How to create option groups and add-ons on your menu

What an add-on with an extra charge is

An add-on is a choice the guest makes on top of the item that can add to the price: bacon on a sandwich, stuffed crust on a pizza, the filling of a cake. In qmen.us these choices aren't locked inside a single item — they live in option groups, lists you create once in the Menu and attach to as many items as you like. Each option in the group has its own extra price, and that's the amount added when the guest picks it.

The group also holds the rules for the choice. Required means the guest has to pick something to complete the order; Maximum choices says how many they can pick, with 1 for a single choice and 0 for no limit. When the order is placed, the line price becomes the item's base price, in the chosen size and flavor, plus the sum of the extras picked. That amount and the text of the choices are locked in on the tab: editing the menu later doesn't touch an order that has already happened.

Why a reusable group is worth it

• You set it up once and use it across the whole menu. One Add-ons group with bacon, cheddar and egg covers all ten of your sandwiches. Bacon went up? Edit the option inside the group and every item picks up the new price right away.
• The bill comes out right without anyone adding in their head. The extra goes into the item's price the moment the waiter taps it, and the total on their screen already shows the final amount, with size, flavor and add-ons together.
• The rules catch mistakes before they become an order. A required group won't let the order go through without a choice, and the maximum stops anyone from picking five fillings on a cake that takes only two.
• The guest sees the price before ordering. On the public page, each item shows its groups in a block that opens and closes, with each option's extra charge beside it — fewer questions for the waiter, fewer surprises on the bill.
• Past orders don't change price. The choices and the extra charge are locked in on the tab line, so you can adjust the menu in the middle of a rush without messing up what has already gone to the kitchen.

How to create option groups in 7 steps

Seven steps, from your first group to a test on the waiter's phone.

1. Open the groups screen

   Go to Menu. In the right-hand column there's the Option groups block, with the manage shortcut — or go straight to qmen.us/restaurante/cardapio/opcoes/. The screen lists what already exists and, when there's nothing yet, suggests starting with a Filling. Tap + New group.

2. Name the group

   In Group name, use the word the guest understands: Filling, Base, Topping, Crust, Add-ons. The waiter sees this name when taking the order and it goes onto the tab in the form Filling: Brigadeiro, so the shorter and more direct it is, the better the order line reads.

3. Set required and the maximum choices

   The Required toggle says the guest must pick something there to complete the order — that's the case for Base and Filling, where there's no item without a choice. Maximum choices limits how many options can go in: 1 is a single choice, and 0 means no limit, which is what you want in an Add-ons group. The Active toggle keeps the group in use.

4. List the options with their extra price

   Further down, in the Options block, each row has Option (the name the guest reads, like Brigadeiro) and Extra price (how much it adds to the item). The screen opens with four empty rows; if you need more, tap + Option, and the trash can beside a row removes it. Bacon at R$ 4,00 becomes 4,00 in the extra price.

   Tip: An extra price of 0 is perfectly fine: a choice like how the meat is cooked goes in the group just to inform the kitchen, and the item's price doesn't change.

5. Save and check the tags

   Tap Save. Back on the list, the group shows the tags pick 1 or multiple, plus required and inactive when they apply, and below them a preview of the options with the extra charge in parentheses. The Edit button reopens the group whenever you want to change a price.

6. Attach the group to your items

   A new group doesn't show up on the menu by itself: you attach it item by item. Open the item, find the Option groups block and check the groups that apply to it — you can check as many as you like, and a cake can have Base, Filling and Topping at the same time. An item with Variable (by weight) pricing doesn't show this block.

7. Test it in the waiter app

   Open the item in the waiter app: the choice sheet shows the group, with an asterisk when it's required and a note saying how many options are allowed when it takes more than one. Each button shows its extra charge beside it, like Bacon +R$ 4,00, and the price at the bottom updates with every tap. If a required choice is missing, the warning “Choose an option in Filling” appears.

Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Option group

A reusable list of extra-cost choices, like Crust or Add-ons, that you attach to several items.

Item

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

Tab

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

Flavor

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

Size

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

Variable price

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

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