl+V, or drag the files onto the dotted area. Each photo you add becomes a thumbnail; the ✕ in the corner removes one you don't want. One page per photo, and each image can be up to 12 MB.

   Tip: A good photo is a straight one, with the whole menu inside the frame and no shadow over the prices. If the page is big, photograph half at a time — two sharp photos work better than one wide, blurry one.

3. Tap Analyze photos

   The button shows how many photos you sent (Analyze 3 photos, for example) and the bar shows "Analyzing page 1 of 3". Each page is analyzed separately, so a big menu doesn't jam everything at once. If the model is busy, we try again on our own before giving up. It takes a few seconds per page — it's worth waiting without closing the tab.

4. Review the list the AI built

   When the analysis finishes, the review screen opens, with one card per item: Item name, Category, Price (R$) and Description (optional). Everything is editable right there. The ✕ removes an item the AI made up or that you no longer sell, and + Add row adds any dish that got left out. Items repeated across pages already come merged into a single row.

5. Check sizes, flavors and add-ons

   When the AI recognizes a variation, it appears as a tag under the item: a size with its price (Large · R$ 42,00), a flavor, and an add-on group with its options and each one's extra charge. These tags go in with the import. If one is wrong, you can remove the whole item here and recreate it later in the Menu at your own pace.

6. Tap Import

   The button shows in parentheses how many items will go in. When you confirm, we create the items, the categories that didn't exist yet, the sizes, the flavors and the add-on groups, and take you back to the Menu with a message saying how many items were imported. If you want to start from scratch before confirming, just use Start over.

7. Finish things off in the Menu

   The import brings in the text; the rest is quick. Open the items to point them to the right kitchen (if the restaurant has just one, it comes filled in), upload the dish photo and adjust any price the photo left unclear. Once that's done, the table QR code already shows the new menu to the guest.

Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Menu

The screen that holds your items, categories, prices and photos. It's the source of the digital menu guests see through the table QR code.

Category

A section of the menu that groups similar items, like Starters or Drinks, and sets the order everyone sees.

Size

A portion variation shared by the whole restaurant (Small, Large); every restaurant starts with a default Regular size.

Flavor

A version of an item, like Calabresa or Margherita, with its own price in each size.

Add-on group

The set of add-ons for an item (Doneness, Extras). Each option can add an amount to the price, and the group can be required.

Kitchen

The display where orders show up and move from Preparing to READY.

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