How to sell an item in several sizes on your menu

What selling the same item in several sizes means

Sizes are portion variations of the same item — Small, Medium, Large, 300ml — and here that list belongs to the whole restaurant, not to the item. You set up Large once and any menu item can use it. Every restaurant starts with a default Regular size, which stays hidden when the item is sold in just one size.

The price doesn't live in the size: it lives where they meet. The item's grid has one column per size checked and one row per flavor — or a single Price row, when the item has no flavors. That way each combination has its own amount: Large Calabresa at R$ 62,00 and Small Calabresa at R$ 28,00. When the order is placed we calculate from the chosen combination and lock that amount in on the tab.

Why use sizes instead of repeated items

• One item, not three. Instead of Small pizza, Medium pizza and Large pizza competing in the same category, you have one item with three sizes. Photo, description and Default kitchen live in one place, and the menu doesn't turn into a repetitive list.
• The right price for each combination. The waiter doesn't need to keep a price table in their head: the amount comes from the grid and goes onto the tab already locked in, so changing the menu later doesn't change past orders.
• Set it up once, it works for the whole restaurant. The size list is shared across the restaurant, so the same Large serves pizza, acai and sharing plates. You never set up the same size twice.
• Fewer taps in a rush. The size appears as a row of big buttons with the default already selected. One tap changes the size and the price updates right in front of whoever is taking the order.
• The guest sees each size's price. On the public page the item shows its price range and, below it, the list of sizes with each one's price and description.

How to set up several sizes on your menu in 7 steps

Seven steps: set up your restaurant's sizes, select which ones apply to each item, and fill in the price grid.

1. Open the sizes screen

   In the Menu, the right-hand column has the Sizes block. Tap manage — or + Size — to open the sizes screen, at /restaurante/cardapio/tamanhos/. At the top is the Add size form; below it, the list of what already exists, with Edit on each row.

2. Set up your restaurant's sizes

   Fill in the Name (Small, Medium, Large, 300ml) and, if it helps, the Description — it's optional and shows to the guest while they choose, like “serves 2”. Tap Save and the size goes onto the list right away, with no page reload. The order is the order you added them in, and Regular already comes marked as the default.

3. Select the sizes inside the item

   Open a menu item (or create a new one) and scroll down to the Sizes table. Check the box for each size that item is sold in; the unchecked ones don't even appear to whoever is ordering. Every item needs at least one size: if you uncheck them all, we go back to the default Regular.

4. Fill in each size's price

   Right below comes the Flavors and prices (R$) grid. The columns are exactly the sizes you checked, and the Price row is for an item without flavors: type there how much each size costs, like 42,00. At the bottom of the page, tap Save.

   Tip: An empty cell doesn't become any price, and the size disappears from that item's options. If you checked a size, fill in its amount.

5. Combine size with flavor

   If the item has flavors, each flavor becomes a row on the grid and the price is filled in flavor by flavor, in each size — that's where a Large Calabresa can cost something different from a Large Margherita. With Several flavors in one item on, the Flavors column of the sizes table sets how many flavors fit in each size, and Price with several flavors decides between Highest price and Average of the flavors.

6. Check how it looks on an order

   Open the item in the waiter app or with the table QR code. When the item has more than one size, the Size question appears, with one button per option and the default already selected, and the price changes with each tap. The chosen size is written on the tab line and in the kitchen — except when it's the default Regular, which stays hidden on purpose.

7. See it the way the guest does

   On the public page, an item with more than one size shows its price range next to the name, like “R$ 28,00 to R$ 62,00”, and right below, the list of sizes with each one's price and description. It's worth opening the qmen.us/your-code address on your phone after saving, to see it the way the guest does.

Frequently asked questions

Glossary

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.

Item

Each product you sell, with a name, description, photo and price; it's what the waiter adds to the tab.

Variable price

A way of pricing by measure (kg, 100 g, portion) where the waiter enters the amount when taking the order.

Public page

The page at qmen.us/your-code where guests see your menu, phone numbers, address and opening hours.

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